Social Science Question(1 Marks)

The Khilji dynasty ruled for the shorted span in the Delhi Sultanate.

Sikander Lodi.

Mohammad Tughluq.

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.

Sikander Lodi.

Muhammad Tughlaq.

Ibn Battuta travelled to India from Morocco, Africa.

• Tomaras (1130-1145) with most important ruler being Ananga Pala.
• Chauhans (1165-1192) with most important ruler being Prithviraj Chauhan.

Gender distinctions are social and biological differences between women and men. Usually, these differences are used to argue that men are superior to women.

Alauddin Khalji.

Malik Kafur was the slave and then military chieftain of Sultan Alau-din-khiji.

Land assigned to military commanders.

Alauddin Khalji abolished the Iqta System.

It is a fortified settlement, with soldiers.

Inscriptions, coins and architecture provide a lot of information but especially valuable are ‘histories’, tarikh (singular)/tawarikh (plural) written in Persian, the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans.

Begumpuri mosque, built in the reign of Muhammad Tughluq, was the main mosque of Jahanpanah.

They did so in the hope of rich rewards.

Moth ki Masjid was built in the reign of Sikandar Lodi by his minister.

• Jalaluddin Khilji - (1290-1296)
• Alauddin Khilji - (1296-1316)

The duty of the muqtis was to lead military campaigns and maintain law and order in their iqtas.

The popularly known ‘Dhai din ka Jhopra’ is in Ajmer.

1. Tax on cultivation called Kharcy and amounting to about 50% of the peasant's yield.
2. Tax on cattle.
3. Tax on houses.

The authors of Persian tawarikh criticised the Delhi Sultans for appointing the “low and base-born” to high offices.

The Delhi Sultanate laid its foundation in the beginning of the thirteenth century.

Under the reign of Aluaddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughluq the Sultanate reached its farthest end.

Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.

They were appointed to check the amount of revenue collected by the muqtis.

Ibn batuta.

It refers to a place where a Muslim prostrates in reverence to Allah.

In exchange for their military services, the muqtis collected the revenues of their assignments as salary. They also paid their soldiers from these revenues.

Muhammad Tughlaq.

A mosque is called a masjid in Arabic, literally a place where a Muslim prostrates in reverence to Allah.

The founded of Sayyid dynasty.

The Chauhans of Ajmer defeated the Tomars Rajputs in the middle of the 12th centurty.

Tomara Rajputs were the first rulers who established their capital at Delhi.

Chouhans.

Begumpuri mosque, built in the reign of Muhammad Tughluq, was the main mosque of Jahanpanah, the “Sanctuary of the World”, his new capital in Delhi.

Muhammad Tughluq planned a campaign to capture Mongol territory.

1130-1145.

No, Morocco.

The other name for Iqtadar is muqti.

The Suri dynasty ruled for only fifteen years (1540-1555).

Delhi became as capital city under the Delhi Sultanate in 13 Century.

Alauddin Khalji.

The authors of tawarikh were learned men which included secretaries, administrators, poets and courtiers, who both recounted events and advised rulers on governance, emphasising the importance of just rule.

Gender distinctions mean social and biological differences between women and men. Usually, these differences are used to argue that men are superior to women.

• Qutubuddin Aibak - (1206-1210)
• Shamsuddin Iltutmish - (1210-1236)
• Raziyya - (1236–1240)
• Balban - (1266–1287)

1240 AD.

The Suri dynasty ruled for only 15 years.

Muktis.