Advent Of Europeans In India

Which of the following statements correctly explain the impact of the Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because:

By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was the reason for such a regulation?

With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following Governor Generals created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?

With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?

During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?

Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?

The First Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local government to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?

Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?

In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?

Which one of the following is the correct statement?

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles fought in India in the 18th Century?

Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:

The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandarshah’s reign, come to an early end?

With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883?

Assertion (A): Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an emperor far away from his capital.
Reason (R): There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the north-west frontier.

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at:

With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?

Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars are required' to issue pattas to the fanners which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was:

Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of

At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors General kept the British flag flying high in India?

The Governor-General who followed a spirited "Forward" policy towards Afghanistan was:

Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs?

‘You might see a few curious Danes around, but that is because—it used to be a Danish outpost. This quaint town with its fort and a beautiful church, the New Jerusalem, empty streets and deserted beach front is a quaint gem.’ The place referred to in this quotation lies on the:

Consider the map given below: The dotted (broken) line in the map is the:

Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories?