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Advent of Europeans to India

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Gateway of European trade was

a)

Constantinople

b)

Italy

c)

India

d)

Portugal

2.

Who had monopoly over trade in Asian countries in the middle ages?

a)

Italian merchants

b)

Arab merchants

c)

Indian merchants

d)

Portuguese merchants

3.

Constantinople city was captured by the Ottoman Turks in the year

a)

1543

b)

1443

c)

1453

d)

1553

4.

Trade became unprofitable to the Italian and Arab merchants after the capture of Constantinople by the Turks.The reason for this was

a)

Low taxes were imposed on the goods passing through Constantinople by the Turks

b)

High taxes were imposed on the goods passing through Constantinople by the Turks

c)

Heavy expenditure made by the merchants

d)

The wars broke out in Europe

5.

Alfonso de Albuquerque was considered as the real founder of the Portuguese power in India because

a)

He captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultan in 1510

b)

He made allies with Indian rulers

c)

He implemented Blue Water Policy

d)

He defeated the British

6.

British royal Ambassador who visited the court of Jehangir was

a)

Sir William Bentinck

b)

Sir Eyre Coote

c)

Sir Thomas Roe

d)

Robert Clive

7.

The Mogul King who issued Dastaks to the British to conduct trade in Bengal was

a)

Shah Alam-II

b)

Jehangir

c)

Faruq Shiar

d)

None of the above

8.

Mir Qasim was dethroned by the British because

a)

He was an inefficient administrator

b)

He declared business was duty free in Bengal

c)

Mir Jaffar wanted to become Nawab

d)

He lacked trustworthiness

9.

Robert Clive implemented

a)

Diwani right

b)

Subsidiary Alliance

c)

Dual Government

d)

Doctrine of Lapse

10.

Who attacked Pondicherry in 1761?

a)

La Bourdonnais

b)

Sir Eyre Coote

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Bussy

11.

British royal Ambassador who visited the court of Jehangir was

a)

Sir William Bentinck

b)

Sir Eyre Coote

c)

Sir Thomas Roe

d)

Robert Clive

12.

The military general of the British army during the Battle of Buxar was

a)

Hector Munro

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Sir Eyre Coote

d)

Dupleix

13.

Which one among the following is not the British Presidency

a)

Bombay

b)

Kolkata

c)

Madras

d)

Pondicherry

14.

The British power was strengthened in Bengal after

a)

The battle of Plassey

b)

The battle of Buxar

c)

Carnatic Wars

d)

None of the above

15.

The Dutch are from

a)

Holland

b)

England

c)

Denmark

d)

Spain