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