Advent of Europeans Quiz Questions and Answers - 2

Question: 6

In 1717, who among the following Mughal emperors had issued the royal edict to allow the business privilege to Britain’s East India Company

(A) Farrukhsiyar

(B) Jahandar Shah

(C) Shah Alam II

(D) Bahadur Shah

Question: 7

Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War?

(A) Anglo French Rivalry

(B) Austrian War of Succession

(C) Capture of French ships by the British

(D) Issues of Carnatic Succession

Question: 8

The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between

(A) Marathas and the Portuguese

(B) The English and the French

(C) The English and the Portuguese

(D) Marathas and the English

Question: 9

With reference to the Colonial period of India, the trade monopoly of the East India company was ended by

(A) The Charter Act of 1833

(B) The Charter Act of 1813

(C) Pitt’s India Act of 1784

(D) The Regulating Act of 1773

Question: 10

Bombay was acquired by the English from the Portuguese in the year

(A) 1595

(B) 1600

(C) 1612

(D) 1661