Who was the first European to sail to India? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who was the first European to sail to India?

A. Ferdinand Magellan

B. Vasco da Gama

C. Christopher Columbus

D. Bartolomeu Dias

Answer: Option B

Vasco da Gama reached India by sea in 1498.

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Question #1 Report Error

Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

A. Andrea Ghez

B. Donna Strickland

C. Maria Goeppert Mayer

D. Marie Curie

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.

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Who was the first to reach the summit of Cho Oyu?

A. Edmund Hillary

B. Tenzing Norgay

C. Herbert Tichy

D. Reinhold Messner

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Herbert Tichy led the first ascent.

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Question #3 Report Error

Who discovered the first exoplanet with confirmed atmosphere?

A. NASA

B. Michel Mayor

C. HD 209458b

D. Both

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
HD 209458b.

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