UPSC Prelims · 2022 · GS Paper I · Q59
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements: 1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers. 2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. 3. The English East India, Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire. Which of the statements given above are correct?
- (A)1 and 2 only
- (B)2 and 3 only
- (C)1 and 3 only
- (D)1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (B) 2 and 3 only
- Subject
- History, Modern
- Chapter
- Advent of Europeans & British Expansion
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