{"id":2581,"date":"2025-05-04T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2025-05-04T19:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:15:58","slug":"q-with-reference-to-indian-history-consider-the-following-statements-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-indian-history-consider-the-following-statements-2","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Dutch established their factories\/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dutch-east-indian-company\"><strong>Dutch East Indian Company<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>March 1602<\/strong>, by a charter of the Dutch parliament, the Dutch East India Company was established with powers to make wars, settle treaties, acquire territories and build fortresses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The main purpose of the Dutch remained determined in\u00a0<strong>eliminating the Portuguese and British merchandise powers from India and South East Asia.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Dutch East India Company<\/strong>\u00a0established factories in India at\u00a0<strong>Masulipatnam\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0<strong>1605 AD<\/strong>, Pulicat (1610 AD), Surat (1616 AD), Bimlipatam (1641 AD), Karaikal (1645 AD).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Gajapati rulers\u00a0ruled<\/strong>\u00a0over\u00a0Kalinga, large parts of Andhra\u00a0Pradesh and\u00a0West Bengal, and the eastern and central parts of\u00a0Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand<strong>\u00a0from 1435 to 1541 CE<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kapilendra, the minister of Bhanudeva IV (1414-1435), usurped the throne in 1435 and laid the foundation of the Gajapati rule in Odisha<\/strong>. After Pratapa Rudra\u2019s death (1540), his successors could hardly hold the empire intact, and the end of Suryavamsi (Gajapati) dynasty came soon after (1542),\u00a0<strong>whereas the Dutch East India Company was formed in 1602 through a charter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In India, the most significant event was the\u00a0<strong>Battle of Colachel<\/strong>\u00a0in 1741, which was fought between the Dutch East India Company and State of Travancore army.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This was a major defeat of European power in India and marked the beginning of the end of the Dutch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due to the corruption and bankruptcy, the Dutch East India Company was formally dissolved in 1800.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"alfonso-de-albuquerque-15091515\"><strong>Alfonso De Albuquerque (1509-1515)<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>He is considered to be the real founder of the Portuguese power in India.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In 1510 AD, Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur, Ismail Adil Shah.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It was done with the help of Krishnadev Raya, ruler of the Vijaynagar empire.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His rule was dominated by the persecution of\u00a0Muslims.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He captured<strong>\u00a0Bhatkal from Sri Krishna Devaraya (1510) of the Vijayanagara empire.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He initiated the policy of marrying the natives of India and\u00a0<strong>banned the practice of Sati in his area of influence<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"english-east-india-company-in-south-india\"><strong>English East India Company in South India<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Vijayanagar rulers appointed chieftains known as Nayaks\u00a0<\/strong>who ruled over the different regions of the province almost independently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak, an influential chieftain under Venkata III, gave the grant of a piece of land lying between the river Cooum almost at the point it enters the sea and another river is known as Egmore river to the English in 1639.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>English East India Company\u00a0<\/strong>established a factory in Madras in 1639 on land leased from representatives of the Vijayanagara Empire called the Nayakas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above are correct? 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