Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Native-Place | List-II Traveller | ||
| (A) | Herat | (I) | François Bernier |
| (B) | Uzbekistan | (II) | Abdur Razzaq |
| (C) | Morocco | (III) | Al-Biruni |
| (D) | France | (IV) | Ibn Battuta |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
(A) Herat — this matches (II) Abdur Razzaq. Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was a diplomat who came from Herat in the fifteenth century. He left one of the most important descriptions of the city of Vijayanagara.
(B) Uzbekistan — this matches (III) Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was born in 973 in Khwarizm, in present-day Uzbekistan, an important centre of learning. He came to the subcontinent in the eleventh century and wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind.
(C) Morocco — this matches (IV) Ibn Battuta. Ibn Battuta came from Morocco in north-western Africa in the fourteenth century. After years of travel through Africa, Asia and China he returned to his native Morocco, where his stories were written down.
(D) France — this matches (I) François Bernier. Bernier was a Frenchman, a doctor, political philosopher and historian, who lived in Mughal India from 1656 to 1668.
NCERT (2025-26): “Through the Eyes of Travellers … For example, one of the most important descriptions of the city of Vijayanagara (Chapter 7) in the fifteenth century comes from Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi, a diplomat who came visiting from Herat.… 1.1 From Khwarizm to the Punjab … Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time.… 2.2 The ‘enjoyment of curiosities’ … As we have seen, Ibn Battuta was an inveterate traveller who spent several years travelling through north Africa, West Asia and parts of Central Asia (he may even have visited Russia), the Indian subcontinent and China, before returning to his native land, Morocco.… 3. François Bernier A Doctor with a Difference … François Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor, political philosopher and historian.…” |