Multiple Choice Questions for APPSC GROUP II ( EXAM.)2026 PAPER – I (150M) REDDY RULERS

 

Multiple Choice Questions for APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026

PAPER – I (150M)

SECTION- A

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH (75M)

REDDY RULERS

 (Set 18)

Notes prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma

 

Please Note: The following notes is for only guidance purpose. For clarification of any doubt, please refer to any standard text book.

 

 

Short notes:-

1)Prolaya Vema Reddy started ruling from Addanki

 

2)His successor Anapotha Reddy shifted the capital from Addanki to Kondaveedu.

 

3)Later his successors, Anavema Reddy and Kumaragiri Reddy expanded the kingdom

 

4)During the period of Kumara Reddy, Kondaveedu lost prominence, but Rajandry continued

 

5)Similarly, under  Prolaya Vemareddy’s youger brother Mallareddy, Kandukooru rajyam continued for 70 years.

 

1)They encouraged agriculture, trade

2)Built many forts

3)Honoured poets, artists

 

4)Built many temples

5)For irrigation and drinking purpose, they dug water tanks/lakes

 

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Sources:-

1)Tiltles of Reddy  Kings: (Jaganobba ganda; Alaviya varda –sirahkhandana; chemchumala choorakaara; racfhooru durga vibhala ; gujjaritattu vibhala; dandenagova(gopa); appayya-goppayya disapatta; pandyaraya gajakesari simha ; aneyamandalikaraganda;

2)Telugu Books : Harivamsamu , Bheemeswara Puranamu , Kaseekhandamu

3) Prolaya Vemareddy’s Manchella copper inscription

4)Copper inscription of Vema’s, in Madras Museum

 

 

 

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Questions:

1)Between 1324 AD and 1434 AD, Kondaveeti Reddi’s ruled  which places ?

a)Addanki

b) Kondaveedu

c)Kandukooru

d) All the above

Ans : d

2)Which of the following is correct about Reddy Rulers?

a)They are called ‘panta reddies’

b)Their caste is : Devati kulam

c)Their gotram : Vellachouri

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

3)In the family hierarchy of Reddy Rulers, the first one is Kamareddy. Which of the following is correct about Kamareddy ?

a) Komati Prolaya Reddy :  Son of  Kamareddy

b)They are contemporaries of Kakateeya Pratapa Rudra

c)Reddy Kings Caste Godess : Moolagooramma

d) All the above

Ans : d

4)Which of the following is correct ?

a)Different forms of names like Rattadi, Raddi, Raddu, Reddy can be seen in the 12^th century inscriptions

b)For Kondaveeti Reddy’s , Komati sub-title is there, as per Kondaveeti Kaifeeyath

c)Later on, Komati name is added to Kondaveeti Reddy’s names

d)All the above

Ans :d

 

PROLAYA VEMA REDDY : (1325 AD – 1353 AD)

1)What is the capital of Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

a) Addanki

2)Who is Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

A)He is second son of Komati Prolaya Reddy

3)What is the role played by Prolaya Vema Reddy in freedom fighting of Andhra area at that time ?

a)He assisted Musunoori Prolaya Nayaka

 

4)Who is called as ‘Bhlochchabdhi Kumbhodbhava’  in the inscription of Mutloori?

a) Prolaya Vema Reddy

5)Which of the following is correct about Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

a) He is founder of independent Reddy Kimgdom

b)Errapragada dscribed him as ‘Yavana Nrupabalabdi

c)As per the inscription of Nekarikanti and Cheemakurti, the area of Guntur is under his control

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

6) Which areas Prolaya Vema Reddy merged in the Reddy Kingdom ?

a)Tripurantakam

b)Srisailam

c)Ahobilam

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

7)Which of the following construction works were started and completed by Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

a)Steps on hills of Ahibilam temple

b) Steps from Patalaganga to Srisailam temple

c)He constructed choultries, summer pendals, gardens

d)All the above

And : d

 

8)Which of the following is correct about Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

a)He donated many villages to Brahmins

b)He is a great devotee of Lord Shiva

c)He has titles like Dharmapratisthapana guru, Nisseema Bhoodana Parasurama,

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

9)Who dedicated ‘Harivamsamu’ telugu book to Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

a) Errapragada ( Errapragada is the last one in the famous tio i.e., Nannaya , Tikkana and Errapragada). 

Errapragada is the court poet of Prolaya Vema Reddy

 

10)Who built enemyproof forts in Kondaveedu and Kondapalle ?

a) Prolayavema Reddy

11) As per Akumalla Viropanna inscription, a part of the empire of Prolaya Vema Rddy was occupied by whom ?

