Challenge Prelims V1.0 – Day 47 – GS Paper (Modern History)

1. Consider the following passage:

The English got trading privileges in this region by a Mughal farman of 1630. Apprehensive of a Franco-Russian joint land invasion of India, the British signed a “Treaty of Eternal Friendship” in 1807 with this region, to create a buffer. By the 1840s, this region was brought under the English control by use of force.

Which of the following regions is being referred in the above passage?

2. With reference to trading stations/factories established by various European powers, consider the following pairs:

Location of factory: Associated European power

1. Shrirampur: Danish
2. Chinsura: Dutch
3. Chandranagore: French
4. Chittagong: Portuguese

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

3. Which of the following Portuguese Viceroy, captured Goa and established Portuguese domination over the entire Asian coast from Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to Malacca in Malaya and Spice islands in Indonesia?

4. Consider the following statements with respect to the Treaty of Allahabad of 1765:

1. Shah Alam II was to pay Rs 50 lakh to the East India Company as war indemnity.
2. Shuja-ud-Daula agreed to surrender Allahabad and Kara to the Britishers
3. Robert Clive annexed Awadh to expand the empire of British rule.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

5. Consider the following statements with reference to Portuguese activities in India:

1. Portuguese sent Jesuit priests to Shah Jahan’s court and were able to obtain his favor and support.
2. They made money through both trade and slave capture in India.
3. One of the reasons for the decline of the Portuguese in India was their involvement in piracy.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

6. In the context of East India Company’s conquest of India, arrange the following events in chronological order:

1. Establishment of factory at Surat.
2. Grant of Golden Farman to company by Sultan of Golconda.
3. Arrival of Sir Thomas Roe, the ambassador of King James I at Jahangir’s court.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

7. Consider the following statements regarding Anglo Portuguese Treaty of Whitehall, 1661:

1. King Charles II as part of the dowry received Bombay through this treaty when he married Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal.
2. It involved a mutual defence pact against the French East India Company.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

8. Consider the following statements with reference to the farman of 1717:

1. It was issued during the reign of the Mughal emperor Farrukh Siyar.
2. The farman granted freedom to both the East India Company and its officials to get engaged in tax-free trade.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

9. Which of the following statements is not correct with regard to the Dutch East India Company?

10. Consider the following pairs:

1. Battle of Hooghly: The Dutch and the Portuguese
2. Battle of Wandiwash: The French and the British
3. Battle of Porto Novo: The Danes and the Dutch

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

11. Consider the following pairs:

European powers: Their first factory

1. Portuguese: Calicut
2. French: Pondicherry
3. British: Masulipatanam
4. Danes: Tranquebar

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

12. How many of the following factors contributed to the decline of Portuguese in India?

1. The rise of the Marathas
2. The religious policies of the Portuguese
3. Rivalries with British and Dutch Companies

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

13. Consider the following statements about Carnatic wars:

1. The first and third Carnatic wars were part of the European struggle for supremacy while the second Carnatic war was caused by the local factors.
2. The third Carnatic war ended with the treaty of Paris and the establishment of the British as the supreme power in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

14. Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independent India as traders?

15. Consider the following statements regarding the English East India Company:

1. The company was granted exclusive privilege to trade in the East by Queen Elizabeth.
2. The company opened its first ‘factory’ at Hugli in Bengal.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?