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Social Science · 2024 · 2 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q21
How was the Indian subcontinent crucial for the trade network during the sixteenth century? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
i. European sailors found a sea route to Asia and successfully crossed the western oceans to America.
ii. The Indian sub-continent was central to these flows and crucial point in their network.
iii. The entry of the European helped expand or redirect some of these flows towards Europe.
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