Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Travellers | List-II Country | ||
| (A) | Ibn Battuta | (I) | Uzbekistan |
| (B) | Seydi Ali Reis | (II) | France |
| (C) | Francois Bernier | (III) | Morocco |
| (D) | Al-Biruni | (IV) | Turkey |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Ibn Battuta — this matches (III) Morocco. This fourteenth-century traveller (1304-77) came from Morocco, in north-western Africa.
(B) Seydi Ali Reis — this matches (IV) Turkey. He was a sixteenth-century traveller from Turkey, who died in 1562.
(C) Francois Bernier — this matches (II) France. This seventeenth-century doctor and historian (1620-88) came from France.
(D) Al-Biruni — this matches (I) Uzbekistan. He came from Uzbekistan in the eleventh century (973-1048) and wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2026-27)
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