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- 1. Multiple Choice
What do you call a business enterprise that makes profit primarily through trade, buying goods cheap and selling them at higher process?
(a) Exchange
(b) Noncommercial
(c) Mercantile
(d) Barter
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which foreign power, from the given list was the last European power to enter India?
(a) French
(b) Dutch
(c) Chinese
(d) Portuguese
- 3. Multiple Choice
In which year was the Dutch East India Company formed?
(a) 1752
(b) 1702
(c) 1682
(d) 1602
(b) 1702
(c) 1682
(d) 1602
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which were the important spices that were in great demand in the European market?
(a) Coriander, Fenugreek
(b) Cumin, Aniseed
(c) Pepper, Cloves, Cardamom, Cinnamon
(d) Garlic, Ginger, poppy seeds
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why is it considered that Delhi could no longer function as an effective center after the death of Aurangzeb?
(a) Many regional powerful kingdoms emerged in various parts asserting their authority
(b) Delhi was not considered to be symbolically lucky for the rulers.
(c) Delhi only represented the Northern part of India, and the Southern Part was left out without any representation
(d) The trading activities could not function from Delhi
- 6. Multiple Choice
A Farman is best described as an order from a King. Aurangzeb issued a Farman to Robert Clive granting the East India Company
(a) the right to set up factories on the banks of rivers
(b) the right to fortify settlement
(c) the right to trade duty free
(d) the right to fight battles with the other European powers
- 7. Multiple Choice
When was the French East India Company established?
(a) 1750
(b) 1664
(c) 1690
(d) 1700
- 8. Multiple Choice
In which year did the East India Company acquire a charter as the sole traders with the East from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I?
(a) 1700
(b) 1600
(c) 1750
(d) 1800
- 9. Multiple Choice
According to the historians, by the second half of the 18th century, which new power emerged as powerful in India?
(a) British
(b) Chinese
(c) Japanese
(d) Dutch
- 10. Multiple Choice
A list of historical events are given below, Choose the one you think marked the beginning of the modern Age of Indian history?
(a) Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indian independence on 15th August 1947
(c) Indus valley Civilisation(
d) Death of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb
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