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Advent of europeans - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    UPPSC 2004
    Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was:
    1. Kasim Bazar
    2. Chinsurah
    3. Hoogly
    4. Srirampur
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  2. Question 2

    UPPSC (Mains) 2010
    Where did the Portuguese construct their first fort in India?
    1. Anjidiv
    2. Coonoor
    3. Cochin
    4. Goa
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  3. Question 3

    MPPCS (Pre) 2008
    Which of the following places had an English factory?
    1. Cochin
    2. Surat
    3. Pulicut
    4. Cannanore
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  4. Question 4

    MPPCS (Pre) 2008
    Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
    1. Aungier
    2. Sir John Child
    3. Sir John Gayer
    4. Sir Nicholas Waite
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  5. Question 5

    BPSC (Pre) 2000
    Which of the British officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?
    1. William Hawkins
    2. Thomas Best
    3. Thomas Roe
    4. Josiah Child
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  6. Question 6

    BPSC (Pre) 2001
    Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?
    1. Diaz
    2. Vasco-da-Gama
    3. Almeida
    4. Albuquerque
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  7. Question 7

    BPSC (Pre) 2000
    Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War?
    1. Anglo-French Rivalry
    2. Austrian War of Succession
    3. Issues of Carnatic Succession
    4. Capture of French ships by the British
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  8. Question 8

    SSC 2010
    The Portuguese East India Company was known by the name:
    1. Estado da India
    2. East India Company
    3. Company da and Oriental
    4. Varingde ost Indishe
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Preliminary 2018
    Who among the following was associated with the French?
    1. Haidar Ali
    2. Safdar Jang
    3. Mir Qasim
    4. Tipu Sultan
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Preliminary 2019
    Between whom were the Carnatic Wars fought?
    1. French East India Co. and English East India Co.
    2. French East India Co. and Dutch East India Co.
    3. Dutch East India Co. and the Portuguese
    4. English East India Co. and the Dutch
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Preliminary 2019
    With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
    1. Akbar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shahjehan
    4. Aurangzeb
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Preliminary 2019
    When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India?
    1. 1498 A.D.
    2. 1409 A.D.
    3. 1496 A.D.
    4. 1492 A.D.
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Preliminary 2019
    Which battle established the supremacy of the British rule in India?
    1. Battle of Plassey, 1757
    2. Battle of Buxar, 1764
    3. 3rd Mysore War, 1790-92
    4. 4th Mysore War, 1799
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  14. Question 14

    UPSC
    Which one of the following European trading companies adopted the "Blue Water Policy" in India?
    1. The Dutch
    2. The English
    3. The French
    4. The Portuguese
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  15. Question 15

    UPSC
    Who among the following was the first Englishman to visit western India?
    1. Ralph Fitch
    2. Thomas Roe
    3. William Hawkins
    4. John Mildenhall
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  16. Question 16

    UPSC Prelims 2009
    The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between:
    1. French and Dutch
    2. English and Portuguese
    3. English and French
    4. Dutch and Portuguese
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  17. Question 17

    UPPSC 2007
    Which Portuguese official introduced the policy of marrying Indians to Portuguese soldiers?
    1. Almeida
    2. Albuquerque
    3. Cabral
    4. Nino da Cunha
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    Which European power did not establish trading posts in India?
    1. Belgium
    2. Denmark
    3. France
    4. Holland
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  19. Question 19

    UPSC Prelims 2018
    In which fort of Rajasthan did Jahangir and Sir Thomas Roe meet for the first time in 1616?
    1. Alwar
    2. Mandalgarh
    3. Akbar fort (Ajmer)
    4. Jaigarh (Amer)
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Who introduced the 'Blue Water Policy' in India?
    1. Francisco de Almeida
    2. Afonso de Albuquerque
    3. Vasco da Gama
    4. Pedro Alvares Cabral
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