Who is credited with laying the foundation of the colonial city of Calcutta?

Job Charnock

Correct Answer: Option 1: Job Charnock

NCERT:  "Urbanisation in the colonial period saw the decline of some earlier urban centres and the emergence of new colonial cities. Kolkata was one of the first of such cities. In 1690, an English merchant named Job Charnock arranged to lease three villages (named Kolikata, Gobindapur, and Sutanuti) by the river Hugli in order to set up a trading post."