Through the Eyes of Travellers

Name the first Portugese traveller to come to India in the 16th Century

• Duarte Barbosa
• Christopher Columbus
• François Bernier
• Vasco da Gama

Which of the following languages was Al-biruni not well versed in?

• Syriac
• Arabic
• Greek
• Persian

Al Biruni wrote in

• Dutch
• Persian
• Arabic
• Sanskrit

Bernier was

• Dutch
• German
• French
• British

Which Mughal Prince was François Bernier a teacher to?

• Dara Shukoh
• Aurangzeb
• Shahjahan
• Jehangir

Al-Biruni wrote 'Kitab-ul-Hind' also known as :

• Rihla
• Tahkik-a-Hind
• the lonely traveller
• none of the above

According to Al-Biruni, which part of Brahman were Vaishyas created from?

• Head
• Feet
• Thigh
• Hands

Ibn Battuta received literary and scholastic education when he was quite young because

• it was the practice of the time.
• it was a family tradition.
• his father wanted him to be educated thus.
• he was Al Biruni's nephew.

Who wrote the book Kitab-ul-Hind?

• Ibn Juzayy
• Ibn Battuta
• Al-Biruni
• Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi

Which of the following developed the theory of the Asiatic mode of production?

• Duarte Barbosa
• Francois Bernier
• Immanuel Kant
• Karl Marx