Practicing Success

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 never returned to Italy

(d) Jesuit Roberto Nobili

(iv) Compared India with Iran and Ottoman Empire.

 

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:

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 who never returned it Italy.

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.