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