Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I

LIST II

 A. Al-Biruni

 I. Portugal

 B. Marco Polo

 II. Morocco

 C. Ibn Battuta

 III. Italy

 D. Duarte Barbosa  

 IV. Uzbekistan 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II

Correct Answer:

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

The correct match is:

LIST I

LIST II

 A. Al-Biruni

 IV. Uzbekistan

 B. Marco Polo

 III. Italy

 C. Ibn Battuta

 II. Morocco

 D. Duarte Barbosa  

 I. Portugal

Timeline of Some Travellers who Left Accounts after visiting India:

Tenth-eleventh centuries
973-1048: Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni (from Uzbekistan)

Thirteenth century
1254-1323: Marco Polo (from Italy)

Fourteenth century
1304-77: Ibn Battuta (from Morocco)

Fifteenth-century
1413-82: Abd al-Razzaq Kamal al-Din ibn Ishaq al-Samarqandi (from Samarqand)
1466-72 (years spent in India): Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin (fifteenth century, from Russia)

Sixteenth century
1518 (visit to India): Duarte Barbosa, d.1521 (from Portugal)
1562 (year of death): Seydi Ali Reis (from Turkey)
1536-1600: Antonio Monserrate (from Spain)

Seventeenth century
1626-31 (years spent in India): Mahmud Wali Balkhi (from Balkh)
1600-67: Peter Mundy (from England)
1605-89: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (from France)
1620-88: François Bernier (from France)