Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Read the following paragraph which is a traveller's account of India experiences.
The betel is a tree which is cultivated in the same manner as the grape-vine; … The betel has no fruit and is grown only for the sake of its leaves … The manner of its use is that before eating it one takes areca nut; this is like a nutmeg but is broken up until it is reduced to small pellets, and one places these in his mouth and chews them. Then he takes the leaves of betel, puts a little chalk on them, and masticates them along with the betel.
Who among the following gave the above account?

Options:

Marco Polo

François Bernier

Ibn Batuta

Al Biruni

Correct Answer:

Ibn Batuta

Explanation:

Ibn Batutta described the coconut and the paan, two kinds of plant produce that were completely unfamiliar to his audience.