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  1. Who were the fist European to set up sea trade centres in India?
    1. The Portuguese
    2. The French
    3. The English
    4. The Dutch
Correct Option: A

The Portuguese were the fist Europeans to set up Sea trade centres in India. The first successful voyage to India was by Vasco da Gama in 1498, when he arrived in Calicut, now in Kerala. The colonial era in India began in 1502, when the Portuguese empire established the first European trading centre at Kollam, Kerala.


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