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The foundation of Portuguese maritime empire in India was laid under Albuquerque when?
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Important Questions on Modern History
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Match the following
| List | List |
| A. Vasco da Gama | 1. Famous Jesuit Saint who came to India. |
| B. Francisco Almeida | 2. Discovered sea route from Europe to India through Cape of Good Hope. |
| C. Francisco Xavier | 3. First Portuguese Governor in India. |
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1. Francois Martin 2. Lenoir
3. Dumas 4. Dupleix
5. Comte de Lally
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
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1. The Headquarters of the Dutch company in India was at Pulicat.
2. Even though the French company was a joint state company, it was under imperial control.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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1. The Portuguese were the first to follow mercantilist philosophy in India.
2. Blue Ocean Policy meant vast control over sea routes but only where environment was sustainable.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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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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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?
