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Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

The Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama in $1498$ first landed at ______.

  1. Cochin

  2. Calicut

  3. Quilon

  4. Pulicut
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The fleet of  Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama landed Calicut, in 1498. There the King of Calicut, the Samudiri received them with traditional hospitality and a grand procession.

Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

Which country people discovered a direct sea route to India?

  1. Portuguese

  2. Germans

  3. The French

  4. The Dutch
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Portuguese were the first to discover a direct sea route to India from Europe via Atlantic Ocean. The voyage was undertaken by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who on May 17, 1498, landed in near Calicut in Kerala.

Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

What vast system needs to be created for agriculture?

  1. Factories to manufacture tools and equipment used for farming

  2. Banks to provide loans to the farmers

  3. A market for the goods produced

  4. All of above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Agriculture is essential to fulfill the need for food. Therefore, a vast system needs to be created which includes factories to manufacture tools and equipment used for farming, banks to provide loans to farmers, a market for the goods produced, etc. The existence of many systems makes  a stable society.

Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

Who invented a new method of making steel?

  1. Henry Cort

  2. Henry Bessemer

  3. James Hargreaves

  4. Abraham Derby
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Explanation

Sir Henry Bessemer was a prominent British engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He developed the first cost-efficient process for the manufacture of steel in 1856.

Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

Who invented the steam locomotive engine?

  1. James Watt

  2. Abraham Derby

  3. Faraday

  4. George Stephenson
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The first commercially successful steam locomotive named as  "Locomotion No. 1" was created by George Stephenson. It was used to carry passengers on a first public rail line in Britain, between the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 .

Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

Who constructed a network of canals?

  1. James Hargreaves

  2. John Metcalfe

  3. Bessemer

  4. James Brindley
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Explanation
James Brindley (1716-1772) was one of the early canal engineers who worked on some of the first canals of the modern era. He played an essential role in shaping the way canals were built during the Industrial Revolution.
Multiple choice social studies north america voyages and discoveries scientific inventions and technological developments india's contemporary economic condition

Who invented the safety lamp?

  1. Humphrey Davy

  2. Faraday

  3. Henry Cort

  4. John Smeaton
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Explanation

The first ever prototype of Davy’s miner’s safety lamp. Created in 1815, it was designed to be lit safely for miners to use without allowing the heat from the flame to explode the concentration of methane gas often found as miners dug deeper.