A) Hampi Vijayanagar Kings

 

12)Which of the following is correct(Prolayavema Reddy built strong forts) ?

a)Dharanikota : Amaravathi

b)Dhanada prolu : Chandavolu

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

Ans : c

13)Which of the following are the most important forts built by Prolayavema Reddy?

a)Vinukonda

b)Kondaveedu

c)Kondapally and Bellampalli

d)All the above

Ans : d

14)Which of the following is correct about Prolaya Vema Reddy ?

a) Malla Reddy : His brother . He was military incharge

b)Macha Reddy : His Brother

c)  As per his  Valiveru inscription ( 1332 AD) he is independent ruler

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

 

 

ANA POTHA REDDY :

1)Anapotha Reddy came to power after whose rule ?

a)Prolaya Vema Reddy .

2)Who is Ana Potha Reddy ?

a)Son of Prolaya Vema Reddy

3)Ana Potha Reddy waged wars with whom ?

a)Kalinga Gangulu

b)Padma Nayakas

c)Bahamani Sultans

d) All the above

Ans: d

4) Ana Potha Reddy conquered many forts. As per Drakshama inscription, which titles he got ?

a)Veeranna Votha Bhoopathi and Veepa Vijetha

 

5)As per Temple inscription of Amaravathi, after the destruction of Amavavathi temple, who rebuilt the Amaravathi temple ?

a)Anapotha Reddy

 

6)As per 1364 AD Manyamapuram inscription , who shifted the capital from Addanki to Kondaveedu ?

a)Ana Potha Reddy

 

7) Which of the following is correct about Ana Potha Reddy ?

a)He is great warrior

8) Who introduced reforms for Motupalli  sea port,  for trade and business development 

a)Ana Potha Reddy

9)Which of the following is correct about Motupalli sea port ?

a)From Motupalli, business transactions were undertaken to different island countries i.e., shipping and marine trade

b)Anapotha Reddy got erected a blessing/guarantee inscription in Motupalli for the welfare of traders

c) He removed tax on Gold.   He is also removed Sunkadaya tax, which is a major source of income for treasury

d) All the above

Ans : d

10) Which of the following is correct about Motupalli, sea port ?

a)Motupalli is located at a distance of about 17 Kilometers from Bapatla

b)In the inscriptions, Motupalli is mentioned as ‘Mukula puramu’

c)During the period of Kakathi Ganapathi Deva, Motupalli is mentioned as Deseeyakkonda

d) All the above

Ans : d

11) Who described Motupalli as ‘Mutaphili’ ?

a) Marco Polo

12) By the time of whom, Motupalli sea port import a lot ?

a)Kumaragiri Reddy

13)Traders like Avachi Tippaya Setti, conducted sea trade / foreign trade  during whose time ?

a) about Anapotha Reddy ruling period

14)  Who authored all the inscriptions of Anapotha Reddy ?

a) Bala Saraswathi

15) Who is the Education Officer in the court of Anapotha Reddy ?

a) Bala Saraswathi 

 

 

 

ANA VEMA REDDY :

1)Who came to power after the Ana Potha Reddy ?

a)Ana Vema Reddy (It happened because Kumaragiri Reddy is younger )

2)Which of the following is correct about Ana Vema Reddy ?

a)He established prestige of Reddy Rulers prominence, with the victories in wars

b)He conquered Divi seema (Which is at the mouth of Krishna river )

c) Both (a) & (b)

d)None of these

Ans : c

3)Ana Vema Reddy conquered which of the following ?

a) He is victorious on Sooravara pattanam, Bheemavaram Surya Vamsa Rajas

b)He is victorious on Kamavaram Bhakti Raju

c)He got Rajamandry : By conquering Niravadyapuram (Nidavolu)Chalukya kings & Dakshina Kalinga

d) All the above

Ans : d

4)Ana Vema Reddy conquered which of the folloiwng ?

a)From Haihaya rulers, he won Konaseema which is called as Waterfort  and Panaara seema ( Rajolu taluq)

b)He conquered  Simhachalam, Vaddadi, Mademula (Madugula)

c)His empire stretched from Sreesailam to East Sea ;  from Simhachalam to Nellore

d) All the above

Ans : d

5)Anavema Reddy got which titles ?

a)Dhoorika Sahaya

b)Praja parichita

c)Chathurvidhopaya

d) All the above

Ans : d

6) Who got the titles like Vasantharayudu and Karpooravasantha rayalu ?

a)Ana Vema Reddy (as he revived  forgotten Spring festivals and conducting spring festivals every year)

 

7)Ana Vema Reddy donated Vemapuramu (i.e., a village Naduvooru in Kona Seema ) ?

a) for the punyam of his sister Vema Saani

8)Anavema Reddy is ordent follower of Saivism . Which of the following were constructed ?

a)Mandapams in Draksharama Bheemeswaram Temple

b)For devotees Veera Siro Mandapam in Srisailam

c)Ana Vemagiri Mandapam in Simhachalam

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

9) Who are the important ministers in the court of Ana Vema Reddy ?

