Monohar Pandey Solutions for Exercise 1: Exercise 1

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists        

Who lived in the 'Black Towns' esablished by the European in the 18th Century?

Consider the following statements about English East India Company
1. In 1667, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb issued firman in favour of Company to trade in Bengal.
2. William Hawkins succeeded to get permission from Jahangir to setup a factory at Surat.
3. The company constantly increased its power by taking the advantages of the corrupt nobles of the later Mughal Empire.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?

Which is not the correct statement?

Which one of the following nations was the first to start sea-trade with India?

Which of following was the first International company to issue stocks?

Consider the following statements regarding the defeat of the French in India at the hands of the British?
1. The English Company was commercially superior to the French Company.
2. The shareholders of the French Company were not assured of rich dividends.
3. The French subordinated their mercantile interests to territorial ambitions.
4. The English had naval superiority.
Which of these are the correct reasons for the defeat of the French?

Match the following