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I. Multiple Choice Questions.
(i) The Mongols invaded the Delhi Sultanate under the leadership of
(a) Akbar (b) Genghiz Khan (c) Alauaddin Khilji (d) Khizr Khan
(ii) Iqtadar was also known as
(a) Manager (b) Accountant (c) Landlord (d) Muqti
(iii) Aluaddin constructed a new garrison town for his soilders. The name of this town was
(a) Siri (b) Adilabad (c) Jahanpanah (d) Firuzabad.
(iv) ........... introduced 'token' currency.
(a) Muhammad Tughluq (b) Alauddin Khalji (c) Khizr Khan (d) Razziya
(v) Which one is not in the case of Razziya?
(a) She was the daughter of Iltutmish (b) She was very talented (c) She was an able administrator (d) She ruled happily till her death
(vi) Who among the following was not a Turkish ruler?
(a) Khizr khan (b) Raziyya (c) Balban (d) Iltutmish
(vii) Both Aluaddin Khilji and Mahummad Tughluq raised a large standing army in order to check the
(a) Mughal attack (b) Mongol attack (c) Lodi attack (d) None of these
Ans. (i) - (b), (ii) - (d), (iii) - (a), (iv) - (a), (v) - (a), (vi) - (b), (vii) - (b).
II. Fill in the blanks.
(i) The Delhi Sultanate comprised ................ dynasties.
(ii) Qutbuddin Aibak founded the .............. dynasty after the death of Muhammad Ghori.
(iii) Raziyya was the only female Sultan of Delhi who succeeded .............. .
(iv) During Alauddin Khilji 's region the .............. invaded India several times.
(v) .............. controlled the prices of goods in Delhi.
(vi) Sher shah captured delhi and established his own dynasty known as ........... dynasty.
Ans. (i) five (ii) Slave (iii) Iltutmish (iv) Mongols (v) Alauddin Khilji (vi) Suri
III. Write T for true and F for false.
(i) The Mongols never dared to attack on the Delhi Sultanate during the region of Alauddin Khilji.
(ii) The authors of Tawarikh were just literate men.
(iii) The Delhi Sultans built several mosques in cities all over the sub-continent.
(iv) The 'token' currency introduced by Mahummad Tughluq was made of gold and silver.
(v) Sher Shah's administration became the model for Akbar who followed the same pattern of administration while consolidating the Mughal empire.
Ans. (i) - F, (ii) - F, (iii) - T, (iv) - F, (v) - T.
IV. Match the following.
Column A Column B
(i) Imam (a) built in the regin of Muhammad Tughluq
(ii) Sermon (b) Kharaj
(iii) Moth ki masjid (c) Muslim spiritual leader
(iv) Begumpuri mosque (d) Favoured slaves
(v) Taxes on cultivation (e) built in the region of sikandar lodi
(vi) Iltutmish (f) Khutba
Ans. (i) - (c), (ii) - (f), (iii) - (e), (iv) - (a), (v) - (b), (vi) - (d) .
V. Very Short answer type question :
Q1. Who defeated the Tomar Rajputs and when?
Ans. The Chauhans of Ajmer defeated the tomar Rajputs in the middle of the 12th century.
Q2. When did the Delhi Sultanate lay its foundation ?
Ans. The delhi sultanate laid its foundation in the beginning of thr 13th century .
Q3. Name the five dynasties that together made the Delhi Sultanate .
Ans. (i) Slave dynasty (Early Turkish rulers) 1206-1290
(ii) Khalji dynasty 1290-1320
(iii) Tughluq dynasty 1320-1414
(iv) Sayyid dynasty 1414-1451
(v) Lodi dynasty 1451-1526.
Q4. Mention the sources that provide a lot of information about the Delhi Sultans.
Ans. Inscriptions, coins, architecture and history written in persian by learned authors are some of the most important sources that provide a lot of information about the delhi sultans.
Q5. Why did the authors of tawarikh write their histories for sultans?
