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1. Who discovered the sea-route to India
via cape of good hope? [SSC 2011]
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) John Cobot
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Amundsen
2. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea
route to India in which of the following
years?
[NDA 2004, MPPSC (Pre) 1995]
(a) 1498 (b) 1492
(c) 1494 (d) 1453
3. Vasco da Gama reached to famous
port of Calicut by the help of
(a) Gujarati navigator
(b) Bengali trader Manik Chand
(c) Arabian navigator Ibn Majid
(d) None of the above
4. Name the Indian king who welcomed
Portuguese sailor, Vasco da Gama at
Calicut? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2013]
(a) Gaspar Correia
(b) Albuquerque
(c) de Almeida
(d) Zamorin
5. Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in
India? [BPSC 2002]
(a) Diaz
(b) Vasco da Gama
(c) Francisco de Almeida
(d) Albuquerque
6. Who is considered as the real founder
of the Portuguese power in India?
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003]
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Albuquerque
(c) Francis Drake
(d) Almeida
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7. Which of the following is correct
chronological sequence of Portuguese
Governors?
(a) Francisco de Almeida–Alfonso de
Albuquerque–Nuno da Cunha–Martin
Alfonso
(b) Francisco de Almeida–Martin
Alfonso– Alfonso de Albuquerque–
Nuno da Cunha
(c) Martin Alfonso–Nuno da Cunha–
Francisco de Almeida–Alfonso de
Albuquerque
(d) None of the above
8. Which of the following is/are not correct
regarding Alfonso De Albuquerque?
I. He was the second Governor of
Portuguese in India.
II. He had captured Goa from the ruler of
Bijapur.
III. He discouraged his countrymen to
marry Indian women.
IV. He consolidated Portuguese power in
India.
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below.
(a) I and II (b) Only II
(c) Only IV (d) Only III
9. Consider the following statements.
I. The Portuguese Governor Alfonso De
Sousa had acquired Diu and Bassein
from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
II. The famous Jesuit Saint Francisco
Xavier came to India with Alfonso de
Sousa.
Which of the following statement(s)
given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
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10. Who first came to India for trading
purposes?
[WBCS 2018, UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(a) The French (b) The Dutch
(c) The Portuguese (d) The English
11. The first to come and last to leave India
were [SSC 2008]
(a) The French (b) The Portuguese
(c) The English (d) The Dutch
12. The Portuguese East India Company
were known by the name
(a) Estado da India
(b) East India Company
(c) Company da and Oriental
(d) Varingde ost Indishe
13. Who were the first Europeans to set up
sea trade centres in India?
[UKPSC (Pre) 2004]
(a) The English (b) The French
(c) The Portuguese (d) The Dutch
14. During the Mughal period which one of
the following traders first came to
India? [NDA 2004]
(a) Portuguese (b) English
(c) Dutch (d) Danish
15. Which of the following place in India
was the Headquarters of Portuguese?
[SSC 2010]
(a) Cochin (b) Goa
(c) Calicut (d) Coonoor
16. Among the following factories in
Bengal, the one established by the
Portuguese was [UPPSC 2004]
(a) Kasim Bazar
(b) Chinsurah
(c) Hoogly
(d) Srirampur
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