Q. In which year was the East India Company incorporated for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India?
Answer: 1600
Notes: The East India Company was an English and later British joint-stock company that was incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies. It was originally chartered as the ‘‘Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies.’’