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SSC AND STATES PCS EXAMINATIONS MCQs
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Question 21. Consider the following observations with respect to early Delhi Sultanate period in India:
1. During the Delhi Sultanate, Islam propagated in India through the sword only
2. Hindus occupied an important role in foreign as well as domestic trade
3. The Hindu villages remained small autonomous republics even during the early Delhi Sultanate period
Which among the above observations is / are correct?
1. During the Delhi Sultanate, Islam propagated in India through the sword only
2. Hindus occupied an important role in foreign as well as domestic trade
3. The Hindu villages remained small autonomous republics even during the early Delhi Sultanate period
Which among the above observations is / are correct?
Answer: Option C. -> Only 2 & 3
DURING THE REIGN OF DELHI SULTANATES ISLAM WASN’T PROPAGATED THROUGH SWORD. IT IS A FACT THAT THEY DID NOT GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH THE HINDU COMMUNITY BUT THEY HAVEN’T USED SWORD FOR THE COVNERSIONS.
DURING THE REIGN OF DELHI SULTANATES ISLAM WASN’T PROPAGATED THROUGH SWORD. IT IS A FACT THAT THEY DID NOT GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH THE HINDU COMMUNITY BUT THEY HAVEN’T USED SWORD FOR THE COVNERSIONS.
Answer: Option B. -> an orchestra house used for playing music five times a day at propitious hours.
NAUBAT KHANA WAS AN ORCHESTRA HOUSE USED FOR PLAYING MUSIC FIVE TIMES A DAY AT PROPITIOUS HOURS.IT WAS BUILT BY AKBAR AT FATEHPUR SIKRI AND SHAHJAHAN AT RED FORT IN DELHI.
NAUBAT KHANA WAS AN ORCHESTRA HOUSE USED FOR PLAYING MUSIC FIVE TIMES A DAY AT PROPITIOUS HOURS.IT WAS BUILT BY AKBAR AT FATEHPUR SIKRI AND SHAHJAHAN AT RED FORT IN DELHI.
Answer: Option C. -> Tuzk-e-Jahangiri
HUMAYUN-NAMA, AIN-I-AKBARI AND AKBARNAMA WERE WRITTEN IN THE 16TH CENTURY. TUZK-E-JAHANGIRI WAS WRITTEN IN THE 17TH CENTURY.
AKBAR ASKED HIS AUNT TO WRITE WHATEVER SHE REMEMBERED ABOUT HER BROTHER’S LIFE. GULBADAN BEGUM TOOK THE CHALLENGE AND PRODUCED A DOCUMENT TITLED AHWAL HUMAYUN PADSHAH JAMAH KARDOM GULBADAN BEGUM BINT BABUR PADSHAH AMMA AKBAR PADSHAH. IT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS HUMAYUN-NAMA.
THE AIN-I-AKBARI OR THE “ADMINISTRATION OF AKBAR”, IS A 16TH-CENTURY DETAILED DOCUMENT RECORDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE UNDER EMPEROR AKBAR, WRITTEN BY HIS COURT HISTORIAN, ABU’L FAZL IN THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE.
THE AKBARNAMA WHICH TRANSLATES TO BOOK OF AKBAR, IS THE OFFICIAL CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN OF AKBAR, THE THIRD MUGHAL EMPEROR, COMMISSIONED BY AKBAR HIMSELF BY HIS COURT HISTORIAN AND BIOGRAPHER, ABU’L-FAZL IBN MUBARAK WHO WAS ONE OF THE NINE JEWELS IN AKBAR’S COURT.
HUMAYUN-NAMA, AIN-I-AKBARI AND AKBARNAMA WERE WRITTEN IN THE 16TH CENTURY. TUZK-E-JAHANGIRI WAS WRITTEN IN THE 17TH CENTURY.
AKBAR ASKED HIS AUNT TO WRITE WHATEVER SHE REMEMBERED ABOUT HER BROTHER’S LIFE. GULBADAN BEGUM TOOK THE CHALLENGE AND PRODUCED A DOCUMENT TITLED AHWAL HUMAYUN PADSHAH JAMAH KARDOM GULBADAN BEGUM BINT BABUR PADSHAH AMMA AKBAR PADSHAH. IT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS HUMAYUN-NAMA.
THE AIN-I-AKBARI OR THE “ADMINISTRATION OF AKBAR”, IS A 16TH-CENTURY DETAILED DOCUMENT RECORDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE UNDER EMPEROR AKBAR, WRITTEN BY HIS COURT HISTORIAN, ABU’L FAZL IN THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE.
THE AKBARNAMA WHICH TRANSLATES TO BOOK OF AKBAR, IS THE OFFICIAL CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN OF AKBAR, THE THIRD MUGHAL EMPEROR, COMMISSIONED BY AKBAR HIMSELF BY HIS COURT HISTORIAN AND BIOGRAPHER, ABU’L-FAZL IBN MUBARAK WHO WAS ONE OF THE NINE JEWELS IN AKBAR’S COURT.
