Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Travellers | List-II Timeline/Centuries | ||
| (A) | Marco Polo | (I) | Thirteenth-Century |
| (B) | Ibn Battuta | (II) | Fourteenth-Century |
| (C) | Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin | (III) | Sixteenth-Century |
| (D) | Duarte Barbosa | (IV) | Fifteenth-Century |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(A) Marco Polo — this matches (I) Thirteenth-Century. The timeline of travellers places Marco Polo (from Italy), 1254-1323, in the thirteenth century.
(B) Ibn Battuta — this matches (II) Fourteenth-Century. Ibn Battuta (from Morocco) lived from 1304 to 1377.
(C) Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin — this matches (IV) Fifteenth-Century. Nikitin, a fifteenth-century traveller from Russia, spent 1466-72 in India.
(D) Duarte Barbosa — this matches (III) Sixteenth-Century. Duarte Barbosa (from Portugal) visited India in 1518 and died in 1521.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2026-27)
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