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Advent Of European Flashcards

1
Q

By the 17th century, all European nations established commercial empires in India. Their operations were primarily focused on coastal port cities in India and did not infringe upon the sovereignty of indigenous politics. True or false.

A

True

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2
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Major European power that come to India

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Portuguese 1498
Dutch 1602
English 1608
Danes 1616
French 1664

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3
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First European to reach Indian Ocean from Atlantic

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Bartholomew Dias (1487)

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4
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In 1497___ reached Calicut,ruled by ___

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Vasco
Zamorin

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5
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Who establish Portuguese first factory and where?

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Cabral at Calicut in 1500

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6
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First Portuguese Viceroy

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Francisco de Almeida

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7
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Who initiated the blue water policy and constructed for Anjediva?

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Almeida

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8
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Who is known as real founder of Portuguese empire in India and why?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque
Bcuz abolish Sati,
new plants,
conquered Goa from Sultan of Bijapur
Inter marriages
Trading centres expanded
Christianity

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9
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Who transferred headquarter from Cochin to Goa?

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Nino De Cunha

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10
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Causes of failure of Portuguese

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Lack of leadership
Corrupt administration
Religious policy
Neglected by home government

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11
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Impact of Portuguese coming to India

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Spread of Christianity western education

New crops and vegetables

Cartaz System

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12
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First Dutch traveller to reach India

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Houtman in 1596

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13
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First Dutch factory?

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1605 at Masulipatnam

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14
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Dutch main interest was in Indonesia Archipelago & the spice Island, not India, true or false

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True

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15
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The first credit of making Indian cloth as an item of export goes to

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Dutch

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16
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Dutch in 1610, signed a treaty , with the king of____ and established their headquarters at_____ and maintained their gold coins called____

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Chandragiri
Pulicat
Pagoda

17
Q

Who’s model of trade was based on cartel or cooperative system?

A

Dutch

18
Q

Anglo Dutch rivalry - battle of

A

Bedara - dutch khtm

19
Q

First English man who said his foot on Indian soil and came in a ship called

A

Captain Hawkins

Hector

20
Q

Who got Royal Farman by Jahagir and open first factory at?

First temporary factory was it

A

Thomas best, surat

Musulipatnam

21
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Who got the Royal Farman to open factories in the whole of India?

A

Thomas Roe

22
Q

Who allowed the British to trade freely in return of fixed payment?

A

Sultan of Golkonda in 1632

23
Q

Who obtained Madras from Raja of Chandragiri and fortified it and called it as

A

Francis Day
Fort St George

24
Q

Fort DevanPatnam near Madras renamed as

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Fort David

25
Q

First factory in south-east coast was in

A

Odisha

26
Q

In 1690, who establish factory at sutanati, which was fortified in 1697 and known as

A

Job Charnock

Fort Williams

27
Q

In 1717, who gave Farman ( magna car of the company)

A

Farukh Siyar

28
Q

Danes establish their trading outpost in India by 1620 @

A

Tanjore (Tranquebar)

29
Q

Under who first protest, a visionary came to India to propagate Christianity in area of Andaman and Nicobar

A

Danes

30
Q

First French factory at

A

Surat - 1668

31
Q

In 1672, village of a grant received from the king of Bijapur, where ___was founded (capital also) (snatched by Dutch)

A

Pondichery

32
Q

First Carnatic war - timeline,
background and treaty

A

1740 to 1748
Austrian war of succession
Treaty of Aix La Chapelle

33
Q

Battle of St Thomas was fought between

A

Nawab of Carnatic (Anwar Uddin) vs French
Near river Adyar

34
Q

Second Carnatic war - timeline, background and treaty

A

1749 to 1755
Dynastic foods in South India
Treaty of Pondicherry

35
Q

Third Carnatic war - timeline, background, treaty

A

1757 to 1763
Seven year war
Piece of Paris

36
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Battle of wandiwash was fought between

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French versus British (1760)

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