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Indian Sailors and Explorers and Their Use of Mathematics

This quiz will test your knowledge about Indian sailors and explorers and their use of mathematics in navigation.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the sea route to India from Europe?

  1. Vasco da Gama
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with circumnavigating the globe?

  1. Ferdinand Magellan
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Cape of Good Hope?

  1. Vasco da Gama
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Bartolomeu Dias
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Americas?

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Vasco da Gama
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Pacific Ocean?

  1. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco da Gama
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Strait of Magellan?

  1. Ferdinand Magellan
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Philippines?

  1. Ferdinand Magellan
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Moluccas?

  1. Ferdinand Magellan
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the Spice Islands?

  1. Ferdinand Magellan
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the East Indies?

  1. Vasco da Gama
  2. Christopher Columbus
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the West Indies?

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Vasco da Gama
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the New World?

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Vasco da Gama
  3. Ferdinand Magellan
  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the North Pole?

  1. Robert Peary
  2. Frederick Cook
  3. Roald Amundsen
  4. Richard Byrd
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the South Pole?

  1. Roald Amundsen
  2. Robert Falcon Scott
  3. Ernest Shackleton
  4. Douglas Mawson
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian sailor and explorer is credited with discovering the summit of Mount Everest?

  1. Edmund Hillary
  2. Tenzing Norgay
  3. George Mallory
  4. Andrew Irvine
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