{"id":28770,"date":"2024-02-21T08:09:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=28770"},"modified":"2024-02-21T08:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:09:26","slug":"upsc-prelims-2022-question-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2022-question-59\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Prelims 2022 &#8211; Question 59"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/upsc\/upsc-prelims-test-series?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog-%20PTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Prelims-Test-Series-eng-and-hindi-1280\u00d7330.svg\" alt=\"UPSC Prelims Mock Test - ECONOMY 2\" class=\"wp-image-24924\" width=\"779\" height=\"199\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69eb95f3df0b0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69eb95f3df0b0\"  \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2022-question-59\/#Q59_With_reference_to_Indian_history_consider_the_following_statements\" title=\"Q59. With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:\">Q59. With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Q59_With_reference_to_Indian_history_consider_the_following_statements\"><\/span>Q59. With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Dutch established their factories\/ warehouses on the East Coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers.<\/li><li>Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate<\/li><li>The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara Empire.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Which of the statements given above are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) 1 and 2 only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) 2 and 3 only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) 1 and 3 only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d) 1, 2 and 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer &#8211; B <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Statement 1 is incorrect:<\/strong> The first factory established by the Dutch was in Masulipatnam in 1605, whereas Gajapati&#8217;s rule lasted till the middle of the 16th century. Kapilendra, the minister of Bhanudeva IV (1414- 1435), usurped the throne in 1435 and laid the foundation of the Gajapati rule in Odisha. After Pratapa Rudra\u2019s death (1540), his successors could hardly hold the empire intact, and the end of the Suryavamsi (Gajapati) dynasty came soon after (1542), whereas the Dutch East India The company was formed in 1602 through a charter.<\/li><li><strong>Statement 2 is correct:<\/strong> Albuquerque acquired Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510 with ease; the principal port of the Sultan of Bijapur became \u201cthe first bit of Indian territory to be under the Europeans since the time of Alexander the Great\u201d.<\/li><li><strong>Statement 3 is correct.<\/strong> The rulers of Vijayanagara appointed chieftains called Nayaks to rule independently in their areas. Darmala Venkatadri Nayaka was in charge of what is Chennai today. 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