Governor's Immunity & Legislative Privileges
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. Statement 1 is incorrect.
The Dutch established eastern coastal factories (like Pulicat and Masulipatnam) by permission of Golconda and the declining Vijayanagara deputies, not the Gajapatis of Odisha (whose power declined well before dominant Dutch arrival). Albuquerque famously captured Goa from the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur in 1510. The English secured Madras via a grant from the local Nayak (a Vijayanagara deputy) in 1639.
Answer: (b).
Question details
Year
2025
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q59
Subject
Polity
Sub-topic
Executive & Administration
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Medium
Nature
Static
Source hint
NCERT History Cl.12 Ch.1
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