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UPSC CDS Indian History Timeline — practice questions — page 26

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Queen Rudramadevi, who pretended to be a man on her inscriptions, belonged to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Histories written in Persian under the Delhi Sultans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The language of administration under the Delhi Sultans was:Read the answer and worked solution →Military expeditions into southern India began during the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Special slaves purchased for military service under the early Sultans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Territories assigned to military commanders as governors were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The holder of an iqta was called an iqtadar or:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Alauddin Khalji, the tax on cultivation called kharaj amounted to about what share of produce?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded Transoxiana in:Read the answer and worked solution →Alauddin Khalji built which new garrison town for his soldiers?Read the answer and worked solution →To stop merchants overcharging his cash-paid soldiers, Alauddin Khalji:Read the answer and worked solution →Muhammad Tughluq sent the residents of old Delhi to his new capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →Muhammad Tughluq's token currency was made of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sayyid and Lodi dynasties ruled from Delhi and Agra until:Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Shah Sur defeated which Mughal emperor to capture Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sur dynasty ruled for only:Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Shah's efficient administration became the model followed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Balban, who consolidated the Sultanate, ruled from 1266 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Sultanate dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Alauddin's measuresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Sultanate datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Sultanate wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Alauddin or MuhammadRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the SultansRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Delhi Sultans bingoRead the answer and worked solution →From their mother's side the Mughals were descendants of:Read the answer and worked solution →Babur succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Babur seized Kabul in:Read the answer and worked solution →Babur defeated Rana Sanga and his Rajput allies in 1527 at:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Queen Rudramadevi, who pretended to be a man on her inscriptions, belonged to the:

  1. Kashmir kings
  2. Tomara Rajputs
  3. Kakatiya dynasty
  4. Chola dynasty
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Correct answer: C. Kakatiya dynasty

1. She ruled Warangal from 1262 to 1289. 2. She was a Kakatiya. 3. Didda ruled Kashmir from 980 to 1003. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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Histories written in Persian under the Delhi Sultans were called:

  1. Prashastis
  2. Puranas
  3. Farmans
  4. Tawarikh
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Correct answer: D. Tawarikh

1. The singular is tarikh. 2. They were tawarikh. 3. Their authors lived in cities and hoped for rewards. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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The language of administration under the Delhi Sultans was:

  1. Persian
  2. Arabic
  3. Turkish
  4. Sanskrit
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Correct answer: A. Persian

1. Histories were also written in it. 2. Persian was the administrative language. 3. Arabic was the language of the mosque. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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