From trade to territory

The first English factory was set up in the year

• 1600

• (b) 1651

• (c) 1655

• (d) 1665

Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?

• a) Columbus

• (b) Dutch

• (c) East India Company

• (d) Vasco-da-Gama

European trading companies were attracted to India due to

• (a) cheap land

• (b) cheap labour

• (c) raw material like cotton silk and spices

• (d) none of these

______ was the first major victory of Englishmen in India.

• A) Battle of Plassey

• B) Battle of Madras

• C) battle of Mysore

• D) Battle of Delhi

_____ led Englishmen in the Battle of Plassey against Bengal nawab in 1757

• A) Warren Hasting

• B) Louis Mountbaitten

• C) Robert Clive

• D) Lord Canning

Kolkata city is on the banks of river

• A) Yamuna

• B) Hugli

• C) Swarnaprabha

• D) Mahi