Advent of European in India MCQ Quiz 2 – Modern History of India

Question 1. Which one of the following European trading company was the first to establish its factory at Surat? 

(A) The Dutch

(B) The English

(C) The French

(D) The Portuguese

Question 2. Which of the British officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?

(A) William Hawkins

(B) Thomas Best

(C) Thomas Roe

(D) Josiah Child

Question 3. Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War?

(A) Anglo-French Rivalry

(B) Austrian War of Succession

(C) Issues of Carnatic Succession

(D) Capture of French ships by the British

Question 4. Bombay was taken over by the English East India Company from?

(A) The Dutch

(B) The French

(C) The Danish

(D) The Portuguese

Question 5. In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

(A) Bangalore

(B) Madras

(C) Masulipattam

(D) Surat

Question 6. Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?

(A) Aungier

(B) Sir John Child

(C) Sir John Gayer

(D) Sir Nicholas Waite

Question 7. Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian Princess with a view to acquire territories?

(A) Clive

(B) Dupleix

(C) Albuquerque

(D) Warren Hastings

Question 8. Carnatic War was fought between?

(A) English and French

(B) English and Dutch

(C) English and Marathas

(D) Haider Ali and Marathas

Question 9. In India, among the following locations, the French established their earliest factory at?

(A) Surat

(B) Pulicat

(C) Cochin

(D) Kasim Bazar

Question 10. Who among the following is considered the founder of French Company in India?

(A) Richelieu

(B) Mazarin

(C) Colbert

(D) Franco Martin

Question 11. French East India Company was constituted during the reign of?

(A) Louis XIV

(B) Louis XIII

(C) Louis XV

(D) Louis XVI

Question 12. The French failed to establish power in the Deccan because?

(A) Duplex was not a capable general

(B) The English had a strong army

(C) The French were not liked by the Indians

(D) Pondicherry was not a strategic centre

Question 13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below.

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Question 14. The following European Powers entered into Indian trade at one time or the other.

1. The English
2. The Dutch
3. The French
4. The Portuguese

Select the correct chronological order of their entry from the code given below.

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 4, 2, 1, 3

(C) 3, 4, 2, 1

(D) 2, 3, 4, 1

Question 15. Which of the following factories of Bengal was established by the Dutch?

(A) Bandel

(B) Chinsurah

(C) Hooghly

(D) Srirampur

Question 16. Identify the region from where Europeans got best shora and opium.

(A) Bihar

(B) Gujarat

(C) Bengal

(D) Madras

Question 17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

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Question 18. Consider the following.

1. Assessment of land revenue of the basis of nature of the soil and the quality of crops.
   
2. Use of mobile cannons in warfare.
   
3. Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies.
   

Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the English? 

(A) Only 1

(B) 1 and 2

(C) 2 and 3

(D) None of these

Question 19. With reference to Pondicherry (Now Puducherry), consider the following statements.

1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
   
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
   
3. The English never occupied Pondicherry.
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) 2 and 3

(C) Only 3

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Question 20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

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