ADVENT OF EUROPEANS MCQS SET 09
81) Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in lndia?
A) The English
B) The French
C) The Portuguese
D) The Dutch
Answer: The Portuguese
82) Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
A) Aungier
B) Sir John Child
C) Sir John Gayer
D) Sir Nicholas Waite
Answer: Sir John Child
83) Which of the following is/are not correct regarding Alfonso De Albuquerque?
1. He was the second Governor of Portuguese in India.
2. He had captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur.
3. He discouraged his countrymen to marry Indian women.
4. He consolidated Portuguese power in lndia.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) Only 2
C) Only 4
D) Only 3
Answer: Only 3
84) Which of the following statements are correct regarding Portuguese?
1. They made the spice trade a monopoly.
2. They sold the offices of captains and customs collectors.
3. Goa was the early Portuguese capital in India, later on which was replaced by Cochin.
4. The Marathas captured Salsette and Bassein in 1739 from Portuguese.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) 1,3 and 4
C) 2,3 and 4
D) 1,2 and 4
Answer: 1,2 and 4
85) Consider the following statements regarding Portuguese
1. Their first effort to establish commerce in Bengal was made for Chittagong.
2. The second settlement at Hugh was granted to them by Akbar in 1579 80.
3. The third settlement was established at Bandel through a Firman of ShahJahan in 1633.
4. Portuguese lost Hormuz in 1622 to Mughals.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) 1 and 3
B) Only 4
C) Only 3
D) None of these
Answer: Only 3
86) Consider the following statements
1. The earlier foreign merchants had mere commercial motives and very little or no support from their native governments.
2. But the Gulopean merchants who came to lndia during this period had enough political and military support of their respective governments.
3. The European merchants had only motive to stabilise empire.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) 1 and 2
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) None of these
Answer: 1 and 2
87) The first serious blow which the Portuguese inflicted on the Indian trade and industry was that when they
A) forced Gujarat and Calicut to abandon construction of ships or even armed rowing boats
B) Monopolised the port to~port trade on the Malabar coast and the trade from the Indian to the Persian coast
C) Both 'a' and"b'
D) None of the above
Answer: None of the above
88) Why were the English permitted to fortify Bombay?
A) The activities of the Portuguese pirates
B) The threat posed to English trade at the time by the rising Maratha power
C) They were able to convince the Mughal emperor that they had no military ambitions
D) The activities of the Pindaris and the grave law and order situation
Answer: They were able to convince the Mughal emperor that they had no military ambitions
89) There was a triangular contest among the trading companies during the first half of the seventeenth century on account of their commercial rivalries. Who among the following did not take part in it?
A) The English
B) The French
C) The Portuguese
D) The Dutch
Answer: The Dutch
90) The Portuguese Estado da lndia was called wholly 'a piratical and parasitic state' because
A) It completely monopolised lndia's foreign trade
B) It grew rich by ruthless plunder on unarmed Asian ships
C) It considered piracy and plunder more profitable than trade
D) All of the above
Answer: It completely monopolised lndia's foreign trade
A) The English
B) The French
C) The Portuguese
D) The Dutch
Answer: The Portuguese
82) Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
A) Aungier
B) Sir John Child
C) Sir John Gayer
D) Sir Nicholas Waite
Answer: Sir John Child
83) Which of the following is/are not correct regarding Alfonso De Albuquerque?
1. He was the second Governor of Portuguese in India.
2. He had captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur.
3. He discouraged his countrymen to marry Indian women.
4. He consolidated Portuguese power in lndia.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) Only 2
C) Only 4
D) Only 3
Answer: Only 3
84) Which of the following statements are correct regarding Portuguese?
1. They made the spice trade a monopoly.
2. They sold the offices of captains and customs collectors.
3. Goa was the early Portuguese capital in India, later on which was replaced by Cochin.
4. The Marathas captured Salsette and Bassein in 1739 from Portuguese.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) 1,3 and 4
C) 2,3 and 4
D) 1,2 and 4
Answer: 1,2 and 4
85) Consider the following statements regarding Portuguese
1. Their first effort to establish commerce in Bengal was made for Chittagong.
2. The second settlement at Hugh was granted to them by Akbar in 1579 80.
3. The third settlement was established at Bandel through a Firman of ShahJahan in 1633.
4. Portuguese lost Hormuz in 1622 to Mughals.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) 1 and 3
B) Only 4
C) Only 3
D) None of these
Answer: Only 3
86) Consider the following statements
1. The earlier foreign merchants had mere commercial motives and very little or no support from their native governments.
2. But the Gulopean merchants who came to lndia during this period had enough political and military support of their respective governments.
3. The European merchants had only motive to stabilise empire.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) 1 and 2
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) None of these
Answer: 1 and 2
87) The first serious blow which the Portuguese inflicted on the Indian trade and industry was that when they
A) forced Gujarat and Calicut to abandon construction of ships or even armed rowing boats
B) Monopolised the port to~port trade on the Malabar coast and the trade from the Indian to the Persian coast
C) Both 'a' and"b'
D) None of the above
Answer: None of the above
88) Why were the English permitted to fortify Bombay?
A) The activities of the Portuguese pirates
B) The threat posed to English trade at the time by the rising Maratha power
C) They were able to convince the Mughal emperor that they had no military ambitions
D) The activities of the Pindaris and the grave law and order situation
Answer: They were able to convince the Mughal emperor that they had no military ambitions
89) There was a triangular contest among the trading companies during the first half of the seventeenth century on account of their commercial rivalries. Who among the following did not take part in it?
A) The English
B) The French
C) The Portuguese
D) The Dutch
Answer: The Dutch
90) The Portuguese Estado da lndia was called wholly 'a piratical and parasitic state' because
A) It completely monopolised lndia's foreign trade
B) It grew rich by ruthless plunder on unarmed Asian ships
C) It considered piracy and plunder more profitable than trade
D) All of the above
Answer: It completely monopolised lndia's foreign trade
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