1. Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India?
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2004
(A) The English
(B) The French
(C) The Portuguese
(D) The Dutch
2. Who were the first Europeans to come to India for trade?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2007, UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004, UPPSC (Pre) 2000, UPPSC (Pre) 1993, UPPSC (Pre) 1990
(A) Dutch
(B) English
(C) French
(D) Portuguese
3. At which one of the following places in India did the Portuguese build their first fortress?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2010
(A) Anjidiv
(B) Cannanore
(C) Cochin
(D) Goa
4. Who was the real founder of Portuguese power in India?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003
(A) Vasco da Gama
(B) Albuquerque
(C) Bartholomuse Dies
(D) George Oxdone
5. Who among the following had welcomed Vasco da Gama at Calicut?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013
(A) Gasper Correa
(B) Albuquerque
(C) Zamorin
(D) Don Ahnaida
6. Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?
Question Asked : 45th BPSC (Pre) 2001
(A) Diaz
(B) Vasco da Garna
(C) Almeida
(D) Albuquerque
7. When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India?
Question Asked : MPPCS (Pre) 1995, UPPSC (Pre) 1992
(A) 1496
(B) 1497
(C) 1498
(D) 1600
8. In which year Vasco-da-Gama arrived at Calicut?
Question Asked : Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2004
(A) 1350 AD.
(B) 1498 AD.
(C) 1530 AD.
(D) 1612 AD.
