History · Advent of Europeans in India
Match LIST-I with LIST-II to correctly pair the key maritime explorers and officials with their specific achievements and actions: LIST-I (Explorer/Official) A. Vasco da Gama B. Bartholomew Diaz C. Pedro Alvares Cabral D. Francisco de Almeida LIST-II (Achievement/Action) I. Bombarded Calicut for an entire day and seized Arab merchant ships in retaliation for an attack that resulted in the death of over fifty Europeans. II. Navigated around the southern tip of Africa to reach the Cape of Good Hope around the year 1487 CE. III. Arrived at an Indian entrepot with the assistance of Gujarati pilot Abdul Majid and returned with cargo worth sixty times the expedition's cost. IV. Implemented the 'Blue Water Policy' and avenged a prior naval defeat by crushing the combined Mamluk Egyptian and Gujarat navies at the Battle of Diu. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 1A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV✓
- 2A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
- 3A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
- 4A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
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A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
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