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?

1. A

   1 and 2 only

   1 and 2 only. Dutch factories on the east coast were not grants of the Gajapatis as the opening fact.

2. B

   2 and 3 only

   2 and 3 only. Albuquerque took Goa from Bijapur (1510). Madras was leased from a Vijayanagara (Chandragiri) representative. Statement 1 fails.

3. C

   1 and 3 only

   1 and 3 only. Statement 1 is the miss.

4. D

   1, 2 and 3

   All three. Gajapati timing for Dutch Coromandel does not hold.

Summary. Official key is (b) 2 and 3 only. Afonso de Albuquerque seized Goa from the Adil Shahis of Bijapur. Fort St George / Madras rose on land from the Chandragiri / Vijayanagara side. Dutch Coromandel was not a Gajapati land grant as stated.