WorksheetsAdvent of Europeans to India
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Gateway of European trade was
Constantinople
Italy
India
Portugal
Who had monopoly over trade in Asian countries in the middle ages?
Italian merchants
Arab merchants
Indian merchants
Portuguese merchants
Constantinople city was captured by the Ottoman Turks in the year
1543
1443
1453
1553
Trade became unprofitable to the Italian and Arab merchants after the capture of Constantinople by the Turks.The reason for this was
Low taxes were imposed on the goods passing through Constantinople by the Turks
High taxes were imposed on the goods passing through Constantinople by the Turks
Heavy expenditure made by the merchants
The wars broke out in Europe
Alfonso de Albuquerque was considered as the real founder of the Portuguese power in India because
He captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultan in 1510
He made allies with Indian rulers
He implemented Blue Water Policy
He defeated the British
British royal Ambassador who visited the court of Jehangir was
Sir William Bentinck
Sir Eyre Coote
Sir Thomas Roe
Robert Clive
The Mogul King who issued Dastaks to the British to conduct trade in Bengal was
Shah Alam-II
Jehangir
Faruq Shiar
None of the above
Mir Qasim was dethroned by the British because
He was an inefficient administrator
He declared business was duty free in Bengal
Mir Jaffar wanted to become Nawab
He lacked trustworthiness
Robert Clive implemented
Diwani right
Subsidiary Alliance
Dual Government
Doctrine of Lapse
Who attacked Pondicherry in 1761?
La Bourdonnais
Sir Eyre Coote
Robert Clive
Bussy
British royal Ambassador who visited the court of Jehangir was
Sir William Bentinck
Sir Eyre Coote
Sir Thomas Roe
Robert Clive
The military general of the British army during the Battle of Buxar was
Hector Munro
Robert Clive
Sir Eyre Coote
Dupleix
Which one among the following is not the British Presidency
Bombay
Kolkata
Madras
Pondicherry
The British power was strengthened in Bengal after
The battle of Plassey
The battle of Buxar
Carnatic Wars
None of the above
The Dutch are from
Holland
England
Denmark
Spain
