Medieval History › European Powers & Early Colonial Contacts – UPSC Prelims PYQs
4 questions · 1995–2009 · answers as per the UPSC key
UPSC 2009 · Q64 · Medieval History › European Powers & Early Colonial Contacts · Save
With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
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Answer: (b) Jahangir
UPSC 2008 · Q56 · Medieval History › European Powers & Early Colonial Contacts · Save
During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
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Answer: (b) Jahangir
UPSC 2005 · Q36 · Medieval History › European Powers & Early Colonial Contacts · Save
Which one of the following is the correct statement?
(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’s independence.
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.
(c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them.
(d) The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.
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Answer: (b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.
UPSC 1995 · Q73 · Medieval History › European Powers & Early Colonial Contacts · Save
Hugly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by
(a) the Portuguese
(b) the French
(c) the Danish
(d) the British
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Answer: (a) the Portuguese