Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Which traveller gives a description of paan and coconut in his travel accounts from the fourteenth-century?

Options:

François Bernier

Ibn Battuta

Al-Biruni

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Correct Answer:

Ibn Battuta

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Ibn Battuta

" 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.'.