Famous Travellers

Q. Who created the first map of the world?

1. Ibn Batuta
2. Marco Polo
3. Gerardus Mercator
4. Thomas Cook

Q. Who draws or produces maps?

1. Calligrapher
2. Mapographer
3. Cartographer
4. Cacographer

Q. Marco Polo was an _______ traveller.

1. Italian
2. Spanish
3. English
4. American

Q. A cartographer is a person who draws or produces which among the following?

1. Maps
2. Maps and cartoons
3. Cartoons and paintings
4. Paintings

Q. Who is known to have created one of the first maps of the world?

1. Ibn Batuta
2. Marco Polo
3. Benjamin of Tudela
4. Gerardus Mercator

Q. Ibn Batuta travelled across the world during the _________.

1. 14th century
2. 15th century
3. 16th century
4. 13th century

Q. Who wrote 'Maza Pravas'?

1. Abhijeet Deshpande
2. Vishnubhat Godse
3. Rani Lakshmibai
4. Gaurav Punj

Q. This fearless Spanish travelled to France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Syria, Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Persia, India, and China. He is thought to be the very first European traveler to approach the frontiers of China. Identify the traveller.

1. Ibn Batuta
2. Marco Polo
3. Benjamin of Tudela
4. Gerardus Mercator

Q. Who wrote Maza Pravas, the Marathi travelogue?

1. Gerardus Mercator
2. Vishnubhat Godse
3. Marco Polo
4. Ibn Batuta

Q. Which of the following spiritual leaders are said to have travelled to India in the Middle Ages?

1. Sant Namdev
2. Sant Eknath
3. Guru Nanak
4. Gautama Buddha

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about Marco Polo?

1. He was an American traveller.
2. He stayed in China for 7 years.
3. His writings talk about the culture, the flora and fauna, the social life, and trade systems of Asia.
4. He introduced India and China to the Europeans in the Thirteenth Century.

Q. I was an Italian traveller, and I was said to have introduced India and China to the Europeans. My writings talk about the culture, the flora and fauna, the social life, and trade systems of Asia. Who am I?

1. Ibn Batuta
2. Gerardus Mercator
3. Marco Polo
4. Benjamin of Tudela

Q. Benjamin of Tudela was a traveller in which of the following time periods?

1. 10th century
2. 11th century
3. 12th century
4. 13th century

Q. This brave traveller spent thirty years travelling. He is from the 14th century. His writings delve deep into the cultural and social norms of the medieval period. He is considered to be one of the most extensive travellers of the Islamic world. Identify the traveller.

1. Malik bin Deenar
2. Ibn Batuta
3. Moulai Abdullah
4. Gerardus Mercator

Q. A person called 'X' from the 14th century, travelled to most of the Islamic world. He had once made a solemn promise to himself that he would never travel using the same route twice. Who is 'X'?

1. Vasco De Gama
2. Abdur Razzaq
3. Ibn Batuta
4. Al-Biruni

Q. I am one of the most well-known travellers from the state of Maharashtra in India. I travelled during turbulent times, when the Revolt of 1857 was in full swing. Who am I?

1. Kabir Das
2. Vishnubhat Godse
3. Rani Lakshmibai
4. Guru Nanak

Q. The accounts of whose travels explain extensively about Rani Lakshmibai?

1. Marco Polo
2. Ibn Batuta
3. Vishnubhat Godse
4. Gerardus Mercator