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During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

Shahjahan

Akbar

Jahangir

Aurangzeb

✅ Correct Option: 3

The English East India Company set up its first factory at Surat in 1613 after receiving a farman from Emperor Jahangir. Sir Thomas Roe later visited Jahangir's court (1615-1619) to secure wider trading rights.

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Arrange the following major textual traditions of India in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.

(A) Nanyashastra of Bharata Muni

(B) Manumriti in Sanskrit

(D) Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas

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2025: 13 May Shift 1

The National Emblem of India has been adopted from the capital of King _____ which was situated in _______.

2025: 22 May Shift 1

Match List-I with List-II

List-I	List-II
European trading companies established bases in India	Year and place
(A) Portuguese	(I) Madras in 1639
(B) Dutch	(II) Panaji in 1510
(C) French	(III) Masulipatnam in 1605
(D) British	(IV) Pondicherry in 1673

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2022: 6 Oct Shift 1

Match List I with List II

	LIST I (Movement/organization)		LIST II (Founder)
A.	Brahmo Samaj	I.	Henry Vivian Derozio
B.	Satya shodhak samaj	II.	Gopal Krishan Gokhale
C.	Young Bengal Movement	III.	Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D.	Servant of India society	IV.	Jyotiba Phule

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2023: 15 June Shift 2

Who among the following gave the popular slogan 'Home Rule is my birthright and I will have it'?

2025: 27 May Shift 1

Who among the following emperors fought the 'First Battle of Panipat'?

During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

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