Theme 5 Quiz

Who among the following wrote the book, “Travells In The Mughal Empire”?

Consider the following statements.

1. Montesquieu used Bernier’s accounts to develop his idea of oriental despotism.

2. Bernier gave a detailed report on rural society.

3. According to Bernier, crown ownership of land was good for peasants.

4. Bernier considered Indian King was the king of beggars.

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The merchant community in western India was known as ?

Who among the following European travelers visited India and China?

Which of the one is correctly matched?

Consider the following statement(s) related to Rihla.

1. It dealt on the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.

2. Writer of this book was born in Tangier into one of the most respectable and educated families known for their expertise in Islamic religious law or shari‘a.

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Which of the following traveller defined the distance between Sind and Delhi in Days?

Which of the following statement is incorrect as per Ibn battuta’s description of the Indian communication system?

Who among the following travelers has mentioned “a strange nation” when he saw the populated port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode)?

Consider the following statements regarding the differences mentioned by Bernier between Mughal India and Europe in his account:

1. According to Bernier, there was a lack of private property in land in Mughal India while there was not such private ownership of land in Europe.

2. Bernier thought that in the Mughal Empire the emperor owned all the land and distributed it among his nobles and that this had been fruitful for the economy and society.

3. The absence of private property in land had, therefore, prevented the emergence of the class of “improving” landlords (as in Western Europe) with a concern to maintain or improve the land.

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