CBSE Class 12 (Arts) Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society — practice questions
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Practice CBSE Class 12 (Arts) Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society in the app →Al-Biruni's birthplace, Khwarizm, lies in the present-day country ofAfter invading Khwarizm in 1017, Sultan Mahmud took Al-Biruni to which capital?In which language did Al-Biruni write the Kitab-ul-Hind?Into how many chapters is Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind divided?Scholars say the precise structure of the Kitab-ul-Hind owed much to Al-Biruni's ___ orientation.For his Brahmana friends, Al-Biruni translated the works of which Greek mathematician into Sanskrit?Whose work on grammar did Al-Biruni translate from Sanskrit into Arabic?Al-Biruni read Plato in Arabic translation because he did not knowThe word Hindu comes from an Old Persian term for the region east of which river?In their earliest use, the words Hindu and Hindustan indicatedWhich was the first barrier to understanding India that Al-Biruni listed?Al-Biruni named which of these as the third barrier to understanding India?Al-Biruni relied almost exclusively on the works of which group to understand Indian society?Comparing with Persia, Al-Biruni noted how many social categories in ancient Persia?Al-Biruni pointed out that within Islam all men were equal, differing only inWhich natural example did Al-Biruni use to argue against the notion of pollution?In Al-Biruni's account of the varnas, the Shudra were created from which part of Brahman?The term antyaja, used for groups at the bottom of the social order, literally meansIn real life, antyaja groups were expected toIbn Battuta, author of the Rihla, came from which country?What is the name of Ibn Battuta's book of travels?Ibn Battuta's family was known for its expertise inIn which year did Ibn Battuta reach Sind on his way to India?Which Delhi Sultan, a patron of arts and letters, did Ibn Battuta set out to meet?The Sultan impressed by his scholarship appointed Ibn Battuta to which post in Delhi?In 1342 the Sultan sent Ibn Battuta as his envoy to whom?The Chinese port of Zaytun, visited by Ibn Battuta, is now known asHow long did Ibn Battuta stay in the Maldives as qazi on his first visit?Ibn Battuta's account is often compared with that of Marco Polo, who set out fromAccording to Ibn Battuta, travel from Multan to Delhi took aboutOn the road from Multan to Delhi, Ibn Battuta's caravan wasWho wrote down what Ibn Battuta dictated about his travels?Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi, a diplomat from Herat, visited south India in theWhich traveller of the 1620s was so fascinated by India that he became a sort of sanyasi?Shaikh Ali Hazin, who came to north India in the 1740s, wasAbdur Razzaq described the people of Calicut asAbdur Razzaq admired an idol-house covered in cast bronze near which port?Ibn Battuta said the nut of the coconut tree resemblesIbn Battuta noted that coconut cords sewed ships together instead of usingHow many gates did Ibn Battuta count in the city of Delhi?Which gate of Delhi did Ibn Battuta call the greatest?Ibn Battuta said the wall around Delhi was how broad?Which city in Maharashtra, according to Ibn Battuta, easily rivalled Delhi in size?What was the market of singers in Daulatabad called?Ibn Battuta found Indian bazaars were centres of social life because most of them hadThe postal system let spies' news reports reach the Sultan in how many days?What was the horse-post of the Delhi Sultanate called, according to Ibn Battuta?The foot-post, with three stations per mile, was calledWhat did a foot-post courier shake to alert the next runner?Besides being a political philosopher and historian, Bernier was aBernier served as physician to which Mughal prince?For how many years, from 1656 to 1668, was Bernier in India?Bernier dedicated his major writing to which king?Bernier's writings on India were published in France inBy camp towns Bernier meant towns that depended for survival onBernier claimed that Indian society had no group in the position ofMontesquieu used Bernier's account to develop which idea?Karl Marx developed which concept for pre-colonial Asian societies?Abu'l Fazl called the land revenue demanded by the Mughal stateIn the seventeenth century, roughly what share of India's people lived in towns?In western India, the chief of a merchant mahajan was called theWhich Dutch traveller, like Bernier, was shocked by widespread poverty in India?Which Jesuit translated Indian texts into European languages?Indians such as Mirza Abu Talib who visited which continent after 1750 produced their own version of India?Bernier presented India as the inverse of Europe, a method described asIbn Battuta reported that slaves in the subcontinent were openly sold in markets likePleased by a sermon, the Sultan gave the preacher Nasiruddin a hundred thousand tankas and how many slaves?Ibn Battuta found slaves especially indispensable for carrying people onWhich practice of women did Bernier describe in detail?Women from merchant families sometimes took mercantile disputes toWhich dates mark the lifespan of Ibn Battuta?Bernier compared India with Europe mainly in order toBernier thought crown ownership of land was harmful to