UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 19
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements :
- The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.
- Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
- 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 ?
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Correct answer: B
Correct Option: B (2 and 3 only)
Explanation: Albuquerque seized Goa in 1510 from the Bijapur Sultanate; the Madras settlement was obtained from a local representative linked to the Vijayanagara political sphere.
Statement / Pair / Item-wise Analysis:
1. False / does not qualify - Dutch east-coast establishments arose under later local powers; the Gajapati-dynasty land-grant claim is chronologically inaccurate.
2. True / qualifies - Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from Bijapur’s rulers in 1510.
3. True / qualifies - The English obtained the Madras site from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka’s administration under the Vijayanagara successor framework.
Option-wise Analysis:
A. Incorrect-includes 1 even though Dutch east-coast establishments arose under later local powers; the Gajapati-dynasty land-grant claim is chronologically inaccurate.; omits 3 even though The English obtained the Madras site from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka’s administration under the Vijayanagara successor framework.
B. Correct-selects exactly the correct statements/items identified above.
C. Incorrect-includes 1 even though Dutch east-coast establishments arose under later local powers; the Gajapati-dynasty land-grant claim is chronologically inaccurate.; omits 2 even though Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from Bijapur’s rulers in 1510.
D. Incorrect-includes 1 even though Dutch east-coast establishments arose under later local powers; the Gajapati-dynasty land-grant claim is chronologically inaccurate.