Modern History of India

Modern History of India (Ghatna Chakra) : The advent of European Companies

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सभी sarkari exam में Modern History of India से सवाल निश्चित ही पूछा जाता है। अगर आप Sarkari Job की तयारी करते हैं तो को आप सभी को Modern History of India में विषेस तैयारी करनी होगी। इसके लिखे बिभिन्न Competitive exams में पूछे गए important question को आप हमारे ब्लॉग से refer कर सकते हैं. Ghatna Chakra की Modern History of India बुक भी तैयारी के लिए बहुत ही उपुयक्त माना जाता है। हम Modern History of India से पूछे गए सभी सवालों को chapter wise क्रमबद्ध तरीके से प्रस्तुत करेंगे।

Previous year Question from Modern History of India (Ghatna Chakra) :- The Advent of European Companies 

The Advent of European Companies

  1. In which year Vasko-da-Gama arrived at Calicut.

[MPPCS Pre 1995, UPPCS Pre 1992]

(a) 1350 A.D.

(b) 1498 A.D.

(c) 1530 A.D.

(d) 1612 A.D

Ans. (b) 1498 A.D

  1. Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?

[45TH BPSC PRE 2001]

(a) Diaz

(b) Vasco da Gama

(c) Almeida

(d) Albuqueque

Ans. (C) Almeida

  1. Who among the following had welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut?

[UP Sub Lower Pre 2013]

(a) Gasper Correa

(b) Albuqueque

(c) Zamorin

(d) Don Ahnaida

Ans. (c) Zamorin 

  1. Who was the founder of Portuguese power in India?

[UP Sub Lower Pre 2003]

(a) Vsco da Gama

(b) Albuquerque

(c) Bartholomeu Dias

(d) George Oxdone

Ans. (b) Albuquerque

  1. At which of the following place in India did the Portuguese build their first fortress?                        [UPPCS MAINS 2010]

(a). Anjidiv

(b) Cannanore

(c) Cochin

(d) Goa

Ans. (c) Cochin

  1. Who were the first European to come to India for trade?

[UPPCS Mains 20007]

(a) Dutch

(b) English

(c) French

(d) Portuguese

Ans. (d) Portuguese

  1. Who were the first European to set up sea trade centres in India? [

[UTTRAKHAND PCS Pre 2004]

(a) The English

(b) The French

(c) The Portuguese

(d) The Dutch

Ans. (c) The Portuguese

  1. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was:-                      [UPPCS PRE 2004]

(a) Bandel

(b) Chinsura

(c) Hooghly

(d) Shrirampur

Ans. (c) Hooghly

  1. Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by:-

[IAS pre 1995]

(a) Portuguese

(b) French

(c) Danish

(d) British

Ans. (a) Portuguese

  1. Who used Hooghly as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal?

[65th BPSC Pre 2019]

(a) The Dutch

(b) The French

(c) The Portuguese

(d) The British

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Ans. (c) The Portuguese

  1. Which one of the following is connected with ‘Blue Water’ policy?

[Uttrakhand PCS Pre 2016]

(a) De Almeida

(b) Albuquerque

(c)  Dupleix

(d) Robert Clive

Ans. (a) De Almeida

  1. Who among the following was the founder of Calcutta?

[UPPCS Spl Mains 2004]

(a) Charles Ayar

(b) Job Charnok

(c) Garold Angiyar

(d) William Novris

Ans. (b) Job Charnok

  1. Who founded Calcutta?

[Uttarakhand PCS Main 2006]

(a) John Surman

(b) Vasco da Gama

(c) Warren Hasting

(d) Job Charnock

Ans:- (d) Job Charnock

  1. With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statement is not correct?

[IAS PRE 2003]

(a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499

(b) The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatnam

(c) In Eastern India, the English company opened its first factory in Orrisa in 1633

(d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras ion 1746

Ans:- (a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499 

  1. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were:-

[IAS PRE 1994]

(a) Portuguese

(b) Dutch

(c) French

(d) Danish

Ans:- (b) Dutch 

  1. Which of the following places the Dutch eastablished their trading center in India?

[UPPCS PRE 2017]

(a) Nagappattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam

(b) Surat, Bharuch, Agra

(c) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna

(d) All of the above

Ans:-  (d) All of the above 

  1. Dutch East India Company eastablished its factory at Patna in which year?

[65th BPSC Pre 2019]

(a) 1601

(b) 1632

(c) 1774

(d) 1651

(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Ans:-  (b) 1632 

  1. Which of the following is the correct statement? [IAS PRE 2005]

(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 become a part of the British colony.

Ans:-  (b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi. 

  1. The secret of success of East India Company in India was:

[UPPCS PRE 1994]

(a) Absence of Nationalism in India

(b) The Company army received western training and they had modern arms.

(c) Indian Soldiers lacked fidelity consequently the one who paid them sufficient could have them on his service.

