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.