1. What new stylistic feature is found in the Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan Telangani built at Delhi under the Sultans of Delhi?
(A) Use of white marble against red sand stone
(B) True Arch
(C) Double Dome
(D) Octagonal in planning


2. Which styles of the Sultanate painting paved the way in the foundation of the Mughal style of painting?
(A) Chaurapanchasika, Laur Chanda and Indo-Persian
(B) Pala, Kashmiri and Laur Chanda
(C) Chaurpanchasika, Kashmiri and Indo-Persian
(D) Indo-Persian, Pala and Kashmiri


3. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Sultans of Delhi managed to consolidate an empire comprising a large part of India with their military power.
Reason (R): The main feature of the Delhi Sultanate was that the sultans based their military power with military elite bound together by Islam and certain tribal affinities.

 Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.


4. The first reference of ‘Turkan-i-Chihalgani’ has been made in
(A) Tabqat-i-Nasiri
(B) Futuh-us-Salatin
(C) KitaburRehla
(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh


5. Which Mongol general defeated Alauddin Khalji?
(A) Qadar
(B) Qutlugh Khwaja
(C) Targi
(D) Iqbalmand


6. Diwan-i-Khalsa was responsible to look after the
(A) Land under continuous cultivation
(B) Revenue free land granted as rewards
(C) Land under the direct control of the State
(D) Fallow land


7. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I                        List – II
(a) Malgujar       (i) Hereditary Muslim aristocrats
(b) Mufti             (ii) Local Muslim Association
(c) Anjuman      (iii) Muslim learned person expert in religious law
(d) Khanazad    (iv) Landholding primary zamindar

 Codes:
        (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)


8. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I                                    List – II
(a) Hundi            (i) Mughal Imperial Order
(b) Dastak          (ii) bill of exchange
(c) Sanad           (iii) Advance paid to the primary producers
(d) Dadani          (iv) Permit issued to the European 
                                traders for the purpose of tax exemption

 Codes:
        (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)


9. When did the nine cusped arches was for the first time used in Muslim architecture in India?
(A) Buildings of Sikandar Lodi
(B) Buildings of Sher Shah
(C) Buildings of NurJahan
(D) Buildings of Shah Jahan


10. Who amongst the following commented on the rule of the First Afghan Empire in India that ‘there was an opportunity to establish in India the constitutional monarchy but the dissensions amongst the Afghan nobles let the opportunity pass away’?
(A) K.A. Nizami
(B) Peter Jackson
(C) R.P. Tripathi
(D) John F. Richards


11. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Alauddin Khalji?
(A) He established the department called ‘Diwan-i-Kohi’
(B) ZiyauddinBarni criticizes Alauddin’s taxation policy
(C) Malik Fakhruddin, the Kotwalwas loyal to him
(D) His son Qutbuddin Mubarak Khalji declared himself the ‘Caliph’


12. The title of ‘Mujaddid’ was conferred to which Mughal Emperor by the contemporary historians?
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb


13. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I                          List – II
(a) Ramanuja           (i) Pushti Marg
(b) Chaitanya           (ii) Nirguna Bhakti
(c) Vallabhacharya  (iii) Vishitadvaita Philosophy
(d) Nanak                (iv) Gaudiya Vaishnavism

 Codes:
        (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)


14. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I                                    List – II
(a) Qadiriya Order            (i) Shaikh Badruddin Samarkhandi
(b) Naqsbandiah Order    (ii) Shah Abdullah
(c) Firdausi Order            (iii) Khwaja Baqi Billah
(d) Shuttari Order            (iv) Shah Nayamatullah

 Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)


15. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I                        List – II
(a) Masand             (i) A deputy of the Sikh Guru
(b) Sahajdari           (ii) Non-Khalsa Sikhs
(c) Sardeshmukhi   (iii) A term for Maratha revenue demand
(d) Dal Khalsa        (iv) Sikh religious organization

 Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)