Modern History
2022
East India Company
Regional Kingdoms
UPSC Practice Question

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
D.1, 2 and 3
C.1 and 3 only
B.2 and 3 only