Saturday, December 29, 2018

Indian History most Imp mcq for upcoming exam.

01.Vascoda Gama reached Calicut in the Western coast of India in

1498.

02. Who was the ruler of Calicut welcomed Vascoda Gama?

Zamorin.

Explaination:-

Vascoda Gama was welcomed by the Hindu ruler of Calicut, Samudiri (Zamorin), who allowed him to take pepper, drugs etc. on board.

03.When did Vascoda Gama revisit India?

1502.

Explaination:-

Vasco Da Gama voyaged to India thrice (1497-98, 1502-03, and 1524) before he died in India in 1524.

04.Who was the first Portuguese Governor in India?

Francis De Almaida.

Explaination:-

In 1505 Manuel appointed Dom Francisco de Almeida first governor in India, with the rank of viceroy.


05.The Portuguese Governor who defeated the Arabs and Egyptians at Diu

Francis De Almaida.

06. Who laid foundation for Portuguese in India?

Albuquerque.

Explaination:-

Afonso de Albuquerque, also called Afonso de Albuquerque the Great, (born 1453, Alhandra, near Lisbon, Portugal—died December 15, 1515, at sea, off Goa, India), Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) in India and of Melaka (1511) on the Malay Peninsula.

07.Who encouraged the Portuguese Matrimonial
relationships with Indians?

Albuquerque.

08. When did Albuquerque captured Goa?

1510.

09. Albuquerque defeated Bijapur Sultan with the help of

Krishnadevaraya.

10. Which of the following was the Head Quaters of Portuguese trade centres?

Goa.

11. Which of the following were Portuguese trade
centres?

 A. Bombay and Santhom
 B. Hugli and Malacca
 C. Bassein and Salsette
 D. All the above.

12. The Portuguese settlements Goa, Diu and Daman were occupied by India in

1961.

13.The Dutch United East India Company was
established in

1602.

Explaination:-

It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade.

14. Where did the Dutch established their first trading centre?

Machilipatnam.

Explaination:-

History. Dutch presence on the Indian subcontinent lasted from 1605 to 1825. Merchants of the Dutch East India Company first established themselves in Dutch Coromandel, notably Pulicat, as they were looking for textiles to exchange with the spices they traded in the East Indies.

15.Which of the following was the head quarter of
Dutch in India?

Pulicat.

16. In 1690 the head quarter of Dutch was shifted from Pulicat to

Nagapatnam.

Explaination:-

In 1690, the Dutch East Indies shifted its administrative stronghold from Pulicat to Nagapattinam, which remained under their control until 1781, when it fell to the East India Company.

17. Danes established their trading centres at

 A. Tranquibar
 B. Srirampur
 C. Tanjore
 D. All the above

18. What was the head quarter of Danes in India?

Srirampur.

19. The English East India Company was established in

1600 A.D.

Explaination:-

1600 The East India Company is founded. At first the company is known as 'The Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies.' It is founded by a Royal Charter, signed by Queen Elizabeth I, on 31 December 1600. Sir Thomas Smythe is the Company's first Governor.

20.To get permission for trade English sent Captain Hawkins in 1608 to the court of

Jahangir.

Explaination:-

In 1608, William Hawkins, commander of the Hector, was sent to ask the Mughal Emperor about trade with England. He impressed Jahangir with his grasp of Turkish and ability to drink copious amounts of wine, but he failed to get an agreement for an English factory.
By 1750, the Mughal Empire was in a state of collapse.


21. When did English sent Sir Thomas Roe to the court of Jahangir to get permission for trade?

1615.

Explaination:-

Sir Thomas Roe from company reached the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, as the emissary of King James I in 1615, and gained for the British the right to establish a factory at Surat.

22.When did British established their settlement in
Surath?

1616.

Explaination:-

Founded by Pieter van den Broecke in 1616. After the British took the city of Suratte from the Mughal Empire in 1759, the trading post's role diminished.

23. British established a factory at Machilipatnam with the permission of

Golkonda Sultan.

24.When did Francis Day got Madras from Chandragir Raja?

1639.

Explaination:-

22nd August 1639: Madras (now Chennai) is Founded by the East India Company. On 22nd August 1639 Madras (now Chennai) was founded by the East India Company who bought it as a piece of land from the local Nayak rulers.

25. Where was St.George Fort built in 1641?

Madras.

Explaination:-

Madras was founded in 1639 by the British East India Company and was the first important English settlement in India. 
Francis Day and his superior Andrew Cogan can be considered as the founders of Madras (now Chennai). They began construction of the Fort St George on 23 April 1640 and houses for their residence.

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