Question

II. Choose the correct option:
1. The mercantile theory held that colonies exist for the
of the mother country and
useless unless they help to achieve profit.
(a) Benefit
(b) Economic benefit (c) Social benefit (d) All of these
2. In the battle of Plassey fought in 1757. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal was defeated by the
British forces. Who led the British forces in this battle?
(a) Lord Dalhousie b) Robert Clive
(c) Lord Wellesley (d) Comwallis
3. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut on May 20,--
(a) 1497
(b) 1498
(c) 1496
(d) 1495​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Economic benefit

2. Robert Clive

3. 1498