UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 66
In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?
- Broach
- Chicacole
- Trichinopoly
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Correct answer: A
Correct Option: A (1 only)
Explanation: Early English East India Company factories appeared at western ports including Broach/Bharuch; Chicacole and Trichinopoly did not host such factories in the first quarter of the 1600s.
Statement / Pair / Item-wise Analysis:
1. Correct / qualifies - Broach/Bharuch near Surat was among the Company’s early trading locations.
2. Incorrect / does not qualify - Chicacole was not among the Company’s first-quarter-seventeenth-century factories.
3. Incorrect / does not qualify - Trichinopoly was not an EIC factory in that early period.
Option-wise Analysis:
A. Correct-selects exactly the supported statements/items: 1.
B. Incorrect-includes item 2, which is not valid (Chicacole was not among the Company’s first-quarter-seventeenth-century factories).
C. Incorrect-includes item 3, which is not valid (Trichinopoly was not an EIC factory in that early period); omits valid item 1 (Broach/Bharuch near Surat was among the Company’s early trading locations).
D. Incorrect-includes item 2, which is not valid (Chicacole was not among the Company’s first-quarter-seventeenth-century factories); includes item 3, which is not valid (Trichinopoly was not an EIC factory in that early period); omits valid item 1 (Broach/Bharuch near Surat was among the Company’s early trading locations).