advent of europeans MCQ set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

a) Bangalore

b) Madras

c) Masulipattam

d) Surat

Question : 3

Match the following Places Settlement

a) iii i ii iv

b) iii ii i iv

c) iv iii ii i

d) ii iv iii i

Question : 4

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 : 5

Which of the British officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?

a) William Hawkins

b) Thomas Best

c) Thomas Roe

d) Josiah Child

Question : 6

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