a) Mavindi Peddanna and Immadeendrudu

10) Immadi Lanka village, near Rajamandry  is donated to whom by Ana Vema Reddy ?

a) Immadeendrudu

 

 

 

 

KUMARA GIRI REDDY :

1)Kumara giri Reddy came to power after the death of whom ?

a)Ana Vema Reddy

2) Between whom there was succession war ?

a) Kumaragiri Reddy and Pedakomati Vema Reddy. Finally there was truce  and Kumaragiri Reddy succeeded after Ana Vema  Reddy

3)Which of the following is correct ?

a)Kumaragiri Reddy is patron of arts

b)He spent most of the time in comorts

c)He is patron of literature

d) All the above

Ans : d

4) Kumaragiri Reddy handed over the burden of ruling, to whom ?

a)Kataya Vema Reddy, (He is his wife’s brother)

5)By defeating Hari Hara Raya II of Vijayanagara empire, Kataya Vema Reddy , conquered which of the following  areas ?

a)Tripuranthakam

b) Srisailam

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

Ans : c

 

6)Which books describe the victories of Kataya Vema Reddy ?

a)Sreendha’s Kaseekhandam

b)Bheemeswara puranam

c)Kommana Sivaleela Vilasam

d) All the above

Ans : d

7)Kumaragiri Reddy encouraged which of the following ?

a)Spring festivals,

b)Poet lareautes  discussions

c)Natya sastram , Abhinaya vidya

 d)All the above

8)According to Kondaveeti Kaifeeyat, which building/palace , Kumaragiri Reddy built ?

a)Gruharaja Soudham

 

9)As per the illustrated political narration written by Kaktaya Vema Reddy which places he conquered ?

a)Rampa , Kimmooru , forts of Bendapudi (East Godavari)

b)Vajrakutam (Visakha district )

c)Ramagiri, Vaddadi, Madagula, Katakam (Odisha)

d)All the above

Ans: d

 

 

 

 

 

PEDAKOMATI VEMA REDDY :

1)When Pedakomati Vema Reddy came to throne ?

a) 1402 AD

2)Which of the following is correct about Pedakomati Vema Reddy ?

a)There is fight between Kataya Vema Reddy and Pedakomati Vema Reddy for the Rajhamandry

b)As per the Korumilla inscription, and Kommana Siva Leela Vilasam book,  Peda Komati Vema Reddy waged war on Rajamandry and he was defeated

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) Noe of these

Ans : c

 

3)Which of the following is correct about Peda Komati Vema Reddy ?

a)He is poet, critic, Alankara scholar, great musician

4)’Sahitya Chinthamani ‘ book is written by whom?

a)Peda Komati Vema Reddy

5)Who wrote explanation in Sanskrit for the Book ‘Amaruka Kavyam’?

a)Pedakomati Vema Reddy

6)In the Royal Court of Pedakomati Vema Reddy who is appointed as EducationOfficer ?

a) Sreenadha Maha Kavi

7)In the Royal Court of Peda Komati Vema Reddy , who is the court poet ?

a)Vamana Bhatta Banudu

8)’Vema Bhoopala Charitham (or) Veera Narayana Charita book is written by whom ?

a)Vamana Bhatta Banudu

9)Peda Komati Vema Reddy encouraged Medical Sciences. He donated  Ponnapalli and Vemavaram villages to whom ?

a) Bhaskaracharya , who is eminently known as ‘Bhooloka Dhanvanthari’

10) Who got dug ‘Santhana Sagaram’ tank near Phirangipuram , Guntur district ?

a)Sooramamba ( wife of Pedakomati Vema Reddy )

11)Who got erected rock edict opposite to Veebhadraswami in Phiramgipura village, Guntur District ?

a)Sooramamba (wifeof Pedakomati Vema  Reddy )

12)Who are the important ministers in the royal officials of Peda Komati Vema Reddy ?

a) Mamidi Singamatyudu and Singana mantra

13) Who has royal title ‘Sarvajna Chakravarti’ ?

a) Peda Komati Vema Reddy

 

 

RACHA VEMA REDDY :

1)Which of the following is correct about  Rachavema Reddy ?

a) He is the last of the Reddy Rulers of Kondaveedu. 

b) As he is incompetent, and to fill the exchequer, He imposed taxes (i.e., sunkaalu) on hearths, child births

c)As per Kondaveeti Danda Kaifeeyath, he was killed by Ellayya, a Balija leader

With this end came for Kondaveedu empire and it is occupied by Vijayanagar Kings

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

 

 

1)’Hara Vilasm’ book is dedicated to whom by /Srinadha Kavi Sarvbhouma ?

a)Avachi Tippaiah Setty

APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026 PAPER – I (150M) Northern Circars in 18th Century (Economic activities i.e., Administrative and Agriculture etc.)

