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World history encompasses major events like the English Civil War, the American Civil War, and the Spanish colonization of Mexico. This hub provides practice questions on treaties, dynasties, and feudal systems. These concepts are essential for general awareness preparation in UPSC and SSC exams.

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World History Questions

Multiple choice history modern age in europe: the renaissance renaissance renaissance europe in transition india's contemporary economic condition reformation and enlightenment in europe reformation in europe

______ was working for the Portuguese king.

  1. Columbus

  2. Vasco Da Gama

  3. Amerigo Vespucci

  4. John Cabot
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Explorer Vasco da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal, around 1460. In 1497, he was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He subsequently made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as the Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.

Multiple choice history modern age in europe: the renaissance renaissance renaissance europe in transition india's contemporary economic condition reformation and enlightenment in europe reformation in europe

Cotton textiles, steel and spices were purchased from _____.

  1. China

  2. India

  3. Arabia

  4. Europe
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Cotton and silk textiles had a huge market in Europe. Indian textiles were by far the most popular, both for their fine quality and exquisite craftsmanship. Spices too were in high demand because of the many benefits it had ans also the value it had. People in the Renaissance found many uses for spices and the spice trade was basic to the Renaissance economy. Pepper was used to preserve and to flavor spoiled meat. Cloves and cinnamon were used as substitutes for cleanliness and ventilation. They were strewn across the floor to prevent foot odor from permeating the room. 

Multiple choice history modern age in europe: the renaissance renaissance renaissance europe in transition india's contemporary economic condition reformation and enlightenment in europe reformation in europe

_____ was working on behalf of the Spanish queen.

  1. Vasco-da-Gama

  2. Ferdinand Magellan

  3. Amerigo Vespucci

  4. Columbus
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Expeditions were financed by European kings and queens. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to sponsor the expedition, and on 3 August 1492, Columbus and his fleet of three ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Niña, set sail across the Atlantic.

Ten weeks later, land was sighted. On 12 October, Columbus and a group of his men set foot on an island in what later became known as the Bahamas. Believing that they had reached the Indies, the newcomers dubbed the natives 'Indians'.

Multiple choice history modern age in europe: the renaissance renaissance renaissance europe in transition india's contemporary economic condition reformation and enlightenment in europe reformation in europe

Name the Spanish conqueror who put an end to the independent rule in Mexico.

  1. Pizarro

  2. Vasco Da Gama

  3. Christopher Columbus

  4. Cortez
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in Medellin, western Spain. He led an expedition to kill the people and plunder Mexico. Eventually, he killed the local king and put an end to the independent rule of Mexico.

Multiple choice business studies advent of the europeans to india advent of the europeans cultural and social impact of british from trade to power

Which trading company became the master of India?

  1. French East India Company

  2. Italian East India Company

  3. The English East India Company

  4. Dutch East India Company
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The East India Company developed beyond a purely commercial enterprise when war between Britain and France spread to India in the mid-1740s. The Company established military supremacy over rival European trading companies and local rulers, culminating in 1757 in the seizure of control of the province of Bengal. In 1765, the Mughal Emperor granted the Company the diwani (the right to harvest the revenues of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa), which provided funds to bolster the Company’s military presence in the sub-continent. Further territorial acquisitions in India during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries cemented the change in the Company’s role from mere trader to a hybrid sovereign power.

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___________ was the Portuguese Governor who defeated the Arabs and Egyptians at Diu.

  1. Albuquerque

  2. Duarte de Menezes

  3. Francisco de Almeida

  4. Vasco da Gama
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Francisco de Almeida was the first Viceroy of the Portuguese possessions in India. During his period, the Portuguese defeated the Arab traders. His policy was to increase the Portuguese naval power so that they would become the masters of the Indian Ocean. 

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After the death of Albuquerque, the Portuguese conquered __________.

  1. Bombay and Ceylon

  2. Diu Daman

  3. Bassein, Hughli and Salsette

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

After Albuquerque, the Portuguese expanded their influence and territorial control to include various regions such as Bassein, Salsette, and Hughli, among others.

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Who established the French East India Company in 1669?

  1. Lalley

  2. Colbert

  3. Dupleix

  4. Bussey
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The French East India Company was established by Colbert in 1664 as a commercial enterprise to compete with the English and Dutch East India companies. It was given a 15 yr monopoly to trade by the French king. During the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) between France and England, the French were defeated, and Pondicherry, the capital of French India, was captured in 1761 and by 1769, its monopoly over French trade with India was ended.

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The French increased their influence all around India under the Governorship of _____.

  1. Dupleix

  2. Robert Clive

  3. Franois Caron

  4. Marcara Avanchintz
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Joseph Marquis Dupleix (23 January 1697 – 10 November 1763) was Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive. Dupleix was ambitious to found a great French colony at a time when native governments were in a state of political dissolution and when commercial advantages were open to European nations

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The Danish company left India by selling their settlements to the _____.

  1. Portuguese

  2. British

  3. French

  4. Spanish
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Danish East India Company established their first factory at Tranquebar in Tamilnadu in 1620 and Serampur in Bengal in 1676.  They were not successful in establishing themselves strongly and therefore in the 19th century sold all their settlements to the British and went back to their country.

Multiple choice business studies advent of the europeans to india advent of the europeans cultural and social impact of british from trade to power

Who were engaged in establishing their trade supremacy in India?

  1. English and the French

  2. English and the Spanish

  3. English and the Portuguese

  4. English and the Danish
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Carnatic Wars were primarily fought between the English and the French to establish trade and political supremacy in the Indian subcontinent.

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Who founded the French East India Company?

  1. Franois Caron

  2. Marcara Avanchintz

  3. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

  4. King Louis XIV
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C Correct answer
Explanation

French East India Company was established in the 17th and 18th centuries to oversee French commerce with India, eastern Africa, and other territories of the Indian Ocean and the East Indies. It was established by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to King Louis XIV. In February, 1701, Pondicherry was made the capital of the French settlements in India. In 1668, the first French factory was established in Surat.