In the first quarter of the seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located? (UPSC Prelims, 2021) 1. Broach 2. Chicacole 3. Trichinopoly Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Correct answer: 1 only. Ans: A Exp: Option (a) is correct: In the Western Coast, the English India Company established their factories at Agra, Ahmadabad, Baroda and Broach by 1619, under the control of the president and council of the Surat factory which was established in the year 1612. In the South-eastern Coast the East India Company established their factories at Masulipatam in 1611 and Armagaon near Pulicat in 1626. In Eastern India, East India Company established their factories at Hariharpur and Balasore (now Odisha) in 1633, at Hugli in 1651, followed by setting up factories at Patna, Dacca, Kasimbazar in Bengal and Bihar respectively.

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