 

Notes for APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026

PAPER – I (150M)

SECTION- A

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH (75M)

(3)Advent of Europeans - Trade centers - Andhra under the Company

Northern Circars in 18^th Century (Economic activities i.e., Administrative and Agriculture etc.)

(Set 9)

Notes prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma

 

Please Note: The following notes is for only guidance purpose. For clarification of any doubt, please refer to any standard text book.

 

 

1)Prior to the organization of the Northern Circars into revenue districts in 1794 AD, there existed Provincil Chiefs and Councils at which of the following ?

a)Masulipatnam ; Visakhapatnam and

b)a Residency at Ganjam

c)Both (a) (b)

d) None of these

Ans : c

 

2)In 1794 AD, four divisions were created and Collectors were put in charge of management and superintendence of revenue. These four divisions were :

a)1^st division of Rajamandry circar;  2^nd division of Eluru and Rajamandry circar

b)3^rd division of Eluru and Rajamandry circar  ;  4^th Division of Kondapalli and Mustafanagar circar

 c)A Collector was appointed separately in the Guntur Circar

d)All the abvove

Ans : d   (Source: Letter form Lord Hobert, Governor – in- Council, Fort St.George, December,1794)

 

3)What are ‘Haveli lands’?

Ans : The lands that were under the immediate management of the previous government without the intervention of Zamindars or Jagirdars (holders of land given by government as reward for services) were called haveli lands and these became direct posseion of the Company

 

AGRARIAN ECONOMY :

 

4)The zamindars of large estates appropriated a substantial part of the surplus produced by the peasantry and remitted the remaining portion to the state.  Which of the following is corrct ?

Ans:Their rights were so absolute that they not only levied land and sayer (transit) duties but also collected moturpha (tax levided on artisans, traders and other mercantile groups ) and other informal taxes from the various social groups of the region.

 

 

 

5)Land holdings in Godavari district : (I)Mirasidars : For them hereditary privileges (rights appeared to have been the prerogative of hereditary land holders called viz.,Kadeems (tenant cultivators) (at the village level.) Which of the following is correct ?

a) Ekabhogam : sole proprietorship

b)Palabhogam : joint proprietorship

c)Samudayam : Communal ownership

d)All the above

Ans : d  ( Source : A.D.Campbel, Acting Collector, Rajahmundry  around 1807 AD )

 

6) Under the right of possession of land claimed by mirasidars, there existed the right to cultivation often claimed by the people called ‘Payakaris’. They comprised two groups :

a)Ulparakudi payakaris (or ulkudi payakaris) or resident cultivators (permanent tenants of the mirasidar resding in the same village )

b)Ururkudi payakaris or non-resident cultivators

c)Urukudi payakaris were normally tenants at will, working under contract, who would have no proprietary rights .

d) All the above

Ans: d

 

7)In the pre-colonial village economy, there were three groups of cultivators (in Andhra)?

a)Kadeems

b)Ulkudi payakaris

c)Urukudi payakaris

d)All the above 

 

8) In the case of alienated lands of all types, which of the following is correct (in Andhra)?

a)’inam’ lands and ‘manium’ lands (land held rent free and in hereditary and perpetual occupation)

b)Lands assigned for the purpose of temples and  mosques or other endowed institutions

c)Both (a) & (b)

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

 

9)Prior to the introduction of the Permanent Land Settlement in 1802 AD, in Northern Circars,  the principal modes of revenue collection in zamindari areas were those from

a) ‘asara’ lands (wet lands dependent only on tank or canal irrigation )

b) ‘visabadi’  system (lands or profits allotted among hereditary owners) and renting systems  

c)The division of the surplus produce among the different cultivators was based on share cropping

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

10) Which of the following is correct (in Andhra)?

a)Wet grains or nunjah crops

b)dry grains or punjah crops

c)The rates of assessment and shares apportioned  based on the status of the persons who held those lands

d)All the above

 

11)The British East India  Company introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1802 AD in the northern Coromandel, similar to that of __________.

Ans : Bengal Settlement of 1793  

 

12)Within a decade of operation of the Permanent Settlement of 1802, it showed signs of decaly ?

a)in Godavari district by 1810

b)in Guntur district by 1820s

c)in Masulipatnamdistrirct by 1830

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

13) In the revenue collection after Permanent Settlement of 1802 AD, which came (in Andhra)?

