{"id":2589,"date":"2025-05-04T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:31:04","slug":"q-in-the-first-quarter-of-seventeenth-century-in-which-of-the-following-was-were-the-factory-factories-of-the-english-east-india-company-located","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-first-quarter-of-seventeenth-century-in-which-of-the-following-was-were-the-factory-factories-of-the-english-east-india-company-located","title":{"rendered":"Q. In the first quarter of seventeenth century, in which of the following was\/were the factory\/factories of the English East India Company located?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chicacole<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trichinopoly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/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>(a) 1 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6816d0cfa8c70\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Broach (present-day Bharuch, Gujarat):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broach was an\u00a0<strong>important trading center\u00a0in Gujarat<\/strong>. The EIC set up a factory here\u00a0<strong>in\u00a01616<\/strong>, along with other factories at\u00a0Surat\u00a0and\u00a0Cambay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gujarat was attractive to the English due to its thriving textile and spice trade, and Broach was a key part of this network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chicacole (present-day Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u200bChicacole was\u00a0<strong>not a significant center of English trade or factory establishment in the\u00a0early 17th century.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The EIC focused on the western coast during this period, and their presence on the eastern coast grew only later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u200bTrichinopoly (present-day Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu).<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trichinopoly\u00a0was a significant city in South India, but\u00a0<strong>it was not a focus of the English\u00a0East India Company\u2019s activities during the early 17th century.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0company\u00a0began expanding to the Coromandel Coast (Madras)\u00a0later,\u00a0towards the mid-17th century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below. 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