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The Danish Empire: A Minor Colonial Power

The Danish Empire: A Minor Colonial Power

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year did the Danish East India Company establish its first trading post in India?

  1. 1616
  2. 1620
  3. 1624
  4. 1628
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Danish governor who ruled Tranquebar from 1728 to 1747?

  1. Christian Falck
  2. Niels Krog
  3. Severin Schouboe
  4. Jørgen Christian Schiønning
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was not a Danish possession in India?

  1. Tranquebar
  2. Serampore
  3. Calcutta
  4. Frederiksnagore
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the main export from Tranquebar during the Danish colonial period?

  1. Textiles
  2. Rice
  3. Sugar
  4. Indigo
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was not a Danish missionary in India?

  1. Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
  2. Hans Egede
  3. Christian Frederick Schwartz
  4. Johann Gericke
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year did the Danish East India Company lose its monopoly on trade with India?

  1. 1772
  2. 1776
  3. 1780
  4. 1784
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Danish fort that was built in Tranquebar in 1620?

  1. Fort Dansborg
  2. Fort Frederik
  3. Fort Christian
  4. Fort Kongen
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was not a Danish governor of Serampore?

  1. Christian Ulrich Danneskiold-Samsøe
  2. Frederik Christian Otto Møller
  3. Johan Frederik Schouw
  4. Peter Anker
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the main reason for the decline of the Danish Empire in India?

  1. The rise of the British Empire
  2. The Napoleonic Wars
  3. The Indian Rebellion of 1857
  4. The First World War
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year did Denmark sell its Indian possessions to the British?

  1. 1845
  2. 1850
  3. 1855
  4. 1860
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Danish missionary who founded the first Protestant mission in India?

  1. Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
  2. Hans Egede
  3. Christian Frederick Schwartz
  4. Johann Gericke
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was not a Danish trading post in India?

  1. Tranquebar
  2. Serampore
  3. Calcutta
  4. Frederiksnagore
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Danish governor who ruled Tranquebar from 1750 to 1755?

  1. Christian Falck
  2. Niels Krog
  3. Severin Schouboe
  4. Jørgen Christian Schiønning
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was not a Danish possession in India?

  1. Tranquebar
  2. Serampore
  3. Calcutta
  4. Frederiksnagore
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the Danish fort that was built in Serampore in 1755?

  1. Fort Dansborg
  2. Fort Frederik
  3. Fort Christian
  4. Fort Kongen
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