GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil was officially “discovered” in 1500, when a fleet commanded by Portuguese diplomat Pedro Álvares Cabral, on its way to India, landed in Porto Seguro, between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between two million and six million indigenous Indians lived in the region at the time of European contact in 1500. Tupian-speaking Indians inhabited the coastal areas and were among the more significant of the tropical forest groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pedro Álvares Cabral, (born 1467/68, Belmonte, Portugal-died 1520, Santarém?), Portuguese navigator who is generally credited as the first European to reach Brazil (April 22, 1500).

Detailed explanation-4: -Colonial Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.