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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 34 of 200

Q34
History of India
With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?
  1. a.Akbar
  2. b.Jahangir
  3. c.Shahjahan
  4. d.Aurangzeb

Answer: (B) Jahangir

The English East India Company obtained trading rights from Mughal Emperor Jahangir (through envoy Sir Thomas Roe's mission) and established its first Indian factory at Surat in 1613.

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