Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonial cities

Question:

The European commercial companies had set up base in different places during the Mughal era. Identify the incorrect match.

Options:

Portuguese in Panaji in 1510

British in Madras in 1639

French in Pondicherry in 1673

Dutch in Bombay in 1605

Correct Answer:

Dutch in Bombay in 1605

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Dutch in Bombay in 1605

European trading companies establish bases in India in the following years:

Portuguese in Panaji- 1510.
Dutch in Masulipatnam- 1605.
British in Madras- 1639.
British in Bombay- 1661.
French in Pondicherry- 1673.
British in Calcutta- 1690.