Ans. They did so in the hope of rich rewards.
Q6. Why was Raziyya removed from the thorne ?
Ans. Being a women ruler she was not favoured by anyone. She ruled just for four years and was finally dethroned in 1240.
Q7. What is a mosque called in Arabic ?
Ans. Mosque.
Q8. What is literal meaning of mosque?
Ans. It refers to a place where a muslim prostrates in reverence ti Allah.
Q9. What id called the qibla?
Ans. The direction toward which muslims turn while offering prayer or namaz.
Q10. Why did the early sultan favour their slaves?
Ans. The slaves were totally dependent on their master. Therefore, the sultan could trust and rely upon them.
Q11. What was the duty of the muqtis?
And. The duty of the muqtis was to lead military campaigns and maintain law and order in their iqtas.
Q12. Why were accountants appointed by the state?
Ans. They were appointed to check the amount of revenue collected by the muqtis.
Q13. Why did the authors of Persian tawarikh criticise the Delhi Sultans?
Ans. They did not like the Sultanate's policy of appointing the 'low and base-born' of high office.
Q14. Name the three types of taxes collected during the Sultans period.
Ans. There were three types of taxes: (a) on cultivating called kharaj and amounting to about 50% of the peasants's produce; (b) on cattle and (c) on houses.
Q15. For how many years did the Suri dynasty rule?
Ans. The Suri dynasty ruled for only fifteen years.
VI. Short Answer type Questions:
Q1. Who were the authors of tawarikh? Write in brief about them.
Ans. The learned men were the authors of tawarikh. They were poets, administrators, secretaries and courtiers they advise the rulers on governance, as well as recounted the events. They are lived in cities mainly in Delhi. They were write the the praise of sultans and then they got rich rewards.
Q2. What do you mean by bangadans ?
Ans. Bandagan is a persian word that refers to special slaves purchased for military service during the early period of Delhi Sultanate. These are totally depend upon their master and so they were more reliable and trustworthy.
Q3. Who was Razziya? Why was she not accepted as a sultan inspite of being talented?
Ans. Raziyya is a fifth muslim ruler of delhi sultanate she belonged from Mamluk dynasty. She was the daughter of Iltutmish she became sultan in 1236 after the sudden death of his father. According to the Minhaj-e-siraj, she was very talented and more able and qualified than all her brothers. but on that era the women are not allowed to enjoy their independent identity. so she was not accepted as a sultan inspite of being talented. and this led to her removal from his throne in 1240.
Q4. How did the Khaljis and Tughluqs help the people of humble birth? how did it lead to political instablity?
Ans. The Khaljis and Tughluqs raised people of humble birth who were often their clints, appointed as a generals and governers, and this also introduced an element of political instablity. Slave and client the people of humble birth, were loyal to their master and patrons but not to their heirs. when sultan their own servants. As a result, a new monarch often saw conflict between the old and the new nobilities.
Q5. What are the four stages in the preparation of manuscript with appropriate picture.
Ans. (i) Preparing the paper (ii) Writing the text (iii) Melting gold to highlight important word and passages (iv) Preparing the blinding.
Q6. Why did large parts of the subcontinent remain outside the control of the delhi sultans? what were the repercussions ?
Ans. Large part of the subcontinent remained outside the control ways of the delhi sultans because the were very far from delhi, it was difficult to control bengal from delhi and gangetic plane there were many dense forest due to this forsted area sultanate could not access. It was a golden oppertunity for local chieftains to established their rule on their region.
Q7. Why did Alauddin control the prices of goods in Delhi? What did he do for this?
Ans. Alauddin gave high values on his warriors because they could protect the sultanate from outsiders. he determine to pay salaries in cash rather than iqtas. Soilder purchased their supplies from delhi merchants according to their need so as a result the prices of goods were raised by merchants. To prevent this Alauddin instructed officer to survey prices carefully those merchants were corrupted or didn't sell their goods on their actual prices those were punished.
Q8. Describe in brief Tughluq's policy of 'token' currency.
