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Foreign travellers & books in medieval india - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Mains, 2018
    Who wrote the book Tahqiq-i-Hind, describing Indian society under Mahmud of Ghazni?
    1. Al-Beruni
    2. Amir Khusrau
    3. Babur
    4. Ziauddin Barani
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  2. Question 2

    SSC CGL, 2017
    Which book was written by Babur, detailing his conquests in India?
    1. Ain-i-Akbari
    2. Baburnama
    3. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
    4. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
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  3. Question 3

    UPSC Prelims, 2016
    Who authored Ain-i-Akbari, a detailed account of Akbar’s administration?
    1. Abul Fazl
    2. Badauni
    3. Faizi
    4. Amir Khusrau
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Preliminary, 2020
    Which book by Ziauddin Barani describes the history of the Delhi Sultanate?
    1. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
    2. Futuh-us-Salatin
    3. Tahqiq-i-Hind
    4. Akbarnama
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  5. Question 5

    SSC CHSL, 2019
    Who wrote Kitab-ul-Rehla, an account of travels during the Tughlaq period?
    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Al-Beruni
    3. Marco Polo
    4. Francois Bernier
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  6. Question 6

    Which book by Amir Khusrau describes the culture of the Khilji dynasty?
    1. Khazain-ul-Futuh
    2. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
    3. Baburnama
    4. Ain-i-Akbari
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  7. Question 7

    BPSC, 2017
    Who authored Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, a chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate?
    1. Minhaj-us-Siraj
    2. Ziauddin Barani
    3. Abul Fazl
    4. Isami
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  8. Question 8

    RRB Group D, 2018
    Which Mughal emperor’s biography, Akbarnama, was written by Abul Fazl?
    1. Babur
    2. Akbar
    3. Jahangir
    4. Aurangzeb
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  9. Question 9

    Who wrote Futuh-us-Salatin, a history of the Bahmani Kingdom?
    1. Isami
    2. Barani
    3. Amir Khusrau
    4. Al-Beruni
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  10. Question 10

    Which book by Francois Bernier describes Mughal India’s economy and society?
    1. Travels in the Mughal Empire
    2. Kitab-ul-Rehla
    3. Tahqiq-i-Hind
    4. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
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  11. Question 11

    SSC CGL, 2020
    Which traveller’s account is a primary source for the Vijayanagara Empire’s prosperity?
    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Domingo Paes
    3. Al-Beruni
    4. Sir Thomas Roe
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Preliminary, 2018
    Who wrote Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, an autobiography of the Mughal emperor?
    1. Babur
    2. Akbar
    3. Jahangir
    4. Shah Jahan
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  13. Question 13

    UPSC Prelims, 2018
    Which traveller visited India during Harsha’s reign and wrote Si-Yu-Ki?
    1. Fa-Hien
    2. Hiuen Tsang
    3. Marco Polo
    4. Ibn Battuta
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  14. Question 14

    Which book provides insights into Alauddin Khilji’s military campaigns?
    1. Khazain-ul-Futuh
    2. Baburnama
    3. Ain-i-Akbari
    4. Kitab-ul-Rehla
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  15. Question 15

    SSC CHSL, 2017
    Who among the following visited the court of Krishna Deva Raya?
    1. Domingo Paes
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Marco Polo
    4. Francois Bernier
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Mains, 2019
    Which traveller’s account describes the trade networks of the Bahmani Kingdom?
    1. Athanasius Nikitin
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Sir Thomas Roe
    4. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
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  17. Question 17

    SSC CGL, 2018
    Who authored Humayun-nama, a biography of Emperor Humayun?
    1. Gulbadan Begum
    2. Abul Fazl
    3. Badauni
    4. Badauni
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  18. Question 18

    SSC CHSL, 2017
    Which traveller visited the court of Krishna Deva Raya and described Vijayanagara’s wealth?
    1. Ibn Battuta
    2. Domingo Paes
    3. Marco Polo
    4. Sir Thomas Roe
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Preliminary, 2016
    Who was the English traveller who visited Jahangir’s court before Sir Thomas Roe?
    1. William Hawkins
    2. Francois Bernier
    3. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
    4. Niccolo Conti
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  20. Question 20

    UPSC Prelims, 2019
    Which Moroccan traveller described the postal system of the Delhi Sultanate under Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
    1. Al-Beruni
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Abdur Razzaq
    4. Athanasius Nikitin
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