Question

Which of the following two ports grew after the European companies gained power in trade?
a) Surat and Hoogly
(b) Madras and Masulipatnam
(c) Bombay and Calcutta
(d) Kandla and Visakhapatnam​

Answer 1

c. Bombay and calcutta

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Answer 2

(c). Bombay and Calcutta were the two ports that grew after the European companies gained power in trade.

• The European companies gained power in trade by securing a variety of concessions from the local courts.
• These European countries had a lot of resources, making it very difficult for the Indian traders and merchants to compete with these companies and traders.
• The European countries got the monopoly rights, this resulted in the decline of the Surat port by the end of the 18th century.
• Surat and Hoogly decayed and Bombay and Calcutta port grew.