UPSC Prelims 2022 · GS Paper I
Question 59: History and Culture
With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements :
- 1.The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.
- 2.Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
- 3.The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (b).
Alfonso de Albuquerque took Goa from the Bijapur (Adil Shahi) Sultanate in 1510, so statement 2 is true. The English East India Company set up its Madras factory in 1639-40 on land obtained from Damarla Venkatapati Nayaka, a representative of the Vijayanagara ruler, so statement 3 is true. The Gajapati kingdom of Odisha had ended before the Dutch arrived on the east coast in the early 1600s, so it could not have granted them land.
- 1. The Gajapati kingdom had ended before the Dutch arrived.
- 2. Albuquerque captured Goa from Bijapur in 1510.
- 3. The English got the Madras site from a Vijayanagara representative.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a), (c) and (d) go: each of them includes 1.
What you needed to know: The Gajapati kingdom had ended before the Dutch arrived.
Only (b) is left. You didn’t need statements 2 or 3.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Wrong. The Dutch did not hold land from the Gajapatis.
- (b) Correct. Goa from Bijapur and Madras from Vijayanagara's representative.
- (c) Wrong. Statement 1 is false.
- (d) Wrong. Statement 1 is false.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.