Match List-I (Writer) with List-II (Description).List-IList-II(A) Ibn…

Match List-I (Writer) with List-II (Description).

List-I	List-II
(A) Ibn Juzayy	(I) Became a sort of sanyasi for a time
(B) Mahmud Wali Balkhi	(II) Wrote down the account Ibn Battuta dictated
(C) Shaikh Ali Hazin	(III) Was disappointed and even disgusted with India
(D) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi	(IV) Visited south India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Ibn Juzayy	(II) Wrote down the account Ibn Battuta dictated	Ibn Juzayy was the scholar deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, after the ruler ordered that the traveller's stories be recorded.
(B) Mahmud Wali Balkhi	(I) Became a sort of sanyasi for a time	Mahmud Wali Balkhi travelled very widely in the 1620s. He was fascinated by India and even lived as a sort of sanyasi for a time.
(C) Shaikh Ali Hazin	(III) Was disappointed and even disgusted with India	Shaikh Ali Hazin came to north India in the 1740s. He expected a red carpet welcome, so he was disappointed and even disgusted with India.
(D) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi	(IV) Visited south India	Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was a Persian-writing visitor who came to south India in the 1440s.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 The “enjoyment of curiosities” …
This is what Ibn Juzayy, who was deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, said in his introduction: A gracious direction was transmitted (by the ruler) that he (Ibn Battuta) should dictate an account of the cities which he had seen in his travel, and of the interesting events which had clung to his memory, and that he should speak of those whom he had met of the rulers of countries, of their distinguished men of learning, and their pious saints. …”

“… Among the best known of these writers were Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi, who visited south India in the 1440s, Mahmud Wali Balkhi, who travelled very widely in the 1620s, and Shaikh Ali Hazin, who came to north India in the 1740s. Some of these authors were fascinated by India, and one of them – Mahmud Balkhi – even became a sort of sanyasi for a time. Others such as Hazin were disappointed and even disgusted with India, where they expected to receive a red carpet treatment. …”

Match List-I (Writer) with List-II (Description).

List-I	List-II
(A) Ibn Juzayy	(I) Became a sort of sanyasi for a time
(B) Mahmud Wali Balkhi	(II) Wrote down the account Ibn Battuta dictated
(C) Shaikh Ali Hazin	(III) Was disappointed and even disgusted with India
(D) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi	(IV) Visited south India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Ibn Juzayy	(II) Wrote down the account Ibn Battuta dictated	Ibn Juzayy was the scholar deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, after the ruler ordered that the traveller's stories be recorded.
(B) Mahmud Wali Balkhi	(I) Became a sort of sanyasi for a time	Mahmud Wali Balkhi travelled very widely in the 1620s. He was fascinated by India and even lived as a sort of sanyasi for a time.
(C) Shaikh Ali Hazin	(III) Was disappointed and even disgusted with India	Shaikh Ali Hazin came to north India in the 1740s. He expected a red carpet welcome, so he was disappointed and even disgusted with India.
(D) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi	(IV) Visited south India	Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was a Persian-writing visitor who came to south India in the 1440s.