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Question : Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, discovered the sea route to India in_______________.

Option 1: 1488

Option 2: 1498

Option 3: 1508

Option 4: 1518


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Correct Answer: 1498


Solution : The correct option is 1498.

Portuguese adventurer Vasco da Gama touched down in Calicut, now Kozhikode, India, on May 20, 1498. The first European to arrive by sea at India's profitable trading hubs was Vasco da Gama.

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