Exercise 1

Read the clues carefully. Mark and label the answer on the map given below.

This region was annexed by the British in 1849.

On an outline map of India (including Pakistan and Bangladesh), spot and label the important cities that were independent of British occupations in 1856. (Some of them were Kochi, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Jodhpur, etc.)

On an Outline Political Map of World, mark, and label all European countries which came to trade with India.

Why did the British insist on disbanding the army of the subsidiary forces?

What prompted the Rani of Jhansi to fight against the British?

Mark the following in the outline map of India:

• The trading posts of Transquebar and Serampore were installed by the Danish East India Company.
• The company established by the French East India Company at Pondicherry.
• The ten major ports established that were established in the towns of the east and west coast of India captured by the British East India Company.
• The area of Carnatic that was mainly the cause of confrontations between the French and the British.
• The third Carnatic war spread up to Bengal where the English captured the French possession of Chandernagar.

Read the clues carefully. Mark and answer on the outline map of India given below.

The English and the French clashed thrice at this place.

Find out the procedure for recruitment in Indian Civil Services.