Ans : Village lease system of revenue collection  (This period was called as ‘transitional’ in the revenue history of the region )

 

14) Most of the zamindari areas and a few haveli lands were situated in which of the major river basin areas?

a)the Godavari

b)The Krishna

c)The pennar

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

 

15)Which of the following is correct about famines in Northern Circar districts  i.e., Andhra  ?

a)The famine of 1790-92 AD was the worst, engulfing almost all the four district and all sections of society.

b)Masulipatnam district was affected by another famine in 1807 AD

c)In 1823-24 AD , there was a minor famine in Godavari district

d)All the above (in  and around 1833AD another famine affected Guntur district )

Ans : d

 

16) Uppena (inundation of coastal district / severe cyclones), which of the following is correct ?

a)May 20, 1787 port towns of Coringa, Ingeram (near Kakinada), Nursapur were disastrously affected

b)Dcember, 1800 AD cyclone made huge loss in Guntur district

c) In 1839 AD another cyclone affected raged from coast of Visakahpatnam to Nursapur

d)All the above (Such storms and cyclones disrupted production of textiles, affected shipping and river transportation and had a drastic impact on the marketing of cotton fabrics

Ans : d

 

17)During the second half of the eighteenth century, the Dutch marketing activities are restricted to which of the following (in Andha)?

a)Jagannadhapuram (Cocanada)

b)Palakollu

c)Masulipatnam

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

18)French East India Company enjoyed considerable trading privileges with brief intervals at ?

a )Visakhapatnam,

b)Yanam (from  1816AD to till 20^th century: French retained prime position)

c)Ingeram (near Rajahmundry), Maddelapollam , and Masulipatnam

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

19)The East India Company of England, the entire commercial organization was broadly divided into three parts?

a)The Court of Directors in England

b)The Board of Trade in Madras

c) the Company’s establishment at the factory with Commercial  Resident as Chief

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

 

20) IN 1826 AD, one Madras pagoda (Currency ) is equal to how much ?

a) approximately 4 Rupees

 

21)Who was the Telugu interpreter to the French and Hyderjung to put down Ranga Rao, the Raja of Vizianagaram ?

a)Dubashi Lakshmanna

 

22)In Gogulapati Kurma Nadha poet,  Simhadri Narsimha Satakamu (c 1750 ) whose name was mentioned ?

a)Kondregula Jogeepantulu

 

 

 

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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ANDHRA IN 18^TH CENTURY

 

 

1)Which of the following is correct ?

a) In 1687 AD, the kingdom of Golconda was occupied by Aurangzeb as a result , Telangana and large part of Andhra became parts of Mughal empire

b)With the death of Aurangzeb in 1707 AD, the disintegration of Mughal empire set in

c)The weavers and  artisan classes in Andhra were able to survive  as their products were readily purchased by the European traders.

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

2) The textile industry in Andhra was widely diffused in the 18^th Century  . Which of the following is correct ?

a)Production of fine and superfine clothes was concentrated in particular towns.

b)Berhampur was noted for its quality silks and Srikakulam for its muslins

c)Machilipatnam was a world famous centre for chintzes (i.e., Kalamkari) and palampores (i.e., hand printed bed sheets/covers)

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

3)The zamindars were of three types in the 18^th century in Andhra ?

a)Velamas who were driven out of the Carnatic by the Muslim armies and who had established themselves on the borders of the Krishna river

b)The Rachawars of Orissa who were forced to leave the plains and return to the hilly area of north of  Godavari

 c)Oriyas, who after the fall of the Gajapati empire in Orissa established themselves in Srikakulam districts.

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

4)The military forces of the zamindars (of Andhra ) were of three kinds in the 18^th century .What are they ?

a)Common peons who were paid in cash and were expected to be in common attendance

b)The Mokkasa who were paid by the grant of land

c)The manovarty peons who were military tenents of a high order bound to bring their adherents to the field.

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

5)Which of the following is correct  about the lands in northern circars in Andhra in 18^th century (Lands divided into two categories)?

a)Category One : the Zamindari land

b)Category Two : Haveli or Government land

c)The land assessment was 1/5 th of the produce

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

 

6)Which of the following is correct (in the 18^th century in Andhra )?

a)The zamindars were notorious for their oppression of the peasantry

b)Zamindars also collected land customs on all articles of commerce like food, cattle, salt etc.These taxes known as ‘Sunkams’ were collected at short intervals 

c) In addition , there were also imposts under various names  like ‘Loomtax’ or ‘Motoorpha’ was also levied.

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

7)Which of the following is correct in the 18^th century?

a)Circar region of Andhra produced rice in abundance

b)The Circar region’s forests  produced a fine variety of teak which was used in ship building industry at Corinka. It was able to withstand  competition from outside

c)The fishing industry was also highly developed

d) All the above

Ans : d

 

8) The inland commerce and maritime exports of the circar region of Andhra  was how much?

Ans : to the tune of Rs.75 lakh per year ( in the 18^th century) ?

 

9)For ship building industry which place was famous in Andhra in the 18^th century ?

