HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Which of the following statement is not correct about Portuguese?
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They established a first printing press in India at Goa in AD 1556.
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They spread Catholicism in the western and eastern coast of India.
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They brought tobacco cultivation in India.
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‘The Indian Medicinal Plants’ was the first scientific work which was published at Andhra Pradesh in 1563.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. Cashew was not inroduced by the Portuguese to India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: The plant that is an Indian medicinal plant is the Rauwolfia serpentina which is also known as the Indian snakeroot or sarpagandha.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Portuguese made several contributions to the Indian subcontinent during their colonial rule. They brought tobacco cultivation to India, set up the first printing press in 1556 CE, and printed a scientific work on medicinal plants by a European writer in 1563 CE.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pineapple is one of the commercially important fruit crops of India. Pineapple cultivation was introduced to India by Portuguese in 1548 AD.
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