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WHO WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN POWER TO REACH INDIA?

• Portuguese

• DUTCH

• FRENCH

• BRITISH

WHO GRANTED THE EEIC monopoly TO TRADE IN INDIA?

• Queen Elizabeth II

• Queen Elizabeth III

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Elizabeth IV

THE CARNATIC WAR WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN_______ AND ____.

• MUGHALS & EEIC

• PORTUGUESE EAST INDIA COMPANY& EEIC

• DUTCH EAST COMPANY & EEIC

• FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY &EEIC

WHICH BATTLE WAS FOUGHT WITHOUT BLOODSHED?

• BUXAR

• PLASSEY

• PANIPAT

• CARNATIC

WHO INTRODUCED DOCTRINE OF LAPSE?

• CORNWALLIS

• DALHOUSIE

• ROBERT CLIVE

• WELLESLEY

European trading companies were attracted to India due to

• CHEAP LAND

• CHEAP LABOUR

• RAW MATERIAL LIKE COTTEN SILK AND SPICES

• NONE OF THESE

When did the King of Nepal finally take over as the head of government?

• February, 2002

• February, 2005

• February, 2007

• April, 2003

What refers to independent people in a democratic form of government?

• Sovereign

• Ideal

• Polity

• Trafficking

If a 13-year old child is working in a factory, what is it called?

• Freedom to education

• Child labour

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of these

What does ‘to force someone to do something’ mean?

• Coercion

• Intervene

• Interpret

• None of these