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UPSC 2003: In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at
(a)Surat
(b)Pullicat
(c)Cochin
(d)Cassimbazar
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Pullicat
Among the places listed, the earliest Dutch factory was set up at Pulicat (on the Coromandel coast) in 1610; the Dutch entered Surat only in 1616 and Cochin in 1663, while Kasimbazar came still later. Hence Pulicat is the earliest. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Coromandel?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2003, GS Paper 1, as Question 17. It falls under Modern History > Advent Of Europeans & British Expansion.
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