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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 64

Topic: History

Q64

At which one among the following places did the British East India Company found its factory in the year 1611?

  1. (a) Madras
  2. (b) MasulipatamCorrect answer
  3. (c) Bombay
  4. (d) Balasore

Solution.

Answer: (b) Masulipatam

  1. The Company established a trading factory at Masulipatam, on the Coromandel Coast, in 1611.
  2. Here “factory” means a trading station managed by factors, not a modern manufacturing plant.
  3. Madras and Bombay became Company settlements later.