UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2022

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?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

2 and 3 only

Explanation

Statement 2 is correct — Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510. Statement 3 is correct — the English established Fort St. George at Madras on land obtained from a Vijayanagara representative. Statement 1 is incorrect — by the time the Dutch East India Company was formed (1602), the Gajapati dynasty in Odisha had already ended.

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