2025 · Q43
Who among the following travellers reported the use of seed drill on the Karnataka coast which is considered to be the earliest reference of the presence of the device in India?
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- ADuarte Barbosa
- BAbdur Razzaq
- CAfanasy Nikitin
- DNiccolo Conti
Explanation
The Portuguese factor Duarte Barbosa, who visited the Vijayanagara empire and the Kanara (Karnataka) coast in the early 16th century, reported the use of the seed drill by local cultivators — considered the earliest reference to the device in India. Abdur Razzaq was a Persian ambassador to Vijayanagara, Afanasy Nikitin a Russian traveller, and Niccolo Conti an Italian traveller, none of whom reported the seed drill. Hence the traveller is Duarte Barbosa.