1. The East India Company (EIC), was an ________ joint-stock company,formed to pursue trade with the East Indies
a) English
b) US
c) African
d) Arabian

2. The company received a Royal Charter from ____________ on 31 December 1600,making it the oldest among several similarly formed European East India Companies
a) Queen Elizabeth
b) Queen Victoria
c) Queen Elizabeth –II
d) King Charles

3. The company struggled in the __________, due to the competition from the already well-established Dutch East India Company. The company opened a factory in Bantam on the first voyage and imports of pepper from Java were an important part of the company’s trade for twenty years
a) Spice Trade
b) Jute Trade
c) Cotton Trade
d) Oil Trade

4. The company was led by one governor and _______ directors, who made up the Court of Directors
a) 24
b) 25
c) 19
d) 27

5. The company achieved a major victory over the Portuguese in the  Battle of _______ in 1612. The company decided to explore the feasibility of gaining a territorial foothold in mainland India
a) Swally
b) Portuguese
c) Dutch
d) None

6. A cholera pandemic began in Bengal, and then spread across India by _________ 10,000 British troops and countless Indians died during this pandemic
a) 1820
b) 1821
c) 1822
d) 1824

7. The Company established a group of trading settlements centred on the Straits of Malacca called the _______ in 1826 to protect its trade route to China and to combat local piracy
a) Straits Settlements
b) Treaty of Nanking
c) Opium War
d) None

8. The English Education Act by the Council of India was passed in ________ to reallocated funds from the East India Company to spend on education and literature in India.
a) 1835
b) 1857
c) 1851
d) 1856

9. In 1607, the Company decided to build its own ships and leased a yard on the River _______ at Deptford
a) Thames
b) Yale
c) London
d) Netherlands

10. The Industrial Revolution in Britain, the consequent search for markets, and the rise of laissez-faire economic ideology form the background to the
a) Government of India Act 1833
b) East India Company Act 1813
c) East India Company Act 1793
d) Act of 1786