14000+ MCQs Modern History (Advent of European Companies in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/01/2026
1. Which of the following statements regarding the Danish are correct?
I. They could not establish their position in India.
II. They sold all their settlements to Portuguese.
III. They were more concerned with the missionary activities than trade.
IV. They established their factory at Masulipatnam and Porto Novo.
2. Which area of India was famous for cultivating opium during the British period?
3. To whom did the Danes sell all their settlements and return to their country?
4. Vasco da Gama reached the famous port of Calicut by the help of
5. Which of the following regarding the establishment of Dutch factories in India is not correctly matched?
| Dutch Factory | Year of Establishment |
| (a) Pulicat | 1610 |
| (b) Surat | 1616 |
| (c) Karaikal | 1645 |
| (d) Cochin | 1670 |
6. Initially, the Mughals tried to develop friendly relations with the English. Why?
I. They could use the English to counter the Portuguese on the sea.
II. They could use English to keep them in opening trading points in spice islands.
III. Indian merchants could certainly benefit by competition among their foreign buyers.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
7. Why did the Dutch East India Company fail to maintain its influence in India?
8. Where did the Dutch found their first factory in India?
9. With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following.
I. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese.
II. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
III. The English never occupied Pondicherry.
10. Match the following (French East India Company Figures and Actions).
| List I (Person) | List II (Action/Ambition) |
| A. Francois Caron | 1. Set up a first French factory at Surat |
| B. Marcara | 2. Set up another factory of French at Masulipatnam in 1669 |
| C. Francois Martin | 3. Acquired the area of Pondicherry from the Quiladar of Valikondapuram from the Sultan of Bijapur and transformed into a flourishing port. |
| D. Dupleix (Joseph Francois) | 4. Cherish the ambition of a French Empire |
11. In 1600, the Charter to the English East India Company for a monopoly of Eastern trade for 15 years was given by
12. The place of the English East India Company settlement in Madras was known as
13. Who among the following was the founder of the French India Company for trade in India?
14. Name the ruler of Thanjavur who willingly negotiated with the Danish Merchants for trade.
15. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
16. In which of the following places did the Dutch establish their trading centres in India?
17. Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’?
18. Which Carnatic war came to an end by the Treaty of Pondicherry or Treaty of Godehu (1754)?
19. The correct chronological order of the places where the trading centres were set up by the Britishers are
20. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of Portuguese Governors?
21. What was the name of the ambassador sent by James I to the court of Jahangir in 1608?
22. Who first came to India for trading purposes?
23. Consider the following statements.
I. The Portuguese Governor Afonso De Sousa had acquired Diu and Bassein from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
II. The famous Jesuit Saint Francis Xavier came to India with Afonso de Sousa.
Which of the following statement(s) given above is/are correct?
24. The Englishman appointed by Akbar for verification of diamond was
25. The Headquarters of Danish settlement was
26. Who founded the settlement which became Fort William (Calcutta)?
27. The first to come and last to leave India were
28. Where did the Portuguese construct their first fort in India?
29. Which Carnatic Nawab was defeated by the Joint army of Muzaffar Jung, Chanda Sahib and Dupleix in the Battle of Ambur (1749)?
30. The staple commodities of export by the East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
31. The immediate cause of the First Carnatic War was
32. Who lived in the ‘Black Towns’ established by the European in the 18th Century?
33. Who was the ruler of India when the British East India Company was formed in London?
34. Consider the following statements regarding Portuguese.
I. Their first effort to establish commerce in Bengal was made for Chittagong. II. The second settlement at Hugh was granted to them by Akbar in 1579-80. III. The third settlement was established at Bandel through a Firman of Shah Jahan in 1633. IV. Portuguese lost Hormuz in 1622 to Mughals. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
35. The cotton clothes of Calicut, which were taken by the Portuguese, were commonly called in Europe as
36. The English established their first factory in India at
37. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to India?
38. In which part of Bengal was the second Danish factory set up in 1676 to speed up the trade?
39. At which place in India did the Danish East India Company set up its first factory in 1620?
40. At which place in Bengal did the Dutch establish their factory?
41. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which of the following years?
42. The Battle of Wandiwash was fought between the
43. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was
44. Who were the first to start a Joint Stock Company to trade with India?
45. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
46. In the reign of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
47. Where was the Western Presidency situated in the early period of the East India company?
48. Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in India?
49. Match the following (Sailors/Explorers) with their Country of Origin.
| List I (Sailors) | List II (Country) |
| A. Vasco da Gama | 1. Spain |
| B. Christopher Columbus | 2. Portugal |
| C. Captain Cook (James) | 3. Holland (Dutch) |
| D. Tasman (Abel) | 4. Great Britain |
50. Who was the first President of Fort William?
