HistoryMedieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Match List-I with List-II.List-IList-II(A) Ming(I) Iran(B) Safavid(II…

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Ming	(I) Iran
(B) Safavid	(II) Italy
(C) Ottoman	(III) China
(D) Giovanni Careri	(IV) Turkey

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Ming	(III) China	The Ming ruled <strong>China</strong>, one of the large Asian empires of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
(B) Safavid	(I) Iran	The Safavid empire was based in <strong>Iran</strong>.
(C) Ottoman	(IV) Turkey	The Ottoman empire was based in <strong>Turkey</strong>. Its stability helped overland trade towards the Mediterranean.
(D) Giovanni Careri	(II) Italy	Careri was an <strong>Italian traveller</strong> who passed through India c. 1690 and described how silver reached India.

NCERT (2026-27): “7. The Flow of Silver
The Mughal Empire was among the large territorial empires in Asia that had managed to consolidate power and resources during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These empires were the Ming (China), Safavid (Iran) and Ottoman (Turkey). …”

“… The testimony of an Italian traveller, Giovanni Careri, who passed through India c. 1690, provides a graphic account about the way silver travelled across the globe to reach India. …”