UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I · Question 70
Question 70 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I (4 August 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.
Abdur Razzak, the traveler to Vijayanagar, had referred to the presence of a number of flower merchants in Vijayanagar and noted a particular flower that seemed as necessary as food to the people of that part. Which variety of flower was being referred to by Abdur Razzak?
- Jasmine
- Lotus
- Hibiscus
- Rose
विजयनगर का भ्रमण करने वाले यात्री अब्दुर रज्ज़ाक ने विजयनगर में अनेक पुष्प व्यापारियों की उपस्थिति का उल्लेख किया था और एक विशेष पुष्प का उल्लेख किया था जो वहाँ के लोगों को भोजन जितना आवश्यक प्रतीत होता था। अब्दुर रज्ज़ाक द्वारा किस प्रजाति के पुष्प का उल्लेख किया गया?
- चमेली
- कमल
- गुड़हल
- गुलाब
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Answer: (4) Rose
उत्तर: (4) गुलाब
Abdur Razzaq, the Persian envoy of the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh who visited Vijayanagara in the 1440s, wrote that roses were sold everywhere and that the people could not live without roses, looking upon them as quite as necessary as food.