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Topic Foreign travellers' accounts
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 3 years (2021–2024), peaking in 2021.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2021
- Recurs across 2 years (2021–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2021 → NDA 2024
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 2) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
NDA2024
Domingo Paes describes a king in these words : 'Of medium height, and of fair complexion and good figure, rather fat than thin; he has on his face signs of smallpox'. Identify the king from the options given below.
- A Krishnadeva Raya ✓
- B Ram Raya
- C Devaraya II
- D Devaraya I
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Medieval India
CDS2021
Domingo Paes, the medieval traveller, has described the city of
- A Madurai
- B Vijayanagara ✓
- C Arikamedu
- D Gingee
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Medieval India
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