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When was the British East India Company established in India?
(a) 1600
(b) 1601
(c) 1604
(d) 1607
Option a – 1600
Who was the ruler of India when the British East India Company was formed in London?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Akbar
In 1600, the Charter to the English East India Company for the monopoly of Eastern trade for 15 years was given by
(a) Queen Elizabeth I
(b) Queen Victoria
(c) James I
(d) Oliver Cronwell
Option a – Queen Elizabeth I
In the reign of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option b – Jahangir
What is the name of the fort constructed by the British in Calcutta?
(a) Fort Saint David
(b) Fort Saint Andrew
(c) Fort William
(d) Fort Victoria
Option c – Fort William
Name the first English Voyage to come to India.
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Bengal
(c) Red Dragon
(d) Mayflower
Option c – Red Dragon
The Englishman appointed by Akbar for verification of the diamond was
(a) William leads
(b) John Mildnall
(c) Ralph Fitch
(d) William Hawkins
Option a – William leads
What was the name of the ambassador sent by James l to the court of Jahangir in 1608?
(a) Captain Charles
(b) Captain Hawkins
(C) Sir Thomas Roe
(d) Robert Clive
Option b – Captain Hawkins
Where did the Dutch find their first factory in India?
(a) Masulipatnam
(b) Pulicat
(c) Surat
(d) Ahmedabad
Option a – Masulipatnam
Who was the first Dutch to come to India in 1596?
(a) Francis de
(b) Cornelis de Houtman
(c) Gabriel Broton
(d) William Hawkins
Option b – Cornelis de Houtman
At which place in Bengal did the Dutch establish its factory?
(a) Bandel
(b) Chinsura
(c) Hooghiy
(d) Srirampur
Option b – Chinsura
Why did the Dutch East India Company fail to maintain its influence in India?
(a) Portuguese did not allow them to trade in India.
(b) There was a growing interference from Dutch Government in the Company’s internal affairs.
(c) Dutch indulged in forcible religious conversion of the people and thus were expelled by local kings.
(d) The English forces made them leave India.
Option d – The English forces made them leave India.
Who was the first to start a Joint Stock Company to trade with India?
(a) Portuguese
(b) French
(c) Dutch
(d) Danish
Option c – Dutch
In which of the following places the Dutch established their trading centers in India?
(a) Nagapattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam
(b) Surat, Bharuch, Agra
(c) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
Dutch East India Company established its factory at Patna in which year?
(a) 1601
(b) 1632
(c) 1774
(d) 1651
Option b – 1632
Which of the following regarding the establishment of Dutch factories in India is not correctly matched?
(a) Pulicat – 1610
(b) Surat – 1616
(c) Karaikal – 1645
(d) Cochin – 1670
Option d – Cochin – 1670
Which English Governor of the East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
(a) Aungier
(b) Sir John Child
(c) Sir John Gayer
(d) Sir Nicholas Waite
Option b – Sir John Child
The English established their first factory in India at
(a) Bombay
(b) Surat
(c) Sutanuti
(d) Madras
Option b – Surat
The place of the English East India Company settlement in Madras was known as
(a) Fort William
(b) Fort St George
(c) Elphinston Circle
(d) Marble Palace
Option b – Fort St George
Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
(a) Fort William
(b) Fort St George
(c) Fort St David
(d) Fort St Angelo
Option b – Fort St George
The staple commodities of export by the East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
(a) raw cotton, oil seeds, and opium
(b) sugar, salt, zinc, and lead
(c) copper, silver, gold, spices, and tea
(d) cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium.
Option d – cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium.
Where was the Western presidency situated in the early period of the East India company?
(a) Surat
(b) Satara
(c) Bombay
(d) Panji
Option a – Surat
Which one of the following is the correct statement?
(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’s Independence.
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.
(c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them.
(d) The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.
Option d – The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.
Which area of India was famous for cultivating opium during the British period?
(a) Bihar
(b) South India
(c) Gujarat
(d) Assam
Option a – Bihar
The correct chronological order of the places where the trading centers were set up by the Britishers are
(a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
(b) Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
(c) Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
(d) Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Option c – Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
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