Ans : Coringa / Corinka (Near Kakinada )

 

 

10)Which place was famous for Chintzes and Palampores in the 18^th century in Andhra ?

Ans : Machilipatnam (nearby village : Pedana )

 

11)Land assessment tax was how much in Andhra in 18^th century ?

a) 1/5 th of the produce

 

12) What is Motoorpha ?

Ans :  Tax on artisans and looms etc.

 

APPSC GROUP II 2026 PAPER –I (150M)Advent of Europeans - Trade centers - Andhra under the Company Andhra under Company ARRIVAL OF FRENCH The Legacy of French Rule in India (1674 AD – 1954 AD

 

 

 

Notes for APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026

PAPER –I (150M)

SECTION- A

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH (75M)

(3)Advent of Europeans - Trade centers - Andhra under the Company

Andhra under Company

ARRIVAL OF FRENCH

The Legacy of French Rule in India (1674 AD – 1954 AD )

 (Set 7)

Notes prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma

 

 

1)The French East India Company was founded in which year ?

a) 1664 AD

 

 

2)It was firmly established at ____________ near Calcutta and Pondicherry on the east coast .

a)Chandernaagore

 

3)The Fresh East India Company has acquired control over the islands of _______ in the Indian ocean.

 

a)Mauritius and Reunion

 

 

4)The French East India Company was heavily dependent on the French Government which helped it by giving it _____

a)Treasury grants

b)Subsidies  and loans
c)in various other ways

d) All the above

 

Ans : d

 

 

 

 

 

5)The first struggle between the English and French in India took place in the Carnatic during ______ .

a)1744-48 AD

 

6)Which is an extension of the Austrian Succession War which broke out in Europe in 1740 where England and France took opposite sides ?

a)Carnatic war 1744-48AD

 

7)Nawab of Carnatic issued a declaration prohibiting the English and the French from waging war in his territory .

 

8)Which of the following is correct about Adayar war and the results thereon ?

a)The French defied the orders. So the Nawab sent a big force against the French.

b)But the well-trained French forces, though small in number, were able to defeat the huge indisciplined army of the Nawab at Adyar.

 c)This victory convinced the French of their invincibility. Their ambitions began to soar and they ban to intervene in the war of the Indian rulers.

d) All the above

Ans : d 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1)When Nellore and Chittoor districts which were in the included in the Carnatic came under British rule ?

a) 1802 AD

 

2)In 1802 AD who annexed the Carnatic to the British Rule?

a)Lord Wellesley

 

3)According to ‘subsidiary alliance’ which were entered into by Nizam, which districts were ceded to the British ?

a)Bellary, Anantapur, Cuddapah and Kurnool

 

4)With the acquisition of ceded distrcits, what is the final result?

a)The entire Andhra region of the Andhra Pradesh came under the British control.

 

 

 

 

 

APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026 PAPER –I (150M) ARRIVAL OF FRENCH The Legacy of French Rule in India (1674 AD – 1954 AD )

 

Notes for APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026

PAPER –I (150M)

SECTION- A

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH (75M)

(3)Advent of Europeans - Trade centers - Andhra under the Company

ARRIVAL OF FRENCH

The Legacy of French Rule in India (1674 AD – 1954 AD )

 (Set 3)

Notes prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma

 

Please Note: The following notes is for only guidance purpose. For clarification of any doubt, please refer to any standard text book.

 

 

1)Who are the last European people to arrive in India ?

a)The French

 

2)When the French East India Company was formed to trade with India ?

a)1664 AD

 

3)Who was the king ruling France in 1669 AD ?

a) King Louis XV

 

4)When the French established their first factory at Surat ?

a) 1668 AD

 

5) When the French established their another factory at Masaulipatam ?

a) 1669 AD

 

6)Who allowed the French to set up a township at Chandernagore (West Bengal) in 1673 AD ?

a) Mughal Subedar of Bengal

 

7)When the French obtained a village called Pondicherry from the Sultan of Bijapur ?

a)1674 AD

 

8)Where are the other French trade centres?

a)Mahe

b) Karakal

c)Balasor

d) Qasim Bazar

Ans : All the above

 

 

 

9)When the French East India Company took hold of Yanam ?

a) in 1723 AD

 

10)When the French East India Company took hold of Mahe on Malabar Coast ?

a) In 1725 AD

 

11) When he French East India Company took hold of Karaikal ?

a) in 1739 AD

 

12) In 1673 AD , the Campagnie des Indes Orientales established  an enclave in Pondicherry ?

Who is regarded as its founder ?

a)Francois Martin

 

13)In 1690 AD, the enclave of Chandernagore was founded and whose original name was Chandannagar, ‘mmon-town’, so called because the river  in this place forms an arc in the form of a crescent of the moon.

