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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2026General Studies
Question
Consider the following pairs : 1. Duarte Barbosa : Portuguese 2. Nicolo de' Conti : Russian 3. Afanasy Nikitin : Italian How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Options
- A Only one pair
- B Only two pairs
- C All the three pairs
- D None of the pairs
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Correct Answer
A Only one pair
Model Answer
- Duarte Barbosa was a Portuguese traveller and writer who visited the Vijayanagara empire in the early sixteenth century and left a detailed description of its trade and administration. Hence, pair 1 is correctly matched.
- Nicolo de' Conti was an Italian merchant of Venice who visited Vijayanagara in about 1420 during the reign of Devaraya I and not a Russian. Hence, pair 2 is not correctly matched.
- Afanasy Nikitin was a Russian merchant of Tver who travelled to the Bahmani kingdom in the fifteenth century and wrote the Journey Beyond Three Seas. He was not an Italian. Hence, pair 3 is not correctly matched.
- Abdur Razzaq, a Persian, and Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz, both Portuguese, are the other well known visitors to Vijayanagara.