Question 24. Which among the following is / are correct statements about the Mughal Firman issued to the British in 1717 by Farrukhsiyar?
1. East India Company was entitled to trade in Bengal without paying the normal customs duty
2. It provided immunity from duty for goods belonging to the servants of the East India Company
3. The East India Company issued Dastaks authorising it’s agents to trade customs-free within the province of Bengal
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
1. East India Company was entitled to trade in Bengal without paying the normal customs duty
2. It provided immunity from duty for goods belonging to the servants of the East India Company
3. The East India Company issued Dastaks authorising it’s agents to trade customs-free within the province of Bengal
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
Answer: Option B. -> Only 1 & 3
IN THIS QUESTION, SECOND STATEMENT IS NOT CORRECT. WE NOTE HERE THAT THE DASTAK WAS THE TRADE PERMIT SANCTIONED TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY FARRUKSIYAR’S FIRMAN OF 1717. UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS FIRMAN, EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS ENTITLED TO TRADE IN BENGAL WITHOUT PAYING THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY. ON THE BASIS OF THE RIGHTS ENTRUSTED TO THE COMPANY, IT STARTED ISSUING DASTAKS AUTHORIZING ITS AGENTS TO TRADE CUSTOMS-FREE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF BENGAL.
THE FIRMAN COVERED ONLY FREE TRADE BY THE COMPANY AND NOT THE PRIVATE TRADE OF ITS SERVANTS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG CONFUSIONS. PRACTICALLY, THE SERVANTS OF THE COMPANY GENERALLY ABUSED THE FREE TRADE RIGHT BY PRODUCING THE DASTAK TO THE CHOWKIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. BUT THE CHOWKIDARS HAD REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE DASTAKS PRODUCED BY COMPANY TRADERS WERE PRODUCED JUST TO COVER THEIR OWN PRIVATE TRADE. NOT ONLY THAT, THE COMPANY SOLD DASTAKS AT HIGH PRICE NOT ONLY TO EUROPEAN PRIVATE TRADERS BUT ALSO TO NATIVE MERCHANTS. THIS RAMPANT ABUSE OF DASTAK WAS ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE NAWAB AND THE COMPANY.
IN THIS QUESTION, SECOND STATEMENT IS NOT CORRECT. WE NOTE HERE THAT THE DASTAK WAS THE TRADE PERMIT SANCTIONED TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY FARRUKSIYAR’S FIRMAN OF 1717. UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS FIRMAN, EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS ENTITLED TO TRADE IN BENGAL WITHOUT PAYING THE NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY. ON THE BASIS OF THE RIGHTS ENTRUSTED TO THE COMPANY, IT STARTED ISSUING DASTAKS AUTHORIZING ITS AGENTS TO TRADE CUSTOMS-FREE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF BENGAL.
THE FIRMAN COVERED ONLY FREE TRADE BY THE COMPANY AND NOT THE PRIVATE TRADE OF ITS SERVANTS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG CONFUSIONS. PRACTICALLY, THE SERVANTS OF THE COMPANY GENERALLY ABUSED THE FREE TRADE RIGHT BY PRODUCING THE DASTAK TO THE CHOWKIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. BUT THE CHOWKIDARS HAD REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE DASTAKS PRODUCED BY COMPANY TRADERS WERE PRODUCED JUST TO COVER THEIR OWN PRIVATE TRADE. NOT ONLY THAT, THE COMPANY SOLD DASTAKS AT HIGH PRICE NOT ONLY TO EUROPEAN PRIVATE TRADERS BUT ALSO TO NATIVE MERCHANTS. THIS RAMPANT ABUSE OF DASTAK WAS ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE NAWAB AND THE COMPANY.
Answer: Option C. -> It was a Field Allowance to the troops of East India Company
BATTA WAS A FIELD ALLOWANCE OR EXTRA PAY OR ACTIVE-SERVICE ALLOWANCE OF THE COMPANY’S TROOPS. MIR JAFAR HAD DOUBLED IT WHEN HE HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE SECOND TIME AS NAWAB OF BENGAL. BUT IN 1766, THE COURT OF DIRECTORS DECIDED TO STOP IT. THE DECISION WAS ENFORCED BY LORD CLIVE AND THE OFFICERS OF EAST INDIA COMPANY TRIED TO STOP THIS ENFORCEMENT. THEY JOINED TOGETHER AND THREW UP THEIR COMMISSIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS AN ACT OF AGITATION. THIS WAS KIND OF WHITE MUTINY BUT CLIVE METICULOUSLY OVERCAME IT.
