Answer / prajeeth

Francisco-de-Almeida (1505-1509) was appointed as the first
governor for the Portuguese settlements in India. He wanted to make
the portuguese, the masters of Indian Ocean . This policy is known
as the “Blue Water Policy”.

Answer / prajeeth

Partly B, But more appropriately it means

lue Water Policy: The “Blue Water” policy is attrib­uted to Don Francisco de Almeida, the first Viceroy of the Portuguese possessions in India. His “Blue Water” policy was to be powerful at the sea instead of building fortresses on Indian land. (www.competitionmasters.com)

Answer / guest

( b ) Confining one’s activities to commercial transactions

Answer / tilak

the right option is D (none)

Answer / dj bravo

D.it must be D bcoz Almeida wanted to make potugese as master of indian ocean.. A system of cartze..

Answer / siddharth

Portuguese were fond of voyages and exploring new lands and they were the first people to find sea route to India through Bathalomew diaz and Vasco-da-gama.
When Franciso-de-almeida was appointed as the first governor of French possessions in India, he followed the policy of Blue water policy which means making Portuguese the strong trading power in Arabian sea and Indian ocean.

Answer / ahtisham

D: Blue water policy of Francisco Almeida was more about domination of trade over Indian ocean and Arabian sea rather than confinement of trade. So option D looks more appropriate.

Answer / rajuvinay

Francisco de Almeida arrived in India as the Viceroy of Portuguese.
He implemented ‘Blue Water Policy’ in order to establish the supremacy
over the Sea instead of supremacy over lands.

Answer / lavi thounaojam

Francisco De almieda wanted his country man to concentrate on the development of naval power he said that as long as Portuguese may be powerful at the Sea you will hold India as yours

Answer / shivam dwivedi

as according to my answer all your answer are correct but it requires some further modification the Francisco de almeda was main focus to establish the direct trade with Portugal through sea and he said instead of focusing on the establishment of the forts on indian land we should focus on the empowerment on the control on sea

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