initial modern india mcq set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

In 1757, Sirajuddaulah attacked the British factory at Kasimbazar. Sirajuddaulah asked the Company to stop meddling in the political affairs of his dominion, stop fortification, and pay the revenues.

After negotiations failed, the Nawab marched with 30,000 soldiers to the English factory at Kasimbazar, captured the Company officials, locked the warehouse, disarmed all Englishmen, and blockaded English ships.

Then he marched to Calcutta to establish control over the Company’s fort there.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

The charter to the English East India Company for the monopoly of eastern trade for 15 years was given by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600. Initially, the company struggled in the spice trade due to the competition from the already well-established Dutch East India Company.

The company opened a factory in Bantam on the first voyage and imports of pepper from Java were an important part of the company’s trade for twenty years. The factory in Bantam was closed in 1683.

During this time, ships belonging to the company arriving in India docked at Surat, which was established as a trade transit point in 1608.

Answer: (a)

Farrukhsiyar gave an important Firman to the English of facilitating their trade in India. It was during Farrukhsiyar’s reign, in 1717, that the British East India Company purchased duty-free trading rights in all of Bengal for a mere three thousand rupees a year.