Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Medieval History

Which one of the following developments most directly intensified the European search for a direct sea route to India in the fifteenth century?

  1. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the non-Christian world between Portugal and Spain.
  2. Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks while major routes carrying Indian merchandise remained under Arab control.
  3. The States-General of the Netherlands formed the Dutch East India Company.
  4. The French company was reorganised as the Perpetual Company of the Indies.
  1. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Shah Shuja allowed…
  2. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Banda Bahadur…
  3. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. The Compagnie des Indes…
  4. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. The French captured…
  5. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Shahu was released from…
  6. Assertion: The eighteenth-century regional states weakened Mughal authority but failed to establish a stable…