Last Year History 12 (CBSE) 1 Mark Questions (MCQs)
THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS
1. Which of the following is a not a characteristic of the Ibn Battuta's book,
Rihla? All india 2020
(a) This book is written is Persian.
(b) It provides rich and interesting details if the social and cultural life in the cuvcontinent.
(c) This book contains the travel experiences of the author.
(d) This book is an inportant source of knowledge.
2. In India, the postal system is of two kinds, viz ulug and dawa according to
(a) Al Biruni
(b) Francois Bernier
(c) In Battuta
(d) Fa-Hien
3. Sultan was impressed by the scholarship of Ibn Battuta and appointed him the gazi or Judge of Delhi.
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
4. Francois Bernier was in India during Mughal empire from?
(a) 1650 to 1660
(b) 1656 to 1668
(c) 1615 to 1625
(d) 1656 to 1666
5. Who noted that in Persia there were four social categories like knights and princes, monks, five priests and lawyers?
(a) Al-Biruni
(b) Ibn Battuta
(c) Francois Bernier
(d) None of these
6. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind?
(a) Ibn Batuta
(b) Al-Biruni
(c) Francois Bernier
(d) Abdur Razzaq
7. Who is the author of 'Rihla', the book of travels?
(a) Bernier
(c) Fa-Hien
(b) Al-Biruni
(d) Ibn Batuta
8. Who were the Nagar Sheth?
(a) Chief of the merchant community
(b) Physicians
(c) Painters
(d) None of the above
9. Duarte Barbosa, an ambassador came from which country?
(a) Italy
(c) Russia
(b) France
(d) Portugal
10. What do you understand by Metrology?
(a) Science of Astronomy
(b) Science of Measurement
(c) Science of Weather
(d) None of the above
11. Where is Daulatabad situated?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
12. Who is the author of Padmavat?
(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(b) Al Beruni
(c) Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) None of the above
13. What do you mean by the term Alakh?
(a) Formless
(b) Unseen
(c) Emptiness
(d) None of these .
14. Consider the following statements regarding Al-Beruni.
I. He wrote in Arabic.
II. He was not familiar with other languages like Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit.
Choose the correct
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
15. Assertion (A) Al-Biruni wrote a voluminous text, Kitab-ul-Hind in Arabic which was divided into 80 chapters.
Reason (R) Al-Biruni wrote this book from his mathematical orientation with precision and predictability.
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(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
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