Travellers, travellogues and chronicles

Q. Write a brief note on foreign literary sources to know about India’s medieval history.

Q. _____________, an Arab-born Morocco scholar, travelled from Morocco to India.

1. Domingo Paes
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Al Beruni
4. Marco Polo

Q. The Pandyans won many wars over their neighbouring kingdoms. Which of the following could have been also been a factor in helping them?

1. Their imported horses.
2. Their advances in agriculture.
3. The intricate gopuras that they constructed.
4. The sluice gates constructed by them.

Q. According to Marco Polo, ________ were imported in large numbers from Persia and Arabia into southern India.

1. dates
2. jewels
3. horses
4. oil

Q. The most accurate account of Mahmud’s Somnath expedition is that of __________.

1. Marco Polo
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Domingo Paes
4. Al Beruni

Q.

Ibn Battuta travelled to India from which country?

1. Germany

2. Russia

3. Morocco

4. Sri Lanka

Q. ___________, a Venetian traveller, visited South India when the Pandya kingdom was becoming the leading Tamil power in the 13th century.

1. Domingo Paes
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Al Beruni
4. Marco Polo

Q. Explain the evolution of manuscripts and the challenges they pose as a historical source over the years?

Q. "His travelogue (Rihla [The Travels]) contains rich details about the people and the countries he visited. According to him, Egypt was rich then, because of the whole of the Indian trade with the West passed through it. Ibn Battuta tells us of caste in India and the practice of sati." Who is being talked about here?

1. Domingo Paes
2. Al Beruni
3. Abdur-Razzaq
4. Ibn Battuta

Q. All of them recorded their observations, which are very useful for us today to know the glory of the Vijayanagar Empire. Who are these people?

1. Abdur-Razzaq
2. Nicolo Conti
3. Domingo Paes
4. Ibn Battuta

Q. _____ visited the Vijayanagar Empire.

1. Nicoli Conti
2. Furneo Nuniz
3. Ashwagosha
4. Fa-Hien

Q. "Travallers’ accounts mostly by the visiting ___ and ___ scholars are given in the end."

1. Portuguese
2. French
3. Persia
4. Arab

Q. All of them recorded their observations, which are very useful for us today to know the glory of the Vijayanagar Empire. Who are these people?

1. Abdur-Razzaq
2. Nicolo Conti
3. Domingo Paes
4. Ibn Battuta

Q. "Travallers’ accounts mostly by the visiting ___ and ___ scholars are given in the end."

1. Portuguese
2. French
3. Persia
4. Arab

Q. The Persian ambassador who visited Vijayanagara Empire in 1443 was ______________.

1. Marco polo
2. Abdul Razak
3. Barbosa
4. Nikolo kanti

Q. "His travelogue (Rihla [The Travels]) contains rich details about the people and the countries he visited. According to him, Egypt was rich then, because of the whole of the Indian trade with the West passed through it. Ibn Battuta tells us of caste in India and the practice of sati." Who is being talked about here?

1. Abdur-Razzaq
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Domingo Paes
4. Al Beruni

Q. ___________, a Venetian traveller, visited South India when the Pandya kingdom was becoming the leading Tamil power in the 13th century.

1. Domingo Paes
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Al Beruni
4. Marco Polo

Q. _____________, an Arab-born Morocco scholar, travelled from Morocco to India.

1. Ibn Battuta
2. Domingo Paes
3. Al Beruni
4. Marco Polo

Q. The most accurate account of Mahmud’s Somnath expedition is that of __________.

1. Ibn Battuta
2. Marco Polo
3. Domingo Paes
4. Al Beruni