Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Al-Biruni | (I) | Morocco |
| (B) | Ibn-Battuta | (II) | Uzbekistan |
| (C) | Francois Bernier | (III) | Herat |
| (D) | Abd-al Razzaq Samarqandi | (IV) | France |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
(A) Al-Biruni — this matches (II) Uzbekistan. Al-Biruni was born in 973 in Khwarizm, in present-day Uzbekistan, and came to the subcontinent in the eleventh century.
(B) Ibn-Battuta — this matches (I) Morocco. Ibn Battuta came from Morocco, in north-western Africa, in the fourteenth century.
(C) Francois Bernier — this matches (IV) France. François Bernier was a Frenchman who travelled in the seventeenth century.
(D) Abd-al Razzaq Samarqandi — this matches (III) Herat. Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was a diplomat who came visiting from Herat and left one of the most important descriptions of the city of Vijayanagara in the fifteenth century.
NCERT (2026-27): “…The accounts that survive are often varied in terms of their subject matter. Some deal with affairs of the court, while others are mainly focused on religious issues, or architectural features and monuments. For example, one of the most important descriptions of the city of Vijayanagara (Chapter 7) in the fifteenth century comes from Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi, a diplomat who came visiting from Herat.…”
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