1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the East Coast on lands granted to them by the Gajapati rulers.

2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.

3. 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?

(a) 1 and 2 only                                                                

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only                                                                 

(d) 1, 2, and 3

Answer: b

Explanation:

●        Dutch factories in east coast  & Pulicat were established during the time of Vijayanagara king of the Aravidu dynasty Venkata III.

Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

●        The conquest of Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate was Albuquerque’s first achievement [February 1610], but the Adil Shah quickly recaptured the city under his second expedition.

Hence, statement 2 is correct.

●        During the reign of Venkata III, the Vijayanagara king of the Aravidu dynasty, East India Company was permitted to construct a factory at Fort St. George, Madras, known as Chennapatnam.

Hence, statement 3 is correct.

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