Multiple choice general knowledge

During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders ?

  1. Danish

  2. Dutch

  3. Portuguese

  4. English
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Explanation

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to come to India as traders during the Mughal period, arriving with Vasco da Gama in 1498 at Calicut, nearly a decade before the Mughal Empire was established (1526). They established trading ports at Goa, Diu, and Daman. The Dutch arrived in 1605, the English (East India Company) in 1612, and the Danish in 1620.

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