Consider the following statements regarding the botanical, agricultural, and commercial crop contributions associated with the European powers in India: I. The Portuguese were responsible for introducing the farming of new cash crops, specifically tobacco and cashew nuts, to the Indian subcontinent. II. They contributed to regional arboriculture by introducing better plantation varieties of coconut and systematically planting large coconut groves. III. The initiation of potato cultivation in India is recognized as one of the important agricultural works credited to the Portuguese. IV. To dominate the intra-Asian barter trade, the Portuguese established extensive plantations of indigo and opium in their coastal territories. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the organizational contrast and domestic political dynamics of the French and English East India Companies: Statement I: The French East India Company operated under a system of personal despotism where policies were dictated by the monarch's whims, depriving the state-sponsored enterprise of functional autonomy and preventing it from representing the broader interests of the French nation. Statement II: The English East India Company functioned as a Joint-Stock Company formed by the 'Merchant Adventurers', generating immense private prosperity that allowed its officers to return to Britain, establish sprawling estates, and obtain political power. Statement III: In order to maximize the English Company's commercial expansion, the British Parliament readily granted it permanent absolute autonomy, ensuring an absence of legislative interference in its operations throughout the eighteenth century. Statement IV: Despite the creation of a new parallel English Company under a state-backed indemnity in 1698, the powerful stockholders of the old company dominated the new body, culminating in their amalgamation in 1708. Which of the statements given above are correct?