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Which of the following British companies got the first charter permitting them to trade in India ?

ALevant Company

BEast India Company

CThe English Company trading to the East Indies

DOstend Company

Answer:

A. Levant Company

Read Explanation:

  • The Levant Company had got a charter for trading with India by land routes.

  • British Queen Elizabeth granted a charter to the English company trading to the East Indies permitting by sea route on 31 December, 1600.

  • This company extended its trade with the merger of a new company in 1709 as the new name of “United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies” which was later known as “East India Company”.

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