Identify the correct statements from below:
(A) Francois Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor and political philosopher and historian.
(B) Bernier was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668.
(C) Bernier never returned to Europe and settled down in India.
(D) Bernier was closely associated with the Mughal court as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Francois Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor and political philosopher and historian. Correct. Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor, political philosopher and historian; like many others, he came to the Mughal Empire in search of opportunities.
(B) Bernier was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668. Correct. His stay in India lasted these twelve years.
(C) Bernier never returned to Europe and settled down in India. Incorrect. This is said of the Italian doctor Manucci, not of Bernier. Bernier’s stay in India ended in 1668, after twelve years.
(D) Bernier was closely associated with the Mughal court as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh. Correct. He served Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, and later worked as an intellectual and scientist with Danishmand Khan, an Armenian noble at the Mughal court.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 The ‘enjoyment of curiosities’ … Some of these travellers, like the Italian doctor Manucci, never returned to Europe, and settled down in India. François Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor, political philosopher and historian. Like many others, he came to the Mughal Empire in search of opportunities. He was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668, and was closely associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, and later as an intellectual and scientist, with Danishmand Khan, an Armenian noble at the Mughal court.…” |