1. Which one of the following was the Emperor of India when British East India Company was formed in London?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, UPPCS (Pre) 2012
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
2. Which of the following British companies got the first charter permitting them to trade in India?
Question Asked : UPPSC (RI) 2014
(A) Levant Company
(B) East India Company
(C) The English Company trading to the East Indies
(D) Ostend Company
3. The secret of success of East India Company in India was
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 1994
(A) Absence of Nationalism in India
(B) The company army received western training and they had modem arms.
(C) Indian Soldiers had lackness of fidelity consequently who pay them sufficient could have them on his service
(D) All above three
4. In which of the following places the Dutch established their trading centre in India?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2017
(A) Nagappattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam
(B) Surat, Bharuch, Agra
(C) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna
(D) All the above
5. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 1994
(A) Portuguese
(C) French
(B) Dutch
(D) Danish
6. Who founded Calcutta?
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006
(A) John Surman
(C) Warren Hastings
(B) Vasco da Gama
(D) Job Charnock
7. Who among the following was the founder of Calcutta?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004
(A) Charles Ayar
(B) Job Charnok
(C) Garold Angiyar
(D) William Novris
8. Which one of the followings is connected with ‘Blue Water’ policy?
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016
(A) De Almeida
(B) Albuquerque
(C) Dupleix
(D) Robert Clive
9. Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 1995
(A) Portuguese
(B) French
(C) Danish
(D) British
10. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2004
(A) Bandel
(B) Chinsurah
(C) Hooghly
(D) Shrirampur
