In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located?
- 1.Broach
- 2.Chicacole
- 3.Trichinopoly
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Answer: A. In the early 1600s, the English East India Company set up factories in western India at Surat and nearby places such as Broach (Bharuch), Ahmedabad and Agra. Chicacole and Trichinopoly were not English factories then. So only 1.
Watch for: Trichinopoly appears in later Carnatic Wars history, which confuses the timeline.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because Chicacole was not an English factory then.
- C. Wrong because Trichinopoly was not an English factory.
- D. Wrong because neither Chicacole nor Trichinopoly had English factories then.
Source to check: Bipan Chandra, History of Modern India, chapter on European trading companies; NCERT Class 8 Our Pasts III, Chapter 2
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