Previous Question of Early Medieval History

1. 1.Which is the correct statement  about Qutubuddin  

1. Originally a slave, Qutubuddin, because of his merit and loyal service was raised to the post of Viceroy by Muhammad Ghori. After Ghori’s death, Aibak ruled over Delhi and founded his dynasty.

2. Lahore and later, Delhi was his capital.

3. For his generosity, he was given the title of lakh Baksh.

4. He also began the construction of Qutub Minar in the honour of famous Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutub-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki.

5. Aibak was a great patron of learning, and patronised writers like Hasan-ul-Nizami, author of Taj-ul-Maasir and Fakhruddin, author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak-Shahi. 

6. He fell from the horse while playing chaugan (Polo) and died.

7. All statements are correct.

Ans - g)

2. ​​ILTUTMISH (AD 1211-1236) , which of the statement is true for him

1. He is considered to be the greatest slave king and the real consolidator of the Turkish conquest in India.

2. He made Delhi the capital in place of Lahore and was the son-in-law of Aibak.

3. During his period, the Mongols under their leader Changez Khan made their appearance for the first time in India. He saved Delhi Sultanate from the wrath of Changez Khan by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah Jalaluddin Mangobarni, to whom Changez Khan was chasing.

4. All are correct

Ans - d)

3. RAZIYA SULTAN (AD 1236-1240)

1. She was the first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Medieval India. Raziya successfully crushed the rebellion that occurred in Multan Lahore and Jhansi. 

2. She discarded the female apparel and started holding the court with her face unveiled.

3. Her attempt to create a party of nobles loyal to her and the appointment of non-Turk Yakut to the high office led to opposition.

4. There was again a serious rebellion in Bhatinda. Altunia, Governor of Bhatinda refused to accept the suzerainty of Razia. Razia, accompanied by Yakut, marched against Altunia.

5. In AD 1240, Razia, became the victim of the conspiracy and was assassinated near Kaithal (Haryana) by the jats. 

6. All are correct

Ans - f)

4. Bablan ascended the throne in 1265, after killing all members of Iltumish’s family, which statement is correct 

1. He himself was a member of the Chalisa or Chahlgani and restored the prestige of the crown.

2. He created a strong centralised army and established the military department Diwan-i-Arz. He ordered the separation of military affairs from the finance department (diwan-i-wazarat). -He also appointed spies.

3. He declared the Sultan as the ‘representative of God on the Earth’. The Persian court model influenced Balban’s conception of kingship. 

4. All are correct

Ans - d)

5. Which statement is correct 

1. Bablan took up the title Zil-i-Illahi (shadow of god) and impressed pon the people that king was the deputy of God (Niyabat-i-Khudai)

2. He refused to laugh and joke in the court, and even gave up drinking wine. To emphasise that the nobles were not his equals. 

3. He introduced Persian etiquettes like Sijda and Paibos (prostration before and kissing the monarch’s feet)

4. Balban started the festival of Nauroz. He adopted the policy of Blood and Iron.

5. He was a patron of Persian literature, and showed a special favour to Amir Khusro.

6. All are correct

Ans - f)

6. The Khalji Dynasty (AD 1290-1320) , which is incorrect about them

1. A group of Khalji nobles led by Jalaluddin Khlaji, overthrew the incompetent successors of Balban in AD 1290. 

2. The Khalji rebellion was welcomed by the non-Turkish nobility. -The Khaljis did not exclude the Turks from high offices, but ended the Turkish monopoly.

3. They ruled over whole india 

Ans - c)

7. Jalaluddin Khalji (AD 1290-1296) , which is true about following

1. He was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate to clearly put forward the view that the state should be based on the willing support of the governed and that since the large majority of the people in India were Hindus,the state in India could not be a truly Islamic state.

2. He adopted the policy of tolerance and avoiding harsh punishment.

3. The most important aspect of his reign was the invasion of Devagiri in 1294, by his nephew and son-in-law Alauddin Khalji.

4. He married his daughter to Ulugh Khan, a descendant of Changez Khan to win his goodwill.

5. All correct 

Ans - e)

8. Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316), which statement is correct 

1. He came to the throne by treacherously murdering his uncle and father-in-law Jalaluddin Khalji..

2. He firstly conquered Gujarat and married Raja’s wife Kamla Devi. He acquired Malik Kafur from there, then he captured Ranthambore, Chittor and Malwa.

3. Malik Kafur was sent towards the South to expand the territory.

4. He defeated Yadava king of Devagiri, Ramchandra Deva, Kakatiya king Partap Rudra Deva I, Hoysala king of Dwar Samudra Vira Ballala III and Pandyas of Madurai (King Mahavarman Kulshekhara).

5. All correct 

Ans - e)

9. What is true about ​​Alauddin Khalji initiatives .

1. First Sultan to have a permanent army. He paid soldiers in cash.

2. He introduced the system of Dagh or branding the horses and Chehra or detailed description of each Soldier.

3. He was the first Turkish Sultan who separated religion from politics. He proclaimed kingship knows no kinship.

4. He patronised many great poets in his court like Amir Kusro and Mir Hasan Dehlvi.

5. All are correct 

Ans - e)

10. Alauddin started market reforms , which is true about reforms.

1. controlled the market by many regulations.

2. Fixed the cost of all commodities.

3. He set-up free markets in Delhi.mistake in notes 

4. All goods for sale were brought to the open market called ‘Sarai-Adl’.

5. He established the market control department under a minister called diwan-i-riyasat.

6. Started universal trade with Persia.

7. All statements are correct

Ans - g)

11. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (AD 1320-1325)

1. Ghazi Malik or Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was the founder of Tuglaq dynasty 

Turks. 

