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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 33 of 200

Q33
History of IndiaAdvent of Europeans & British Expansion
When did Vasco da Gama come to India?
  1. a.1498 A.D.
  2. b.1409 A.D.
  3. c.1496 A.D.
  4. d.1492 A.D.

Answer: (A) 1498 A.D.

The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama landed at Calicut on the Malabar coast in May 1498, having discovered the sea route to India around the Cape of Good Hope — opening the era of direct European maritime trade with India.

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