UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 2: Advent of the Europeans (26 MCQs)
UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 2: Advent of the Europeans (26 MCQs) – 25 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in:
Correct Answer: A [1498]
Explanation:
Vasco da Gama landed near Calicut in May 1498 and was received by the Zamorin, opening the sea route to India.
The "Blue Water Policy" is associated with:
Correct Answer: B [Francisco de Almeida]
Explanation:
Almeida, the first viceroy (1505–1509), sought control of the sea rather than land and won the naval battle of Diu in 1509.
The Portuguese capital in India was moved from Cochin to Goa by:
Correct Answer: D [Nino da Cunha]
Explanation:
1530.
The "cartaz" was:
Correct Answer: B [a Portuguese pass required for Asian ships]
Explanation:
The Portuguese forced Asian ships to buy a cartaz (pass) and pay duties at their ports; ships without one could be seized.
The first Dutch factory in India was set up at:
Correct Answer: C [Masulipatnam]
Explanation:
1605.
The English East India Company received its royal charter from:
Correct Answer: D [Elizabeth I]
Explanation:
31 December 1600.
The first permanent English factory in India was set up in 1613 at:
Correct Answer: C [Surat]
Explanation:
A farman of Jahangir in 1613 allowed the English a permanent factory at Surat, their west-coast headquarters until 1687.
Sir Thomas Roe came to India as ambassador to the court of:
Correct Answer: A [Jahangir]
Explanation:
1615–19.
The founder of the English settlement at Calcutta was:
Correct Answer: B [Job Charnock]
Explanation:
1690.
Consider the following statements about the farman of Farrukhsiyar (1717):
1. It allowed the English Company to trade in Bengal without paying duties, for a yearly payment.
2. It allowed the Company to issue dastaks.
3. It granted the Diwani of Bengal to the Company.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
The 1717 farman gave duty-free Bengal trade for Rs 3,000 a year and the right to issue dastaks; the Diwani came only in 1765.
Assertion (A): The French East India Company was weaker than the English Company in India.
Reason (R): The French Company was controlled by the State and depended on royal support, while the English Company was a private joint-stock company.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
State control and dependence on royal grants left the French Company short of steady capital and support, explaining its weakness against the English.
Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) was a settlement of the:
Correct Answer: D [Danes]
Explanation:
1620.
Pondicherry was founded in 1674 by:
Correct Answer: A [François Martin]
Explanation:
François Martin founded Pondicherry in 1674, and it became the headquarters of the French in India.
The Dutch headquarters on the Coromandel coast with Fort Geldria was at:
Correct Answer: B [Pulicat]
Explanation:
Pulicat (1610), protected by Fort Geldria, was the Dutch Coromandel headquarters until the shift to Nagapattinam in the late seventeenth century.
Bombay was given to the English East India Company by:
Correct Answer: A [Charles II]
Explanation:
1668.
The Dutch ceased to be a power in India after their defeat by the English in 1759 at:
Correct Answer: C [Bedara]
Explanation:
The English defeated the Dutch at Bedara near Chinsurah in 1759, ending Dutch political ambitions in India.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Foundation of Pondicherry
2. Capture of Goa by Albuquerque
3. English factory at Surat
4. Job Charnock at Calcutta
Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: C [2-3-1-4]
Explanation:
1510, 1613, 1674, 1690.
Which of the following were introduced into India by the Portuguese?
1. Tobacco
2. Chillies
3. Cashew
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 and 3]
Explanation:
Tobacco, chillies and cashew are New World plants that all reached India through the Portuguese.
The Danish East India Company sold its Indian settlements to the English in:
Correct Answer: A [1845]
Explanation:
In 1845 the Danes sold Tranquebar and Serampore, their Indian possessions, to the English East India Company.
The "Child's War" (1686–1690) was fought between the English Company and:
Correct Answer: B [Aurangzeb]
Explanation:
In the Child's War (1686–1690) the Company fought Aurangzeb's forces, lost, and had to pay a fine to regain trading rights.
Consider the following fruits:
I. Papaya
II. Pineapple
III. Guava
How many of the above were introduced in India by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Correct Answer: C [All the three]
Explanation:
Papaya, pineapple and guava are all American fruits that the Portuguese brought to India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Who among the following rulers of medieval Gujarat surrendered Diu to the Portuguese?
Correct Answer: C [Bahadur Shah]
Explanation:
Bahadur Shah of Gujarat ceded Bassein (1534) and let the Portuguese fortify Diu (1535) while seeking help against Humayun.
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:
1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by the Gajapati rulers.
2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Correct Answer: B [2 and 3 only]
Explanation:
Albuquerque took Goa from Bijapur in 1510, and Fort St George stands on land leased from Damarla Venkatadri, a Vijayanagara representative.
In the first quarter of the seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?
1. Broach
2. Chicacole
3. Trichinopoly
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: A [1 only]
Explanation:
In 1600–1625 the English had factories at Surat, Broach, Ahmedabad and Agra; Chicacole and Trichinopoly had none.
Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the 'New World' and introduced into the 'Old World'?
Correct Answer: A [Tobacco, cocoa and rubber]
Explanation:
Tobacco, cocoa and rubber were all domesticated in the Americas and later spread to Asia, Africa and Europe.
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