Question

Assertion (A): The Indian subcontinent was a crucial point in 'Indian Ocean trade flows' during sixteenth century.

Reason (R): Its geographical location connected East-West Asia and Europe.

Options

• Both, (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both, (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true, but (R) is false.

• (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer 1

Both, (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:

India’s central location in the Indian Ocean made it an important crossroads for exchanging items such as textiles and spices between the East and West. Because its geography naturally connected trade routes from East Asia to Europe and West Asia, it became the key transit centre for global commerce in the sixteenth century.