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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 75

Topic: Modern history and freedom struggle

Q75

Consider the following fruits :

I. Papaya

II. Pineapple

III. Guava

How many of the above were introduced in India by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

  1. (a) Only one
  2. (b) Only two
  3. (c) All the threeCorrect answer
  4. (d) None

Solution.

Answer: (c) All the three

  1. Items I, II and III are all correct: Papaya, Pineapple, and Guava are all native to the tropical Americas (New World crops).
  2. They were introduced into India by the Portuguese during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries via their maritime trade routes linking Brazil/Central America with Goa and Cochin.