Modern History : Advent Of Europeans In India

Q 40 / 55

UPSC CSE Prelims 2003

With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not Correct?

EXPLANATION

Correct Option

The Portuguese captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510, under the leadership of Afonso de Albuquerque. The statement that Goa was captured in 1499 is incorrect.

Incorrect Options

The English East India Company established its first factory in South India at Masulipatam in 1611. This statement is historically accurate.

The English Company opened its first factory in Eastern India, specifically in Orissa (at Hariharpur/Balasore), in 1633. This statement is historically accurate.

Under the leadership of Joseph François Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746 during the First Carnatic War. This statement is historically accurate.

SOURCEA Brief History of Modern India by Spectrum, Chapter 1: The Advent of the Europeans in India