1. Who among the following rulers divided
his troops into units of fifty, two hundred, two hundred fifty and five
hundred?
(A) Sikandar Lodi
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Islam Shah
(D) Akbar
2. Arrange the followings in correct
chronological order:
(i) Conquest of Gujarat
by Akbar.
(ii) Battle of Haldighati.
(iii) Introduction of the dagh system.
(iv) Introduction of the Ilahi era.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
3. Identify the dynasty which Rai Singh
Panj Hajari belonged to
(A) Rathore of Bikaner
(B) Rathore of Jodhpur
(C) Rathore of Kishangarh
(D) Rathore of Ratlam
4. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched?
(A) Second Battle of Panipat: Akbar vs. Ibrahim Lodi
(B) Battle
of Haldighati: Akbar vs. Rana Udai Singh
(C) Battle of Dharmat: Aurangzeb vs. Dara
(D) Battle
of Samugarh: Aurangzeb vs. Shuja
5. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a)
Khasa-isharifa (i) Trooper hired for the occasion
(b)
Sihbandi (ii) Emperor’s own establishment
(c)
Talab (iii) Transit duty
(d) Zakat (iv) Mansabdar’s pay claim
Codes:
(a)
(b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
6. ‘The cities look attractive from a
distance, but inside them all the splendor is lost in the narrowness of the
streets and the bustling of the crowds.’
The above comment on the Mughal Indian
cities was made by
(A) Father Monserrate
(B) Sir Thomas Roe
(C) Peter Mundi
(D) Tavernier
7. Who stated that “Twenty thousand men
worked incessantly to construct Taj Mahal”?
(A) Mannuci
(B) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(C) Tavernier
(D) Shah Nawaz Khan
8. Given below are two statements, one
labelled Assertion (A) and other labelled Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Many Mughal nobles carried
on trade in their own name, or in partnership with merchants.
Reason (R): As Governor of Bengal, Mir
Jumla tried to monopolies trade in all important commodities.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct? Select your answer from the codes given below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is
the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is
not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
9. Which historian called the Indian
merchants engaged in over-seas trade as peddlers?
(A) N. Steensgaard
(B) Om
Prakash
(C) Van Leur
(D) Ashin Das Gupta
10. Which of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
Authors Books
(A) Sunil Kumar: The Emergence of the Delhi
Sultanate
(B) Catherine B. Asher
and Cynthia Talbot:India before Europe
and Cynthia Talbot:
(C) Harbans Mukhia: The Mughals of India
(D) Farhat Hasan: Writing the Mughal World
11. Consider the names of the following
Mughal emperors of the Eighteenth century:
(i) Alamgir II
(ii) Ahmad Shah
(iii) Jahandar Shah
(iv) Muhammad Shah
Which among the following sequences represents the correct chronological order of these Mughal emperors? Select your answer from the codes given below:
(A) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(D) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
12. Which of the following statements are
not correct?
1. Iltutmish’s tomb is an indication of
the mixing of the Hindu and Muslim traditions of architecture.
2. First true arch was used in the tomb
of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud.
3. The horse shoe arch was used for the
first time in the construction of Alai Darwaza.
4. Architectural device known as double
dome was not used in any building constructed during the Sultanate period.
Select your answer from the codes given below:
(A) 1, 3, 4
(B) 2, 4
(C) 1, 3
(D) 2, 3, 4
13. The period from 1236 to 1296
witnessed the reign of
(A) Five Sultans
(B) Seven Sultans
(C) Ten Sultans
(D) Twelve Sultans
14. Which of the following statements is
not correct?
(A) In Delhi Sultanate use of slave labour
in craft production was significant.
(B) Slaves were also used for unskilled,
domestic work.
(C) Sultan FiruzTughlaq had 12,000
artisans among his slaves.
(D) Immigrant Muslim masons were employed
for the construction of Sultanate buildings, including both mosques and tombs.
15. Which crops were not cultivated in India
during the Sultanate period?
1. Potato
2. Barley
3. Sesame
4. Maize
Select your answer from the codes given below:
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 1, 2
(C) 1, 4
(D) 3, 4
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