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Standard VII
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Portuguese East India Company
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In which year Vasco Da Gama landed on the coast of Calicut discovering direct sea route to India from Europe?

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1492
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1498
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1451
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1894
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Solution

The correct option is B 1498
In 1498 AD, Portuguese sailor Vasco-da-Gama managed to sail past the Cape of Good Hope and reached the Indian coast in Calicut, discovering a direct sea route to India from Europe.

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