A company was established by the Queen Elizabeth I in the year 1600 in England for the purpose to trade in the Indian Ocean region. The original name of the company was the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies but it is batter name of the England East India Company (EEIC) or the East India Company (EIC). The East India Company was began as a joint-stock trading venture to trade for spices, silk, and tea from Asia and India. But the East India Company evolving from mere traders to rulers of India by gaining political power, controlling armies, and collecting revenue, especially after the Battle of Plassey of 1757 and acquiring Diwani rights in 1765 and the company was finally dissolved in the year 1874 which was leaving a legacy of immense wealth and for some and devastating famines for millions
Here is some MCQ on the Topic with answer. Let’s start the MCQ.
01) A group of English merchants formed the company in which of the following year to trade in the Indian Ocean region?
A) 1598
B) 1599
C) 1600
D) 1601
Correct answer is option “B”
02) In which of the following year the company got the official charter to trade in the Indian Ocean region?
A) 1602
B) 1601
C) 1600
D) 1599
Correct answer is option “C”
03) Initially the main focus of the company to trade in the Indian Ocean region for which of the following product?
A) Spices
B) Iron ore
C) Cotton
D) Ayurvedic Medicines
04) In which of the following year the British Crown took direct control on the trade of the East India Company?
A) 1855
B) 1856
C) 1857
D) 1858
Correct answer is option “D”
05) In which of the following year the company’s ships docked in India?
A) 1602
B) 1605
C) 1608
D) 1610
Correct answer is option “C”
06) The ships of the company first docked at which of the following place in India?
A) Surat, Gujarat
B) Kolkata, West Bengal
C) Bombay, Maharashtra
D) Panji, Goa
Correct answer is option “A”
07) The first Indian factory of the company was established in which of the following year?
A) 1610
B) 1611
C) 1612
D) 1613
Correct answer is option “B”
08) The first Indian factory of the company was established at which of the following place in year 1611?
A) Masulipatnam
B) Merogon
C) Kandla
D) Trivandrum
Correct answer is option “A”
09) The second factory of the company was established in which of the following year and which place?
A) 1615 at Surat
B) 1618 at Surat
C) 1615 at Masulipatnam
D) 1618 at Masulipatnam
Correct answer is option “A”
10) Due to high profit earned by the company the James I renewed the East India Company’s charter for an indefinite period in which of the following year?
A) 1608
B) 1609
C) 1610
D) 1611
Correct answer is option “B”
11) Which statement is correct in concern to renewal of the charter of the company?
A) The renewal was done with the proviso that its privileges would be annulled if trade was unprofitable for three consecutive years
B) The renewal was done with the proviso that its privileges would be annulled if trade was unprofitable for two consecutive years
C) The renewal was done with the proviso that its privileges would be annulled if trade was unprofitable for four consecutive years
D) The renewal was done with the proviso that its privileges would be annulled if trade was unprofitable for five consecutive years
Correct answer is option “A”
12) What was the original name of the East India Company from the following when it was chartered by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600?
A) The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies
B) The Queen and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies
C) The Governor and Company of London trading into the East Indies
D) The Queen and Company of London trading into the East Indies
Correct answer is option “A”
13) Later on the name of The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies had been changed and known as which of the following name?
A) The Honourable East India Company
B) John Company
C) The English East India Company
D) All the above
Correct answer is option “D”
14) In which of the following year a fortification was built by the company on the southeastern coast of India and formed the first significant British community in India and gradually developed to become the city of Madras and became the base for the company’s mercantile operations?
A) 1635
B) 1637
C) 1639
D) 1640
Correct answer is option “C”
15) In which of the following year the company founded Calcutta in Bengal which eventually became the center of the company’s commercial and political power?
A) 1680
B) 1685
C) 1690
D) 1695
Correct answer is option “C”
16) Between 1701 and 1761 the company fought a series of wars with which of the following to took control on significant portions of the southern and eastern regions?
A) The French East India Company
B) The King of Madras
C) The Dutch East India Company
D) The King of Bengal
Correct answer is option “A”
17) It was true that the British East India Company were able to gain ascendancy by exploiting the political chaos caused by the disintegration of the Mughal Empire beginning in which of the following era?
A) In the 1600s
B) In the 1700s
C) In the 1800s
D) In the 1900s
Correct answer is option “B”
18) Battle of Plassey was fought in which of the following year?
A) 1754
A) 1755
A) 1756
A) 1757
Correct answer is option “D”
19) The Battle of Plassey was fought between the British East India Company and the forces of the Nawab of Bengal with the alliance with the French company. What was the name of the Nawab of Bengal from the following?
A) Siraj-ud-Daulah
B) Mir Jafar
C) Murshid Quli Khan
D) Alivardi Khan
Correct answer is option “A”
20) The Battle of Plassey was led by whom from the following for the East India Company’s side?
A) Robert Clive
B) Hector Munro
C) Arthur Wellesley
D) Thomas Hislop
Correct answer is option “A”
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21) How the the victory over the Nawab of Bengal marked a turning point for East India Company from the following?
A) Giving the significant control
B) Collection rights of the revenue
C) Only option “B”
D) Option A & B both
Correct answer is option “D”
22) The Battle of Buxar was fought in which of the following year?
A) 1764
B) 1765
C) 1766
D) 1767
Correct answer is option “A”
23) The battle of Buxar was fought under which of the following English commander?
A) Robert Clive
B) Hector Munro
C) Arthur Wellesley
D) Thomas Hislop
Correct answer is option “B”
24) What was the effect in concern of rights if the East India Company in India after the second decisive victory?
A) Extended the company’s influence over the region of Bihar
B) An initial incursion into the political affairs of the country
C) Forced to sign the treaty for granting the Diwani rights
D) All the above
Correct answer is option “D”
25) The formula Doctrine of lapse was introduced by which of the following governor-general of India?
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Hardinge
C) Lord George Eden
D) Lord William Bentinck
Correct answer is option “A”
26) The formula Doctrine of lapse was devised by Lord Dalhousie to deal which of the following question?
A) The questions of formation of army in the state
B) The questions collection of revenue of the states
C) The questions of succession to Hindu Indian states
D) The questions of the appointment of the Vajeer in the state
Correct answer is option “C”
27) The British Crown took direct control of the East India Company’s territories and governance in which of the following year?
A) 1857
B) 1858
C) 1859
D) 1860
Correct answer is option “B”
28) After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 through which of the following act was passed which transferred all powers, territories, and revenues to the Crown and became the ending Company rule and introduce the direct rule in the British Raj
A) Regulating Act, 1773
B) Pitt’s India Act 1784
C) Charter Acts, 1853
D) Government of India Act, 1858
Correct answer is option “D”
29) What was the reason to introduced the Government of India Act 1958 which establish the direct control of the Queen of the England?
A) The failure of the East India Company’s administration
B) The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
C) Only option B
D) Option A & B both
Correct answer is option “D”
30) Which statement is not correct which is not justify that the several unified systems were instituted under company rule?
A) Introduce a judiciary and a postal service
B) The construction of the first railway line
C) The spread of Christianity to abolish the caste system
D) The abolition of sati custom
Correct answer is option “C”
Note – The spread of Christianity was to access to education
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