| GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: History of Modern India for CLAT 2013 Oct 8th 2012, 16:37 | GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | | The source for all engineering and legal education news in India | | | History of Modern India for CLAT 2013 Oct 8th 2012, 10:02 1. Which European country started trade with India first? Answer : Portugal 2. The Portuguese reached the city of Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India on ______. Answer : May 18, 1498 3. Who was the first Portuguese governor in India and viceroy of the Portuguese State of India? Answer : Francisco de Almeida 4. Who was the second governor of Portuguese India? Answer : Alfonso de Albuquerque 5. Alfonso de Albuquerque cap*tured Goa from Bijapur in ______. Answer : 1510 6. When Vasco-da-Gama's arrived at Calicut in 1498 he was greeted by which local ruler? Answer : The Hindu ruler of Calicut , Zamorin 7. Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route to India, died on ______ at ______. Answer : Dec. 24, 1524, Cochin, India 8. The East India Company was founded in ______. Answer : 1600 9. The Dutch East India Company was founded in ______. Answer : 1602 10. The primary aim of The East India Company was to ______. Answer : To capture the spice trade by breaking the Portuguese monopoly in Asia 11. The first ambassador of the East India Company, who came to India and stayed in Jahangir's court from 1609 to 1611 was ______. Answer : Captain Hawkins 12. Sir Thomas Roe, another British ambassador, reached Jahangir's court in ______. Answer : 1615 13. In 1662, King Charles II of England got the port cities of Tangier and Bombay from Portugal as dowry for marrying a Portuguese princess. What was her name? Answer : Catherine of Braganza 14. The East India Company, established their first factory at what today is known as Madras in the year ______. Answer :1639 15. In 1619 Jahangir granted permission to East India Company to trade in his territories at ______. Answer : Surat (in Gujarat) & Hughli (in West Bengal) 16. The French East India Company was founded in ______. Answer : 1664 17. The prime objective of the formation of French East India was ______. Answer : To compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India. 18. Who succeeded Aurangzeb in 1707 after his death? Answer : Bahadur Shah I or Shah Alam 19. Who were popularly known as 'Sayyed brothers of the Mughal Empire? Answer : Abdullah Khan and Hussain Ali Khan 20. By whom was the state of Hyderabad founded under the Mughals? Answer : Chin Kilich Khan 21. Who invaded India during the period of A.D. 1738–1739? He was the ruler of which country? Answer : Nadir Shah, Iran 22. The single most important power which came into view after the decline of Mughal dynasty was ______. Answer : The Marathas 23. Who was referred as Peshwa during the Maratha rule in India? Answer : Chief Minister 24. In Maratha Confederacy during the region of Shahu, name the Peshwa who held power between 1720 – 1740. Answer: Baji Rao I 25. In the context of the Marathas what did the terms Chauth and Sardeshmukhi mean? Answer : Tributes collected by the Marathas | | | |  | |
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