Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Which among the following things struck many foreign travellers to India as unusual?

Options:

Coconut and Paan Leaves

Mango and Coconut

Banana and Paan Leaves

Grapes and Mango

Correct Answer:

Coconut and Paan Leaves

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Coconut and Paan Leaves

The coconut and the paan were things that struck many travellers as unusual.

"Some of the best examples of Ibn Battuta’s strategies of representation are evident in the ways in which he described the coconut and the paan, two kinds of plant produce that were completely unfamiliar to his audience"