History of India | Modern History | Arrival of European Companies
History of India | Modern History | Arrival of European Companies
1. Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?
Diaz
Vasco-da-Gama
Almeida
Albuquerque
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2. Who among the following had welcomed Vasco-da-Gama at Calicut?
Gasper Correa
Albuquerque
Zamorin
Don Ahnaida
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3. In which year Vasco-da-Gama arrived at Calicut?
1350 A.D.
1498 A.D.
1530 A.D.
1612 A.D.
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4. When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India?
1496
1497
1498
1600
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5. Who was the real founder of Portuguese power in India?
Vasco-da-Gama
Albuquerque
Bartholomuse Dies
George Oxdone
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6. At which one of the following places in India did the Portuguese build their first fortress?
Anjidiv
Cannanore
Cochin
Goa
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7. Who were the first Europeans to come to India for trade?
Dutch
English
French
Portuguese
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8. Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India?
The English
The French
The Portuguese
The Dutch
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9. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was
Bandel
Chinsurah
Hooghly
Shrirampur
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10. Which one of the followings is connected with 'Blue Water' policy?
De Almeida
Albuquerque
Dupleix
Robert Clive
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11. Who among the following was the founder of Calcutta?
Charles Ayar
Job Charnock
Garold Angiyar
William Novris
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12. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the
Portuguese
Dutch
French
Danish
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13. In which of the following places the Dutch established their trading centre in India?
Nagappattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam
Surat, Bharuch, Agra
Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna
All of the above
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14. Which one of the following was the Emperor of India when British East India Company was formed in London?
Akbar
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Aurangzeb
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15. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
Akbar
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Aurangzeb
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16. Where in India did Britishers set up their first factory in 1612?
Goa
Hooghly in Bengal
Amarkot
Surat
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17. During British rule which region of India was famous for the production of opium?
Bihar
Southern India
Gujarat
Assam
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18. Which of the British officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?
William Hawkins
Thomas Best
Thomas Roe
Josiah Child
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19. Which one of the following European trading company was the first to establish its factory at Surat?
The Dutch
The English
The French
The Portuguese
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20. In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?
Bangalore
Madras
Masulipattam
Surat
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21. Bombay was taken over by the English East India Company from
The Dutch
The French
The Danish
The Portuguese
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22. Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
Aungier
Sir John Child
Sir John Gayer
Sir Nicholas Waite
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23. Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War?
Anglo-French Rivalry
Austrian War of Succession
Issues of Carnatic Succession
Capture of French ships by the British
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24. Carnatic War was fought between
English and French
English and Dutch
English and Marathas
Haider Ali and Marathas
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25. Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian Princess with a view to acquire territories?
Clive
Dupleix
Albuquerque
Warren Hastings
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26. In India, among the following loca tions, the French established their earliest factory at
Surat
Pulicat
Cochin
Kasim Bazar
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27. French East India Company was constituted during the reign of
Louis XIV
Louis XIII
Louis XV
Louis XVI
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28. Who among the following is considered the founder of French Company in India?
Richelieu
Mazarin
Colbert
Franco Martin
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29. Which of the following factories of Bengal was established by the Dutch?
Bandel
Chinsurah
Hooghly
Srirampur
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30. The French failed to establish power in the Deccan because
Duplex was not a capable general
The English had a strong army
The French were not liked by the Indians
Pondicherry was not a strategic centre
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31. Identify the region from where Europeans got best shora and opium.
Bihar
Gujarat
Bengal
Madras
