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