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Who founded the French East India Company?

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  1. Franois Caron

  2. Marcara Avanchintz

  3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

  4. King Louis XIV

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

French East India Company was established in the 17th and 18th centuries to oversee French commerce with India, eastern Africa, and other territories of the Indian Ocean and the East Indies. It was established by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to King Louis XIV. In February, 1701, Pondicherry was made the capital of the French settlements in India. In 1668, the first French factory was established in Surat.

Which was the headquarters of the French settlements in India?

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  1. Serampore

  2. Masulipatnam

  3. Surat

  4. Pondicherry

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

French East India Company was established in the 17th and 18th centuries to oversee French commerce with India, eastern Africa, and other territories of the Indian Ocean and the East Indies.  In February, 1701, Pondicherry was made the capital of the French settlements in India. In 1668, the first French factory was established in Surat.

When was the French East India Company established?

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  1. 1560

  2. 1598

  3. 1664

  4. 1679

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

French East India Company was established to oversee French commerce with India, eastern Africa, and other territories of the Indian Ocean and the East Indies. It was established in the year 1664 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to King Louis XIV. In February, 1701, Pondicherry was made the capital of the French settlements in India. In 1668, the first French factory was established in Surat.

The French established their settlement at _____ near Kolkata.

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  1. Pondicherry

  2. Masulipatnam

  3. Surat

  4. Chandranagore

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chandranagore was established as a French colony in 1673, obtaining permission from Ibrahim Khan, the then Nawbab of Bengal, to establish a trading post on the right bank of the river Hooghly. It became a permanent  French settlement in 1688. In 1730 Joseph francois Dupleix was appointed governor of the city.

What led to a series of wars called the Carnatic Wars?

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  1. The clash of trade interests between English and the French

  2. The clash of trade interests between English and the Portuguese

  3. The clash of trade interests between English and the Spanish

  4. The clash of trade interests between English and the Danish

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The military struggle between the French East India Company and the British East India Company led to a series of three Carnatic wars starting from 1746 and ending in 1763.

Who became successful in winning the Carnatic Wars?

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  1. French

  2. English

  3. Indian rulers

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B

The English captured Chinsura from the _____ in 1759.

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  1. Danish

  2. French

  3. Dutch

  4. Portuguese

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The British East India Company defeated the Dutch in the Battle of Chinsurah on 25 November 1759. After this defeat, the English captured Chinsura from the Dutch.

The first Carnatic war was an echo of the _____.

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  1. Austrian war of succession

  2. Growing French influence in India

  3. Ego clash of Dupleix

  4. War for succession in Indian princely state

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

First Carnatic War 1746-48 was a part of the War of the Austrian Succession that was fought between the Kingdom of Prussia, Spain, France, and Bavaria, Sweden etc. on one side and Habsburg Monarchy, England, Dutch Republic, Russia on the other side. This war finally ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)

The rivalry between the English and French led to three wars in India between _____.

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  1. 1730 - 1745

  2. 1746 - 1763

  3. 1765 - 1785

  4. 1788 - 1795

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Carnatic Wars refers to a series of military conflicts between the British East India Company and French East India Company along with the role played by the Nawab of Carnatic and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Three wars were fought between 1746 and 1763.

Who founded Pulicat near Madras in 1610?

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  1. The British

  2. The French

  3. The Dutch

  4. The Danish

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

After gaining control of Masulipatnam in 1605 and Tegenepatnam in 1608, the Dutch made their way to Pulicat. It was the principal trading post of the Dutch East India Company due to which factory was established there in 1610.