Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traveler Name | Related Country | ||
| (A) | Abdul Razzaq | (I) | Uzbekistan |
| (B) | Al-Biruni | (II) | France |
| (C) | Ibn Batuta | (III) | Herat |
| (D) | Francois Bernier | (IV) | Morocco |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
Each traveller is matched with the land he came from.
(A) Abdul Razzaq — this matches (III) Herat. Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was sent as an envoy by the Timurid ruler of Herat (a city now in Afghanistan) to Calicut in the 1440s and also described the city of Vijayanagara.
(B) Al-Biruni — this matches (I) Uzbekistan. He was born in 973 in Khwarizm, in present-day Uzbekistan, came to India with Mahmud of Ghazni and wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind.
(C) Ibn Batuta — this matches (IV) Morocco. Born in Tangier, Morocco, he reached India in the fourteenth century, served Muhammad bin Tughlaq and wrote the Rihla.
(D) Francois Bernier — this matches (II) France. A French doctor, he lived at the Mughal court from 1656 to 1668 and wrote Travels in the Mogul Empire.