Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Before going to China from India as the envoy of Mohammad Bin Tuglaq, Ibn Battuta visited which of the following countries?

A) Indonesia
B) Vietnam
C) Mauritius
D) Maldives
E) Sri Lanka

Options:

A and C

B and C

C and E

D and E

Correct Answer:

D and E

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - D and E

D) Maldives
E) Sri Lanka

With the new assignment, as an envoy to China, Ibn Battuta proceeded to the Malabar coast through central India. From Malabar he went to the Maldives, where he stayed for eighteen months as the qazi, but eventually decided to proceed to Sri Lanka. He then went back once more to the Malabar coast and the Maldives, and before resuming his mission to China, visited Bengal and Assam as well.