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1
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Capture of Constantinople

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1453

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Who captured Constantinople?

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Ottoman Turks

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3
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Vasco da Gama discovered Sea Route to India in?

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1498

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4
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Vasco’s second visit in _____ led to the establishment of trading stations at?

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1502, Calicut, Cochin and Cannanore

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5
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Who was the first Portuguese governor?

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Francisco De Almeida (1505-09)

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6
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Francisco De Almeida initiated the ___ policy?

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Blue Water Policy or Cartaze System

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7
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Who is considered to be the founder of Portuguese power in India?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque (1509 to 1515)

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Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from?

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Bijapur

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9
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Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Bhatkal from?

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Sri Krishna Devaraya

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10
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Who initiated the policy of marrying with the natives of India?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque

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11
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Which Portuguese governor banned the practice of Sati?

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Alfonso de Albuquerque

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12
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Which Portuguese governor shifted the capital from Cochin to Goa in 1530?

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Nino De Cunha(1529-1538)

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13
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Diu and Bassein came under the Portuguese occupation under?

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Nino De Cunha

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Diu and Bassein were taken into Portuguese occupation from?

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Gujarat King Bahadur Shah

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Who was killed in 1537 at Diu while negotiating with the Portuguese?

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Bahadur Shah

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16
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The Dutch East India Company was formed in?

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March 1602

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17
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The Dutch East India Company was formed by?

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The Charter of the Dutch Parliament

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18
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The Dutch EIC had the power to?

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wage wars, make treaty and build forts

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19
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1605

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Machilipatnam Dutch Factory

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20
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1616

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Pulicat Dutch Factory

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21
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1616

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Surat Dutch Factory

22
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1641

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Bhimilipatnam Dutch Factory

23
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1645

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Karaikas Dutch Factory

24
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1653

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Chinsurah Dutch Factory

25
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1658

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Kasimbazar, Baranagore, Patna, Balasore and Nagapatnam Dutch Factories

26
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1663

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Cochin Dutch Factory

27
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The English defeated the Dutch in the?

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Battle of Bidara 1759

28
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English EIC company was formed in?

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1600

29
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English EIC was formed by?

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Charter Issued by Queen Elizabeth I

30
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The charter by Queen Elizabeth gave the English EIC

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Monopoly to trade in the East Indies for 15 years

31
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The English established their first factory at ____ in ____.

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Surat in 1613

32
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The factory at Surat was established by?

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Captain Thomas Best’s victory over the Portuguese in 1612

33
Q

Sir Thomas Roe secured permission from Jahangir to establish factories at?

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Agra, Ahmedabad and Broach

34
Q

Bombay came under the English EIC by?

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When Charles II leased it to the English for an annual rent of £10

35
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Madras was given to the English by _____ in ____.

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Chandragiri in 1639

36
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_____ replaced Masulipatnam as the English headquarters in the East Coast.

A

Madras

37
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Fort St George is located at?

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Madras

38
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The city of Calcutta grew from the development of three villages. List them.

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Sutanati, Gobindpur and Kalikata

39
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Fort William is located at?

A

Calcutta

40
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_____ became the seat of British power in India till 1911.

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Fort William

41
Q

Farruksiyar’s Farman was issued in which year?

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1717

42
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Which document is called the Magna Carta of the English EIC?

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Farruksiyar’s Farman

43
Q

Farruksiyar’s Farman gave the English EIC significant privileges in?

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Bengal, Gujarat and Hyderabad

44
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The French EIC was founded in?

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1664

45
Q

Pondicherry was granted to the French EIC by ____ in ____.

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Valikondapuram Governor Sher Khan Lodi in 1673

46
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The First Carnatic War took place in which years?

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1740 to 1748

47
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Which treaty was signed at the end of the First Carnatic War?

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The Treaty of Aix La Chapelle

48
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The Second Carnatic War took place between?

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1749 to 1754

49
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The Battle of Wandiwash took place in?

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1760-61

50
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The Third Carnatic War took place in?

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1758-1763

51
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the Third Carnatic War ended with the treaty of?

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

52
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under the treaty of Paris, the French were allowed to?

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use Indian settlements for commercial purposes only and fortification of Settlements were banned

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