Question : In 1600, the East India Company acquired a charter from which ruler?
Option 1: King George-I
Option 2: Queen Elizabeth I
Option 3: Queen victoria
Option 4: King James-I
Correct Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
Solution : The correct option is Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1600, the East India Company acquired a charter from Queen Elizabeth I of England, which granted the company a monopoly on English trade with the East Indies.
India's monopoly came into the hands of the English, but this royal charter was not able to stop other powers like the Portuguese, France, and the Dutch. As a result of this, they were able to buy the same thing from the Indian markets as the British.
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Question : Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company's monopoly in India's foreign trade ?
Question : By which Charter Act, the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China came to an end ?
Question : British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year
Question : The rule of the English East India Company was ended in British India under the Government of India Act,________.
Question : The British Parliament transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British crown in __________.
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