History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-I)
By 1623, the English East India Company had established factories (trading posts) in which of the following places?
ABaroda, Calcutta and Hyderabad
BBharuch, Ahmedabad, Agra and Masulipatnam ✓ Correct
CBikaner, Panipat and Mysore
DBombay, Chandernagore and Pondicherry
Correct answer: (B) Bharuch, Ahmedabad, Agra and Masulipatnam — The answer is Bharuch, Ahmedabad, Agra and Masulipatnam.
Explanation
★The answer is Bharuch, Ahmedabad, Agra and Masulipatnam.
★The English East India Company was chartered in 1599.
★In 1615 Sir Thomas Roe reached Jahangir's court and won trade privileges.
★By 1623 the English had factories at Surat, Bharuch, Ahmedabad, Agra and Masulipatnam.
★In 1687 Bombay replaced Surat as the chief English trading post.
★So the correct set names the early western and Coromandel factories.
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