Question

Q. With reference to forts built by Europeans in India, consider the following pairs:

Fort	Built by
1. Fort St. George	British
2. Fort St. David	Danish
3. Fort Angelo	Portugese

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

• A.
  1 only
• B.
  1 and 3 only
• C.
  2 and 3 only
• D.
  1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is B

1 and 3 only
Explanation:

Pair 1 is correctly matched: Fort St. George was built by British (Madras in 1644 C.E.)

Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Construction of Fort St. David was initiated by Dutch, but was stopped in between. It was developed by Nayaks of Gingee, and later sold by Marathas to British in 1690 C.E (Cuddalore). Danish were not involved in its construction.

Pair 3 is correctly matched: Fort Angelo was built by Portuguese in 1605 C.E. in Kannur.