UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 80
Which one of the following foreign travellers elaborately discussed about diamonds and diamond mines of India ?
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Correct answer: B
Correct Option: B
Explanation: Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, a French jeweller and merchant who travelled widely in seventeenth-century India, recorded detailed accounts of diamond trading and mines.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - Bernier described Mughal India but is not the traveller especially noted for detailed Indian diamond-mine accounts.
B: Correct - Correct-Tavernier wrote extensively on diamonds, including Indian mines.
C: Incorrect - Jean de Thévenot visited India, but he is not the principal diamond specialist in the options.
D: Incorrect - Abbé Carré wrote travel accounts, not the best-known detailed diamond-mine survey.