1. When did Vasco da Gama reach India?
On 17th may 1498, he reached port of Calicut via Cape of Good Hope(Africa), received by Hindu ruler Zamorin
2. What were the trading stations of Portuguese?
Calicut, cochin, cannanore
3. What was the capital of Portuguese?
Cochin (1502) initial capital, then goa
4. Who was the first governor of Portuguese?
Francisco Almeida
5. Which Portuguese governor introduced “policy of blue water”?
Francisco Almeida
6. Which Portuguese governor transferred capital from cochin to goa?
Nino da cunha
7. Which Portuguese governor introduced policy of imperialism?
Alfonso d’ Albuquerque
8. Portuguese king gave Bombay as dowry to whom?
Charles II of England in 1661
9. Where was the first factory of Portuguese established?
Calicut
10. Which saint arrived during the Portuguese period?
St. Francisco Xavier
11. What was the main centre of Dutch?
Pulicat, replaced by Nagapatnam in 1690
12. What was the outcome of Battle of Bedera in 1759?
British defeated Dutch
13. Who traded with Indian merchants before East India company formed?
John Mildenhall (1599)
14. Who founded British East India Company?
Group of merchants known as “merchant adventures” in 1599
15. Who issued farman to Captain Hawkins to make factory at Surat (1609)?
Jahangir
16. Who visited Jahangir’s court in 1615 as ambassador from king James I for trading in India?
Sir Thomas Roe
17. Where did British create first factory?
Surat in 1608
18. British obtained Madras from Raja of Chandragiri in 1639 and build fortified factory called ___
Fort St George
19. Who acquired three villages Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur and created Calcutta in 1690?
Job Charnock
20. Job Charnock created fortified factory at Sutanuti named ___
Fort William in 1700
21. John Surman obtained farman from mughal emperor Farukhsiyar in 1717 which is called ___
“Magna Carta of British Rule in India” as it gave large concessions to company
22. Where did Danes settle?
Tranqueber (Tamil Nadu) in 1620 and Serampore (Bengal) (headquarter) in 1676
23. Who created French East India Company?
Colbert in 1664
24. What was the capital of French in India?
Puducherry, founded in 1673
25. Where did French create their factory?
Chandernagar
26. Who founded Hyderabad?
Nizam ul mulk Asaf Jahan in 1724
27. What titles did Farukhsiyar gave to Asaf Jahan?
“Khan I duran”, “Nizam ul mulk”
28. What title did Nizam of Hyderabad took?
Nawab of Carnatic
29. Which state remained independent from British till independence?
Hyderabad
30. Who founded Awadh?
Saadat Khan Burhan Ul Mulk (governor of Muhammad Shah)