History Practice Quiz 141

Q1.In which year was the first English factory set up on the banks of the river Hugli?

A. 1651 B. 1696 C. 1698 D. 1661

Q2.What was the name given to the Company's traders who operated from the factory?

A. Merchants B. Factors C. Officials D. Zamindars

Q3.In which year did the East India Company begin building a fort around the settlement near the Hugli factory?

A. 1651 B. 1696 C. 1698 D. 1700

Q4.Which Mughal emperor issued a farman granting the East India Company the right to trade duty free?

A. Shah Jahan B. Aurangzeb C. Akbar D. Jahangir

Q5.What was the name of the village that later grew into the city of Calcutta (Kolkata)?

A. Sutanuti B. Govindpur C. Kalikata D. Hugli

Q6.Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time when Company officials refused to pay duty on private trade?

A. Siraj ud-Daulah B. Murshid Quli Khan C. Alivardi Khan D. Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

Q7.What does the term 'farman' refer to in the context of the Mughal Empire?

A. A tax exemption B. A royal edict or order C. A trade agreement D. A land grant

Q8.How many villages did the East India Company get zamindari rights over in 1698?

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

Q9.Through which century did the conflict between the Company and the nawabs of Bengal intensify?

A. Early seventeenth century B. Early eighteenth century C. Late eighteenth century D. Early nineteenth century

Q10.After the death of which Mughal emperor did the Bengal nawabs assert their power and autonomy?

A. Shah Jahan B. Aurangzeb C. Akbar D. Jahangir