SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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The East India Company was set up to do ____ with India
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trade
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fights
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war
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The East India Company was initially created in 1600 to serve as a trading body for English merchants, specifically to participate in the East Indian spice trade. It later added such items as cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter, tea, and opium to its wares and also participated in the slave trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -Surat in Gujarat was the first trade centre of the British East India Company in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor gave permission for trade to the British East India Company.
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