Tag: from trade to power

Questions Related to from trade to power

__________ is a business enterprise that makes profit primarily through the trade.

  1. Factory

  2. Company

  3. Mercantile

  4. Industry


Correct Option: C

_______ was the naval force of British India.

  1. British Navy

  2. Royal Indian Navy

  3. Indian Navy

  4. British-Indian Navy


Correct Option: B

In 1743, Robert Clive had come to _______ from England.

  1. Calcutta

  2. Bombay

  3. Madras

  4. Surat


Correct Option: C

The English East India Company was the only European company that traded with India.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

In which year did the British government in India experience a severe reduction in its income?

  1. 1893

  2. 1894

  3. 1895

  4. 1896


Correct Option: D

What witnessed most disastrous volcanic eruption?

  1. The U.S History

  2. The British History

  3. The France History

  4. The Somali History


Correct Option: B

The most important French settlement was  _________.

  1. Madras

  2. Bombay

  3. Goa

  4. Pondicherry


Correct Option: D

_______ was the British Naval base.

  1. Madras

  2. Bombay

  3. Visakhapatnam

  4. Pondicherry


Correct Option: B

Who introduced the policy of 'Paramountcy'?

  1. Robert Clive

  2. Warren Hastings

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. Dalhousie


Correct Option: B

Name the ambassador sent by EIC to the court of Jahangir to get concessions to trade with India.

  1. Captain Hawkins

  2. Sir Thomas Roe

  3. Robert Clive

  4. Dupleix


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sir Thomas Roe was sent to India to the court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1612 to get concessions to trade with India. He was sent by King James I. Sir Thomas's mission was highly successful and the English East India Company succeeded in getting rights to reside and establish factories in Surat and other parts of the country.