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Question 51. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
List-II
(a) Pondicherry 
1. Dutch 
(b) Goa 
2. French 
(c) Tranquebar 
3. Portuguese 
(d) Sadras
4. Danish (Dane)
Code: (a) (b) (c) (d)
  1.    2 3 4 1
  2.    1 2 3 4
  3.    3 4 1 2
  4.    4 1 2 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 3 4 1
Answer: (a)
Question 52. Match the following Places Settlement
List-I
List-II
A. Chanderanagore 
(i) Dutch 
B. Pulicat 
(ii) Portuguese 
C. Diu 
(iii) French 
D. Surat 
(iv) English 
Codes: A B C D
  1.    iii i ii iv
  2.    iii ii i iv
  3.    iv iii ii i
  4.    ii iv iii i
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> iii i ii iv
Answer: (a)
Goa, Diu & Daman were under Portuguese till 1961.
The main center of Dutch in India was Pulicat.
Two major French settlements were in Pondicherry and Chandernagore.
English established their factory at Surat in 1609.
Question 53. Who among the following was the founder of Calcutta?
  1.    Charles Ayar
  2.    Job Charnock
  3.    Garold Angiyar
  4.    William Novris
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Job Charnock
Answer: (b)
Question 54. Which of the following factories of Bengal was established by the Dutch?
  1.    Bandel
  2.    Chinsurah
  3.    Hooghly
  4.    Srirampur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Chinsurah
Answer: (b)
Question 55. Which one of the following is not true about Tipu Sultan
  1.    Setting up of a Board of Admiralty
  2.    Plantation of the tree of liberty at Seringapatnam
  3.    Attempt to establish Navy on modern lines
  4.    Opposition to French soldiers setting up a Jacobin club
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Opposition to French soldiers setting up a Jacobin club
Answer: (d)Tipu Sultan had good relations with French. He authorised them to set up a Jacobin club and to plant tree of liberty. He took help from French to modernise his Navy.
Question 56. French East India Company was constituted during the reign of
  1.    Louis XIV
  2.    Louis XIII
  3.    Louis XV
  4.    Louis XVI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Louis XIV
Answer: (a)
Question 57. Carnatic War was fought between
  1.    English and French
  2.    English and Dutch
  3.    English and Marathas
  4.    Haider Ali and Marathas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> English and French
Answer: (a)
Question 58. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

  1. Nawab Shiya-Ud-daula of Awadh, Shah Alam II, and Mir Qasim jointly fought against English forces in Battle of Buxar

  2. After the battle, Clive became the Governor-General of India


Select the correct option from the codes given below:
  1.    1 and 2 both
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 only
  4.    None
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 only
Answer: (b)
English forces under Clive defeated the joint forces of Shiya-ud-daula, Shah Alam II and Mir Qasim in the Battle of Buxor in 1764.
After the battle, Shah Alam II conferred administrative right over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to British, Clive became the Governor-General of Bengal.
Question 59. Identify the region from where Europeans got best shora and opium.
  1.    Bihar
  2.    Gujarat
  3.    Bengal
  4.    Madras
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bihar
Answer: (a)
Question 60. Where in India did Britishers set up their first factory in 1612?
  1.    Goa
  2.    Hooghly in Bengal
  3.    Amarkot
  4.    Surat
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Surat
Answer: (d)

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