Which of the following statements about `Agency Houses` is/are correct? 1. They were important commercial formations in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century India. 2. The operation of managing agencies remained confined to Calcutta. Select the corre

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Q: 77 (CAPF/2022)

Which of the following statements about 'Agency Houses' is/are correct?
1. They were important commercial formations in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century India.
2. The operation of managing agencies remained confined to Calcutta.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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History

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CAPF

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0,30,29,23,3,30,3

`Agency Houses` were indeed significant commercial entities during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in India. They played a crucial role in the commercial and economic activities during this period. So, statement 1 is accurate.

Statement 2 suggests that the operations of these `Agency Houses` or managing agencies were only confined to Calcutta. This is also true because Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the colonial capital of British India and a major commercial hub during the time mentioned. Thus, statement 2 is correct.

Option 1 and option 2, which both suggest that only one of these statements is true, are incorrect for the reasons mentioned above.

Option 4 is incorrect as neither statements 1 or 2 are false.

Therefore, option 3 which asserts both statements 1 and 2 are correct, is indeed the correct answer.