INDIAN HISTOEY MCQs

1. Which of the following is regar-ded as the real founder of portugese power in India ?

(A) Pedro Cabral

(B) Almeida

(C) Vasco da Gama

(D) Alfonso de Albuquerque

2. Of the various Europeans who came to India, Whose missio-nary activities were more impor-tant than commerce ?

(A) Dutch

(B) Portuguese

(C) Danes

(D) English

3. The battle of ‘Swali Hole’ was fought between which of the following countries ?

I. Portugal

II. Nettherland

III. France

IV. Britain

(A) I and II

(B) II and III

(C) I and IV

(D) III and IV

4. Who was the founder of the French East India Company ?

(A) Colbert

(B) De La Haye

(C) Duplex

(D) Dumas

5. The Danes sold all their settle-ments in India to—

(A) The portugese

(B) The Dutch

(C) The English

(D) The French

6. ‘Calicoes’ stood for Indian—

(A) Indigo

(B) Textiles

(C) Cotton

(D) Spices

7. The portuguese established a number of factories in India. Which of the following was not one of them ?

(A) Bombay

(B) Masulipatam

(C) Bassein

(D) Salsette

8. On which occassion did the Port-uguese handed over Bombay to English ?

(A) Marriage of Charles II with the portugese princess Catherine of Braganza

(B) By the treaty of Ax la chap-elle

(C) As a result of Portugal’s independence from the con-trol of Spain

(D) The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British (U.P.P.C.S. 2001, I.A.S. 98)

9. Match the following—

(a) Pondicherry

(b) Goa

(c) Tranquebar

(d) Nagapattinam

1. French

2. Portuguese

3. Donish

4. Dutch

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 3 2 2

(B) 2 4 1 3

(C) 3 2 1 4

(D) 1 2 3 4

10. The term ‘Interpolers’ was used by the—

(A) Danish

(B) French

(C) English

(D) Dutch

11. From whom was Goa acquired by Albu querque ?

(A) Bijapur

(B) Golcunda

(C) Berar

(D) Bidar

12. Arrange the following in proper chronological order—

I. Formation of Dutch East India Company

II. Formation of French East India Company

III. Formation of the Swedish East India Company

IV. Formation of the English East India Company

(A) I, II, IV, III

(B) IV, I, II, III

(C) II, I, IV, III

(D) III, II, I, IV

13. The Dutch who discovered commercial possibilities in India and whose book caused sensa-tion in the western world is—

(A) Jan Pietyoovan Coen

(B) Huyghen van Linschoten

(C) William Barents

(D) Houtman

14. Where did the English open their first factory in the South in 1611 ?

(A) Madras

(B) Trichonapally

(C) Masulipatam

(D) Pulicat

15. Who said about the English company in Bengal that it is “A company of base, quarelling people and foul dealers ?”

(A) Mir Jumla

(B) Shaista Khan

(C) Murshi Quli Khan

(D) Aliwardi Khan

16. The nickname of English East India Company was—

(A) Bob Company

(B) Sam Company

(C) Tom Company

(D) John Company

17. Which of the following state-ment is false with regard to the Dutch interest and activities in India ?

I. They treated the local inhabi- tants cruelly and exploited them

II. They did not get involved in the politics

III. They became the carrier of trade between India and the Islands of the Far East

IV. Many attempts were made by them to monopolise the channels of trade between India and the west.

(A) I, II, III

(B) II, III, IV

(C) I, III, IV

(D) I, II, IV

18. Which of the following state-ment is false ?

(A) The lease of Madras in 1639 was obtained by the English from the ruler of Chandr-agiri

(B) Colbert founded the French East India Company

(C) The ‘Blue Water Policy’ associated with Albuquer-que

(D) The Portuguese power was not organised on commer-cial lines

19. Who founded Calcutta in 1690 ?

(A) Almeida

(B) Albuquerque

(C) Job Charnock

(D) Lins Choten

20. The Dutch fort called Geldria was to eated at—

(A) Golcunda

(B) Goa

(C) Pune

(D) Pulicat

21. What was the reason of Mughal wrath towards the English com-pany—

(A) Unreasonable demands of the Mughal official

(B) The French pirates

(C) Interlopers

(D) Arrongant attitude of the company’s officials

22. Tick the greatest failure of Aurangzeb in contributing the rise of the European powers in India ?

I. He failed to understand the political and military implic- ations of the fortified facto-ries

II. He could not stop the exercise of administrative authority by the Europeans in their settlements

III. He permitted the Dutch and English to use their military power against portuguese

IV. He thought that the Euro-pean companies were only commercial in nature

(A) I, II

(B) II, III, IV

(C) I, III, IV

(D) I, IV

23. Which European power called the port of Chittagong as the ‘Porto grande’ or the grand port was—

(A) French

(B) Portuguese

(C) English

(D) Danes

24. The English Governor who was expelled by Aurangzeb was—

(A) De la Haye

(B) Sir John Child

(C) Dumas

(D) Aungier

25. Name of state which granted the ‘Golden Farman’ to the Dutch to trade freely on payment of only 500 ‘Pagodas’ per annum as duty was—

(A) Gingee

(B) Ikkeri

(C) Chandragiri

(D) Golcunda

Answers :

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (D) 21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (D)