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Tamil Nadu Board 11th Standard History Unit 16: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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Unit 16 - The Coming of the Europeans

I. Choose the Correct Answer

Question 1.

_____________ became the political headquarters for the Portuguese in India.
(a) Goa

(b) Diu
(c) Daman

(d) Surat

Answer Key:

(a) Goa

Question 2.

_____________ was the gateway to west Asia and Europe.
(a) Diu

(b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay

(d) Surat

Answer Key:

(d) Surat

Question 3.

The English got a piece of land from the local chief on which they built ______________ in 1639.
(a) Fort St. George

(b) Fort St. Williams
(c) Vellore Fort

(d) Golconda Fort

Answer Key:

(a) Fort St. George

Question 4.

_____________ is associated with “Blue Water Policy”.
(a) Francisco d’ Almeida
(b) Albuquerque
(c) Nino da cunha
(d) Antonio de Noronha

Answer Key:

(a) Francisco d’ Almeida

Question 5.

_____________ is called the “Father of Printing Press”.
(a) Roberto de Nobile

(b) Albuquerque
(c) Henriques

(d) Francisco d’ Almeida

Answer Key:

(a)

Question 6.

_____________ were responsible for “The Amboyna Massacre”.
(a) English East India Company
(b) Dutch East India Company
(c) Portuguese East India Company
(d) French East India Company

Answer Key:

(b) Dutch East India Company

Question 7.

Francis Martin made ______________ the strategic centre of French settlements in India.
(a) Masulipatnam

(b) Nagapattinam
(c) Goa

(d) Pondicherry

Answer Key:

(d) Pondicherry

Question 8.

_____________ was inherited by Charles II as dowry, which he transferred to the English East India Company.
(a) Madras

(b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay

(d) Delhi

Answer Key:

Question 9.

During the First Carnatic War, ______________ was the Governor of Pondicherry.
(a) Peyton

(b) La Bourdonnais
(c) Dupleix

(d) Morse

Answer Key:

Question 10.

Robert Clive consolidated the British rule in Bengal by winning the ______________
(a) Carnatic wars

(b) Seven Years’ Wars
(c) Battle of Buxar

(d) Battle of Plassey

Answer Key:

Question 11.

Battle of Wandiwash was fought between ______________
(a) Eyre Coote and Lally
(b) Robert Clive are Lally
(c) Eyre Coote and Bussy
(d) Robert Clive and Bussy

Answer Key:

(a) Eyre Coote and Lally

Question 12.

_____________ concluded the Seven Years War.
(a) Treaty of Pondicherry
(b) Treaty of Allahabad
(c) Treaty of Paris
(d) Treaty of Srirangapatnam

Answer Key:

Question 13.

Find out the correct statement
(a) The Europeans were quite aware of the wealth and power of the Mughals.
(b) The Dutch followed by the English arrived at Bombay.
(c) Thanjavur survived as a Mughal–ruled state.
(d) Bombay, as an important trade centre, attracted merchants from Surat and other parts Odisha.

Answer Key:

(a) The Europeans were quite aware of the wealth and power of the Mughals.

Question 14.

Find out the wrong statement
(a) Indian rulers admired foreigners and the Europeans took advantage of it.
(b) The Dutch were successful in the Spice Islands.
(c) Colbert was instrumental in establishing the French East India Company.
(d) The influence of the French can still be seen in Pondicherry.

Answer Key:

(a) Indian rulers admired foreigners and the Europeans took advantage of it.

Question 15.

From the following statements, find out the correct answer.
i. The Battle of Plassey changed the British from a commercial power to that of a territorial power.
ii. After the Battle of Wandiwash, the English emerged as a commercial power from that of a colonial power.
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (ii) is correct
(c) (i) and (ii) are correct
(d) (i) and (ii) are wrong

Answer Key:

Question 16.

From the following statements, find out the correct answer.
i. Albuquerque was the real founder of the Portuguese Empire in India.
ii. Albuquerque attempted to stop the practice of Sati.

(a) (i) is correct
(b) (ii) is wrong
(c) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
(d) Both (i) and (ii) are wrong

Answer Key:

Question 17.

Assertion (A): Europeans had arrived in India in the 16th Century
Reason (R): Their intention was to procure pepper, cinnamon, cloves and other spices for European markets.
(a) A is correct; R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A is correct; R is wrong.
(c) A is wrong; R is correct.
(d) A is correct; R is not the correct explanation A.