2. He was the first Sultan of Delhi who took up the title of Ghazi or slayer of the infidels.

3. He liberalised Alauddin’s administrative policies and took a keen interest in construction of canals and formulated the famine policy. The judicial and police arrangements were made efficient.

4. He gave up the land measurement system and started the Batai System or sharing of crops.

5. He built the city of Tughlaqabad near Agra  and made it his capital.

Ans - e

12. Sufi saint, Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Aulia said Delhi is far away, in regard to him.

1. He died in 1325, after a fall from a high raised pavilion.

2. Ibn Battuta, the Moroccan traveller, who was in

Delhi at that time, opined that his death was due to sabotage arranged by his son, Jauna Khan

3. Both above are correct 

Ans - c

13. Which of the following is correct 

1. ​​Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq (AD 1325-1351) Jauna Khan ascended the throne under the name Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.

2. He was one of the most extraordinary kings who ever sat on the throne                     of Delhi. He was an expert in Arabic, Persian Astronomy, Philosophy, Maths and Medicine.

3. Taxing in the Doab (1326) ,the Sultan made an ill-advised financial experiment in the Doab between the Ganges and the Yamuna. 

4. Transfer of the Capital (1327) ,the most controversial step was the transfer of capital from Delhi to Deogiri. He renamed Deogiri as Daulatabad.

5. Introduction of Token Currency ,Muhammad Tughlaq decided to introduce Bronze coin, instead of the silver coin which would have the same value.

6. All are correct 

Ans - f)

14. Which of the following is correct 

1. Timur was the head of the Chaghati Turks and the ruler of Mongols in (Central Asia) invaded India in 1398, during the reign of Nasiruddin Muhammad Tughlaq.

2. He robbed people. He is said to have inflicted on India more misery than has ever before been done by a conqueror in a single invasion.

3. Timur nominated Khizr Khan to rule over Punjab and himself returned to Central Asia. 

4. He died on his way to conquer China in AD 1404.

5. All are correct 

Ans - e)

15.Which of the  statement is incorrect  

-Firoz Shah Tughlaq introduced a new system of taxation according to the Quran.

1. Kharaj: A land of 1/10 th of the procedure of land.

2. Zakat: 2.5% tax on property (by Muslim only)

3. Jizya: A tax by non-Muslims (even by Brahmins)

4. Khams: 1-6 th of the booty captured during war.

5. Nazat - 1/10 th on the income.

Ans - e)

16. THE SAYYID DYNASTY

(AD 1414-51)

1. Khizr Khan (1414-21) founded the Sayyid dynasty and claimed to have descended from the prophet of Islam.

2. He helped Timur in his invasion, so was given the governorship of Lahore.

3. Khizr Khan took the title of Rayat-i-Ala and not of a king. The coins were struck and Khutuba was read in the name of Timur and his successor Shahrukh.

4. He defeated Timur and ruled over Lahore 

Ans - d)

17. Which statement is correct  about Bahlol Lodhi ( 1451-1489)

1. Founder of the Lodhi dynasty in India.

2. He encouraged agriculture, For measurement of land, he introduced Gaj-i-Sikandari

3. He was a poet and wrote verse in Persian under the pen-name of Galrukhi.

4. He repaired the Qutub Minar.

5. All statements are correct

Ans - e)

18.About Ibrahim Lodhi (1517-1526) which is true statement 

1. Ibrahim Lodhi, the absolute power with the Sultan. As a result, some of the nobles turned against him. 

2. At last, Daulat Khan Lodhi, the Governor of Punjab, invited Baur to overthrow Ibrahim.

3. He was defeated and killed at the hands of Babur in the First Battle of Panipat in AD1526 and this marked the end of the Delhi Sultanate.

4. All Statements are true. 

Ans - d)

19. Which is wrongly matched 

1. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, Delhi Built by Qutubuddin Aibak.

2. Adhai din ka Jhopra Ajmer: Qutubuddin Aibak.

3. Alai Darwaja, Qutub Minar: Alauddin Khalji

4. Jamat Khan Masjid at dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya: Alauddin Khalji

5. Hauzkhas tank, Hazar Situn: Jalal udin  Khalji.

Ans - e)

20. Amir Khusro, which is not true about him

1. He was a Persian poet (AD 1253-1325) associated with royal courts of more than seven rulers of the Delhi Sultanate.

2. He was also a musician and invented the Sitar. He innovated Khayal (a style of singing)

3. In his book Tarikh-i-Alai, he gave an account of the conquests of Alauddin Khalji.

4. Khurso was also army commander 

5. His book Ashiqa, contains the love story of Deval Rani and Khizr Khan.

6. He also lived in the court of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and wrote Tughlaqnamah.

7. Khusro, founder of Urdu, known as Tuti-i-hind or ‘Parrot of India’.

Ans - d)

21. Kashmir History -Which of the following is incorrect.

1. Shamsuddin Shah became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir in AD 1339.

2. Zainulabdin (AD 1420-70) was the greatest ruler of Kashmir, also known as ‘Badshah’ and the Akbar of Kashmir

3. He accepted the policy of tolerance, introduced the art of shawl making in Kashmir, built Zaina Lanka and an artificial island in the Wular Lake.

4. Kashmir remained part of central asia even during mediaeval period 

Ans - d)