UPSC - IAS (Main) , SSC GK Questions 2014

UPSC - IFS (Main), CDS, NDA/ NA, SSC GK Questions 2014

Question 1. England established their first factory in 1611 at Masulipatnam. Jahangir allowed the Britishers to set-up a permanent factory on west coast in 1613 at.................
Ans. Surat

Question 2. East India Company (EIC) was joint stock enterprise set-up with an objective to trade with India. It was established on..............
Ans. December 31, 1600

Question 3. Golden Farmaan was issued to English East India Company allowing them to trade within the ports of the Golconda Kingdom freely by sultan of Golconda on payment of duties worth 500 pagodas a year, in....................
Ans. 1632

Question 4. Charles-11, the king of England, received Bombay from Portugal after marrying Portuguese princess Catherine Braganza in 1661 as part of dowry. The English East India Company received it from Charles-11 in....................
Ans. 1668

Question 5. All settlements of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa were placed under Fort William. Who was the first President of Fort William?
Ans. Sir Charles Eyre


Question 6. East India Company sent diplomatic mission which reached Farrukhsiyar`s court in 1715. The mission was carried by Dr. William Hamilton, who cured Farrukhsiyar of a  painful disease . The mission was led by................
Ans. John Surman

Question 7. Farrukhsiyar granted a Farmaan in 1717 to Wast India Company (EIC) to carry on trade duty-free in Bengal for Rs. 3000 a year. The farmaan was known as........
Ans. Dastak

Question 8. The imperial Farmaan Dastak was issued by Farrukhsiyar in 1717. It was called by British East India Company as................
Ans. Magna Carta

Question 9. French, British, Dutch and Portuguese came to India for trade. Who was the first country to establish their trade and influence in India?
Ans. Portuguese

Question 10. British established East India Company (EIC) on December 31, 1600. In 1702, the nomenclature of EIC was changed to.............
Ans. United Company of Merchants of England Trading in the East Indies