(c) Karikal
(d) Pulicat
By the beginning of the 17th century, the Portuguese power declined in India
and the neighbouring regions, and they began to lose one settlement after
another. To whom did they lose Ormuz in the Persian Gulf in 1622?
(a) Arabs
(b) Turks
(c) English
(d) Dutch
When and by whom were the Portuguese driven out of Hugli in Bengal?
(a) 1625—Shaista Khan
(b) 1631—Qasim Khan
(c) 1650—Prince Murad
(d) 1666—Prince Shuja
Which of the following statements about Vasco da Gama are true?
(i) He discovered the new and all-sea route from Europe to India.
(ii) He reached the port of Cochin on May 17, 1498.
(iii) He was given a hostile reception by the ruler of Cochin.
(iv) He made a second trip to India in 1502. Select the answer from the codes
below:
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iv
(c) i and iv
(d) i and iii
Which of the following statements about Alfonso de Albuquerque are
incorrect?
(i) He became the Portuguese governor in India in 1509.
(ii) He captured Goa from the ruler of Ahmednagar in 1511.
(iii) He persecuted Muslims and prohibited his countrymen from taking
Indian women as wives.
(iv) He conquered the island of Ormuz in the Persian Gulf in 1515.
(v) He died in 1520 leaving the Portuguese as the strongest naval power in
the Indian Ocean.
Choose the answer from the codes below: