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Advent of europeans - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    The Treaty of Paris (1763) concluded which war?
    1. First Carnatic War
    2. Second Carnatic War
    3. Third Carnatic War
    4. Battle of Buxar
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  2. Question 2

    SC Prelims 2012
    Which European power captured Goa in 1510?
    1. Dutch
    2. British
    3. Portuguese
    4. French
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  3. Question 3

    UPSC 2016
    Who was the first to establish a permanent English settlement in India?
    1. Sir Thomas Roe
    2. Sir Robert Clive
    3. William Hawkins
    4. Sir John Child
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  4. Question 4

    SSC CGL 2017
    Who was the first Governor of the English East India Company in India?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Sir Thomas Roe
    4. Sir John Clendon
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Prelims 2015
    The English East India Company’s first factory in India was set up in which of the following towns?
    1. Surat
    2. Mumbai
    3. Goa
    4. Madras
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  6. Question 6

    UPSC Prelims 2016
    Which battle in 1759 marked the defeat of the French in India?
    1. Battle of Plassey
    2. Battle of Wandiwash
    3. Battle of Buxar
    4. Battle of Adyar
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    Who was the first Portuguese Governor of India?
    1. Vasco da Gama
    2. Francisco de Almeida
    3. Afonso de Albuquerque
    4. Nino da Cunha
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  8. Question 8

    UPSC Prelims 2013
    Who among the following was the first Englishman to reach India?
    1. William Hawkins
    2. Sir Thomas Roe
    3. Vasco da Gama
    4. John Mildenhall
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  9. Question 9

    UPSC Prelims 2012
    The first Portuguese expedition to India was led by:
    1. Vasco da Gama
    2. Pedro Álvares Cabral
    3. Francisco de Almeida
    4. Afonso de Albuquerque
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Prelims 2018
    The Portuguese were forced to leave India in which year?
    1. 1670
    2. 1757
    3. 1761
    4. 1961
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  11. Question 11

    UPSC Prelims 2016
    Which was the first French settlement in India?
    1. Pondicherry
    2. Surat
    3. Calcutta
    4. Madras
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Who was the first French Governor-General in India?
    1. Dupleix
    2. Bussy
    3. Lally
    4. Labourdonnais
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  13. Question 13

    UPSC Prelims 2015
    The first Dutch factory in India was established at:
    1. Surat
    2. Bombay
    3. Masulipatnam
    4. Pondicherry
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Prelims 2017
    The Dutch East India Company was established in:
    1. 1600
    2. 1602
    3. 1620
    4. 1630
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  15. Question 15

    UPSC Prelims 2016
    The Battle of Plassey was fought between the British and the:
    1. Marathas
    2. French
    3. Nawab of Bengal
    4. Dutch
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Prelims 2017
    Who was the last Portuguese viceroy of India?
    1. Afonso de Albuquerque
    2. Nino da Cunha
    3. Luis de Meneses
    4. Antonio de Noronha
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  17. Question 17

    SSC CGL 2015
    Which of the following was the primary cause of the decline of the Portuguese empire in India?
    1. Military defeats by the British
    2. Overextension of Portuguese territories
    3. Religious intolerance
    4. Decline in naval power
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  18. Question 18

    UPSC Prelims 2016
    The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ended the conflict between which two powers?
    1. French and Portuguese
    2. English and Dutch
    3. French and English
    4. English and Portuguese
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS 2018, UPPSC (Mains) 2007
    Who first came to India for trading purposes?
    1. The French
    2. The Dutch
    3. The Portuguese
    4. The English
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  20. Question 20

    SSC 2008
    The first to come and last to leave India were:
    1. The French
    2. The Portuguese
    3. The English
    4. The Dutch
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