The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at

A. Surat

B. Bombay

C. Masulipatnam

D. Madras

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Englishmen’s easy success in trade and in establishing independent and fortified settlements at Madras and at Bombay, and the preoccupation of Aurangzeb with the anti-Maratha campaigns led the English to abandon the role of humble petitioners.