Colonial Rule GK Questions : Beneficial for Every Exam

Q. Where did Vasco da Gama land in India?

Ans. Calicut

Q. Where did Vasco da Gama live?

Ans. Portugal

Q. Which Englishman visited the court of Emperor Jahangir and presented his gift?

Ans. Sir Thomas Roe

Q. Who colonized Goa, Daman and Diu?

Ans. The Portuguese

Q. From whom did the British get permission to set up their first company

Ans. From Jahangir

Q. Where did the British set up their first factory

Ans. In Surat

Q. Who discovered the sea route to India

Ans. Vasco da Gama

Q. What was the name of the treaty of the Third Carnatic War

Ans. Treaty of Paris

Q. Who was the first governor of India from the Portuguese?

Ans. Francisco de Almeida

Q. Who was the first Dutch citizen to come to India?

Ans. Cornelius Dastaman

Q. When did the Dutch attack Goa?

Ans. In 1639

Q. When did Duple become the French governor of India?

Ans. In 1742

Q. To whom did Jahangir give the title 'Khan'?

Ans. Haanakis

Q. Who was the English merchant that reached Agra and Sikri?

Ans. Ralph Fitch

Q. Where did the Dutch establish their first factory in 1605?

Ans. Masulipatnam

Q. Which city in India is built on an island?

Ans. Mumbai

Q. Where did the Portuguese open their first trading post?

Ans. In Kochi

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