MPSC TEST SERIES 62

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1. Which East India Company Known as John Company?

a) English East India Company
b) French East India Company
c) Dutch East India Company
d) Danes East India Company

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

2. Who granted royal charter for English East India Company to conduct trade with East?

a) Queen Victoria
b) Queen Elizabeth
c) James II
d) Charles II

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

3. Where did the English open their first factory in the South?

a) Masulipattanam
b) Madras
c) Pondicherry
d) Calicut

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

4. Who was the founder of Calcutta?

a) Francois Mortin
b) Job Charnock
c) Robert Clive
d) Warren Hasting

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

5. Which Mughal Emperor issued a Farman to English East India Company in 1717, which was also known as Magna Carta ?

a) Aurangazeb

b) Farukhsiyar

c) Bahadursha Jafar II

d) Akbar

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

6. Which was the first newspaper published in India?

a) Bengal Gazette
b) Samachar Darpan
c) Mumbai Samachar
d) The Times of India

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

7. Which was the first vernacular paper in India?

a) Bengal Gazette
b) Samachar Darpan
c) Mumbai Samachar
d) The Times of India

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

8. Which is the oldest English daily in India?

a) The Hindustan Times
b) The Statesman
c) The Times of India
d) The Indian Express

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

9. Who among the following published first newspaper in India?

a) James Augustus Hickey
b) Lord William Bentinck
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Sir Thomas Munro

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

10. Which of the following villages, which later grew into Calcutta?

a) Sutanuti, Kalikata & Chandragiri
b) Chandragiri, Kalikata & Govindpur
c) Sutanuti, Bedara & Govindpur
d) Sutanuti, Kalikata & Govindpur

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

11. Of the various Europeans who Of the various Europeans who came toIndia,Whose missionary activities were more important than commerce ?

a) Dutch

b) Portuguese

c) Danes

d) English

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

12. The Danes sold all their settlements in India to

a) The Portuguese
b) The Dutch
c) The English
d) The French

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

13. At which place the first Danish East India company factory was established in India?

a) Serampore
b) Surat
c) Tranquebar
d) Masulipatnam

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

14. The ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ is related to which of the following events?

a) Battle of Plassey
b) Battle of Buxar
c) Revolt of 1857
d) Carnatic Wars

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

15. The incident of “Black Hole” took place during whose tenure?

a) Siraj-ud-Daulah
b) Mir Zafar
c) Mir Qasim
d) Alivardi Khan

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

16. What was the name of the fort where the famous Black Hole incident took place on June 20, 1756?

a) Fort William
b) Fort Duquesne
c) Fort Pitt
d) Fort Sumter

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

17. Who was the military leader sent to avenge thedeaths of those who died in the Black Hole?

a) Francis Drake
b) Martin Frobisher
c) Robert Owen
d) Robert Clive

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

18. Who established the French East India company?

a) Lalley
b) Colbert
c) Dupleix
d) Bussey

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

19. Who was the first French Governor in India

a) Colbert
b) Joseph François Dupleix
c) François Martin
d) Hemsti la vendor

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

20. Match the following companies with their first headquarters:
1. Dutch East India Company a. Cochin
2. Danish East India Company b. Surat
3. English East India Company c. Serampore
4. Portuguese East India Company d. Pulicat

a) 1-c 2-d 3-a 4-b
b) 1-d 2-a 3-c 4-b
c) 1-d 2-c 3-b 4-a
d) 1-d 2-a 3-b 4-c

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

MPSC TEST SERIES 62

MPSC TEST SERIES 62

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