Q. Consider the following matches:

1. First Carnatic War: Treaty of Pondicherry
2. Second Carnatic War: Treaty of Paris
3. Third Carnatic War: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: 1, 2, and 3
Notes: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended Austrian war of succession after First Carnatic War. Second Carnatic War ended with the Treaty of Pondicherry, signed in 1754. Muhammad Ali Khan was recognized as the Nawab of Arcot. The war along with Seven Year War concluded with the signing of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which returned Chandernagore and Pondichérry to France, and allowed the French to have "factories" (trading posts) in India but forbade French traders from administering them.

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