 

14)In 1721, the French obtained a piece of land at the mouth of the Mahe river with the right to keep in place a garrison.

 

15)In 1731, an enclave was created in Yanam

 

16) Since 1701 , the importance of Pondicherry to the Compagnie des Indes Orientales was recognized. It became a headquarter.

 

 

The Union Territory of Puducherry comprises of the erstwhile French colonies viz. Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. The Puducherry and Karaikal regions are surrounded by the State of Tamilnadu, whereas Mahe is surrounded by the State of Kerala and Yanam by the state of Andra Pradesh.

The foundation of Pondicherry was laid in the year 1673 after the “La Compagnie française des Indes orientales” was successfully obtained firman from the Qiladar of Valikondapurarm under the Sultan of Bijapur. On 4th February 1673 a French Company Official by name Bellanger, took up residence in the Danish Lodge in Pondicherry. In 1674, the French Company placed François Martin as the first Governor and who initiated the ambitious project to transform Pondicherry from a small fishing village into a flourishing port-town.

In 1674 the Governor of “La Compagnie française des Indes orientales” (French East India Company) François Martin, set up a trading centre at Pondicherry and this outpost eventually became the chief French settlement in India. Wars were raged among the European companies for their share of trade with India. Consequently, Pondicherry was captured by the Dutch in 1693 but was returned to French company by the Treaty of Ryswick in 1699. During the period from 1720-1738the French company acquired Mahe, Yanam and Karaikal. In the period of Anglo-French wars from 1742 to1763 Puducherry changed hands and in 1761 the British “East India Company” captured Puducherry from the French and restored the French Company administration by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

During the French Revolution in the year 1793 the British “East India Company” took control of the region and returned to the French “East India Company” in 1814. However, when the British “East India Company” gained control of the whole of India in the late 1850s, they allowed the French “East India Company” to retain their settlements at Pondicherry, Mahe, Yanam, Karaikal and Chandronagor.

In 1947, the independence of India gave impetus for the union of France’s Indian possessions with former British India and an agreement between French Government and India Government, in 1948, stipulated that the inhabitants of France’s Indian possessions would choose their political future. On a de facto basis, the bureaucracy had been united with India’s on 1 November 1954 and the de jure union of French India with the Indian Union took place in the year 1963. In the process Chandronagor opted to be merged with the State of West Bengal and Pondicherry along with Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam was constituted as a Union Territory in the Indian Union.

 

APPSC Group II 2026 : Advent of Europeans - Trade centers - Andhra under the Company DUTCH (OR) HOLLAND

 

Notes for APPSC GROUP II (MAINS EXAM.)2026

PAPER –I (150M)

SECTION- A

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH (75M)

(3)Advent of Europeans - Trade centers - Andhra under the Company

DUTCH (OR) HOLLAND

 (Set 1)

Notes prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma

 

Please Note: The following notes is for only guidance purpose. For clarification of any doubt, please refer to any standard text book.

 

1)Who are called as Dutch ?

a)The people of Holland (present Netherlands) are called as  the Dutch

 

2)After whom(i.e., Europeans),  Dutch people came to India ?

a)Next to the Portuguese, the Dutch came to India.

 

3)When the United East India Company of Netherland was formed ?

a)1602 AD

 

4)When the Dutch founded their first factory in Masulipatam in Andhra Pradesh ?

a)1605 AD

 

5)What are the major Indian commodities traded by the Dutch ?

a)Cotton

b)Indigo

c)Silk, rice and opium

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

6)Where the Dutch established mints?

a)Cochin

b)Masulipattam

c)Nagapatam,Ponducherry and Pulicat

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

7)Gold pagoda (coin) with an image of Lord Venkateswara (God Vishnu) was issued at Pulicat mind by whom ?

a) Dutch

 

8)Which of the following were the reasons for the decline of Dutch Power before 1825 AD?

a)Brutal killing of some English traders by the Dutch in Amboyna in 1623AD

b) Battle of Colachel in 1741 AD  where Travancore king Martha Varma gave fatal blow

c) As per the provision of the Anglo – Dutch Treaty of 1824 (In 1814 AD there a Anglo-Dutch Treaty)

d) All the above (British agreed to completely withdraw from Indonesia for the Dutch, and Dutch in return , retired from India to trade in Indonesia)

Ans : d

 

 

10)Denmark held colonial possessions in India i..e, in which of the following towns ?

a)Tranquebar (Tamilnadu)

b)Serampore (West Bengal)

c)Nicobar islands

d)All the above

Ans: d

 

11)Who is Marcelis de Boshouwer ?

a)Dutch adventurer

b)His appeal convinced Christian IV, the King of Denmark-Norway

c)He obtained Charter in 1616AD for a monopoly on trade between Denmark and Asia for twelve years

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

12)Who are called as Serampore (West Bengal) trio ?

