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

Mahabandula was the great General of the ____________.

  1. Marathas

  2. Sikhs

  3. Nepalese

  4. Burmese
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Maha Bandula  was the great General of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces from 1821 till 1825. He fought against the British in the First Anglo-Burmese War. He was killed in this battle at Danubya after which British advanced to Prome, signaling defeat for the Myanmar.

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The Charter Act of $1793$ renewed the Company's monopoly for ___________ years.

  1. $20$ years

  2. $10$ years

  3. $30$ years

  4. $15$ years
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A Correct answer
Explanation

By the Charter Act of 1793, the Company’s commercial privi­leges were extended for a further period of twenty years. Salaries for the staff and paid members of the Board of Control were also now charged to the Company. Greater emphasis on the power of the Governor-General over the other two Presidencies, Bombay and Madras, was given in the Charter Act of 1793.

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The United East India Company refers to the Company in India formed by the.

  1. Portuguese

  2. Dutch

  3. French

  4. British
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Dutch East India Company also known as United East India Company was a trading company founded in the Dutch Republic in 1602 to protect that state’s trade in the Indian Ocean. The Dutch government granted the company a trade monopoly in the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan with the right to conclude treaties with native princes, to build forts and maintain armed forces, and to carry on administrative functions.

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The __________ were the first Europeans to start a Joint stock company trade with India?

  1. French

  2. Portuguese

  3. Danish

  4. Dutch
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to establish trade with India and organized their ventures through state-backed enterprises, often considered the precursors to joint-stock models.

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During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of.

  1. Trichinopoly

  2. Arcot

  3. Wandiwash

  4. Pondicherry
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Explanation

The Battle of Wandiwash in 1760 was the decisive conflict in the Third Carnatic War, where the British forces under Eyre Coote defeated the French, effectively ending French imperial ambitions in India.

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Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?

  1. Alexander Cunningham

  2. William Jones

  3. James Prinsep

  4. Charles Wilkins
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Explanation

Charles Wilkins was an English typographer and Orientalist, and founding member of The Asiatic Society. He is famous in history because he was the first translator of Bhagawat Gita into English. It was published in 1785 and is commonly known as Wilkin’s Gita.

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As per government of India Act-1858, how many members were appointed to assist the Secretary of State for India?

  1. 10

  2. 15

  3. 13

  4. 14
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Explanation
The Government of India Act 1858 is also known as Victoria proclamation. It transferred the power of ruling in India from EIC to the British Crown. It created the post of Secretary and appointed 15 members to assist the Secretary of State for India.
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The Charter for the establishment of the East India Company was granted by _________.

  1. Queen Elizabeth I

  2. Queen Anbolin

  3. Queen Mary

  4. Queen Victoria
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The East India Company was granted the Royal Charter on 31 December, 1600 by Queen Elizabeth I. As a consequence of this Charter the British East India Company set up trading establishments on the east and west coasts of India and in Bengal. The Company’s ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608.