Ans. The token currency in india was first introduces by Muhammad Bin Tughluq, he did not control the prices of goods so, they issue those currency in 1330 and this token made out of cheap metal and not with gold and silver but the people of 14th century did not believe in these coins, they saves their gold and silver coins and paid all the taxes to the state with the token currency.
Q9. Who was Sher Shah Suri? What do you know about his administration?
Ans. Sher Shah Suri ruled from (1540-1545) established a powerful state. He started his carrer as a manager of a small territory for his uncle in bihar and eventually chalanged and defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun. Sher Shah captured Delhi and established his own dynasty known as the Suri dynasty. The Suri dynasty ruled for only a short period, i.e. fifteen years, it introduced an administration that borrowed elements from Alauddin Khilji made them more efficient.
VII. Long Answer Type Questions:
Q1. Make a table depicting the major dynasties that together made the delhi Sultanate.
Ans. The Major Dynasties of Delhi Sultanate
SLAVE DYNASTY
1. Early Turkish Rulers 1206-1290
Qutbuddin Aibak 1206-1210
Shamsuddin Iltutmish 1210-1236
Raziyya 1236-1240
Ghiyasuddin Balban 1266-1287
2. Khalji Dynasty 1290-1320
Jalaluddin Khilji 1290-1296
Alauddin Khilji 1296-1316
3. Tughluq Dynasty 1320-1414
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq 1320-1324
Muhammad Tughluq 1351-1388
Firuz Shah Tughluq 1351-1388
4. Sayyid Dynasty 1414-1451
Khizr Khan 1414-1421
5. Lodi Dynanty 1451-1526
Bahlul Lodi 1451-1489
Sikandar Lodi 1489-1517
Ibrahim Lodi 1517-1526
Q2. Give an account of Alauddin's administrative reforms.
Ans. The administrative reforms by Khilji were quite successful and admirable because cheap prices and efficient supplies of goods in market and During the empire of Alauddin the invade of mongol's were increased.
(i) Delhi was attack twice, Khilji raised a large standing army as a defensive measure.
(ii) He construct a new garrison town for his soldiers.
(iii) The soldiers had to be fed. This was done through the produce collected as tax from land between the ganga and yamuna. tax was fixed at 50% of the peasant's produce.
(iv) He paid his soldiers cash as a salaries rather than iqta.
(v) He punished those merchants who sell the supplies and goods not their actual prices.
Q3. Give an account of Mahummad Tughluq's administration.
Ans. (i) To fill the empty treasury, he raised taxes in the Doab region.
(ii) Many people ran away to the to the forests avoid heavy taxes due to which cultivation was neglected and severe food shortage occurred.
(iii) He shifted his capital from Delhi to Devagiri to protect his capital and ordered the common people and government officials to shift to Devagiri, after many difficulties he ordered them to return to Delhi.
(iv) He introduced to copper currency system.
(v) The value of coins dropped; hence he had to withdraw the copper token currency.
(vi) To conquer Khurasan, Iraq, and Transoxiana, he raised an army of 3,70,000 men.
(vii) Mohammad-bin-Tughluq's national treasure had a great burden due to the policy of huge presents given to Tamashrin, the Mongol leader to avoid Mongol invasion.
(viii) Mohammad-bin-Tughluq's domestic policies were good due to faulty implementation measures, they failed.
(ix) The decline of the Delhi Sultanate is claimed due to his hasty decisions and defective policy implementation.
Q4. 'Mahummad Tughluq's administrative measures were a failure'. Explain with examples.
Ans. Mahummad Tughluq's administration measures were a failure because of the following reasons:
(i) His campaign into Kashmir was a disaster, after which he gave up his plans to invade Transoxiana.
(ii) The shifting of capital from Delhi to Daulatabad was a spoiled decision.
(iii) The raising of taxes and famine the Ganga Yamuna belt led to the widespread rebellion.
(iv) Finally, the 'Token' currency had to be recalled.
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