British East India Company NDA Questions

NDA Modern Indian History

British East India Company MCQ Questions


1.
The English East India Company was established under a Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I, giving it exclusive trading rights with Asia, in the year:
A.
1580
B.
1639
C.
1613
D.
1600
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ANSWER :
D. 1600
2.
The English East India Company's Royal Charter granted it a monopoly over English trade with which broad region?
A.
Only continental Europe
B.
Asia (including India and the East Indies)
C.
Only Africa
D.
Only the Americas
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ANSWER :
B. Asia (including India and the East Indies)
3.
The East India Company established its first trading post (factory) on the Indian mainland at the Gujarat port city of:
A.
Bombay
B.
Calicut
C.
Surat, in 1613
D.
Madras
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ANSWER :
C. Surat, in 1613
4.
The East India Company obtained permission to establish its factory at Surat through a farman (royal order) granted by the Mughal Emperor:
A.
Aurangzeb
B.
Shah Jahan
C.
Akbar
D.
Jahangir
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ANSWER :
D. Jahangir
5.
The English East India Company established an important trading settlement on the south-eastern coast of India, later developing into the city of Madras, centred around the fortification known as:
A.
Fort St. Angelo
B.
Fort St. George
C.
Fort St. David
D.
Fort William
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ANSWER :
B. Fort St. George
6.
The island of Bombay came under English control as part of the dowry of the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza upon her marriage to the English King:
A.
Charles II
B.
William III
C.
James I
D.
George I
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ANSWER :
A. Charles II