Multiple choice

Which of the following port cities was the principal western port of the British East India Company in India till they shifted base to Bombay in the 1660s?

  1. Cochin

  2. Daman

  3. Calicut

  4. Goa

  5. Surat

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E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. Surat was the main western port of the British East India Company till they shifted base to Bombay after control was passed into British hands upon the marriage of the Portuguese princess to Charles II.