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Q. With reference to the advent of Europeans in India, which of the following was/were the French governor(s) sent to India?
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Q. With reference to the advent of Europeans in India, which of the following was/were the French governor(s) sent to India?
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The correct option is C 3 only
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect: In 1498, Vasco de Gama of Portugal discovered a new and all-sea route from Europe to India. He sailed around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut. He returned with a cargo that sold for 60 times the cost of his voyage. He was not the governor sent by the Portuguese.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Francisco de Almeida was the first governor of Portuguese sent to India and the predecessor of the more famous Albuquerque. Although the men were rivals, they both did great service to the cause of Portugal in India.
Statement 3 is correct: Dupleix was a colonial administrator and governor-general of the French territories in India, who nearly realized his dream of establishing a French empire in India. He was a statesman of genius and imagination. He evolved the strategy of using the well-disciplined, modern French army to intervene in the mutual quarrels of the Indian princes.
Statement 4 is incorrect: Under the viceroyalty of Alfonso de Albuquerque, who captured Goa in 1950, the Portuguese established their domination over the entire Asian coast from the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to Malacca in Malaya and the spice islands in Indonesia.
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect: In 1498, Vasco de Gama of Portugal discovered a new and all-sea route from Europe to India. He sailed around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut. He returned with a cargo that sold for 60 times the cost of his voyage. He was not the governor sent by the Portuguese.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Francisco de Almeida was the first governor of Portuguese sent to India and the predecessor of the more famous Albuquerque. Although the men were rivals, they both did great service to the cause of Portugal in India.
Statement 3 is correct: Dupleix was a colonial administrator and governor-general of the French territories in India, who nearly realized his dream of establishing a French empire in India. He was a statesman of genius and imagination. He evolved the strategy of using the well-disciplined, modern French army to intervene in the mutual quarrels of the Indian princes.
Statement 4 is incorrect: Under the viceroyalty of Alfonso de Albuquerque, who captured Goa in 1950, the Portuguese established their domination over the entire Asian coast from the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to Malacca in Malaya and the spice islands in Indonesia.
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