Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:

List 1

List 2

(a) Pelsaert 

(i) Portuguese who translated Indian texts into European languages.

(b) Manucci  

(ii) Dutch traveller, shocked to see the widespread poverty in India.

(c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier 

(iii) Italian Doctor who settled in India

(d) Jesuit Roberto Nobili

(iv) Compared India with Iran and the Ottoman Empire.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(a)- ii, (b)- iii, (c)- i, (d)- iv

(a)- ii, (b)- iii, (c)- iv, (d)- i

(a)- iii, (b)- ii, (c)- iv, (d)- i

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- iii, (d)- i

Correct Answer:

(a)- ii, (b)- iii, (c)- iv, (d)- i

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - (a)- ii, (b)- iii, (c)- iv, (d)- i

The correct match is:

List 1

List 2

(a) Pelsaert 

(ii) Dutch traveller, shocked to see the widespread poverty in India.

(b) Manucci  

(iii) Italian Doctor who settled in India

(c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier 

(iv) Compared India with Iran and the Ottoman Empire.

(d) Jesuit Roberto Nobili

(i) Portuguese who translated Indian texts into European languages.

Explantion:

Pelsaert, Dutch traveller who visited the subcontinent in the seventeenth century and was shocked to see the widespread poverty in the country.

Manucci was an Italian Doctor and a traveler who never returned to Italy and settled down in India.

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a French Jeweller who compared India with Iran and Ottoman Empire.

Jesuit Roberto Nobili, (Portuguese) translated Indian texts into European languages.