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SANKALP 2024
Modern History - Prelims Questions DPP - 04

1. Consider the following statements: Select the correct answer using the code given
1. The British were the first to initiate below.
European rule in India. (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2
2. The Portuguese were the last European (c) 3 only (d) 2 and 3
power to leave India.
Which of the statements given above is/are 4. Which among the following Portuguese rulers
correct? had established Portuguese strongholds in
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only India as well as maintained a good rapport
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 with the Vijayanagara Empire?
(a) Vasco Da Gama

2. With reference to the arrivals of the (b) Alfonso De Albuquerque

Europeans in India, which of the following (c) Francisco D’ Almeida
statements are correct? (d) Pedro Alvares Cabral
1. Portuguese came to India in the late 15th
Century.
5. With reference to the Modern History of
2. The French were the second European to India, which of the following pairs is/are
arrive in India. correct?
3. Captain Hawkins of England visited the Battle Won by
court of Jahangir.
1. Battle of Plassey : British
Select the correct answer using the code given
2. Battle of Bedara : Dutch
below:
3. Battle of Wandiwash : French
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only
Select the correct answer using the codes
(c) 2 only (d) 1 and 3 only
given below:
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only
3. In the first quarter of the seventeenth century,
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
in which of the following was/were the
factory/factories of the English East India
Company located? (UPSC Prelims, 2021)
1. Broach
2. Chicacole
3. Trichinopoly
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Answer

1. (b) 4. (b)
2. (d) 5. (a)
3. (a)

Hints and Solutions
1. (b)
Option (b) is correct:
The Portuguese, the first Europeans to come to
India, were also the last to leave this land. It
was 1961 before the Government of India
recaptured Goa, Daman and Diu from them.
Vasco Da Gama (1498) found a sea route to
India through the Cape of Good Hope. He
reached Calicut in May 1498.
2. (d)
Option (d) is correct:
Statement 1 is correct: Vasco-da-Gama
reached Calicut via the Cape of Good Hope in
1498 and was warmly welcomed by Zamorin
(Ruler of Calicut).
Statement 2 is not correct: French were the
last among the European companies to enter
India. In 1664, during the reign of Louis XIV,
the efforts of his minister Colbert resulted in
the formation of the French trading company.
The first French factory in India was
established at Surat in 1667 by Francois
Caron which was followed by the factory at
Masulipattam by Marcara in 1669 after
acquiring permission from the ruler of
Golconda. The foundations of Pondicherry
were led by Martin in 1673. The trading post
at Chandranagar was established at the place
given by the Nawab of Bengal Shaista Khan.
Statement 3 is correct: Captain Hawkins
arrived in the court of Jahangir in April
1609 itself. But the mission to establish a
factory at Surat didn’t succeed due to
opposition from the Portuguese, and Hawkins
left Agra in November 1611.
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3. (a)
Option (a) is correct:
In the Western Coast, the English India
Company established their factories at Agra,
Ahmadabad, Baroda and Broach by 1619,
under the control of the president and council
of the Surat factory which was established in
the year 1612. In the South-eastern Coast the
East India Company established their factories
at Masulipatam in 1611 and Armagaon near
Pulicat in 1626. In Eastern India, East India
Company established their factories at
Hariharpur and Balasore (now Odisha) in
1633, at Hugli in 1651, followed by setting up
factories at Patna, Dacca, Kasimbazar in
Bengal and Bihar respectively.
4. (b)
Option (b) is correct:
About Alfonso De Albuquerque:
 Alfonso De Albuquerque established a
Portuguese stronghold on the mainland in
India and made the Portuguese flag
supreme on the Indian Ocean.
 He conquered Goa in 1510 from Bijapur
(abolition of Sati) and established their
domination from Hormuz in the
Persian Gulf to Malacca in Malaya.
Goa became the first bit of Indian
territory to be under a European power
since the time of Alexander.
 Albuquerque developed a good
relationship with Vijayanagar because
both had a common enemy that was the
Deccan Sultanate.
 In 1520 Krishna Dev Raya also gifted a
fort. Both kingdoms sent embassies to
each other. Trade flourished and
especially horse trade in which horses
were supplied to Vijaynagar from
Europe.
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5. (a) Pair 2 is not correct: In 1759 at the Battle of

Option (a) is correct: Bedara The British defeated the Dutch.

Pair 1 is correct: In 1757 at the Battle of Pair 3 is not correct: In 1760 at the Battle of
Plassey the British defeated Nawab of Wandiwash (Tamil Nadu) the British
Bengal, Siraj ud Daula and from this point the defeated the French.
rise of the British empire started.

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