Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonial cities

Question:

The East India Company set up its trading activities first in:

Options:

Madras

Calcutta

Surat

Bombay

Correct Answer:

Surat

Explanation:

Surat in Gujarat was the first trade centre of the British East India Company in India. They also established trading centres at Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata) and Madras (Chennai).