Question
Arrange the following events chronologically starting
from the earliest (A) Royal charter granted to English East India Company (B) Death of Mughal Emperor Akbar (C) Portuguese occupation of Goa (D) Establishment of French East India Company (E) Establishment of The Dutch East India Company (VOC) Choose the correct answer from the options given below:Solution
Portuguese occupation of Goa: Portuguese Governor Alfonso-de- Albuquerque took over Goa in 1510 AD. It was under the authority of Sultan Yusuf Adilshah of Bijapur. The Portuguese rule lasted for about 450 years, and heavily influenced Goan culture, cuisine, and architecture Grant of Royal Charter to the English East India Company: On December 31, 1600, the British Queen Elizabeth allowed the East India Company to trade with the countries of the East for 15 years. This is called the Royal Charter Act. Establishment of Dutch East India Company: Dutch were residents of Holland or Netherlands. Under the resolution passed by the Dutch Parliament, the 'Verenigden Oost Indies' company was established in 1602 AD. The first permanent Dutch trading post was established in 1603 in Banten, West Java, Indonesia. Today this area is Batavia, Indonesia. Death of Mughal Emperor Akbar: Akbar died on 1605 AD due to a disease called dysentery. His tomb is in Sikandra (Agra). A ruler since his teens, Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar had brought two-thirds of the Indian sub-continent into an empire that included Afghanistan, Kashmir and all of present-day India and Pakistan. Establishment of the French East India Company: All the trades settlement of the French Company took place at Pondicherry. The Battle of Wandiwash between the French and the British made the French East India Company lose its control of India.
A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs 78 and earns double the profit that he would have earned on selling this article for Rs 69. Find the C.P of this ar...
Anjali sold 50% of her apples and was left with 25 less than 60% of what she originally had. Find the number of apples sold by Anjali.
A merchant initially raised the price of a product by 25% and subsequently by an additional 20%. After providing a 24% discount on the final price, he g...
A machine is sold at an 8% profit, making its selling price Rs. 63 higher than the selling price if it were sold at a 20% loss. W...
A man bought an article for Rs.1500. He marked up the price by x% and then sold it after giving a discount of (x – 4)%. He finally made a profit of Rs...
- A trader sold a product for Rs. 180 after allowing a discount of ‘z%’ on its marked price. If the marked price of the product is Rs. 200, then find the...
Marked price of an article is Rs.1000 more than the cost price. When the same article is sold at a discount of Rs.100, the profit percent earned is 15%....
After giving a discount of 20% on the marked price of an article, it is sold for ₹120. Had the discount not been given, the profit would have been 20...
A purchased an article and sold it to B at 20% profit. B marked it up by 25% above the price at which A has purchased it and then sold it after giving a...
'D' sells a piece of art at a profit of 25%. Had the profit percentage earned on selling the piece of art been numerically equal to the cost price of th...