1. Foundation & Early Trade
Q: In which year was the East India Company founded?
A: 1600
Q: Which monarch granted the charter to the East India Company?
A: Queen Elizabeth I
Q: What was the original nature of the East India Company?
A: A trading company
Q: Where did the Company first establish a factory in India?
A: Surat
Q: Which Mughal emperor granted trading rights to the Company?
A: Jahangir
Q: Who was sent as the English ambassador to Jahangir’s court?
A: Sir Thomas Roe
2. Expansion & Settlements
Q: Which was the first British presidency in India?
A: Madras
Q: Fort St. George is associated with which city?
A: Madras (Chennai)
Q: Fort William was built in which city?
A: Calcutta
Q: Who founded Calcutta in 1690?
A: Job Charnock
Q: Bombay came under Company control in which year?
A: 1668
Q: Bombay was acquired from whom?
A: King Charles II of England
3. Political Power & Battles
Q: Which battle marked the beginning of British political rule in India?
A: Battle of Plassey (1757)
Q: Who led the Company forces at Plassey?
A: Robert Clive
Q: Who was the Nawab defeated at Plassey?
A: Siraj-ud-Daulah
Q: Which battle firmly established Company rule in India?
A: Battle of Buxar (1764)
Q: Which Mughal emperor fought at the Battle of Buxar?
A: Shah Alam II
Q: Which treaty followed the Battle of Buxar?
A: Treaty of Allahabad (1765)
4. Administration & Revenue
Q: What were Diwani rights?
A: Rights to collect revenue
Q: Diwani rights were granted in which year?
A: 1765
Q: Diwani rights covered which regions?
A: Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha
Q: Who introduced the Permanent Settlement?
A: Lord Cornwallis
Q: Permanent Settlement was introduced in which year?
A: 1793
Q: Ryotwari system is associated with which administrators?
A: Thomas Munro and Alexander Read
Q: Mahalwari system was introduced by whom?
A: Holt Mackenzie
5. Acts & Constitutional Control
Q: Which Act first regulated the East India Company?
A: Regulating Act, 1773
Q: Who became the first Governor-General of Bengal?
A: Warren Hastings
Q: Which Act introduced dual control?
A: Pitt’s India Act, 1784
Q: Which Act ended Company’s monopoly of Indian trade?
A: Charter Act, 1813
Q: Which Act ended Company’s trade with China?
A: Charter Act, 1833
Q: Which Act introduced open competition for civil services?
A: Charter Act, 1853
6. Decline & End
Q: Which revolt exposed the failure of Company rule?
A: Revolt of 1857
Q: The Revolt of 1857 is also called?
A: First War of Indian Independence
Q: Which Act ended Company rule in India?
A: Government of India Act, 1858
Q: Who became the first Viceroy of India?
A: Lord Canning
Q: Which authority replaced the East India Company after 1858?
A: British Crown
Q: When was the East India Company formally dissolved?
A: 1874
Q: The East India Company maintained what unique feature for a trading body?
A: A private army
Q: The Company’s headquarters in India was located at?
A: Calcutta
Q: The East India Company is best described as?
A: A trading company that became a colonial ruler
Timeline: East India Company