Mock Test : SSC MTS – CT 10 : Modern India – Advent of Europeans

1.The Dutch East India Company was established in India in 1602 AD.Where did the Dutch establish their first colony in India?Deselect Answer

2. Who was the first Portuguese explorer to reach India by sea?Deselect Answer

3. Which European power was the first to establish a trading post in India?Deselect Answer

4. In ______, the East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East.Deselect Answer

5. The appointment of _________ as the Governor of the French East India Company in 1742 AD saw the beginning of the Anglo-French Conflict in India.Deselect Answer

6. In which year British Parliament passed a resolution giving equal rights to all Englishmen to trade in the East?Deselect Answer

7. _ was the first governor of Portuguese, who introduced the policy of Blue water.Deselect Answer

8. Before Goa, which was the capital of the Portuguese in India?Deselect Answer

9. Which among the following apparently impressed Jahangir to issue a farman in 1613 A.D. to the English to establish a factory at Surat?Deselect Answer

10. William Hawkins met Emperor Jahangir as a representative of the ______ East India Company.Deselect Answer