Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The works of the indigenous writers varied from the works of foreign travelers.
Reason: Foreign authors were often more attentive to everyday activities and practices which were taken for granted by indigenous writers. This made the accounts of travelers interesting.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Correct Answer:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Explanation:

As these authors came from vastly different social and cultural environments, they were often more attentive to everyday activities and practices which were taken for granted by indigenous writers, for whom these were routine matters, not worthy of being recorded. It is this difference in perspective that makes the accounts of travelers interesting.