What did Ibn Battuta observe when he visited the city of Delhi?
A. Its beautiful temple architecture in every part of the city.
B. Its fine cemetery with domes and arches.
C. Its imposing stupa in the heart of the city.
D. Its twenty-eight big darwazas.
E. Its many waterfalls within the city.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B and D only
A. Its beautiful temple architecture in every part of the city. Incorrect. His account of Delhi describes its rampart, gates, markets and cemetery; it says nothing about temples.
B. Its fine cemetery with domes and arches. Correct. He writes that Delhi has a fine cemetery in which graves have domes over them, and those that do not have a dome have an arch.
C. Its imposing stupa in the heart of the city. Incorrect. No stupa is mentioned in his account of the city.
D. Its twenty-eight big darwazas. Correct. He notes that there are twenty eight gates of the city, which are called darwaza, the Budaun darwaza being the greatest.
E. Its many waterfalls within the city. Incorrect. He speaks of an orchard and of flowers sown in the cemetery, not of waterfalls.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2026-27)
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