state gov BPSC Assistant Revenue & Accounts Officer Test Series 2025 General Knowledge Modern India (Pre-Congress Phase) Advent of Europeans
Consider the following statements (A) and (R) and choose the correct answer.
Assertion (A): Both the Dutch and English East India Companies attempted to control the town of Masulipatnam.
Reason (R): It became the most important port on the Andhra coast in the seventeenth century.
Choose the correct option:
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is true but (R) is false
4
Both (A) and (R) are false