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GS History Modern India
Q.

The West European States and Merchants began to search for new and safer sea routes to India and Spice Islands of Indonesia in 15th century because of

1. Turkish control of trading routes

2. Monopoly of merchants of Venice and Genoa over trade between Europe and Asia.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct. The old trading routes between East and the West came under Turkish control after the Ottoman conquest of Asia minor and the capture of Constantinople in 1453.

Statement 2 is correct. The merchants of Venice and Genoa monopolised the trade between Europe and Asia and refused to let the new nation states of Western Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, have any share through these old routes.

Thus, Option C is Correct.

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