Foreign Travelers in Ancient India Quiz

Question 1

_____ was a Chinese traveler who visited India in the 5th century.

Accepted Answer

Fahien

Answer

Yijing

Answer

Xuanzang

Answer

Megasthenes

Question 2

_____ was a Greek traveler who visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

Accepted Answer

Megasthenes

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Pliny

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Diodorus

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Strabo

Question 3

_____ was a famous Chinese traveler who visited India in the 7th century.

Accepted Answer

Xuanzang

Answer

Fahien

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Yijing

Answer

Marco Polo

Question 4

_____ was a Greek geographer who provided detailed information about India based on 'Indica'.

Accepted Answer

Strabo

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Ptolemy

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Pliny the Elder

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Diodorus

Question 5

_____ was an Italian traveler who visited India in the 13th century.

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Answer

Vasco da Gama

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Ibn Battuta

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Al-Beruni

Question 6

_____ was a Moroccan traveler who visited India in the 14th century.

Accepted Answer

Ibn Battuta

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Al-Beruni

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Marco Polo

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Vasco da Gama

Question 7

_____ was a Persian scholar who visited India in the 11th century and studied Sanskrit and Hindu culture.

Accepted Answer

Al-Beruni

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Firdausi

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Ibn Battuta

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Omar Khayyam

Question 8

_____ was a Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route to India in 1498.

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

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Christopher Columbus

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Ferdinand Magellan

Question 9

_____ was a Chinese Buddhist monk who visited India in the 8th century and studied Buddhist philosophy.

Accepted Answer

Yijing

Answer

Fahien

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Xuanzang

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Bodhidharma

Question 10

Megasthenes' book _____ is an important source for understanding the political and social system of ancient India.

Accepted Answer

Indica

Answer

Rajatarangini

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Bharat Varnan

Answer

Si Yu Ki

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