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Answer: Option B. -> Alauddin Khilji
Answer: (b)
Alauddin Khilji abolished the Iqta system.
He was the son-in-law and nephew of Jalaluddin Khilji. He succeeded the throne in 1296 after killing Jalaluddin Khilji.
Answer: (b)
Alauddin Khilji abolished the Iqta system.
He was the son-in-law and nephew of Jalaluddin Khilji. He succeeded the throne in 1296 after killing Jalaluddin Khilji.
Answer: Option D. -> Alauddin Khilji
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2 and 3 only
Answer: (b)
The sultans who measured the land for fixing land revenue were Alauddin Khalji, Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and Muhammad bin Tughlaq. There were four categories of land.
The first was the iqta. For the purpose of administration and revenue collection, the state was parcelled out into tracts called iqtas under iqtadars on muqtis. Three types of land revenues were levied from the farmers. Kharaj-e-Jiziya, Charai and Ghari.
He got the whole land measured and then fixed the share of the state on the basis of a pattern called Vishva. According to Barni, Charai was levied from cows and other milchy animals.
Farishta states that a pair of oxen, a pair of buffaloes, two cows and ten goats were free from the tax-net. In addition, Ghari was a less important tax which was levied from time to time on some special occasions.
Answer: (b)
The sultans who measured the land for fixing land revenue were Alauddin Khalji, Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and Muhammad bin Tughlaq. There were four categories of land.
The first was the iqta. For the purpose of administration and revenue collection, the state was parcelled out into tracts called iqtas under iqtadars on muqtis. Three types of land revenues were levied from the farmers. Kharaj-e-Jiziya, Charai and Ghari.
He got the whole land measured and then fixed the share of the state on the basis of a pattern called Vishva. According to Barni, Charai was levied from cows and other milchy animals.
Farishta states that a pair of oxen, a pair of buffaloes, two cows and ten goats were free from the tax-net. In addition, Ghari was a less important tax which was levied from time to time on some special occasions.
Answer: Option B. -> Krishna-Tungabhadra doab
Answer: (b)The bone of contention between Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms was Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. The conflict started on a large scale in 1367 during the reign of Bukka I.
Answer: (b)The bone of contention between Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms was Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. The conflict started on a large scale in 1367 during the reign of Bukka I.
Answer: Option D. -> Sheikh Moosa
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option A. -> Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option D. -> Alauddin Khilji
Answer: (d)Alauddin Khilji was advised by Qazi Mughisuddin to act according to the laws of Shariat, but the Sultan rejected his advice.
Answer: (d)Alauddin Khilji was advised by Qazi Mughisuddin to act according to the laws of Shariat, but the Sultan rejected his advice.
Answer: Option D. -> A is false but R is true.
Answer: (d)
Ibn Batutah says that Muhammad-binTughlaq was disgusted with the population of Delhi and thus wanted to punish them. But most of the historians do not agree with Ibn Batutah. The Sultan also made an ill-advised financial experiment in the Doab between the Ganges and Jamuna.
He not only increased the rate of taxation but also revived and created some additional Abwabs or cesses. Although the share of the state remained half as in the time of Alauddin, it was fixed arbitrarily and not on the basis of actual production.
Answer: (d)
Ibn Batutah says that Muhammad-binTughlaq was disgusted with the population of Delhi and thus wanted to punish them. But most of the historians do not agree with Ibn Batutah. The Sultan also made an ill-advised financial experiment in the Doab between the Ganges and Jamuna.
He not only increased the rate of taxation but also revived and created some additional Abwabs or cesses. Although the share of the state remained half as in the time of Alauddin, it was fixed arbitrarily and not on the basis of actual production.
Answer: Option A. -> Kalyana mandapa
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option A. -> Amir Khusro
Answer: (a)Amir Khusrow is known as the parrot of India. It was he, who himself called Tuti-e-Hind’(parrot of India). ‘To speak the truth, I am an Indian Parrot. If you want to listen from me some subtle verses, ask me then to recite some of my Hindwi poems.” He himself did not collect and preserve his Hindwi poems but made a gift of them to his friends. His poem, Kaliq Bari is a lexicon composed of synonymous words, from four languages, Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hindwi.
Answer: (a)Amir Khusrow is known as the parrot of India. It was he, who himself called Tuti-e-Hind’(parrot of India). ‘To speak the truth, I am an Indian Parrot. If you want to listen from me some subtle verses, ask me then to recite some of my Hindwi poems.” He himself did not collect and preserve his Hindwi poems but made a gift of them to his friends. His poem, Kaliq Bari is a lexicon composed of synonymous words, from four languages, Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hindwi.