Discovery of Sea Routes

Q.

The first country to establish trade relations with India was.

Q. Christopher Columbus belonged to which country?

1. Dutch
2. Portuguese
3. French
4. Italy

Q. Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope?

1. Vasco da Gama
2. King Zamorin
3. Amerigo Vespucci
4. Bartolomeu Dias

Q. Christopher Columbus set sail across the Ocean in the hope to discover India and ended up discovering America.

1. Atlantic
2. Pacific
3. Arctic
4. Indian

Q. Who discovered the sea route to India?

1. Bartholomew Dias
2. Vasco-Da-Gama
3. Prince Henry
4. Columbus

Q. Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut in 1498 CE.

1. True
2. False

Q. King gave permission to Vasco da Gama to trade in his land when he landed in Calicut in 1498 CE.

1. Zamorin
2. Jahangir
3. Akbar
4. Tipu Sultan

Q. After whom was continent of America named?

1. Prince Henry
2. Vasco da Gama
3. Amerigo Vespucci
4. Bartholomew Diaz

Q. Vasco da Gama sailed from which country to reach India in 1498?

1. Netherland
2. Turkey
3. England
4. Portugal

Q. Arrange the following statements in the chronological order.

A) English Traders established the East India Company to carry out trading.

B) Bartholomew Diaz discovered the Cape of Good Hope in coastal Africa.

C) Ottoman Empire conquered the Constantinople.

D) Vasco da Gama reached the western coast of India - Calicut in 1498 CE.

1. A -> B -> C -> D
2. C -> B -> D -> A
3. D -> B -> C -> A
4. D -> C -> B -> A

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> America is named after ____.

1. Bartholomew Diaz
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Vasco da Gama

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Where did Vasco da Gama land in India?

1. Bombay
2. Calicut
3. Daman
4. Diu

Q. I am a sailor from Portugal, and I have discovered a new sea route to India. When I reached the west coast of Calicut in 1498 CE, King Zamorin welcomed me and allowed me to start trading there. Who am I?

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Vasco da Gama
3. Amerigo Vespucci
4. Bartholomew Diaz