VI. Short answer questions: 1. State three causes of the rise of the British power in India.
2. Why did the British Company remove Mir Jafar and Mir Qasim from the throne
of Bengal
3. Which three Indian powers made a union to fight against the British in the Battle
of Buxar?
4. What do you understand by the 'Dual System of Governance'?
5. Why was Awadh annexed by the British?
6. Why were Captain Hawkins and Sir Thomas Roe sent to the court of Mughal
emperor Jahangir
7. Name the persons involved in the conspiracy against Nawab Sirajuddaulah before
the Battle of Plassey.
8. Who granted the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company?
9. Discuss the main cause of the Anglo-French struggle.