alleryWhere was the Company's second factory on the south-east coast built in 1640?
AMadras
BBombay
CPondicherry
DCalcutta
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Madras
1. In 1640 the Company received permission from the Vijayanagara ruler.
2. It then founded a factory in Madras on the southeastern coast.
3. Bombay is on the west coast, Calcutta in the Ganges Delta, and Pondicherry was French.
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