SEBA Class IX Social Science [History] Chapter 1MCQ Set 1

 CHAPTER-1: ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS INTO INDIA
Multiple-Choice Questions Set 1

1. Which event led to the closure of old trade routes between India and Europe?
a) The discovery of America
b) The capture of Constantinople by the Turks
c) The defeat of the Greeks by the Romans
d) The invention of the compass  
Answer: b) The capture of Constantinople by the Turks

2. Who was the first Portuguese sailor to reach the Cape of Good Hope?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Bartolomeu Diaz
d) Ferdinand Magellan  
Answer: c) Bartolomeu Diaz

3. In which year did Vasco da Gama arrive at Calicut?
a) 1487
b) 1498
c) 1500
d) 1526  
Answer: b) 1498

4. Which English sailor circumnavigated the globe in 1580?
a) Francis Drake
b) John Mildenhall
c) Ralph Fitch
d) Thomas Roe  
Answer: a) Francis Drake

5. Who was the first English sailor to reach India with a petition letter from Queen Elizabeth?
a) Ralph Fitch
b) John Mildenhall
c) Francis Drake
d) William Hawkins  
Answer: b) John Mildenhall

6. Which Mughal Emperor granted trade privileges to the English East India Company in 1608?
a) Akbar
b) Shah Jahan
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb  
Answer: c) Jahangir

7. Who was the Englishman sent by King James I to establish trade with India in 1615?
a) John Surman
b) Sir Thomas Roe
c) Ralph Fitch
d) William Hawkins  
Answer: b) Sir Thomas Roe

8. Which city became the headquarters of the English East India Company in 1690?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Madras
d) Surat  
Answer: b) Calcutta

9. Which English officer acquired zamindari rights over three villages in Bengal?
a) Robert Clive
b) Job Charnock
c) Sir Thomas Roe
d) William Hawkins  
Answer: b) Job Charnock

10. Who was the Mughal Emperor when John Surman led an English delegation to his court in 1715?
 a) Akbar
 b) Jahangir
 c) Aurangzeb
 d) Farukhsiyar  
 Answer: d) Farukhsiyar

11. Which English surgeon cured Emperor Farukhsiyar, leading to trade privileges for the East India Company?
 a) William Hawkins
 b) John Mildenhall
 c) William Hamilton
 d) Sir Thomas Roe  
 Answer: c) William Hamilton

12. What was the primary objective of the East India Company in India?
 a) Establishing political power
 b) Religious conversion
 c) Trade
 d) Exploration  
 Answer: c) Trade

13. Which fort did the English establish after shifting their trade center from Armagaon in 1639?
 a) Fort William
 b) Fort St. George
 c) Fort St. David
 d) Fort St. Angelo  
 Answer: b) Fort St. George

14. Who was the first Governor of the East India Company in India?
 a) Lord Ripon
 b) Lord Dalhousie
 c) Robert Clive
 d) Warren Hastings  
 Answer: c) Robert Clive

15. Which treaty allowed the English to establish a trade center at Masulipatam in 1611?
 a) Treaty of Surat
 b) Treaty of Madras
 c) Treaty with the Sultan of Golkunda
 d) Treaty of Bassein  
 Answer: c) Treaty with the Sultan of Golkunda

16. What led to the decline of Mughal power and the rise of British influence in India?
 a) The Sepoy Mutiny
 b) The discovery of a sea route to India
 c) The capture of Constantinople
 d) The growing enmity and weakness among Indian rulers  
 Answer: d) The growing enmity and weakness among Indian rulers

17. What was the primary outcome of the British rule from 1858 to 1947?
 a) Expansion of trade
 b) Establishment of central administration
 c) Transfer of power to Indians
 d) Division of India  
 Answer: c) Transfer of power to Indians

18. Which governor-general is associated with the Doctrine of Lapse?
 a) Lord Ripon
 b) Lord Dalhousie
 c) Lord Wellesley
 d) Warren Hastings  
 Answer: b) Lord Dalhousie

19. Which act transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British Crown?
 a) Government of India Act, 1858
 b) Indian Councils Act, 1861
 c) Regulating Act, 1773
 d) Charter Act, 1833  
 Answer: a) Government of India Act, 1858

20. Who is known as the father of local self-government in India?
 a) Lord Curzon
 b) Lord Dalhousie
 c) Lord Ripon
 d) Lord Wellesley  
 Answer: c) Lord Ripon

21. Which act introduced the principle of Indianization of civil services?
 a) Indian Councils Act, 1861
 b) Government of India Act, 1858
 c) Charter Act, 1813
 d) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms  
 Answer: a) Indian Councils Act, 1861

22. Which governor-general is associated with the policy of Subsidiary Alliance?
 a) Lord Dalhousie
 b) Lord Ripon
 c) Lord Wellesley
 d) Lord Curzon  
 Answer: c) Lord Wellesley

23. Who established the first English factory in India?
 a) John Mildenhall
 b) William Hawkins
 c) Ralph Fitch
 d) Thomas Roe  
 Answer: b) William Hawkins

24. What was the capital of British India before Delhi?
 a) Bombay
 b) Madras
 c) Calcutta
 d) Lucknow  
 Answer: c) Calcutta

25. Which battle marked the beginning of British political control in India?
 a) Battle of Buxar
 b) Battle of Plassey
 c) Battle of Panipat
 d) Battle of Wandiwash  
 Answer: b) Battle of Plassey

26. Who signed the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765?
 a) Robert Clive
 b) Warren Hastings
 c) Lord Wellesley
 d) Lord Cornwallis  
 Answer: a) Robert Clive

27. Which emperor's reign marked the highest influence of the East India Company in India?
 a) Aurangzeb
 b) Jahangir
 c) Shah Alam II
 d) Akbar  
 Answer: c) Shah Alam II

28. Which city was the first British trading post in India?
 a) Bombay
 b) Madras
 c) Surat
 d) Calcutta  
 Answer: c) Surat

29. Which event led to the establishment of the British Raj in India?
 a) The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
 b) The Battle of Buxar
 c) The Regulating Act of 1773
 d) The Charter Act of 1833  
 Answer: a) The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857

30. Who was the last Mughal Emperor during the Sepoy Mutiny?
 a) Bahadur Shah II
 b) Akbar II
 c) Aurangzeb
 d) Shah Jahan II  
 Answer: a) Bahadur Shah II