Question

the beginning of
D. Answer the following questions in brief.
1. Which Portuguese explorer discovered the sea route to India? How did this mark the begin
European era in India?
2. Why did the European trading companies set-up trade centres in coastal areas?
3. Explain the policy of 'Divide and Rule' adopted by the British. What was its impact on the indian
princes?
4. Describe the causes and the consequences of the First Carnatic war.
5. How did the assumption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?
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Answer 1

1.The discovery of the sea route to India is the description sometimes used in Europe and among the Portuguese for the first recorded trip made directly from Europe to India via the Atlantic Ocean HE WAS FROM EUROPE SO IT was started a beginning of this .

2 so that they can export goods from India at cheaper rates and sell them in their country at high prices. The coast sea routes also made the trade easier and convenient.

3.Divide and Rule" policy is the policy under which the rulers divide people in small groups, so they cannot rebel against the state. These policies were followed by many European states in order to colonize developing or underdeveloped countries. The British used the same policy

4. The conflicts involved numerous nominally independent rulers and their vassals, struggles for succession and territory, and included a diplomatic and military struggle between the French East India Company and the British East India Company. They were mainly fought on the territories in India which were dominated by the Nizam of Hyderabadup to the Godavari delta. As a result of these military contests, the British East India Company established its dominance among the European trading companies within India. The French company was pushed to a corner and was confined primarily to Pondichéry.

5. After theassumption of the Diwani, the Companycould use the revenues from Bengal to finance its expenses (which included purchasing cotton and silk textiles inIndia, maintaining its troops, and building the Company fort and offices at Calcutta.