Question

Answer the following questions in brief.
1. Which Portuguese explorer discovered the sea route to India? How did this mark the beginning

European era in India?

2. Why did the European trading companies set-up trade centres in coastal areas? 3. Explain the policy of 'Divide and Rule' adopted by the British. What was its impact on the Indian

princes?

4. Describe the causes and the consequences of the First Carnatic war.

5. How did the assumption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast

Answer 2

1) it was Vasco Da Gama .it was the first connection between India and the British
2) and 3) sorry idk
4) first Carnatic war was also called as the Anglo Maratha war 1.