Chapter: Colonialism and the Marathas· History

Find the incorrect pair from group ‘B’ and write the correct one :Group ‘A’Group ‘B’(i)Cosme-da-GuardaPortuguese historian(ii)Gonsalo MartezPortuguese emissary(iii)Francois MartinChief of Dutch factory(iv)Henry RevingtonBritish Officer

Q.1 (B) (1) Find the incorrect pair from group ‘B’ and write the correct one :

	Group ‘A’	Group ‘B’
(i)	Cosme-da-Guarda	Portuguese historian
(ii)	Gonsalo Martez	Portuguese emissary
(iii)	Francois Martin	Chief of Dutch factory
(iv)	Henry Revington	British Officer

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Answer: Incorrect pair: (iii) Francois Martin — Chief of Dutch factory. Correct pair: Francois Martin — Chief of the French factory (at Pondicherry).

Francois Martin was the French chief who founded and developed the French settlement at Pondicherry. Cosme da Guarda was a Portuguese writer who wrote about Shivaji Maharaj, Gonsalo Martez was a Portuguese emissary, and Henry Revington was the British officer at the Rajapur factory.

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Find the incorrect pair from group ‘B’ and write the correct one :Group ‘A’Group ‘B’(i)Cosme-da-GuardaPortuguese historian(ii)Gonsalo MartezPortuguese emissary(iii)Francois MartinChief of Dutch factory(iv)Henry RevingtonBritish Officer

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