With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by 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?
✓ Correct answer: b) 2 and 3 only
ExplanationStatement 1 is incorrect: The Gajapati Dynasty came to an end in the 1540s, and the United East India Company of the Netherlands was established in March 1602. The Dutch set up their first factory in Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 1605. Statement 2 is correct: The Portuguese under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510. Goa remained a key Portuguese colony for over four centuries.Statement 3 is correct: In 1639, the English East India Company acquired a piece of land at the site of present-day Chennai (Madras) from the local Nayak rulers, who were successors to the Vijayanagara Empire.8
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