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Standard VIII
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East India Company
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Name the Portuguese explorer who first discovered sea route to India.

A
Warren Hastings
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Christopher Columbus
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Robert Clive
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D
Vasco Da Gama
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Solution

The correct option is D Vasco Da Gama
Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut, located in the western coast of India, in 1498.

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