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History & Culture Test 2
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Negative marks are -0.33 per wrong answer
Right answer is 1 mark
No time limit but finish in 30 mins
Solution can be found at below chapters:
Test series is based on following chapters.
History & Culture Chapter 3: ENTRY OF EUROPEANS IN INDIA
History & Culture Chapter 2: INDIAN STATES AND SOCIETY IN 18TH CENTURY
Q1: province of Bombay was created by
Ripon
Macaulay
Mayo
Marquis of hastings
Q2: Trade routes to India
through red sea and then Egypt and Europe via Mediterranean sea
Persian gulf by sea and then through Iraq and turkey and again by sea through Venice and Genoa
central Asia,
all
Q3: ______ found an all sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama
Asaf shah
burhan ul mulk
Magellen
Q4:The English East Indian Company was formed and given a charter to trade in the east by
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Queen Victoria
King George
Q5: The English Company was led by Captain Hawkins and received by
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Shah jahan
Jahangir
Q6:the Mughals gave British permission to open factories throughout the Mughal territory due to
British also started harassing hajj pilgrims and Indian merchants
Mughal emperor thought that in order to counter the supremacy of Portuguese in sea, friendship with the English is important.
both
none
Q7:Hostilities between Portuguese and British were ended by giving the island of ___ to British for marrying a Portuguese princess in 1662.
Bombay
Kolkata
Madras
Goa
Q8: The south India was more favorable to British as
no strong government existed there
Friendly rulers
both
none
Q9: first british facory in India was at
Surat
bombay
Madras
Masulipatnam
Q10: The first factory in the south was opened in
Masullipatinam
Bengal
Pondicherry
madras
Q11: fort George was at
Delhi
Bombay
Madras
Surat
Q12: fort George was built by
robert clive
Admiral watson
Mir jafar
Francis day
Q13: Aurangzeb permitted British trade as
he felt that foreign traders couldn’t harm him
revenue they brought from trade increased the state treasury.
British naval might was great enough to ruin Indian trade with west
all
Q14: fort William was at
Calcutta
Delhi
Surat
Bombay
Q15: ______ built the fort William
Robert clive
Job carnock
Mir qasim
Alex cunningham
Q16: British rule could establish in India as
absence of modern nationalism in India they could be setup against each other easily
absence of nationalism and respect of salt in the Indian mind made him a good and loyal soldier
both
none
Q17: The british fortified the following cities in ascending order
surat, mumbai, madras, kolkata
surat, madras, mumbai, kolkata
mumbai, surat, madras, kolkata
surat, mumbai, kolkata, madras
Q18:British wanted Bengal as
the most fertile and suitable for trade and commerce.
strong French presence
Friendly ruler
all
Q19:Nawab lost the battle of Plassey as
British managed to lure Mir Jafar and other nobles of Nawabs court to their side.
Nawab was weak
both
none
Q20: Mir Jafar was replaced as
he couldn’t meet british demands
British felt that he wasn’t able to fulfill their expectations
both
none
Q21: Mir Qasim proved to be a threat to the British power in Bengal as
He wanted to free Bengal from British control
he wanted to build a strong army and good administration.
both
none
Q22: The battle of ___ established British supremacy in India
Delhi,
Bombay
Mysore
Buxar
Q23: All conquerors of odissa wanted domination over the Puri temple as
it gave legitimacy to their rule in minds of local.
It has gold reserves
it offered strategic advantage
all
Q24:The battle of Buxar established British supremacy in India as
The British got diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
The diwani rights gave the British full and legitimate control over Bengal.
both
none
Q25:dual system of government was started by
Mir qasim
Admiral watson
Hastings
Robert clive
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