{"id":62863,"date":"2024-04-20T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=62863"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:00:03","slug":"vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1498&#8243; option2=&#8221;1502&#8243; option3=&#8221;1510&#8243; option4=&#8221;1524 Answer: a&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in 1498. He was the first European to reach India by sea. He landed at Kappad Beach near Calicut. His arrival marked the beginning of the Portuguese colonial era in India.<\/p>\n<p>Option a) is the correct answer.<\/p>\n<p>Option b) is incorrect because Vasco da Gama landed in India in 1498, not 1502.<\/p>\n<p>Option c) is incorrect because Vasco da Gama landed in India in 1498, not 1510.<\/p>\n<p>Option d) is incorrect because Vasco da Gama landed in India in 1498, not 1524.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1498&#8243; option2=&#8221;1502&#8243; option3=&#8221;1510&#8243; option4=&#8221;1524 Answer: a&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[983],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kerala-state-gk-mcq","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1498&#8243; option2=&#8221;1502&#8243; option3=&#8221;1510&#8243; option4=&#8221;1524 Answer: a&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-20T09:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:","og_description":"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1498&#8243; option2=&#8221;1502&#8243; option3=&#8221;1510&#8243; option4=&#8221;1524 Answer: a&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2024-04-20T09:00:03+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/","name":"Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-04-20T09:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-20T09:00:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/vasco-da-gama-the-portuguese-explorer-landed-in-kerala-in\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kerala state GK MCQ","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/kerala-state-gk-mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in Kerala in:"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}