Advent of the Europeans and Their Struggle for Supremacy
1) | Who were the first European to come to India? | Portuguese |
2) | Who was the first European to arrive India? | Vasco da Gama |
3) | When did Vasco da Gama reach India? | 1498 AD |
4) | Where in India did Vasco da Gama first land? | Kalicutt |
5) | From whom did the Portuguese conquer Goa? | the Sultan of Bijapur |
6) | Which was the first headquarters of the Portuguese in India? | Cochin |
7) | The cultivation of which crops was started in India by the Portuguese for the first time? | Tobacco, pepper, corn, papaya etc. |
8) | Where was the first printing press set up in India? | Goa |
9) | By which operation were the Portuguese expelled from India? | Operation Vijay |
10) | When was the Dutch United East India Company founded? | 1602 AD |
11) | Write the names of any two Dutch trading centers in India. | Cochin, Surat, Agra, etc. |
12) | When was the English East India Company founded? | 1600 AD |
13) | Who founded the English East India Company? | British traders |
14) | When did Sir Thomas Roe come to India? | 1615 AD |
15) | When did the British set up their factory in Madras? | 1640 AD |
16) | When did the French make Pondicherry their capital? | 1674 AD |
17) | Who gave the English East India Company the monoply to trade with India? | Queen Elizabeth |
18) | Where in India did the British establish their first colony? | Surat |
19) | Where did the French set up their headquarters? | Pondicherry |
20) | The battles of Karnataka were fought between which parties? | The British and the French |
21) | Why were of the battles of Karnataka fought? | to establish commercial supremacy |
22) | How many battles of Karnataka were fought between the English and the French? | 3 |
23) | Who won the battles of Karnataka? | The English |
24) | Who was the Nawab of Bengal during the Battle of Plassey? | Siraj-ud-daula |
25) | When did the Battle of Plassey take place? | 1757 AD |
26) | The battle of Plassey took place between which two parties? | the British and Siraj-ud-daula |
27) | When did the Battle of Buxar take place? | 1764 AD |
28) | When did Lord Clive become the Governor of Bengal? | 1757 AD |
29) | Which Governor General is considered the founder of the British Empire in India? | Lord Clive |
30) | Who gave the the British the right to free trade in India? | Farrukhsiyar |
31) | When did the Farukhsiyar gave the right to duty-free trade to British in India? | 1717 AD |
32) | Where did the Black Hole incident take place? | Calcutta |
33) | How many Englishmen were killed in a Black Hole incident? | 123 |
34) | Whom did the British blame for the Black Hole incident? | Sirajuddaula |