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What was the name of the trading company formed by a group of merchants in Britain to trade with India?
What was the name of the trading company formed by a group of merchants in Britain to trade with India?
East India Company
Who did Queen Elizabeth send as an ambassador to seek permission from the ruling emperor of India?
Who did Queen Elizabeth send as an ambassador to seek permission from the ruling emperor of India?
Sir Thomas Roe
Which emperor of India allowed the British to trade with India?
Which emperor of India allowed the British to trade with India?
Jahangir
Where was the first-ever factory set up by the East India Company in India?
Where was the first-ever factory set up by the East India Company in India?
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What did Queen Elizabeth do to allow the East India Company to trade with India?
What did Queen Elizabeth do to allow the East India Company to trade with India?
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True or false: The East India Company approached Queen Elizabeth to seek permission to trade with India.
True or false: The East India Company approached Queen Elizabeth to seek permission to trade with India.
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True or false: Queen Elizabeth signed a charter for 15 years allowing the East India Company to trade with India.
True or false: Queen Elizabeth signed a charter for 15 years allowing the East India Company to trade with India.
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True or false: Jahangir allowed the East India Company to set up factories in several towns of India.
True or false: Jahangir allowed the East India Company to set up factories in several towns of India.
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True or false: The first-ever factory set up by the East India Company in India was in Madras.
True or false: The first-ever factory set up by the East India Company in India was in Madras.
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True or false: The Portuguese, the Dutch, and the French were not trading with India before the British.
True or false: The Portuguese, the Dutch, and the French were not trading with India before the British.
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