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. Morocco 
 B. Ibn Battuta   II. Samarqand 
 C. Abdur Razzaq  III. France 
 D. Francois Bernier   IV. Uzbekistan 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

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

The correct match is:

 List I   List II 
 A. Al-Biruni  IV. Uzbekistan
 B. Ibn Battuta   I. Morocco
 C. Abdur Razzaq  II. Samarqand
 D. Francois Bernier   III. France

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)