Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:
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List 1 |
List 2 |
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(a) Pelsaert |
(i) Portuguese who translated Indian texts into European languages. |
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(b) Manucci |
(ii) Dutch traveller, shocked to see the widespread poverty in India. |
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(c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier |
(iii) Italian Doctor who settled in India |
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(d) Jesuit Roberto Nobili |
(iv) Compared India with Iran and the Ottoman Empire. |
Choose the correct answer from the given options:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option 2 - (a)- ii, (b)- iii, (c)- iv, (d)- i
The correct match is:
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List 1 |
List 2 |
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(a) Pelsaert |
(ii) Dutch traveller, shocked to see the widespread poverty in India. |
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(b) Manucci |
(iii) Italian Doctor who settled in India |
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(c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier |
(iv) Compared India with Iran and the Ottoman Empire. |
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(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.