advent of europeans Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26

Which of the following places had an English factory?

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

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 4 only

d) 2 and 4 only

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Question : 27 [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]

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

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Question : 28 [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]

Which of the British officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?

a) William Hawkins

b) Thomas Best

c) Thomas Roe

d) Josiah Child

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Question : 29 [IAS (Pre) 2003]

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

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Question : 30

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

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