Quiz: chapterwisemcq Daily Static Quiz , 14 july 2021

1. With reference to Pondicherry (now

Puducherry), consider the following

statements:(2010)

1) The first European power to occupy

Pondicherry were the Portuguese

2) The second European power to were occupy

Pondicherry the French

3) The English never occupied Pondicherry

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

2. Who among the following Europeans were

the last to come to pre independence

India as traders?IAS 2007

3. Which one of the following was the first

fort constructed by the British in India (IAS2007)

4. In the year 1613, where was the English

East India Company given permission to

set up a factory (trading post)?(IAS 2006)

5. Which one of the following is the correct

statement?(IAS 2005)

6. With reference to the entry of European

into India, which one of the following

statements is NOT correct?(IAS 2003)

7. . In India, among the following locations,

the Dutch established their earliest

factory at(IAS 2003)

8. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched? (IAS 1999)

9. With whose permission did the English

set up their first factory in Surat? (IAS 2009)