Karnataka SSLC Social Science Chapter wise MCQs with Answers : 1. ADVENT OF EUROPEANS TO INDIA

Karnataka SSLC Social Science Chapter wise  MCQs :

1. ADVENT OF EUROPEANS TO INDIA

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HISTORY
1. ADVENT OF EUROPEANS TO INDIA

1.  The capital of Eastern Roman (Byzantium) Empire was

A. Lisbon

B. Constantinople           

C. Paris         

D. Calicut

2. Constantinople was captured in 1453 by

A. Arab merchant’s                   

B. Italian merchant’s       

C. Portugal merchant’s            

D. Ottoman Turks

3. This was considered as “Gate way of European trade” 

A. Constantinople                

B. Paris   

C. Calicut                               

D. Lisbon 

4. The factors encouraging enterprising sailors to find a new sea route to India.

A. Compass,                                                    

B. Gun powder    

C. Astrolabes                                                  

D. All of above

5. New sea route to India was discovered by

A. Hector Munro                                         

B.  Robert Clive

C. Vasco-Da-Gama                                       

D. Lord Dalhousie 

6. The merchants who had gained monopoly over the trade in Asian countries was

A. Arabs merchant’s                          

B. Italian merchants       

C. Ottoman Turks                              

D. British merchants          

                        

7. The merchants who had gained monopoly over the trade in European countries was

A. British merchant’s                                 

B. Arabs merchant’s                                 

C. Italian merchant’s                                 

D. Ottoman Turks

8. The place where Vasco-Da-Gama reached  India in 1498 was

A. Surat                                               

B.Lisbon    

C. Navasheva near Bamby             

D. Kappadu near Calicut

 

9. ‘Blue water policy’ was implemented by

A. Francisco de Almeida                   

B. Alfonso –de- Albuquerque    

C. Vasco-Da-Gama                        

D. Cornwallis 

10. The real founder of Portuguese empire in India was 

A. Vasco-Da-Gama                                    

B. Francisco de Almeida   

C. Alfonso –de- Albuquerque                 

D. Sir Thomas Roe 

11.  The Dutch limited themselves to the Spice Islands because

A. Carnatic wars                         

B. Unable to face competition from the English and the French  

C. Competition from the Arabs                        

D. All of the above

12. Dual government‟ concept was introduced in Bengal by  

A. Lord Dalhousie                          

B. Hector Munro

C. Robert Clive                             

D. Cornwallis 

13. Diwani Right over Bengal was accorded to British by

A.Sha Alam II                          

B.Farook Siar   

C. Robert Cleve             

D. Hector Munro

14. The Dastaks (Licence) issued to British by the Moghal ruler

A.Sha Alam II                          

B.Farook Siar   

C. Robert Cleve                       

D. Hector Munro

15. The royal ambassador from the court of James I who visited the court of Jahangir

A. Sir Thomas Roe                                 

B. Vasco-Da-Gama       

C. Robert Cleve                                       

D. Hector Munro

16 . British army at Bexar in 1764 led by 

A. Sha Alam II                         

B.Farook Siar   

C. Robert Cleve                       

D. Hector Munro

17. The first to arrive in India for trade and were also the last to leave 

A. The Dutch                                                 

B) The Portuguese

C. The French                                               

D. The British

18. The capital of French in India was

A. Surat                               

B. Pondicherry    

C. Goa                                 

D. Mumbai

19 .The first warehouse established by British in India is

A. Mumbai                                   

B. Kolkata     

C. Chennai                                   

D. Surat

20. The Dutch are from  

A. Portugal                                

B. England

C. Holland                                  

D. Italy 

ANSWERS

 

1.B         2.D        3.A      4.D        5.C        6.A      7.C         8.D         9. A        10.C

11. B      12.C     13.A     14.B      15.A     16.D     17.B     18.B        19.D       20.C