Answer Key:

(a) A is correct; R is the correct explanation of A.

Question 18.

Assertion (A): India had a strong manufacturing base and was particularly famous for the variety of cotton fabrics.
Reason (R): Agriculture was the most important economic activity in the county.
(a) A & R are correct.
(b) A is correct; R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct; R is the correct explanation of A.
(d) A & R are wrong.

Answer Key:

(a) A & R are correct.

Question 19.

Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched.
(a) Tarangambadi            - Danish
(b) Sir Thomas Roe        - French
(c) Anwar-ud-din            - Nawab of Carnatic
(d) Albuquerque            - Portuguese
Answer Key:

(b) Sir Thomas Roe - French

Question 20.

Match the following.
(A) Zamorin                    - 1. Printing Press
(B) Fr. Henriques            - 2. Nizam of Hyderabad
(C) Muzaffar Jung           - 3. Chanda Saheb
(D) Nawab of Arcot        - 4. Ruler of Calicut

(a) 4, 1, 2, 3

(b) 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4

(d) 2, 1, 4, 3

Answer Key:

(a) 4, 1, 2, 3

II. Write Brief Answers

1. Why were the Nayak kingdoms setup? What were they?

Madurai, Thanjavur and Senji.
The objective was to provide financial and manpower resources to the empire.

2. How did the English establish their settlement at Madras?

The English got a piece of land from the local chief, Damarla Venkatadri Nayak.
Where they built Fort St. George in 1639.
This was the first landholding recorded by the Company on Indian soil.

3. Write a note on craft manufacture.

Handicraft production was carried on both in urban and rural areas.
Luxury crafts, like metalwork were urban based.
Weaving was mostly done in rural areas.

4. What do you know of shroffs and hundis?

Money-changers were called shroffs.
They also served as local bankers.
Bills of exchange, known as hundis.
Which would be cashed by shroffs at different destinations.

5. Name the first Portuguese viceroy in India. Explain his policy.

Francisco d’ Almeida.
He followed ‘Blue Water Policy,’
He added more ships to strengthen the navy.

6. What is meant by Cartaz system?

The Portuguese threatened disruption of trade by violence unless their protection, cartaz.
Under the cartaz system, the Portuguese exacted money from the traders.
They protected traders against the piracy.

7. Name the Dutch colonial forts and possessions in India.

In Pulicat the Dutch built the Castle Geldria.
Nagapattinam, Punnakayal, Porto Novo, Cuddalore and Devanampatinam.

8. What is a factory? List out the European factories established.

Factory means , the Commercial agents, resided to transact business for their employers abroad. The English East India Company, The French East India Company.
The Dutch East India Company, The Danish East India Company.

9. What were the causes for the outbreak of the First Carnatic War.

The Austrian War of Succession is the main Reason for the First Carnatic War.
The war was fought between Britain and France in Europe.
It’s also led to clashes between these two countries over India.

10. Name the treaty signed in 1765. What were its terms?

Treaty of Allahabad.
By this treaty the Company got the Diwani right to collect land revenue from Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
The Company obtained three districts, Burdwan, Chittagong and Midnapur, in Bengal.

III. Write Short Answers

1. The political condition in South India after 1565

The Nayak kingdoms became virtually autonomous.
The Setupati of Ramanathapuram, who was also keen to assert his independence.
Madurai and Thanjavur fought several times to establish their superiority.
There were also rebellions against the Vijayanagar emperor.

2. The traders were not a homogeneous group – explain.

If mercantile activity can be deemed to be a pyramid, traders were base of the pyramid.
Great merchants were at the top of the pyramid.
They were the prime movers in overseas trade with great reserves of capital.
Brokers and sub-brokers were middle tier of the pyramid.

3. What made the Europeans to set up their establishments on the east coast?

No demand in the local economies for the products of Europe.
The universal demand in south-east Asian markets for Indian textiles.
Clothes from India served as a substitute medium of exchange.
The demand for the painted fabrics of the Coromandel coast in the Indonesian islands.

4. “The expansion of demand for Indian textiles from Europe had an
impact on the indigenous economy” – How?

Initially, this increased demand was beneficial to the local economy.
The productive resources could respond positively.
However, as the demand from Europe continued to grow, the pressure to increase production exponentially began to strain the productive resources.
The frequent famines and raw materials, for instance, were additional burdens which the weaver had to bear.

