HISTORY
THE FIRST ONE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cochin
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Pulicat
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Masaulipatam
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Nagapatam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Best answer is b. As Dutch established their first factory at Masulipatam (AP) in 1605. Their second factory was established at Pulicat in 1610.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dutch founded their first factory in Masulipatnam in 1605 after arriving in India (Andhra Pradesh). They later built up commercial hubs in other parts of India, endangering the Portuguese. They made Nagapadam their main stronghold in South India after capturing it from the Portuguese close to Madras (Chennai).
Detailed explanation-3: -Dutch East India Company, byname of United East India Company, Dutch Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, trading company founded in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands) in 1602 to protect that state’s trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in the Dutch war of independence from Spain.