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Arrange the following in chronological order from the earliest to recent: I. British East India Company formed II. Magellan circumnavigated the globe III. Dutch East India Company formed IV. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut/Kozhikode Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.IV, I, II, III
  2. B.IV, II, I, III✓ Correct
  3. C.II, IV, III, I
  4. D.II, IV, I, III

Explanation

The correct chronological order is: IV. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut (1498), II. Magellan's expedition circumnavigated the globe (1519-1522), I. British East India Company was formed (1600), and III. Dutch East India Company was formed (1602). Hence the sequence IV, II, I, III is correct.
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