In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The writings of European travellers like Bernier helped produce an image of India for Europeans through the printing and circulation of their books.
Reason: Indians like Shaikh Itisamuddin and Mirza Abu Talib, who visited Europe in sixteenth Century, tried to influence the image formed by Europeans  of their society by producing their own version of matters.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

The correct option is:

Option 4: The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Explanation:

• Assertion: The writings of European travellers like Bernier helped produce an image of India for Europeans through the printing and circulation of their books. This is correct.

• Reason: Indians like Shaikh Itisamuddin and Mirza Abu Talib, who visited Europe in sixteenth Century, tried to influence the image formed by Europeans  of their society by producing their own version of matters. This is partially correct. Indians like Shaikh Itisamuddin and Mirza Abu Talib, who visited Europe after 1750 (and not in sixteenth Century) tried to influence the image formed by Europeans  of their society by producing their own version of matters.

"The writings of European travellers helped produce an image of India for Europeans through the printing and circulation of their books. Later, after 1750, when Indians like Shaikh Itisamuddin and Mirza Abu Talib visited Europe and confronted this image that Europeans had of their society, they tried to influence it by producing their own version of matters."