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Consider the following statements
1. The Portuguese were the first to introduce the concept of trade concessions in India.
2. The English were the first to introduce printing press on a large systematic scale in India.
3. The Dutch had Crown Monopoly over textiles.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Important Questions on Modern History
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1. After the advent of the British, a few new types of schools g1v1ng instruction in English language and other branches of Western learning had started functioning first in the Bengal and Bombay region and then in Madras.
2. These were mostly run by British administrators.
3. The first educational institutions supported by the government were the Calcutta Madrassa and the Banaras Sanskrit College established in 1791 and 1781 respectively.
4. The purpose of opening them was to give mass education.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct?
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1. The Portuguese captured Goa from the Ahmed nagar Kingdom in 1510 .
2. The trading interests of the Dutch East India Company in India were subsidiary to its interests in South-East Asia.
3. The English East India Company established its first commercial factory at Surat in 1613.
4. Francois Martin was the founder of the French Settlement at Pondicherry.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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1. Firman issued by Farrukhsiyar in favour of British (for duty free trade) was known as 'Magna Carta' of the British Company.
2. The English opened their first factory at Surat.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/ are correct?
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1. In India, each factory was administered by a Governor-in-Council.
2. The members of council consisted of all merchants who were members of the Company.
3. Queen Elizabeth was one of the shareholders of the company.
4. The company had power to enforce law to maintain discipline on long voyages.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct regarding the British company?
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1. They could not establish their position in India.
2. They sold all their settlements to Portuguese.
3. They were more concerned with the missionary activities than trade.
4. They established their factory at Masulipatnam and Portonovo.
