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1. 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
2. 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
3. To which king did Francois Bernier dedicate his major writings?
A. Louis XIII
B. Louis XIV
C. Louis XV
D. Louis XVI
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. Who said ‘the subcontinent full of exciting opportunities’
A. Albiruni
B. Bernier
C. Ibn Battuta
D. None of the above
9. Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind ?
A. Francois Bernier
B. Ibn Batuta
C. Al-Biruni
D. Sultan Mohammed
10. From whose account we do get the existence of efficient postal system?
A. Al -biruni
B. Ibn -Battuta
C. Bernier
D. Fa-hian
11. Al-Biruni was born in 973, in ________
A. Syria
B. Kabul
C. Ghazni
D. Khwarizm
12. Which among the following was the book written by Al-Biruni?
A. Rihla
B. Kitab-ul-Hind
C. Discovery of India
D. Arthashastra
13. Who founded Delhi as a city full of exciting opportunities?
A. Ibn-Battuta
B. Al-Biruni
C. Francois Bernier
D. Karl Marx
14. 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.
15. Where did Al-Biruni develop an interest in India?
A. Ghazni
B. Punjab
C. China
D. Syria
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