Read the following statements and choose the right option.
Statement I: Dupleix ignored trade and showed keen interest in politics of India.
Statement II: French East India Company was a private enterprise.
DUPLEIX, influential governor-general (1742–1754) of the French East India Company During his three decades in India, the Dupleix expanded the commercial, political, and military operations of the French East India Company, and his administration marked the apex of French colonial ambitions in India.
The French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch East India companies in the East Indies.