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Foreign travellers & books in medieval india - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    BPSC, 2018
    Who among the following visited India during the reign of Iltutmish and wrote about his court?
    1. Marco Polo
    2. Minhaj-us-Siraj
    3. Ibn Battuta
    4. Al-Beruni
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  2. Question 2

    SSC CGL, 2018
    Who authored Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, a critical account of Akbar’s reign?
    1. Badauni
    2. Abul Fazl
    3. Gulbadan Begum
    4. Ziauddin Barani
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Preliminary, 2020
    Which book by Amir Khusrau narrates Alauddin Khilji’s military campaigns?
    1. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
    2. Khazain-ul-Futuh
    3. Futuh-us-Salatin
    4. Tahqiq-i-Hind
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  4. Question 4

    Which traveller’s book, Travels in the Mughal Empire, describes the socio-economic conditions under Shah Jahan?
    1. Francois Bernier
    2. Ibn Battuta
    3. Sir Thomas Roe
    4. Al-Beruni
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