Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Traveller | List-II Timeline | ||
| (A) | Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin | (I) | Thirteenth-Century |
| (B) | Marco Polo | (II) | Fifteenth-Century |
| (C) | Ibn Battuta | (III) | Seventeenth-Century |
| (D) | Peter Mundy | (IV) | Fourteenth-Century |
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) Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin — this matches (II) Fifteenth-Century. This traveller from Russia spent the years 1466-72 in India.
(B) Marco Polo — this matches (I) Thirteenth-Century. The traveller from Italy lived from 1254 to 1323.
(C) Ibn Battuta — this matches (IV) Fourteenth-Century. The traveller from Morocco lived from 1304 to 1377 and reached India in 1333.
(D) Peter Mundy — this matches (III) Seventeenth-Century. The traveller from England lived from 1600 to 1667.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2025-26)
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