{"id":86699,"date":"2025-06-01T04:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T04:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=86699"},"modified":"2025-06-01T04:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T04:18:55","slug":"jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/","title":{"rendered":"Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the following European travellers and made him a Mansabdar of 400 sawar?<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”William Hawkins” option2=”Ralph Fitch” option3=”William Finch” option4=”Thomas Coryat” correct=”option1″]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n
UPSC Geoscientist – 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Download PDF<\/a>Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nWilliam Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1609, representing the English East India Company to seek permission to trade in Surat. Hawkins was fluent in Turkish (Chagatai Turkish), which was Jahangir’s first language. Impressed by Hawkins’s language skills and personality, Jahangir took a liking to him, granted him a mansab of 400 sawar, and gave him the title ‘English Khan’. This was a notable favour shown to a European at the Mughal court.
\n<\/section>\n
\nWilliam Hawkins was the European traveller whose Turkish fluency impressed Emperor Jahangir, leading to him being granted a mansab.
\n<\/section>\n
\nRalph Fitch (late 16th century) was one of the earliest English travellers to India, preceding Jahangir’s reign. William Finch was also an English merchant and companion of Hawkins for part of his journey. Thomas Coryat was an English traveller who visited India during Jahangir’s reign but is known for his eccentric journey on foot and his book “Crudities”.
\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the following European travellers and made him a Mansabdar of 400 sawar? [amp_mcq option1=”William Hawkins” option2=”Ralph Fitch” option3=”William Finch” option4=”Thomas Coryat” correct=”option1″] This question was previously asked in UPSC Geoscientist – 2020 Download PDFAttempt Online William Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court … <\/p>\n

Detailed SolutionJahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1091],"tags":[1288,1391,1122],"class_list":["post-86699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-geoscientist","tag-1288","tag-jahangir","tag-medieval-history-of-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\nJahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"William Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1609, representing the English East India Company to seek permission to trade in Surat. Hawkins was fluent in Turkish (Chagatai Turkish), which was Jahangir's first language. Impressed by Hawkins's language skills and personality, Jahangir took a liking to him, granted him a mansab of 400 sawar, and gave him the title 'English Khan'. This was a notable favour shown to a European at the Mughal court. William Hawkins was the European traveller whose Turkish fluency impressed Emperor Jahangir, leading to him being granted a mansab.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"William Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1609, representing the English East India Company to seek permission to trade in Surat. Hawkins was fluent in Turkish (Chagatai Turkish), which was Jahangir's first language. Impressed by Hawkins's language skills and personality, Jahangir took a liking to him, granted him a mansab of 400 sawar, and gave him the title 'English Khan'. This was a notable favour shown to a European at the Mughal court. William Hawkins was the European traveller whose Turkish fluency impressed Emperor Jahangir, leading to him being granted a mansab.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T04:18:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll","description":"William Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1609, representing the English East India Company to seek permission to trade in Surat. Hawkins was fluent in Turkish (Chagatai Turkish), which was Jahangir's first language. Impressed by Hawkins's language skills and personality, Jahangir took a liking to him, granted him a mansab of 400 sawar, and gave him the title 'English Khan'. This was a notable favour shown to a European at the Mughal court. William Hawkins was the European traveller whose Turkish fluency impressed Emperor Jahangir, leading to him being granted a mansab.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll","og_description":"William Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1609, representing the English East India Company to seek permission to trade in Surat. Hawkins was fluent in Turkish (Chagatai Turkish), which was Jahangir's first language. Impressed by Hawkins's language skills and personality, Jahangir took a liking to him, granted him a mansab of 400 sawar, and gave him the title 'English Khan'. This was a notable favour shown to a European at the Mughal court. William Hawkins was the European traveller whose Turkish fluency impressed Emperor Jahangir, leading to him being granted a mansab.","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T04:18:55+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/","name":"Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T04:18:55+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T04:18:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"William Hawkins, an English merchant, arrived at the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1609, representing the English East India Company to seek permission to trade in Surat. Hawkins was fluent in Turkish (Chagatai Turkish), which was Jahangir's first language. Impressed by Hawkins's language skills and personality, Jahangir took a liking to him, granted him a mansab of 400 sawar, and gave him the title 'English Khan'. This was a notable favour shown to a European at the Mughal court. William Hawkins was the European traveller whose Turkish fluency impressed Emperor Jahangir, leading to him being granted a mansab.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/jahangir-got-impressed-by-the-turkish-fluency-of-which-one-of-the-foll\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC Geoscientist","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-geoscientist\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jahangir got impressed by the Turkish fluency of which one of the foll"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}