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Question 271. Who abolished the "Iqta system"?
  1.    Balban
  2.    Alauddin Khilji
  3.    Iltutmish
  4.    Qutubuddin Aibak
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 272. Who among the following Delhi Sultans was known for introducing market control mechanism ?
  1.    Balban
  2.    Iltutmish
  3.    Firoz Tughlaq
  4.    Alauddin Khilji
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Alauddin Khilji
Answer: (d)
Question 273. Which of the Sultans measured the land for fixing land revenue?

  1. Alauddin Khilji

  2. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

  3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

  4. Sikandar Lodi


Select the correct answer from using the codes given below:
  1.    1 and 3 only
  2.    1, 2 and 3 only
  3.    1 and 2 only
  4.    1, 2, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 274. The bone of contention between Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdom was
  1.    Krishna delta
  2.    Krishna-Tungabhadra doab
  3.    Malabar parts
  4.    Kavery delta
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 275. Who among the following Sufis used to wearladies dress?
  1.    Shah Daula Dariyai
  2.    Shah Muhammad Ghaus
  3.    Sheikh Hamiduddin Nagauri
  4.    Sheikh Moosa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sheikh Moosa
Answer: (d)
Question 276. Which sultan had a dispute with Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya?
  1.    Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
  2.    Jalaluddin Khilji
  3.    Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
  4.    Feroz Shah Tughlaq
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: (a)
Question 277. Who among the following Sultans was advised by Qazi Mughisuddin to act according to the laws of Shariat but the Sultan rejected his advice?
  1.    Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  2.    Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  3.    Jalaluddin Khilji
  4.    Alauddin Khilji
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 278.

  • Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq wanted to punish the peasants.

  • Reason (R): Muhammad bin Tughlaq raised the tax in the Doab region.


  1.    Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
  2.    A is true but R is false.
  3.    Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
  4.    A is false but R is true.
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 279. The feature of Dravidian architecture added in the Vijayanagar period was,
  1.    Kalyana mandapa
  2.    Paintings on the walls of temples
  3.    Ammana Shrine
  4.    Extensive decoration of gopurams
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kalyana mandapa
Answer: (a)
Question 280. Who is known as the Parrot of India?
  1.    Amir Khusro
  2.    Mirabai
  3.    Raskhan
  4.    Abul Fazl
 Discuss Question
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.

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