According to Portuguese writer Nuniz, the women in Vijayanagara Empire were expert in which of the following areas? 1. Wrestling 2. Astrology 3. Accounting 4. Soothsaying Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q: (IAS/2021)
According to Portuguese writer Nuniz, the women in Vijayanagara Empire were expert in which of the following areas?
1. Wrestling
2. Astrology
3. Accounting
4. Soothsaying
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,142,45,14,3,28,142

keywords: 

{'vijayanagara empire': [0, 0, 2, 6], 'women': [9, 8, 22, 46], 'portuguese writer nuniz': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'areas': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'astrology': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'wrestling': [0, 0, 0, 5], 'expert': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'accounting': [0, 0, 0, 2]}

The question asks about the areas of expertise of women in the Vijayanagara Empire according to Portuguese writer Nuniz. Here`s a breakdown of each option:

Option 1 suggests that women were experts in wrestling, astrology, and accounting. This leaves out soothsaying.

Option 2 implies that women were experts in wrestling, accounting, and soothsaying but not astrology.

Option 3 argues that women were only experts in astrology and soothsaying, ignoring wrestling and accounting.

Option 4 proposes that women were experts in all listed fields: wrestling, astrology, accounting, and soothsaying.

The correct answer is Option 4 which means that the women of Vijayanagara Empire were well-versed in wrestling, astrology, accounting, and soothsaying, according to Nuniz. The other options exclude one or more areas, making them incomplete in terms of the given historical account from Nuniz.

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