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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who among the following has been called as a |
| A. | Francis Dupleix |
| B. | Robert Clive |
| C. | Albuquerque |
| D. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Answer» C. Albuquerque | |
| 2. |
The first definite step to provide |
| A. | Regulating Act 1773 |
| B. | Pitt's India Act 1784 |
| C. | Charter Act 1793 |
| D. | Charter Act 1833 |
| Answer» B. Pitt's India Act 1784 | |
| 3. |
Who started the practice of |
| A. | Lord Cilve |
| B. | Lord Cornwallis |
| C. | Lord Wellesley |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Who among the following historians has remarked that the |
| A. | K. M. Panikkar |
| B. | G. W. Forest |
| C. | Lord Macaulay |
| D. | Nand Lal Chatterjee |
| Answer» B. G. W. Forest | |
| 5. |
Which one of the following was NOT a |
| A. | Pondicherry |
| B. | Mahe |
| C. | Goa |
| D. | Chandranagar |
| Answer» D. Chandranagar | |
| 6. |
With reference to the colonial period of india, the trade monopoly of the |
| A. | The Regulating Act of 1773 |
| B. | Pitt's India Act of 1784 |
| C. | The Charter Act of 1813 |
| D. | The Charter Act of 1833 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
During Whose reign did |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shahjahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Shahjahan | |
| 8. |
Bombay was acquired by the English from the |
| A. | 1661 |
| B. | 1612 |
| C. | 1600 |
| D. | 1595 |
| Answer» B. 1612 | |
| 9. |
With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry) consider the following statements |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 3 and 3 only |
| C. | 3 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» B. 3 and 3 only | |
| 10. |
Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the |
| A. | Anglo- French Rivalry |
| B. | Austrian War of Succession |
| C. | Issues of Carnatic Succession |
| D. | Capture of French ships by the British |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Why did |
| A. | Portuguese did not allow them to trade in India |
| B. | There was a growing interference of Dutch Government in the Company's internal affairs |
| C. | Dutch indulged in forcible religious conversion of the people and thus were expelled by local kings |
| D. | The English forces made them to leave India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
With reference to the entry of |
| A. | The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499 |
| B. | The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipattam. |
| C. | In Eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633 |
| D. | Under the Leadership of Duplex, the French occupied Madras in 1746 |
| Answer» B. The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipattam. | |
| 13. |
The first to arrive in India were |
| A. | French |
| B. | Portugues |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | English |
| Answer» C. Dutch | |
| 14. |
In the year 1611, where was the |
| A. | Bangalore |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Masulipattnam |
| D. | Surat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Who was |
| A. | Portuguese Viceroy in india |
| B. | English Viceroy in india |
| C. | Dutch Viceroy in india |
| D. | French Viceroy in india |
| Answer» B. English Viceroy in india | |
| 16. |
Who among the following Europeans, were the last to come to pre -independence India as traders ? |
| A. | Dutch |
| B. | English |
| C. | French |
| D. | Portuguese |
| Answer» D. Portuguese | |
| 17. |
The battle of |
| A. | Marathas and the Portuguese |
| B. | The English and the French |
| C. | The English and the Potuguese |
| D. | Marathas and the English |
| Answer» C. The English and the Potuguese | |
| 18. |
Vasco Da Gama |
| A. | 1498 |
| B. | 1492 |
| C. | 1494 |
| D. | 1453 |
| Answer» B. 1492 | |
| 19. |
In India, among the following locations, the |
| A. | Masulipattanam |
| B. | Pulicat |
| C. | Chochin |
| D. | Kasim Bazar |
| Answer» B. Pulicat | |
| 20. |
Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the |
| A. | Fort St. George |
| B. | Fort St. David |
| C. | Fort St. William |
| D. | Fort St. Angelo |
| Answer» B. Fort St. David | |
| 21. |
During the time of which |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shahjahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Shahjahan | |
| 22. |
Who granted the permission to establish the French factory at |
| A. | Abdulla Kutub Shah |
| B. | Nasir Jung |
| C. | Muzaffar Jung |
| D. | Salabat Jung |
| Answer» B. Nasir Jung | |
| 23. |
Who granted the permission to establish the first British factory at |
| A. | Shah Shuja |
| B. | Murshid Quli Khan |
| C. | Shujauddin |
| D. | Alivardi Khan |
| Answer» B. Murshid Quli Khan | |
| 24. |
Which one of the following Mughal Emperors gave an important |
| A. | Bahadur Shah I |
| B. | Farrukhsiyar |
| C. | Shah Alam II |
| D. | Bahadur Shah Ii |
| Answer» C. Shah Alam II | |
| 25. |
Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the |
| A. | Kasim Bazar |
| B. | Chinsura |
| C. | Hoogly |
| D. | Srirampur |
| Answer» D. Srirampur | |
| 26. |
One of the following rulers, who had granted |
| A. | Farrukhsiyar |
| B. | Shah Alam I |
| C. | Shah Alam II |
| D. | Shujauddaula |
| Answer» D. Shujauddaula | |
| 27. |
Which English Governer of East India company in India was expelled by the |
| A. | Aungier |
| B. | Sir John Child |
| C. | Sir John Gayer |
| D. | Sir Nicholas Waite |
| Answer» C. Sir John Gayer | |
| 28. |
During the |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | English |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | Danish |
| Answer» C. Dutch | |
| 29. |
In 1717, who among the following Mughal emperors had issued the royal edict to allow the business privilege to |
| A. | Shah Alam II |
| B. | Bahadur Shah |
| C. | Jahandar Shah |
| D. | Farrukhsiyar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Who were the first |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | British |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | French |
| Answer» B. British | |
| 31. |
Where are the traces of |
| A. | Goa |
| B. | Calicut |
| C. | Cannanore |
| D. | Cochin |
| Answer» B. Calicut | |
| 32. |
Which of the British Officials defeated |
| A. | William Hawkins |
| B. | Thomas Best |
| C. | Thomas Roe |
| D. | Josiah child |
| Answer» C. Thomas Roe | |
| 33. |
The administration of the |
| A. | 1857 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1862 |
| D. | 1892 |
| Answer» C. 1862 | |