Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Consider yourself working in a particular port in India, where you have just witnessed that the port ownership is being transferred over to the British by the Portuguese, in 1661. Which port is being referred to here?

• A. Cochin
• B. Thoothukudi
• C. Mumbai
• D. Visakhapatnam

Answer 1

The correct option is C Mumbai

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The Mumbai port has a long history. Its growth has direct links to its viability as a trading centre. It was transferred to the British by the Portuguese in 1661.