Multiple choice

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. When Portuguese landed at Calicut in 1498, Narasa Nayaka chastised Zamorin and expelled the Portuguese from there

  2. Pedro Alvarez Cabral captured the port of Goa in 1510

  3. When Portuguese captured the port of Goa froll) the Bijapur Sultanate, Vijayanagar rulers sided with Bijapur

  4. When Mughal forces laid siege to Sambhaji's Kalyan, Portuguese helped Mughals with provisions
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Portuguese maintained a complex relationship with Indian powers; they indeed provided military and logistical support to the Mughals against Maratha forces like those of Sambhaji.

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