#### Bombay was given to the British as a dowry in which year? 1. [x] 1661 2. [ ] 1662 3. [ ] 1665 4. [ ] None of the above #### The first European to arrive in India using the sea route was ? 1. [x] Vasco da Gama 2. [ ] Selukas Niketar 3. [ ] Columbus 4. [ ] Zamorin #### The English East India Company was established in the year ? 1. [x] 1600 2. [ ] 1608 3. [ ] 1613 4. [ ] 1664 #### Who among the following is regarded as the real founder of the Portuguese colonial empire in India ? 1. [ ] Vasco da Gama 2. [ ] Francisco de Almeida 3. [ ] Columbus 4. [x] Afonso de Albuquerque #### Who among the following was the last East India company to be formed ? 1. [ ] British East India Company 2. [ ] Dutch East India Company 3. [ ] Portuguese East India Company 4. [x] French East India Company #### Joseph Francois Dupleix belonged to ? 1. [ ] British East India Company 2. [ ] Dutch East India Company 3. [ ] Portuguese East India Company 4. [x] French East India Company #### English East India Company established their first factory in ? 1. [ ] Goa 2. [x] Surat 3. [ ] Bombay 4. [ ] Masulipatnam #### Fort Saint George, the first fort built by the British in India was located at ? 1. [ ] Goa 2. [ ] Kolkata 3. [ ] Bombay 4. [x] Madras #### The privileges of free trade rights were granted to the English East India Company in 1717 by the Mughal Emperor ? 1. [ ] Bahadur Shah 2. [ ] Shahjahan 3. [ ] Jahangir 4. [x] Farrukh-Siyar #### Bombay was handed over to East India Company by ? 1. [ ] Portuguese 2. [x] Charles II 3. [ ] Jahangir 4. [ ] French #### Peace treaty of ‘Aix-la-Chapelle’ was signed between the British and ? 1. [ ] Portuguese 2. [ ] Mughals 3. [ ] Dutches 4. [x] French