(d) All of the above.

Ans:- (d) All of the above 

  1. Which of the following British companies got the first chartyer permitting them to trade in India?

[UPPCS RI 2014]

(a) Levant Company

(b) East India Company

(c) The English Company trading to the East Indies.

(d) Osted Company

Ans:-  (a) Levant Company 

  1. Which of the following was the Emperor of India when the British East India Company was formed in London?

[UPPCS PRE 2012]

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Ans:-  (a) Akbar 

  1. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company established its first factory in India?

[IAS PRE 2008, IAS PRE 2009]

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Ans:-  (b) Jahangir 

  1. Where in India did Britishers set up their first factory in 1613?

[39th BPSC Pre 1994]

(a) Goa

(b) Hooghly in Bengal

(c) Amarkot

(d) Surat

Ans:-  (d) Surat

  1. The first factory of the East India Company was established at:-

[UPPSC GIC 2010], [UPPSC GIC 2010]

(a) Pune

(b) Goa

(c) Pondicherry

(d) Surat

 Ans:- (d) Surat 

  1. Which of the British officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?

[44th BPSC Pre 2000]

(a) William Hawkins

(b) Thomas Best

(c) Thomas Roe

(d) Josiah Child

Ans:-  (b) Thomas Best 

  1. Which of the following European trading company was the first to establish its factory at Surat?

[UPPCS Mains 2011]

(a) The Dutch

(b) The English

(c) The French

(d) The Portuguerse

Ans:- The English

  1. In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

[IAS Pre 2006]

(a) Bangalore

(b) Madras

(c) Masulipatnam

(d) Surat

   Ans:- Surat

  1. Bombay was taken over by the English East India Company from-

[UTTRAKHAND PCS Pre 2010]

(a) The Dutch

(b) The French

(c) The Danish

(d) The Portuguese

Ans:-  (d) The Portuguese

  1. Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb-

[MPPCS Pre 2008]

(a) Aungier

(b) Sir John Child

(c) Sir John Gayer

(d) Sir Nicholas Waite

Ans:- Sir John Child

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

[44th BPSC Pre 2000]

(a) Anglo-French Rivalry

(b) Austrian war of Succession

(c) Issue of Carnatic Succession

(d) Capture of French ships by the British

Ans:-  (d) Capture of French ships by the British

  1. Carnatic War was fought between:

[UPPCS Pre 1995]

(a) English and French

(b) English and Dutch

(c) English and Marathas

(d) Haider Ali and Marathas

Ans:- (a) English and French

  1. 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?

[IAS Pre 1996]

(a) Clive

(b) Dupleix

(c) Albuquerque

(d) Warren Hastings

Ans:-  (b) Dupleix

  1. In India, among the following locations, the French established their earliest factory at:

[IAS PRE 2003]

(a) Surat

(b) Pulicat

(c) Cochin

(d) Qasim Bazar

Ans:- (a) Surat

  1. French East India Company was constituted during the reign of-

[UPPCS Mains 2014]

(a) Louis XIV

(b) Louis XIII

(c) Louis XV

(d) Louis XVI

Ans:- (a) Louis XIV

  1. Who among the following is considered the founder of French Company in India?

[UPPCS Mains 2003]

(a) Richelieu

(b) Mazarin

(c) Colbert

(d) Franco Martin

Ans:- (c) Colbert

  1. Which of the following factories of Bengal was established by the Dutch?

[UP Lower Sub Spl Pre 2010]

(a) Bandel

(b) Chinsura

(c) Hooghly

(d) Srirampur

Ans:- (b) Chinsura & (c) Hooghly

  1. The French failed to established power in the Deccan because:-

[UPPCS Pre 1998]

(a) Duplex was not a able general

(b) The English had a strong army

(c) The French were not liked by the Indians

(d) Pondicherry was not strategic centre

Ans:- (b) The English had a strong army     

  1. The following European Power entered into Indian trade at one time or the other:-

[UPPCS Pre 1997]

(a) The English

(b) The Dutch

(c) The French

(d) The Portuguese

Select the correct chronological order of their entry from the code given below:

(a) 1.2.3.4

(b) 4,2,1,3

(c) 3,4,2,1

(d) 2,3,4,1

Ans:- (b) 4,2,1,3

  1. Identify the region from where Europeans got best shora(Saltpetre) and opium-

[40th BPSC Pre 19958]

(a) Bihar

(b) Gujarat

(c) Bengal

(d) Madras

Ans:- (a) Bihar

  1. During British rule which region of India was famous for the production of opium?

[47th BPSC Pre 2005]

(a) Bihar

(b) Southern India

(c) Gujarat

(d) Assam

Ans:- (a) Bihar 

  1. Who among the following Europeans, was the Last to come to pre- independence India as traders?

(a) Dutch

(b) English

(c) French

(d) Portuguese

Ans:- (c) French

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