advent of europeans MCQ set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499

b) The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatnam

c) In Eastern India, the English company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633

d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746

Question : 2

Interlopers were

a) Mughal revenue officials

b) Portuguese trading community members

c) Indian brokers in spice trade with Europe

d) English merchants who traded independently

Question : 3

Who was the real founder of Portuguese power in India?

a) Vasco-da-Gama

b) Albuquerque

c) Bartholomuse Dies

d) George Oxdone History of India 81

Question : 4

Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?

a) Aungier

b) Sir John Child

c) Sir John Gayer

d) Sir Nicholas Waite

Question : 5

Which of the following places had an English factory?

1. Cochin
2. Surat
3. Pulicut
4. Cannanore

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 4 only

d) 2 and 4 only

Question : 6

The main aim of the Portuguese in India was to

a) Capture territories on the western coast of India

b) Oust Arabs and Persians from India’s maritime trade

c) Capture pepper and other spices trade

d) Propagate Christianity