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Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
Travelers to IndiaThe country they belonged to
(A) Duarte Barbosa(I) Turkey
(B) Seydi Ali Reis(II) Italy
(C) Marco Polo(III) Morocco
(D) Ibn Batuta(IV) Portugal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

(A) Duarte Barbosa → (IV) Portugal - Portuguese writer and officer who documented Indian society in the early 16th century.

(B) Seydi Ali Reis → (I) Turkey - Ottoman Turkish admiral who traveled to India in the 16th century.

(C) Marco Polo → (II) Italy - Famous Venetian merchant-explorer from Italy who traveled to Asia in the 13th century.

(D) Ibn Batuta → (III) Morocco - Moroccan scholar and explorer who extensively documented his travels to India in the 14th century.

Hence, Option 1: (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III) → This correctly matches all four travelers with their respective countries of origin - Duarte Barbosa from Portugal, Seydi Ali Reis from Turkey, Marco Polo from Italy, and Ibn Batuta from Morocco → correct

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