5. Pulicat.

Pulicat is Coromandel headquarters of the Dutch East India Company.
The Dutch Fort Castle Geldria is built here.
Diamonds were exported from Pulicat to the western countries.
A gun powder factory was also set up by the Dutch at Pulicat

6. Tarangambadi.

Tarangambadi is a Danes Settlement in Tamilnadu.
The Danish Fort built in Tarangambadi.
Trade between Denmark and Tarangambadi resumed.
Ziegenbalg set up a printing press at Tharangambadi.

7. The Battle of Ambur.

The war of succession between Chanda Sahib and Anwar – ud –din was for assuming the Arcot’s throne.
Arcot navab Anwar-ud-din was killed in this war.
Chanda Sahib entered Arcot as the Nawab.
Muhammad Ali escaped to Tiruchirappalli.

8. Anandarangam Pillai Diary.

Dupleix appointed Anandarangam Pillai as a Chief Dubhashi and Chief Commercial Agent.
So he emerge as a man of substantial political influence at Pondicherry.
His real fame rests on his voluminous Diary in Tamil.
Its a very valuable source of history for the period from 1736 to 1760.

IV. Answer the following in detail

1. Describe the impact of Portuguese presence in India.

Europeans conquered and seized territories from the Indian rulers.
The Portuguese could contain the monopolistic trade of the Arabs.
The portuguese encouraged marriages between the Europeans and Indians.
As a result a new Eurasian racial group was created.
They were the ones who were later taken to other Portuguese colonies in Africa and Asia.
Jesuit missionaries visited India.
Clashes occurred between the Portuguese and the Muslim groups on the pearl fishery coast.
Roman Catholic priests (Padres) who converted thousands of fisher people to the Catholic religion.

2. How did the English East India Company establish its trading rights in

Madras,Bombay and Calcutta. Madras:

Madras was ceded to East India Company in 1639 by the Raja of Chandragiri.
with permission to build a fortified factory which was named Fort St. George.
This was the first landholding recorded by the Company on Indian soil.

Bombay:

The island of Bombay, which Charles II had inherited as dowry.
This island was transferred to the Company in 1668.

Calcutta:

The Company established its first settlement at Sultanuti, a site which became the future Calcutta.
The fortified factory was called Fort St. William which became the headquarters of the Presidency.

3. Highlight the causes for the Anglo–French rivalry in the Carnatic region.

First Carnatic War 1746-48:

The first Carnatic war was an echo of the Austrian War of Succession.
The wars fought between Britain and France in Europe.
This also led to clashes between these two countries over their colonial possessions in North America and India.

The Second Carnatic War 1749-54:

The war of succession in both Hyderabad and Arcot is Reason for the second Carnatic war.
A triple alliance was formed amongst the French, Nizam(Muzzafar Jung ) and the Nawab of Carnatic (Chanda Sahib),were against british.

The Third Carnatic War 1756-1763:

The third Carnatic War was an echo of the Seven Years War.
With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, Clive captured Chandranagore, the French settlement in Bengal.

4.“The British virtually became the rulers of Bengal” – When and How?

The battle of Plassey (1757) changed the position of the British from being a commercial power to that of a territorial power.
The Company’s sovereignty over Calcutta was recognized.
Bengal Nawab Mir Qasim aligned with the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and the Nawab of Oudh, Shuja-ud-daulah against the british.
They declared war against the British. The battle was fought at Buxar (1764).
The victory of the British led to the signing of the Treaty of Allahabad (1765) by Robert Clive with Shah Alam II.
By this treaty the Company got the Diwani right to collect land revenue from the princely states of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
The Company obtained three districts, Burdwan, Chittagong and Midnapur, in Bengal.

5.Attempt an account of Dupleix's career and achievements in India.

Dupleix was the Governor of French territory in india.
During the first Carnatic war, he capture Chennai from the British.
During the Second Carnatic war he formed a triple alliance with Nizam (Muzzafar Jung ) and the Nawab of Carnatic (Chanda Sahib), were against british.
Nawab anwar-ud-din was killed by the French army in the battle of Ambur.
Nazir Jung was killed by the French army and Muzafar Jung Was made the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Dupleix dream of establishing a French empire appeared good for some time.
Dupleix initially succeeded in his efforts, but eventually failed.
So The French government recalled Governor Dupleix.