14000+ MCQs Modern History (Advent of European Companies in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/10/2026
1. The staple commodities of export by the East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
2. The correct chronological order of the places where the trading centres were set up by the Britishers are
3. The French East India Company was set up
4. Who was defeated by the English in the Battle of Wandiwash?
5. Which of the following is/are not correct regarding Afonso de Albuquerque?
I. He was the second Governor of Portuguese in India.
II. He had captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur.
III. He discouraged his countrymen to marry Indian women.
IV. He consolidated Portuguese power in India.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
6. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
7. What is the name of the fort constructed by the British in Calcutta?
8. The cotton clothes of Calicut, which were taken by the Portuguese, were commonly called in Europe as
9. Who was the ruler of India when the British East India Company was formed in London?
10. Who was the first Dutch to come to India in 1596?
11. In which of the following places did the Dutch establish their trading centres in India?
12. In the reign of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
13. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which of the following years?
14. Which Carnatic war came to an end by the Treaty of Pondicherry or Treaty of Godehu (1754)?
15. Which English Governor of the East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
16. Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India?
17. Why did the Dutch East India Company fail to maintain its influence in India?
18. Who was the first President of Fort William?
19. Where did the French East India Company first establish its factory in India?
20. 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.
21. Which among the following statements are correct with regard to the Portuguese in India?
I. They had the monopoly over the Eastern trade in the 16th century.
II. They possessed Mumbai (Bombay) in the beginning.
III. They had trading settlements at Cochin, Daman and Diu.
IV. The Mughals denied them any trading concessions.
22. The ruler of Gujarat Bahadur Shah was killed in conflict with
23. At which place in Bengal did the Dutch establish their factory?
24. Which of the following is related to the Blue Water Policy?
25. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to India?
26. Who is considered as the real founder of the Portuguese power in India?
27. Where was the Western Presidency situated in the early period of the East India company?
28. The Headquarters of Danish settlement was
29. Who first came to India for trading purposes?
30. Which Carnatic Nawab was defeated by the Joint army of Muzaffar Jung, Chanda Sahib and Dupleix in the Battle of Ambur (1749)?
31. The French East India Company was founded in 1664. It made rapid progress and was finally established at
32. Which of the following place in India was the Headquarters of the Portuguese?
33. In 1600, the Charter to the English East India Company for a monopoly of Eastern trade for 15 years was given by
34. The first to come and last to leave India were
35. At which place in Bengal did the Mughal Emperor grant the permission to the East India Company to trade and set up its factories in 1651?
36. Which one among the following was a reason for which the French could not succeed in India in the 18th century?
37. What was the name of the ambassador sent by James I to the court of Jahangir in 1608?
38. Who lived in the ‘Black Towns’ established by the European in the 18th Century?
39. Consider the following statements.
I. Firman issued by Farrukhsiyar in favour of British (for duty-free trade) was known as ‘Magna Carta’ of the British Company. II. The English opened their first factory at Surat. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
40. Who among the following was the founder of the French India Company for trade in India?
41. To whom did the Danes sell all their settlements and return to their country?
42. Who were the first to start a Joint Stock Company to trade with India?
43. 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.
44. Consider the following statements about English East India Company.
I. In 1667, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb issued firman in favour of Company to trade in Bengal. II. William Hawkins succeeded to get permission from Jahangir to set up a factory at Surat. III. The company constantly increased its power by taking the advantages of the corrupt nobles of the later Mughal Empire. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?
45. Who discovered the sea-route to India via the Cape of Good Hope?
46. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was
47. Who used Hooghly as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal?
48. Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’?
49. At which place in India did the Danish East India Company set up its first factory in 1620?
50. Which one of the following is the correct statement?
