Details of Dutch and English factory establishments and Albuquerque's conquest
Question
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 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.
Options
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Statements 2 and 3 are correct. Albuquerque successfully seized Goa from the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur in 1510. The English founded Madras in 1639 on land leased from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, a vassal of the declining Vijayanagara/Chandragiri empire. Statement 1 is incorrect; the Gajapati dynasty of Odisha collapsed in the 1540s, more than half a century before the Dutch even arrived in India (1605).
Answer: (b).
Question details
Year
2022
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q59
Subject
History
Sub-topic
Modern: Colonial & Constitutional
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Medium
Nature
Static
Source hint
NCERT History Cl.12 Ch.1
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