Match the following in the context of setting up of bases by the European commercial Companies in different places early during the Mughal era.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

(A)- II, (B)- I, (C)- IV, (D)- III

The correct answer is Option 2 - (A)- II, (B)- I, (C)- IV, (D)- III

The correct Match is:

Explanation:

The European commercial Companies had set up bases in different places early during the Mughal era: the Portuguese in Panaji in 1510, the Dutch in Masulipatnam in 1605, the British in Madras in 1639 and the French in Pondicherry (present-day Puducherry) in 1673.