Modern India 1 - Advent of Europeans

Question 0

Name the important city that acted as buffer zone for the trade between orient and the west

Answer 0

Constantinople

Question 1

Trade between the orient and the west was done through how many different routes?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

Who prohibited the Europeans from entering Constantinople in 1453 ?

Answer 2

The Ottoman Turks

Question 3

Which event created the necessity of discovering the all sea route to India?

Answer 3

The Europeans were not allowed to enter Constantinople by the ottoman Turks in 1453 , this created the need to discover an all sea route to India.

Question 4

Who were the first to plunge into action with regard to the discovery of the all sea route to India?

Answer 4

Portuguese

Question 5

Which Portuguese King was a great navigator?

Answer 5

King Henry II was a great navigator and encouraged other navigators in this regard.

Question 6

Name the people who set out to discover and reach India through all sea route

Answer 6

1. Barthaloma Dieuez
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Vasco da gama

Question 7

Write a note on Barthaloma Dieuez’s expedition to India

Answer 7

He reached the southernmost tip of Africa in 1484 and later returned to Lisbon leaving his expedition incomplete due to the torrential weather .

Question 8

Write a note on Columbus’s expedition to India

Answer 8

Columbus also reached the southernmost tip of Africa and later when he set sail for India his ship got caught in a storm and lost its way which led him to travel in the wrong direction and discover America instead.

Question 9

Write a note on Vasco Da Gama’s expedition to India

Answer 9

VDG successfully reached India in 1498 . He reached Kappad near Calicut.

Question 10

Who welcomed Vasco Da Gama in India

Answer 10

VDG was welcomed by Raja Manu Vikrama Verma , the Zamorin of Calicut .

Question 11

Who renamed the southernmost tip of Africa to ‘Cape of good hope’?

Answer 11

King James II of Portugal.

Question 12

What was the original name of Cape of good hope?

Answer 12

Cape of cyclones

Question 13

Who became the first person to cross the equator during the course of his expedition

Answer 13

Barthaloma Dieuez

Question 14

Who was the second Portuguese navigator to successfully reach India ?

Answer 14

Henry Cabrel

Question 15

When did VDG visit India for the second time?

Answer 15

1502 , and Vasco Da Gama also killed Raja Manu Vikrama Verma and his commander Kunjali Markar.

Question 16

Where did the Portuguese establish their first trade centre at ?

Answer 16

Cochin in 1503.

Question 17

Where did the Portuguese construct their first port at?

Answer 17

Cochin

Question 18

What subsequently happened to Vasco Da Gama?

Answer 18

He died in Cochin and was later buried at Lisbon.

Question 19

Who was the first Portuguese governor to India?

Answer 19

Francisco de Almeida.

Question 20

What policy was followed by Francisco de Almeida?

Answer 20

Blue water policy which had to do with supremacy over seas.

Question 21

Who was the second Portuguese governor to India

Answer 21

Alfonso de Albequrque

Question 22

Who was known as the Father of Portuguese trade empire in India?

Answer 22

Francisco de Albequrque , the second Portuguese governor to India.

Question 23

Few noteworthy points about Alfonso de Albequrque

Answer 23

1. Second Portuguese governor to India.
2. Encouraged Portuguese women to marry locals .
3. He was involved in forcible conversions

Question 24

Under which Portuguese governor were Goa, basain and solsati captured ?

Answer 24

Alfonso de Albequrque

Question 25

The Portuguese were patroned by which local rulers ?

Answer 25

The Mughals

Question 26

At which places did the Portuguese establish their trade centres at in the east coast?

Answer 26

Hoogli and Machalipatnam.

Question 27

Who were the first to issue trade licenses in India and what were these licenses called?

Answer 27

Portuguese were the first to issue trade licenses in India and they were called Cartez.

Question 28

What were the Portuguese mainly interested in India ?

Answer 28

Spices

Question 29

What are JHUNKERS?

Answer 29

Indian ships that mastered navigating western seas.

Question 30

DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY

Answer 30

It was established in 1602.

Question 31

What was the speciality of the Dutch east India company?

Answer 31

It was a very powerful company under the direct supervision of the Dutch royal household.

Question 32

Where did the Dutch establish their trade centres at?

Answer 32

1. Chinsura 2. Hoogli 3. Nagapattinam

Question 33

Where was the Dutch headquarters in India located at?

Answer 33

Nagapattinam

Question 34

What were the Dutch mainly interested in ?

Answer 34

Indigo

Question 35

What were the major indigo production centres at that time?

Answer 35

Sartaz , Bayana , Agra and Allahabad.

Question 36

What was Dutch trade referred to as?

Answer 36

Dutch trade was referred to as Batalian trade.

