Match the LIST-I with LIST-II:
| LIST-I Terms/Positions | LIST-II Associations | ||
| A. | Rihla | I. | Horse-post |
| B. | Qazi | II. | Chinese Port Town |
| C. | Zaytun | III. | Judge |
| D. | Uluq | IV. | Book of travels |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A - IV, B - III, C - II, D - I
(A) Rihla — this matches (IV) Book of travels. The Rihla is Ibn Battuta’s book of travels, written in Arabic. It gives rich details of social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.
(B) Qazi — this matches (III) Judge. Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq was impressed by Ibn Battuta’s learning and appointed him the qazi or judge of Delhi.
(C) Zaytun — this matches (II) Chinese Port Town. On his way to China, Ibn Battuta sailed from Sumatra to the Chinese port town of Zaytun, now known as Quanzhou.
(D) Uluq — this matches (I) Horse-post. Ibn Battuta describes two kinds of postal system in India. The uluq was the horse-post, run by royal horses stationed every four miles; the dawa was the foot-post.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.1 An early globe-trotter … Ibn Battuta’s book of travels, called Rihla, written in Arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.… …The Sultan was impressed by his scholarship, and appointed him the qazi or judge of Delhi.… …He took a ship to Sumatra, and from there another ship for the Chinese port town of Zaytun (now known as Quanzhou).…”
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