Cengage Expert Team (CET) Solutions for Chapter: The Coming of Europeans, Exercise 1: Practice Questions

Who among the following Europeans were the first to come to pre-independent India as traders?

What was the result of the Carnatic Wars on the political scenario in India?

Why did Mughal King Jahangir initially stop the British from opening a factory in Surat?

Why was the Battle of Buxar fought?

Which of the following European powers possessed territories in India even after her independence from the British?
$1$. Portuguese
$2$. Dutch
$3$. French
$4$. Danes
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With respect to the consolidation of British Power in 18th Century Bengal, which of the following is/are correct?

1. 1765, the Treaty of Allahabad gave Diwani rights in Bengal to the English East India Company.

2. The duties of collecting revenues and administration of justice was entrusted with the European officials of the East India Company.

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Consider the following statements:

$1$. The Dutch East India Company established the first factory in India before the British East India Company.
$2$. The Dutch East India Company lost its territorial possessions to The British East India Company.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following statements about the penetration of English into Bengal is/are correct?
1. Job Charnock arrived in Sutanuti in 1690 and laid the foundation of Calcutta which later became the heart of the British-Indian Empire.
2. The French East India Company built a fort near the Fort William in Calcutta.
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