Question 37

Against whom was the Amboyana massacre committed against and what was its result?

Answer 37

The Dutch committed the Amboyana massacre against the British in Indonesia and as a result the Britishers were driven out of Indonesia.

Question 38

The Dutch EIC became the ________ colonial company in trade.

Answer 38

Richest

Question 39

BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY .

Answer 39

Thomas Stephens was the first British traveller to visit India .

Question 40

Who was the first British traveler to visit India?

Answer 40

Thomas Stephens

Question 41

Which Britisher wrote a grammar book for Konkani language?

Answer 41

Thomas Stephens

Question 42

Name the two persons who visited Agra and akbar's court?

Answer 42

Ralph pitch and John Middenhall

Question 43

What was the British EIC established as ?

Answer 43

The British east India company was established as Joint Stock exchange company with 24 members in 1600 .

Question 44

In which company did the British queen later acquire membership in?

Answer 44

British East India Company

Question 45

Who captained the first British expedition?

Answer 45

Sir James Lancaster captained the first British expedition.

Question 46

Where did the first British expedition reach?

Answer 46

The first British expedition reached Indonesia .

Question 47

What was the name of the first trade centre of the Britishers in Asia

Answer 47

Bantom

Question 48

Who captained the second British expedition?

Answer 48

Sir Henry Middleton

Question 49

Where did the second British expedition finally reach?

Answer 49

Indonesia

Question 50

Who captained the third British expedition?

Answer 50

Captain William Hawkins

Question 51

Which Mughal emperor denied Captain Hawkins permission to establish a trade centre in India?

Answer 51

Jehangir

Question 52

Jehangir permitted ___________ to establish there trade centre in year 1613.

Answer 52

Sir Thomas Rowe

Question 53

Where did the British establish their first trade centre at?

Answer 53

Surat in 1613

Question 54

Which Britisher later received Jehangir's order in the form of Golden Farman?

Answer 54

Sir John Surman.

Question 55

What was the name of the first British fort in India and where was it built at ?

Answer 55

Fort St. George at Chennapattinam in 1639.

Question 56

Which place did the British develop as their west coast headquarters by 1670s?

Answer 56

Bombay

Question 57

With whose efforts was Bombay developed as Britishers west coast headquarters?

Answer 57

Sir Henry Oxenford

Question 58

Which British official attended Sivaji's coronation?

Answer 58

Sir Henry Oxenford

Question 59

Which company official was responsible for developing Calcutta?

Answer 59

Job Charnok

Question 60

Name the places that were merged to develop the city of Calcutta?

Answer 60

Kalighatta, Sutanauthi and Gobindapur.

Question 61

Which was the second fort constructed by the Britishers?

Answer 61

Fort St. William at Calcutta.

Question 62

Name the British fort at Cuddalore

Answer 62

Fort St. David

Question 63

Name the place where the British had their only trade centre at in Kerala

Answer 63

Cannanore

Question 64

DANES

Answer 64

Danish east India company was established in 1618.

Question 65

When was the Danish EIC established in India

Answer 65

1618

Question 66

Where did the Danes open their first trading centre in India at?

Answer 66

Tranquebar in Tamil Nadu

Question 67

Where was the other Danish trade centre located at ?

Answer 67

Serampore in West Bengal

Question 68

After the Danes shut shop in India as traders , what were they involved in?

Answer 68

Missionary activities

Question 69

FRENCH EIC

Answer 69

Established in 1664

Question 70

When was the French EIC established in India at?

Answer 70

1664

Question 71

Who was responsible for establishment of FEIC ?

Answer 71

Jean Colbert

Question 72

Who was Jean Colbert

Answer 72

FM of France Known as "Financial wizard of Europe " His views were called Colbertism.

Question 73

The French EIC was a pure _________ company.

Answer 73

Government

Question 74

Where did the French establish their first centre at and in which year?

Answer 74

Surat in 1668.

Question 75

Which French governor got permission from Aurangajeb to establish trade centre at Surat?

Answer 75

Francois Caron.

Question 76

French later established their trade centre at which place in West Bengal?

Answer 76

Chandranagore

Question 77

Which place was developed as Pondicherry?

Answer 77

Valiyagondapuram

Question 78

Which French governor was responsible for developing Pondicherry

Answer 78

Francois Martin

Question 79

French also had trade centres at Y_____ and M______

Answer 79

Yanam and Mahe

Question 80

Name the places where all the European companies that came to India had their trade centres at

Answer 80

Surat and Machalipatnam

Question 81

Who were the first to come but last to leave India

Answer 81

Portuguese

Question 82

Who were the last to come but first to leave India

Answer 82

French