1. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on…………
a) 1398 b) 1495 c) 1496 d) 1498
2. Diu was the colony of the …………..
a) Portuguese b) English c) Dutch d) French
3. In 1612 ……………established a trading post in Gujarat.
a) British b) French c) Spain d) Dutch
4. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by …………… to visit the court of Jahangir, the
Mughal emperor of India.
a) James I b) Babar c) Shajahan d) Humayun
5. In 1661 the company obtained ………….. from Charles II.
a) Bombay b) Madras c) Kannur d) Calcutta
6. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in
………….
a) Bengal b) Orissa c) Mysore d) Surat
7. Year of the Battle of Plassey is ………….
a) 1557 b) 1657 c) 1757 d) 1857
8. Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is …………
a) 1560 b) 1660 c) 1760 d) 1860
9. Year of the Battle of Buxar is………….
a) 1764 b) 1767 c) 1784 d) 1864
10) Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of …………… in 1772.
a) Bengal b) Madras c) Bombay d) Delhi
