European Entry

Q. Fort St George was built in _________.

1. Surat
2. Calcutta
3. Bombay
4. Madras

Q.

Which One Of The Following Was The First Fort Constructed By The British In India

1. Fort St.David

2. Fort St.Angelo

3. Fort St.George

4. Fort St.William

Q. Hindu Baniyas and Muslim Bohras were traders who operated in ________.

1. Bengal
2. Kashmir
3. Vijayanagara empire
4. Gujarat

Q. ________ were established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta by the Europeans.

1. Craft towns
2. Business towns
3. Black towns
4. Sports towns

Q. ________ century saw the rise of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.

1. Nineteenth
2. Eighteenth
3. Sixteenth
4. Fifteenth

Q. By the middle of the century, Indian trade was completely monopolised by the British East India Company.

1. eighteenth
2. nineteenth
3. sixteenth
4. seventeenth

Q. Which of the following trading company/companies tried to control Masulipatnam?

1. Dutch East India Company
2. English East India Company
3. Danish East India Company
4. Danish West India Company

Q. Identify items that were imported from East Africa during the medieval period.

1. Ivory
2. Chinese Blue Pottery
3. Silver
4. Gold

Q.

In the eighteenth century, the country saw the rise of which nodal city of today?

1. Madras

2. Bombay

3. All of the above

4. Calcutta

Q. Identify items imported from Southeast Asia and China.

1. Ivory
2. Chinese Blue Pottery
3. Silver
4. Gold

Q. Which of these metals were imported from southeast Asia and China.

1. Silver
2. Iron
3. Gold
4. Tin

Q. Statement 1: The Europeans gained control over the trade in the Indian subcontinent.
Statement 2: The Vijayanagar empire was attacked by the British traders and this was the reason Hampi was ruined.

1. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
2. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
3. Both statements are true.
4. Both statements are false.

Q. Give reasons why British industries failed to recapture their old hold on the Indian market after the First World War.
Or
Identify the three different types of flow within the international economic exchanges.
Or
"The London underground railway became a huge success." Explain.

Q. Products from India like textiles and spices were popular in both Europe and West Asia.

1. False
2. True