Advent of the Europeans » Exercise – 1
1. Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India ?
(a) The English
(b) The French
(c) The Portuguese
(d) The Dutch
2. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
3. Who among the following arrived in the court of Jahangir as an official ambassader of king of England ?
(a) William Hawkins
(b) Sir Thomas Roe
(c) Sir Edward Terry
(d) Bernier
4. 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
5. Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the Portuguese was ?
(a) Kasim Bazar
(b) Chinsura
(c) Hoogly
(d) Srirampur
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