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Vasco-de-gama was a native of:

A.
America
B.
Britain
C.
Portugal
D.
Australia

Solution:

The correct answer is Portugal.Vasco-de-Gama was the first European to reach India by the sea in 1498.He was from Portugal and the search for a sea route became necessary as the Ottomans captured Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and halted trade via land route.The fleet of Vasco de Gama reached Kappadu near Kozhikode (Calicut) on the Malabar coast (present-day Kerala state of India).At that time the king of Calicut was a Marine (Zamorin).

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