Arrange the following foreign travellers according to their year of visit to India in chronological order.
(A) Francois Bernier from France.
(B) Duarte Barbosa from Portugal.
(C) Marco Polo from Italy.
(D) Ibn Battuta from Morocco.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
(C) Marco Polo from Italy. — Thirteenth century: 1254-1323.
(D) Ibn Battuta from Morocco. — Fourteenth century: 1304-77.
(B) Duarte Barbosa from Portugal. — Sixteenth century: visited India in 1518.
(A) Francois Bernier from France. — Seventeenth century: 1620-88.
Tip: The timelines at the end of each chapter are a ready list of dates and names; this one, of travellers and their countries, has given two questions in this paper.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2026-27)
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