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1. Disunity among the Indian rulers which 4. The British were far more superior to the
helped the British to expand their power in Indians in economy , military techniques and
India. diplomacy.
2. The British exploited the situation of the 5. Indian society and polity suffered from many
country to their advantage. They incited one evils which contributed to the success of the
ruler against the other and reaped the benefits British.
from their rivalry.
6. The Industrial Revolution in Europe helped the
3. The British residents constantly interfered in British to acquire modern technology in
the administration of the Indian rulers. warfare, which the Indian rulers could not
match.

v The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French and the English were the main which set up trading centres or
factories in India.
v The East India Company was established in 1600 by a small group of British merchants. It established its
first factory at Surat.
v Anglo-French rivalry in India resulted in three Carnatic Wars from 1744–63. The English East India Company
emerged victorious and established its supremacy.
v The East India Company’s marched to political domination over India started with its victory in the battles
of Plassey and Buxar.
v After the Battle of Plassey, the East India Company adopted a number of policies to expand its territories.
Some of them were dual government, doctrine of lapse and the subsidiary alliance system.
v The cause of British victory were many, the most important of them were disunity among Indian rulers and
their technological inferiority.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. The ____________ were the first to establish their political power along the west-coast.
(a) French (b) Dutch (c) Portuguese
2. The Portugese often converted the Hindus and the Muslims into ____________ .

(a) Christianity (b) Buddhism (c) none of these
3. ____________ Anglo-Mysore wars were fought.
(a) five (b) four (c) three
4. Under ____________ system, an Indian ruler was made dependent to the British.
(a) subsidiary alliance (b) doctrine of lapse (c) none of these
5. ____________ introduced the policy of subsidiary alliance.

(a) Lord Wellesley (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Canning
6. ____________ introduced the policy of dual government in ____________ .
(a) Robert Clive/Bengal (b) Dalhousie/Bihar (c) Canning/Punjab
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