Q. Who among the following was Russian traveler visited southern India during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries?

[A] Ibn Battutah

[B] Nikitin

[C] Domingo Paes

[D] Nuniz

Answer: B
Notes:

Explanation: Several foreign visitors who came to South India during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries wrote about their travels which throw useful light on the political, social, and cultural aspects. Of them, Ibn Battutah a Moroccan traveller (1333-45), Abdur Razzak from Persia (1443–45), Nikitin, a Russian (1470–74), the Portuguese visitors Domingo Paes and Nuniz (1520–35) provide remarkably rich information.

Source: Tamil Nadu NCERT

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