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Foreign travellers & books in medieval india - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Preliminary, 2019
    Which traveller visited India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq and wrote Kitab-ul-Rehl
    1. Marco Polo
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Al-Beruni
    4. l-Beruni D) Niccolo Conti
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  2. Question 2

    BCS Preliminary, 2017
    Who was the Persian traveller who described the Vijayanagara Empire under Deva Raya II?
    1. Abdur Razzaq
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Francois Bernier
    4. Sir Thomas Roe
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Preliminary, 2020
    Which book, written by Al-Beruni, provides insights into Indian society during the Ghaznavid period?
    1. Baburnama
    2. Tahqiq-i-Hind
    3. Ain-i-Akbari
    4. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Preliminary, 2018
    Which Venetian traveller’s account is a source for the Vijayanagara Empire’s prosperity in the 15th century?
    1. Marco Polo
    2. Niccolo Conti
    3. Domingo Paes
    4. Athanasius Nikitin
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Preliminary, 2021
    Who wrote Futuh-us-Salatin, a chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate and Bahmani Kingdom?
    1. Ziauddin Barani
    2. Isami
    3. Amir Khusrau
    4. Minhaj-us-Siraj
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Mains, 2018
    Which traveller visited the court of Jahangir and represented the English East India Company?
    1. Francois Bernier
    2. Sir Thomas Roe
    3. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
    4. William Hawkins
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Mains, 2019
    Who authored Ain-i-Akbari, detailing the administration of Emperor Akbar?
    1. Abul Fazl
    2. Badauni
    3. Faizi
    4. Gulbadan Begum
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Mains, 2020
    Which book by Ziauddin Barani is a key source for the history of the Delhi Sultanate?
    1. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
    2. Khazain-ul-Futuh
    3. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
    4. Akbarnama
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Mains, 2017
    Which traveller’s account describes the trade and society of the Bahmani Kingdom in the 15th century?
    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Athanasius Nikitin
    3. Marco Polo
    4. Domingo Paes
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Preliminary, 2016
    Which book, written by Babur, is an autobiography of his conquests in India?
    1. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
    2. Baburnama
    3. Humayun-nama
    4. Ain-i-Akbari
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  11. Question 11

    SSC CGL, 2016
    Who was the Moroccan traveller who visited India during Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s reign?
    1. Marco Polo
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Al-Beruni
    4. Francois Bernier
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Preliminary, 2019
    Which Venetian traveller described the Vijayanagara Empire in the 15th century?
    1. Niccolo Conti
    2. Marco Polo
    3. Ibn Battuta
    4. Abdur Razzaq
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  13. Question 13

    UPSC Prelims, 2017
    Who visited India during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni and wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind?
    1. Al-Beruni
    2. Al-Masudi
    3. Ibn Battuta
    4. Sulaiman
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  14. Question 14

    SSC CHSL, 2018
    Which Persian traveller visited the Vijayanagara Empire during Deva Raya II’s reign?
    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Abdur Razzaq
    3. Marco Polo
    4. Francois Bernier
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  15. Question 15

    UPPSC, 2019
    Who was the French traveller who described Mughal India under Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb?
    1. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
    2. Francois Bernier
    3. Both A and B
    4. Niccolo Conti
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Preliminary, 2017
    Which traveller visited Jahangir’s court and represented the English East India Company?
    1. Sir Thomas Roe
    2. William Hawkins
    3. Francois Bernier
    4. Marco Polo
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  17. Question 17

    RRB NTPC, 2019
    Who among the following described the port of Cambay during the 13th century?
    1. Marco Polo
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Al-Beruni
    4. Athanasius Nikitin
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  18. Question 18

    Which Russian traveller visited India during the Bahmani Kingdom’s rule in the 15th century?
    1. Niccolo Conti
    2. Athanasius Nikitin
    3. Abdur Razzaq
    4. Francois Bernier
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  19. Question 19

    SSC CGL, 2019
    Who wrote about the court of Chandragupta II in his travel accounts?
    1. Fa-Hien
    2. Hiuen Tsang
    3. Ibn Battuta
    4. Marco Polo
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  20. Question 20

    Which traveller’s account provides details of the Delhi Sultanate under Iltutmish?
    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Al-Beruni
    3. Minhaj-us-Siraj
    4. Marco Polo
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