Francis Buchanan, an employee of the East India Company who traveled through the Rajmahal hills in the early nineteenth-century was a ____________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Physician
Francis Buchanan was a physician who served in the Bengal Medical Service from 1794 to 1815. For a few years he was surgeon to the Governor-General, Lord Wellesley. At the request of the Government of Bengal he made detailed surveys of the areas under the East India Company, and his account of the Rajmahal hills describes the Paharias and the Santhals.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.1 In the hills of Rajmahal … In the early nineteenth century, Buchanan travelled through the Rajmahal hills. From his description, the hills appeared impenetrable, a zone where few travellers ventured, an area that signified danger. Wherever he went, people were hostile, apprehensive of officials and unwilling to talk to them.…”
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