Sst MCQ question
The age of Exploration is considered between the ……………
14th and 15th century
15th and 16th century (ans)
16th and 17th century
13th and 14th century
The Europeans began exploring the world via …………………
Sea route (ans)
Land route
Air route
Rail route
Which of the following is/are correct about the European daring explorers.
In search of new trading routes
Wealth and knowledge
New lands for their kings to conquer.
All the above
In which country the Moluccas, is situated?
Malaysia
India
Sri Lanka
Indonesia (ans)
What was the old name of Sri Lanka?
Ceylon
Jawa
Sumatra
None of the above
What was the earlier name of Maluku islands
Sugar islands
Spice Islands (ans)
Cotton islands
Salt islands
Bartolomeu Dias was a …………………… explorer.
Spainish
Portuguese (ans)
Frech
English
Who discovered “Cape of Good Hopes”?
Vasco Da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias (ans)
Who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa in 1488 CE?
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias (ans)
Vasco Da Gama
What was the original name of the Cape of Good Hope?
Cape of God Hope
Cape of storms (ans)
Cape of winds
Cape of sands
Ferdinand Magellan was born in ………………………
France
Portugal (ans)
England
India
Ferdinand Magellan made his expeditions on behalf of ……………………..
France
Spain (ans)
Russia
Portugal
Name the explorer who sailed around the world.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan (ans)
Vasco Da Gama
None of the above
The Americas are generally believed to have been named after ………….
Sebastian delElcano
Barolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci (ans)
Vasco Da Gama
Who discovered a sea route to India in 1498 via the Cape of Good Hope?
Sebastian delElcano
Barolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco Da Gama (ans)
Vasco Da Gama reached at which part of India?
Calicut (ans)
Kolkata
Madaras
Goa
Vasco Da Gama died at …………………….
Cochin(Kochi) (ans)
Chennai
Calicut
Goa
The Strait of Magellan was discovered by …………………..
Columbus
Magellan (ans)
Vasco Da Gama
None
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
Columbus visited Caribbean Sea and the coasts of Central America
Columbus also visited Cuba
Magellan sailed westwards from Europe in search of the Moluccas.
Vasco Da Gama visited Calcutta (ans)
Bahamas is in ……………………….
North America (ans)
South America
Asia
Europe
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