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Questions |
Answers |
| 1 |
In which year Vasco-da-Gama arrived in Calicut? |
1498 A.D. |
| 2 |
Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India? |
Almeida |
| 3 |
Who had welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut? |
Zamorin |
| 4 |
Who visitors to India did not belong to the Portuguese country? |
Peter Mundy |
| 5 |
Who was the real founder of Portuguese power in India? |
Albuquerque |
| 6 |
At which places in India did the Portuguese build their first fortress? |
Cochin |
| 7 |
Who were the first Europeans to come to India for trade? |
Portuguese |
| 8 |
The factories in Bengal established by the Portuguese was – |
Hooghly |
| 9 |
Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by – |
Portuguese |
| 10 |
Which is connected with ‘The Blue Water policy? |
De Almeida |
| 11 |
Who was the founder of Calcutta? |
Job Charnok |
| 12 |
The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India was – |
Dutch |
| 13 |
Dutch East India Company established its factory at Patna in which year? |
1632 |
| 14 |
British companies got the first charter permitting them to trade in India? |
Levant Company |
| 15 |
Which was the Emperor of India when the British East India Company was formed in London? |
Akbar |
| 16 |
During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India? |
Jahangir |
| 17 |
Where in India did the Britishers set up their first factory in 1613? |
Surat |
| 18 |
Which of the British officials defeated the Portuguese at Sowlley? |
Thomas Best |
| 19 |
Which European trading companies was the first to establish its factory at Surat? |
The English |
| 20 |
In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)? |
Surat |
| 21 |
Bombay was taken over by the English East India Company from – |
The Portuguese |
| 22 |
Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb – |
Sir John Child |
| 23 |
Which was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War? |
Capture of French ships by the British |
| 24 |
Carnatic War was fought between – |
English and French |
| 25 |
Who was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of the Indian Princess with a view to acquiring territories? |
Dupleix |
| 26 |
In India, locations, the French established their earliest factory – |
Surat |
| 27 |
French East India Company was constituted during the reign of – |
Louis XIV |
| 28 |
Who is considered the founder of the French Company in India – |
Colbert |
| 29 |
Which factories of Bengal was established by the Dutch? |
Chinsurah & Hooghly |
| 30 |
The French failed to establish power in the Deccan because – |
The English had a strong army |
| 31 |
Identify the region from where Europeans got best short (Saltpetre) and opium – |
Bihar |
| 32 |
Which Europeans, were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders? |
French |
