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UPSC CDS Medieval Indian History — practice questions — page 9

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Coins minted at Delhi under the Tomaras and Chauhans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Raziyya, daughter of Iltutmish, became Sultan in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which chronicler thought Raziyya more able than her brothers yet was uncomfortable with a queen?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Coins minted at Delhi under the Tomaras and Chauhans were called:

  1. Dinar coin
  2. Dehliwal
  3. Tanka coin
  4. Jital coin
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Correct answer: B. Dehliwal

1. Delhi was a commercial centre. 2. The coins were called dehliwal. 3. They had a wide circulation. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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Raziyya, daughter of Iltutmish, became Sultan in:

  1. 1236
  2. 1210
  3. 1240
  4. 1266
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Correct answer: A. 1236

1. She was more able than her brothers, the chronicler admitted. 2. She became Sultan in 1236. 3. She was removed in 1240. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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Which chronicler thought Raziyya more able than her brothers yet was uncomfortable with a queen?

  1. Ziyauddin Barani
  2. Minhaj-i Siraj
  3. Fakhr Mudabbir
  4. Ibn Battuta
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Correct answer: B. Minhaj-i Siraj

1. He wrote the tawarikh of the age. 2. Minhaj-i Siraj was the chronicler. 3. He thought women should be subordinate to men. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 3, The Delhi Sultans._

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