Question:
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
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”.