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A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor _______________.

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  1. Babar

  2. Humayun

  3. Akbar

  4. Jahangir

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Correct Option: D

Mahabandula was killed at ____________.

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  1. Rangoon

  2. Tenesserin

  3. Danubya

  4. Prome

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Maha Bandula  was commander-in-chief of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces from 1821 till 1825. He fought against the British in the First Anglo-Burmese War. He was killed in this battle at Danubya after which British advanced to Prome, signaling defeat for the Myanmar.

Vasco-da-Gama arrived at _______ in $1498$.

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  1. Surat

  2. Madras

  3. Calicut

  4. Bombay

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Correct Option: C

Mahabandula was the great General of the ____________.

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  1. Marathas

  2. Sikhs

  3. Nepalese

  4. Burmese

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Maha Bandula  was the great General of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces from 1821 till 1825. He fought against the British in the First Anglo-Burmese War. He was killed in this battle at Danubya after which British advanced to Prome, signaling defeat for the Myanmar.

The Charter Act of $1793$ renewed the Company's monopoly for ___________ years.

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  1. $20$ years

  2. $10$ years

  3. $30$ years

  4. $15$ years

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

By the Charter Act of 1793, the Company’s commercial privi­leges were extended for a further period of twenty years. Salaries for the staff and paid members of the Board of Control were also now charged to the Company. Greater emphasis on the power of the Governor-General over the other two Presidencies, Bombay and Madras, was given in the Charter Act of 1793.

The Dutch first established their hold in India in the year $1605$ at _____________.

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  1. Masulipatanam

  2. Surat

  3. Bombay

  4. Goa

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following was not included in the early three English Settlements in India?

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  1. Madras

  2. The Punjab

  3. Bombay

  4. Calcutta

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Correct Option: B

The United East India Company refers to the Company in India formed by the.

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  1. Portuguese

  2. Dutch

  3. French

  4. British

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dutch East India Company also known as United East India Company was a trading company founded in the Dutch Republic in 1602 to protect that state’s trade in the Indian Ocean. The Dutch government granted the company a trade monopoly in the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan with the right to conclude treaties with native princes, to build forts and maintain armed forces, and to carry on administrative functions.

The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?

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  1. French

  2. Portuguese

  3. Danish

  4. Dutch

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Correct Option: B

During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of.

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  1. Trichinopoly

  2. Arcot

  3. Wandiwash

  4. Pondicherry

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Correct Option: C