Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question:

Going forward, you have a broad and beautiful street. In this street live many merchants, and there you will find all sorts of rubies, and diamonds, and emeralds, and pearls, and seed-pearls, and clothes, and every other sort of thing there is on Earth and that you may wish to buy. Then you have there every evening a fair where they sell many common horses and nags, and also many citrons, and limes, and oranges, and grapes, and every other kind of garden stuff, and wood; you have all in this street.

Which statement is incorrect among the following about the markets in Vijayanagara?

Options:

Many precious stones were sold in the market

The merchants did not live in the streets where the markets were.

Clothes were also sold in the market.

Every evening a fair was organised in the streets of the market.

Correct Answer:

The merchants did not live in the streets where the markets were.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - The merchants did not live in the streets where the markets were.

Option 2- The merchants did not live in the streets where the markets were is incorrect because in the streets many merchants lived.

As per the passage:

Going forward, you have a broad and beautiful street. In this street live many merchants, and there you will find all sorts of rubies, and diamonds, and emeralds, and pearls, and seed-pearls, and clothes, and every other sort of thing there is on Earth and that you may wish to buy. Then you have there every evening a fair where they sell many common horses and nags, and also many citrons, and limes, and oranges, and grapes, and every other kind of garden stuff, and wood; you have all in this street.