Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Medieval History

Consider the following table:

Individual Year Activity
William Hawkins 1609 Secured permission to establish an English factory at Surat
Thomas Best 1612 Defeated the Portuguese in the sea off Surat
Thomas Roe 1615 Arrived as ambassador and later secured permission for factories at Agra, Ahmedabad and Broach
Francis Day 1639 Obtained permission to build a fortified factory at Madras

How many rows are correctly matched in all respects?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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