CUET History MCQs Unit V Medieval Society Through Travellers Accounts

Question : Which among the following was the book written by Al-Biruni?
(a) Rihla
(b) Kitab-ul-Hind
(c) Discovery of India
(d) Arthashastra

Answer : B

Question : Who Wrote ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’?
(a) Callin Mcenzie
(b) Al-Biruni
(c) Abdul Samad Lahori
(d) lbn-Battuta

Answer : B

Question : Ibn Battuta had set off for India in the year:
(a) 1221-1222 CE.
(b) 1332-1333 CE.
(c) 1347-1348 CE.
(d) 1411-1412 CE.

Answer : B

Question. Who were the Nagar Sheth?
(a) Head of the merchant community
(b) Head of the village community
(c) Head of the Village Panchayat
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Given below are two statements given by a foreign traveler Ibn-Battuta:, one labelled as Assertion(A) and the other as Reason (R).
A) Indian cities were very prosperous.
R) Indian cities were densely populate(d)
(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R)is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
(d) (R) is correct, but (A) is not correct

Answer : A

Question. Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind ?
(a) Francois Bernier
(b) Ibn Batuta
(c) Al-Biruni
(d) Sultan Mohammed

Answer : C

Question : Choose the correct option:
Who founded Delhi as a city full of exciting opportunities?
(a) Ibn-Battuta
(b) Al-Biruni
(c) Francois Bernier
(d) Karl Marx

Answer : A

Question : Who among the following belonged to Morocco?
(a) Ibn Battuta
(b) Al-Biruni
(c) Francois Bernier
(d) Abdul Samarandi

Answer : A

Question : Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) According to Ibn Battuta, the nut of the coconut tree looked similar to a man’s head.
(b) According to Bernier, the Indian peasantry was exploited by the landlords.
(c) Abdur Razzaq is perhaps the only historian who provided a detailed account of the working of the imperial karkhanas or workshops.
(d) Ibn Battuta gave a detailed account of slavery in India.

Answer : C

Question : What are the subjects on which travellers compiled their accounts?
(a) Affairs of the court
(b) Religious issues
(c) Architecture
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question : “Travels in the Mughal Empire” is an account of which of the following travellers to India?
(a) Albiruni
(b) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi
(c) Berneir
(d) Ibn Battuta

Answer : C

Question : The eldest son of Shah Jahan was:
(a) Dara Shukoh.
(b) Aurangzeb.
(c) Shah Shuja.
(d) Murad.

Answer : A

Question : Who is the author of Rihla?
(a) Mahmud Wali Balkhi
(b) Duarte Barbosa
(c) Ibn Battuta
(d) Al-Biruni

Answer : C

Question. To which king did Francois Bernier dedicate his major writings?
(a) Louis XIII
(b) Louis XIV
(c) Louis XV
(d) Louis XVI

Answer : B

Question. According to Bernier, one of the evils-effects of the crown ownership of land was :
1. Presence of ownership of land to the farmers
2. Absence of ownership of land to the farmers
3. Poor agricultural production
4. Large amount of investment
Which among the above options are correct?
(a) 1 &2
(b) 2 &3
(c) 3 & 4
(d) 2 & 4

Answer : B

Question : Where did Al-Biruni develop an interest in India?
(a) Ghazni
(b) Punjab
(c) China
(d) Syria

Answer : A

Question : Who wrote the book 'Kitab-ul-Hind'?
(a) Al-Biruni.
(b) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi.
(c) Ibn Juzayy.
(d) Ibn Battuta. 

Answer : A

Question : Bernier’s works were published in France in _____
.(a) 1668-69
(b) 1669-70
(c) 1670-71
(d) 1672-74

Answer : C

Question : Which of the following travellers was appointed as the qazi or judge of Delhi by the Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
(a) Al-BIruni
(b) Mahmood of Gaznavi
(c) Both A & B
(d) Ibn-Batuta

Answer : D

Question : Who wrote the book, “Travells In The Mughal Empire”?
(a) Francois Bernier
(b) John Marshall
(c) Callin Mcenzie
(d) James Princep

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following travelers was appointed as the Qazi or judge of Delhi by the Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
(a) Al-BIruni
(b) Mahmood of Gaznavi
(c) Both A & B
(d) Ibn-Batuta

Answer : D

Question. From whose account we do get the existence of efficient postal system?
(a) Al -biruni
(b) Ibn -Battuta
(c) Bernier
(d) Fa-hian

Answer : B

Question : Find out from the following pairs which one is correctly matched:
(a) Rihla : Francois Bernier
(b) Travels in the Mughal Empire : Ibn Batuta
(c) Kitab-ul-Hind : Al-Biruni

Answer : C

Question : Islamic Law is known as
(a) Shariya
(b) Samr
(c) Ulema
(d) All of these

Answer : A

Question : The chief of the merchant community, in urban centres, was known as:
(a) Nagarsheth.
(b) Mahajans.
(c) Mullas.
(d) Vaids.

Answer : A

Question : Which of the following cities, according to Ibn-Battut a, was the largest?
(a) Surat
(b) Delhi
(c) Daulatabad
(d) Agra

Answer : B

Question. Which among the following was the chief barrier faced by Al-Biruni in India?
(a) The language
(b) The religious practice
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of them

Answer : C

Question : The traveller whose account was compared with that of Marco Polo was
(a) Al-Biruni.
(b) Ibn Battuta.
(c) Ibn Juzayy.
(d) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi.

Answer : B

Question : Which of these French travellers came to during 17th century?
(a) Al-Biruni
(b) Ibn-Battuta
(c) Abul Fail
(d) Francois Bernier

Answer : D

Question : Which of the following traveller defined the distance between Sind and Delhi in Days?
(a) Ibn-Batuta
(b) Al-Beruni
(c) Mahmood Of Gaznavi
(d) Both A & B

Answer : A

Question. Who said ‘the subcontinent full of exciting opportunities’
(a) Albiruni
(b) Bernier
(c) Ibn Battuta
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question : According to Ibn Battuta's account, the city that rivalled Delhi was:
(a) Multan
(b) Gwalior
(c) Lahore
(d) Daulatabad

Answer : D

Question : The European traveller who visited India and China was
(a) Peter Mundy.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Francois Bernier.
(d) Antonio Monserrate.

Answer : B

Question : Who among the following travellers have mentioned “a strange nation” when he saw the populated port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode)?
(a) Albiruni
(b) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi
(c) Berneir
(d) Ibn Battuta

Answer : A

Question. Consider the following pairs:
1- Kitab-ul Hind : Al- Biruni
2- Rihala : Battuta
3- Ain- e - Akbari : Abdul Razzaq Smarqandi Which of the above Books is/are correctly matched to their authors?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3 only

Answer : A

Question : Who gave us the most important description of Vijayanagara in the 15th century?
(a) Ibn Battuta
(b) Abdur Razzaq
(c) Francois Bernier
(d) Marco Polo

Answer : B

Question : Which of the following travellers came to India during the 17th century?
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Antonio Monserrate
(c) Ibn Battuta
(d) Francois Bernier

Answer : D

Question : Al-Biruni was born in 973, in ________
(a) Syria
(b) Kabul
(c) Ghazni
(d) Khwarizm

Answer : D

Question : Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?
(a) Ibn Battuta
(b) Al-Biruni
(c) Francois Bernier
(d) Marco Polo

Answer : B