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The Advent of the Europeans MCQ

36 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 2

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Q1. Which one of the following was NOT a French settlement in lndia?

  1. APondicherry
  2. BMahe
  3. CGoa
  4. DChandranagar
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Answer: C) Goa

Q2. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in lndia?

  1. AGoa
  2. BCalicut
  3. CCannanore
  4. DCochin
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Answer: A) Goa

Q3. Whe was the first Governor General of Bengal?

  1. ARobert Clive
  2. BWarren Hastings
  3. CWilliam Bentick
  4. DCornwallis
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Answer: B) Warren Hastings

Q4. Who were the first Europeans to reach lndia for trade?

  1. APortuguese
  2. BBritish
  3. CDutch
  4. DFrench
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Answer: A) Portuguese

Q5. The French East lndia Company was formed in-

  1. A1600
  2. B1660
  3. C1664
  4. D1668
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Answer: C) 1664

Q6. The English East lndia Company founded a Permanent factory at Surat in the year-

  1. A1611
  2. B1613
  3. C1621
  4. D1626
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Answer: D) 1626

Q7. The administration of the English East lndia Company in lndia came to an and of-

  1. A1857
  2. B1858
  3. C1862
  4. D1892
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Answer: B) 1858

Q8. The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between -

  1. AMarathas and the portuguese
  2. BThe English and the French
  3. CThe English and Portuguese
  4. DMarathas and the English
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Answer: B) The English and the French

Q9. Bombay was acquired by the English from the Portuguese in the year-

  1. A1661
  2. B1612
  3. C1600
  4. D1595
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Answer: A) 1661

Q10. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to lndia?

  1. APortuguese
  2. BEnglish
  3. CDutch
  4. DDanish
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Answer: B) English

Q11. Who granted the permission to establish the French factory at Masulipattam?

  1. AAbdulla Kutub Shah
  2. BNasir Jung
  3. CMuzaffar Jung
  4. DSalabat Jung
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Answer: A) Abdulla Kutub Shah

Q12. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to lndia in which one of the following years?

  1. A1498
  2. B1492
  3. C1494
  4. D1453
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Answer: A) 1498

Q13. Assertion (A): The French were defeated by the British in the Third Carnatic War at the battle of Wandiwash. Reason (R): The lndian rulers did not support the French.

  1. ABoth A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. BBoth A and R is true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. CA is true, but R is False
  4. DA is false,
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Answer: C) A is true, but R is False

Q14. With reference to the colonial period of lndia the trade monopoly of the East lndia Company was ended by-

  1. AThe Regulating Act of 1773
  2. BPitt' s lndia Act of 1784
  3. CThe Charter Act of 1813
  4. DThe Charter Act of 1833
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Answer: D) The Charter Act of 1833

Q15. ln 1717, who among the following Mughal emperors had issued the royal edict to allow the business privilege to Britain 's East lndia Company-

  1. AShah Alam ll
  2. BBahadur Shah
  3. CJahandar Shah
  4. DFarrukhsiyar
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Answer: D) Farrukhsiyar

Q16. Why did Dutch East lndia Company fail to maintain its influence in lndia?

  1. APortuguese did not allow them to trade in lndia
  2. BThere was a growing interference of Dutch Government in the Company' s internal affairs
  3. CDutch indulged in forcible religious conversion of the people and thus were expelled by local kings
  4. DThe English forces made them to leave lndia
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Answer: D) The English forces made them to leave lndia

Q17. Who granted the permission to establish the first British factory at Hoogli in Bengal?

  1. AShah Shuja
  2. BMurshid Quli Khan
  3. CShujauddin
  4. DAlivardi Khan
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Answer: A) Shah Shuja

Q18. The first definite step to provide parliamentary control over East lndia Company was taken by-

  1. AThe Regulating Act of 1773
  2. BThe pitt's lndia Act of 1784
  3. CThe Charter Act of 1793
  4. DThe Charter Act of 1833
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Answer: B) The pitt's lndia Act of 1784

Q19. Consider the following statements- 1. Dutch opened a factory at pulicat in 1609. 2. English built a factory at Masulipattam in 1611. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A1 only
  2. B2 only
  3. CBoth 1 and 2
  4. DNeither 1 nor 2
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Answer: B) 2 only

Q20. During whose reign did Sir Thomas Roe have regular attendance at the Mughal court to secure commercial privilege?

  1. AAkbar
  2. BJahangir
  3. CShahjahan
  4. DAurangzed
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Answer: B) Jahangir

Q21. Who was Francisco de Almeida?

  1. APortuguese Viceroy in lndia
  2. BEnglish Viceroy in lndia
  3. CDutch Viceroy in lndia
  4. DFrench Viceroy in lndia
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Answer: A) Portuguese Viceroy in lndia

Q22. Which of the British Officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?

  1. AWilliam Hawkins
  2. BThomas Best
  3. CThomas Roe
  4. DJosiah Child
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Answer: B) Thomas Best

Q23. Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War?

  1. AAnglo-French Rivalry
  2. BAustrian War of Succession
  3. Clssues of Carnatic Succession
  4. DCapture of French ships by the British
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Answer: D) Capture of French ships by the British

Q24. Which one of the following Mughal Emperors gave an important Farman to the English of facilitating their trade in lndia?

  1. ABahadur Shah ll
  2. BFarruksiyar
  3. CShah Alam ll
  4. DBahadur Shah ll
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Answer: B) Farruksiyar

Q25. Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in lndia?

  1. ADiaz
  2. BVasco da Gama
  3. CFrancisco de Almeida
  4. DAlbuquerque
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Answer: C) Francisco de Almeida

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