With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?

1. Akbar
2. Jahangir
3. Shahjahan
4. Aurangzeb

Explanation

Option (b) is correct

• The English East India Company established its first factory at Surat in 1613. This was done during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

Answer: (b): Jahangir