FROM TRADE TO TERRITORY

______ was the last ruler of Mughal empire.

• A) Akbar II

• B) Bahadur Shah Zafar

• C) Aurangzeb

• D) Shah Alam II

_____ granted a Charter to East India Company in early 1600s in order to trade with India

• A) Queen Elizabeth I

• B) Queen Victoria

• C) King George V

• D) Queen Elizabeth II

_____ was the first person to discover a trading route to India.

 

• A) Vasco da Gama

• B) James Cook

• C) Columbus

• D) Thomas Cook

Fine qualities of ____ had big market in Europe when European traders started marketing in India.

• A) cotton

• B) timber

• C) wheat

• D) pepper

Kalikata is the old name of 

 

• A) Calicut

• B) Kozhikode

• C) Kolkata

• D) Madras

______ 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

_____ were appointed by Company in Indian States after Battle of Buxor

 

• A) Resident

• B) Nawab

• C) Minister

• D) Financer

Kolkata city is on the banks of river_________

• A) Yamuna

• B) Hugli

• C) Swarnaprabha

• D) Mahi

_____ was capital of Tipu Sultan

 

• A) Calicut

• B) Mangalore

• C) Srirangapatnam

• D) Masulipatnam