Medieval Indian History GK Questions
Multiple choice questions on Medieval Indian History for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations.
Practice MCQ Questions
1. Who among the following built the first European fort in India in the year 1503?
(a) Dutch
(b) British
(c) French
(d) Portuguese
(Answer: (d))
2. Which of the following union territories was a Portuguese colony till 1954?
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(c) Andaman and Nicobar Island
(d) Puducherry
(Answer: (b))
3. Who discovered the sea route to India?
(a) Babur
(b) Vasco-da-Gama
(c) Galileo
(d) Ferondoz
(Answer: (b))
4. In which year did Vasco da Gama land in Calicut (Kozhikode)?
(a) 1442
(b) 1472
(c) 1458
(d) 1498
(Answer: (d))
5. In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?
(a) 1610 AD
(b) 1510 AD
(c) 1540 AD
(d) 1475 AD
(Answer: (b))
6. The 'Instrument of Surrender' which ended the Portuguese rule in India was signed on _____.
(a) 19th December 1961
(b) 15th August 1947
(c) 29th December 1951
(d) 26th January 1948
(Answer: (a))
7. Who among the following was the first viceroy of the Portuguese state of India?
(a) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(b) Lopo Soares de Albergaria
(c) Duarte de Menezes
(d) Francisco de Almeida
(Answer: (d))
8. In the Battle of Swally (1612), the British fought against the ..........
(a) Danish
(b) Portuguese
(c) French
(d) Dutch
(Answer: (b))
9. The ........... commercial companies set up their base in India during the Mughal Empire at Masulipatnam in 1605:
(a) British
(b) French
(c) Portuguese
(d) Dutch
(Answer: (d))
10. East India Company was established in……..
(a) 1400
(b) 1500
(c) 1600
(d) 1700
(Answer: (c))
11. In 1617, the British East India Company was given permission by……….to trade in India.
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Jahangir
(Answer: (d))
12. Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?
(a) Paul Canning
(b) Captain William Hawkins
(c) William Edward
(d) Ralph Fitch
(Answer: (b))
13. British achieved political power in India after which of the following?
(a) Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Panipat
(c) Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Wandiwash
(Answer: (a))
14. In which year the administration of India was handed over to the British monarch by the proclamation of Queen Victoria?
(a) 1842
(b) 1858
(c) 1864
(d) 1887
(Answer: (b))
15. The Supreme Court was established at Fort William in ____ as the Apex Court in 1774.
(a) Kolkata
(b) Delhi
(c) Shimla
(d) Mumbai
(Answer: (a))
16. The English defeated the………in the Battle of Wandiwash.
(a) German
(b) French
(c) Indians
(d) Americans
(Answer: (b))
17. The French commercial companies set up their base in India at ......... in 1673:
(a) Goa
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Bombay
(d) Calcutta
(Answer: (b))
18. Where in India was the first French factory established?
(a) Surat
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Chandannagore
(d) Masulipatnam
(Answer: (a))
19. In which year did the French traveller Francois Bernier arrive in India?
(a) 1656
(b) 1678
(c) 1658
(d) 1662
(Answer: (c))
20. The First Carnatic War was fought between the ______ and the ______.
(a) English; French
(b) Portuguese; English
(c) Dutch; English
(d) French; Portuguese
(Answer: (a))
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