a)William Carey

b)Joshua Marshman

c)William Ward

d)All the above (in 1818 AD they started Serampore College)

And : d

 

13)Frederiksnagore is the name of which city ?

a)Serampore (West Bengal)

 

14)’Dutch remains in Machilipatnam’  a testimony is written by whom ?

a)Captain Albert Harvey of the British army

15)Who were called as ‘Vallandulu’ in local language in Masulipatnam ?

a)The Dutch

 

16)When  a severe cyclone hit Bandar fort, (Machilipatnam) [about 30,000 people died  and more than 13 feet high tidal waves engulfed the town upto 17KM radius ]?

a) On November 1, 1864

 

17)Historical monument at Bandar Fort (Machilipatnam) which was once the east coastal gateway of trade for whom ?

a)Dutch

b)French

c)British & Nizam rulers

d)All the above

Ans : d

 

18)In the year 1602 AD, the Dutch first entered Machilipatnam via sea route from Holland and settled where ?

a)Machavaram of Bandar

 

19)The traders who came from Holland were called Hollandeeyulu or Hollandeeya which turned into Vollandeeya and the settlement of the Vollandeeya people came to be known as what ?

a)Vallandeyapalem (It is called as Valandapalem. Here there a is Dutch cemetery, which is being maintained by Archaeological Survey of India )

 

20) Match the following :

a)English Palem : British lived in  Rangrez palem or Angrezulu palem (Now it is called as English palem)

b)Parasupeta : Named after French traders, who came here from Paris. France people were called as Faraasulu or  Paraasulu and their settlement was called as Parasupeta or French Peta

c)Robertson peta : Robertson worked as collector for Krishna District (about 1816 AD). At  that time Guntur, East and West Godavari districts were part of Krishna district)

 

 

 

 

 

21)From 1616 AD to 1690 AD,  Pulicat was the Official headquarters of Dutch Coromandel. At Pulicat, which fort was constructed by Dutch ?

a)Fort Geldria or Geldaria

 

22)In 1615 AD, the first VOC (Dutch) mint in India was established in Fort Geldria,(Pulicat) where initially ‘Kas’ (copper coin with VOC monogram and a Sanskrit legend were minted ). This mint operated upto which year?

a)Till 1674  (New mint was established at Nagapattinam. There coins were widely used in Ceylon / Sri Lanka. )

 

23) Nagapattinam fort is called as what ?

a)Fort Vijf Sinnen

 

24)The Dutch East India Company maintained a trading post known as Jaggernaikpoeram or Jaggernaickpuram. Where is this place ?

a) Kakinada

 

25)On September 25,1734 , who issued a parwana and a kaul to the Dutch by which the hamlet of ‘Jagernaykpalam’ (Near Kakinada)  was given in full possession to the VOC for erecting a loge there?

 ?

a)Haji Muhammad Hussain, then Nawab of Rajamundry

 

26) Dutch fortsfactories  in Andhra Pradesh. Which set is correct /

a)Fort Bheemunipatnam : Visakhapatnam

b) Palakol : Factory from AD 1613 to AD 1825

c)Draksharama : Factory from AD 1633 to AD 1730

Ans: All the above

 

27)  Which is the Second Dutch factory on the Coromandel Coast( but abandoned) ?

a)Nizampatnam  (Near Baptala ): Factory from AD 1606 to AD 1668

 

 

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The Dutch in India :

Brief Points:

1)The Dutch Company was started in 1592 AD by a group of Merchants.

2)After three years, Cornelius Houtman set out for India and returned with large cargo in 1597 AD.

3)In 1602 AD , all the Dutch companies were amalgamated into the Dutch East India Company.

4) A charter was given . It gave a monopoly of eastern trade to the Company whih was also empowered to wage war, make treaties ,occupy territories and build fortresses.

5)The main object of the Dutch Company was trade.

6)The rivalry between the  two countries (i.e., English and the Dutch companies) increased to such an extent that in 1623 AD the Dutch perpetrated the massacre of Amboyna. After this tragedy, the English were forced to leave the Spice Islands and retire to the mainland of India.(“The high-handed policy of the Dutch in the Malaya Archipelago was a blessing in disguise for the English.” The Dutch had to pay an indemnity of 85,000 British Pounds in the time of Cromwell.

7)The Dutch conquered Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641 AD

8)In 1658 AD, the Dutch acquired Ceylon.

9) In India, the Dutch had Nagapatnam on the Madras Coast and Chinsurah in Bengal.

 

The Danes in India :

1)Denmark people (called as Danes ) founded a settlement in 1620 AD at Tranquebar in the Tanjore district.

2)In 1676 AD, Danes (Denmark people) occupied Serampore.

3) In 1845 AD, the Danes sold their settlements in India to the British Government.