{"id":91967,"date":"2025-06-01T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91967"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:10:19","slug":"with-reference-to-indian-history-consider-the-following-statements-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-indian-history-consider-the-following-statements-2\/","title":{"rendered":"With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. The Dutch established their factories\/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.<\/li>\n<li>2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.<\/li>\n<li>3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2022\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct option is B, as statements 2 and 3 are correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nStatement 1 is incorrect. While the Dutch established factories on the east coast (Coromandel Coast), major settlements like Pulicat and Masulipatnam were primarily under the control of local rulers such as the Nayaks, the Qutb Shahis of Golconda, and later the Nawabs of Arcot\/Carnatic. Gajapati rulers were significant further north in Odisha, but attributing the general establishment of Dutch factories on the entire east coast to land grants from them is inaccurate.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct. Alfonso de Albuquerque, the second Governor of Portuguese India, captured Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur (Yusuf Adil Shah) in 1510, establishing it as the capital of Portuguese India.<br \/>\nStatement 3 is correct. The English East India Company obtained the site of Madraspatnam in 1639 from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, a local chieftain who was a representative of the Vijayanagara Empire (under Peda Venkata Raya III). They built Fort St. George there.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe European trading companies sought permission and land grants from various local rulers and empires to set up their trading posts (factories) across India. The political landscape was fragmented, especially in the south after the decline of the Vijayanagara Empire, leading to interactions with multiple powers.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-indian-history-consider-the-following-statements-2\/#more-91967\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1108,1269,1124],"class_list":["post-91967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1108","tag-advent-of-european-companies","tag-modern-history-of-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is B, as statements 2 and 3 are correct. 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