1.
The state which granted the Golden Farman to the Dutch to trade freely on payment of a more 500 pagodas a year as duty was
2.
Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?
3.
Between whom was the Treaty of Purandhar in 1776 made?
4.
Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of
5.
Who among the following was the first Muslim Millitary Commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty?
6.
Who laid the foundation of Portugese power in India?
7.
When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the
8.
The French got the site of Pondicherry from
9.
Who introduced Blue water policy in India?
10.
The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
11.
Which Indian King requested Napoleon for help to drive the British from India?
12.
The Treaty of Bassien was signed with the British by
13.
The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an agro-industry in his Kingdom was
14.
The land of Bombay was given to the English Prince Charles as Dowry by the
15.
In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?
16.
Which British Military officer defeated Tipu Sultan in India, Napoleon Bonaparte in Europe and eventually became the Duke of Wellington?
17.
Which one among the following was fought earliest?
18.
In, Bengal the headquarters of East India Company were located at?
19.
Goa was captured by the Portugese in?
20.
The Indian textiles which were used by the Dutch in the African slave trade were
21.
Which of the following statements about Hyder Ali is correct?
22.
Who among the following was an ally of Mir Qasim in the Battle of Buxar?
23.
The founder of Madras was
24.
The French for the trade of the East India Company was founded in India by
25.
English East India Company’s first Presidency in India was?
26.
In 1757, Siraj-ud-Daula was defeated by?
27.
Which of the following did not participate in the alliance forged by Mir Qasim after he was defeated by the English in 1763?
28.
Who among the following British officials was sent to Lahore to negotiate the Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh?
29.
Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daula a Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Palassey?
30.
Which among the following was NOT annexed into the East India territories via the Doctrine of Lapse?
31.
Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of
32.
The main English exports from Bengal were
33.
The English Governor in India who was expelled by Aurangzeb was?
34.
In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at
35.
Who was Francisco Denies Almeida?
36.
Who among the following was not a party to the coalition that fought against the English in the Battle of Buxar?
37.
Which one among the following was the result of the first Anglo-Maratha War of 1775-82?
38.
The final defeat of the Maratha confederacy came during the time of?
39.
With which one among the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
40.
The first Anglo-Burmese War concluded by a treaty. Which one among the following is that?