Practice Advent of the Europeans – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Why do many historians prefer to call the period of British rule in India the 'colonial' period?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

1. The East India Company receives a charter from Queen Elizabeth I

2. The first English factory is set up on the river Hugli

3. Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about the charter granted to the East India Company in 1600:

1. It gave the Company the sole right to trade with the East, so no other English trading group could compete with it.

2. It prevented other European powers, such as the Dutch and the French, from entering Eastern markets.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following was NOT a result of the competition among European trading companies in India?

Find the odd one out:

What was an early English 'factory' in Bengal mainly made up of?

Match List-I with List-II:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Why did Murshid Quli Khan, the Nawab of Bengal, protest against the East India Company?

What was a major result of the European trading companies fortifying their trading posts in India?