With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

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Q: 80 (IAS/2003)
With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'goa': [1, 1, 1, 0], 'south india': [2, 0, 0, 2], 'first factory': [0, 0, 3, 0], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'eastern india': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'european powers': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'madras': [21, 1, 12, 15], 'orissa': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'english company': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'portuguese': [2, 0, 2, 0]}

The first option is incorrect because the Portuguese did not capture Goa in 1499, but instead it was in 1510. They were successful in establishing a colony under the leadership of Afonso de Albuquerque.

Option 2 is correct; the English did open their first factory in Masulipatnam, South India. Their objective was to trade in the spice market, and this was facilitated by a license granted by the Mughal Emperor.

Option 3 is also correct. The first factory in Orissa in Eastern India was opened in 1633 by the English Company. The factory was established with the aim of enhancing trade relations with the Mughals.

Option 4 is true. The French forces under the leadership of Governor-General Dupleix occupied Madras in 1746 during the First Carnatic War between the English East India Company and the French East India Company.