BATTA WAS A FIELD ALLOWANCE OR EXTRA PAY OR ACTIVE-SERVICE ALLOWANCE OF THE COMPANY’S TROOPS. MIR JAFAR HAD DOUBLED IT WHEN HE HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE SECOND TIME AS NAWAB OF BENGAL. BUT IN 1766, THE COURT OF DIRECTORS DECIDED TO STOP IT. THE DECISION WAS ENFORCED BY LORD CLIVE AND THE OFFICERS OF EAST INDIA COMPANY TRIED TO STOP THIS ENFORCEMENT. THEY JOINED TOGETHER AND THREW UP THEIR COMMISSIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS AN ACT OF AGITATION. THIS WAS KIND OF WHITE MUTINY BUT CLIVE METICULOUSLY OVERCAME IT.
Answer: Option C. -> Subukitgin
GHAZNAVID DYNASTY WAS A DYNASTY FOUNDED BY SABUKTIGIN, AFTER DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN LAW ALP TIGIN. THIS DYNASTY HAD PERSIAN AND TURKIC MAMLUK ORIGIN AND HAD RULED FROM 977 AD TO 1186 AD ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN AND MUCH OF NORTH-WESTERN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. SABUKTIGIN OR SUBUKTIGIN WAS FATHER OF MAHMUD OF GHAZNI. MAMLUK WAS AN ARABIC TERM FOR SLAVES AND GENERALLY USED TO NON-MUSLIM SLAVE SOLDIERS AND MUSLIM RULERS OF SLAVE ORIGIN.
GHAZNAVID DYNASTY WAS A DYNASTY FOUNDED BY SABUKTIGIN, AFTER DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN LAW ALP TIGIN. THIS DYNASTY HAD PERSIAN AND TURKIC MAMLUK ORIGIN AND HAD RULED FROM 977 AD TO 1186 AD ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN AND MUCH OF NORTH-WESTERN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. SABUKTIGIN OR SUBUKTIGIN WAS FATHER OF MAHMUD OF GHAZNI. MAMLUK WAS AN ARABIC TERM FOR SLAVES AND GENERALLY USED TO NON-MUSLIM SLAVE SOLDIERS AND MUSLIM RULERS OF SLAVE ORIGIN.
Answer: Option C. -> Abbasid Caliphate
• RASHIDUN CALIPHATE (632–661)
• UMAYYAD CALIPHATE (661–750)
• ABBASID CALIPHATE (750–1258)
• OTTOMAN CALIPHATE : THEY CLAIMED CALIPHATE AUTHORITY FROM 1517
• RASHIDUN CALIPHATE (632–661)
• UMAYYAD CALIPHATE (661–750)
• ABBASID CALIPHATE (750–1258)
• OTTOMAN CALIPHATE : THEY CLAIMED CALIPHATE AUTHORITY FROM 1517
Answer: Option D. -> Greeks
THE ARMY OF MAHMUD OF GHAZNI INCLUDED TURKS AS WELL AS ARABS, AFGHANS, DAILAMITES, KHURASANIS, GHURIS AND INDIANS (HINDUS). HE HAD SEPARATE COMMAND OF HINDU UNDER THE COMMANDER CALLED SIPAHSALAR-I-HINDUWAN.
THE ARMY OF MAHMUD OF GHAZNI INCLUDED TURKS AS WELL AS ARABS, AFGHANS, DAILAMITES, KHURASANIS, GHURIS AND INDIANS (HINDUS). HE HAD SEPARATE COMMAND OF HINDU UNDER THE COMMANDER CALLED SIPAHSALAR-I-HINDUWAN.
Answer: Option C. -> Multan
MUHAMMAD GHORI’S FIRST INVASION IN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS ON THE SHIA RULER OF MULTAN IN 1175 A.D. HE INVADED AND DEFEATED THE KARMATHIAN MUSLIM RULER AND ANNEXED MULTAN TO HIS TERRITORIES. NEXT HE CONQUERED THE FORTRESS OF UCH IN SINDH.
MUHAMMAD GHORI’S FIRST INVASION IN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS ON THE SHIA RULER OF MULTAN IN 1175 A.D. HE INVADED AND DEFEATED THE KARMATHIAN MUSLIM RULER AND ANNEXED MULTAN TO HIS TERRITORIES. NEXT HE CONQUERED THE FORTRESS OF UCH IN SINDH.
Answer: Option A. -> Burhan-i-ma’asir
BURHAN-I-MA’ASIR, NAMED AFTER BURHAN NIZAM SHAH II OF NIZAM SHAHI DYNASTY OF THE MUSLIM KINGDOM OF AHMADNAGAR, IS WRITTEN BY SAYYID ALI TABATABA WHO CAME TO INDIA IN 1580. BURHAN-I-MA’ASIR DESCRIBES THE EVENTS PERTAINING TO THE BAHMANI KINGDOM AND ITS SUBSEQUENT BREAK-UP INTO FIVE MUSLIM DYNASTIES IN SOUTH INDIA.
BURHAN-I-MA’ASIR, NAMED AFTER BURHAN NIZAM SHAH II OF NIZAM SHAHI DYNASTY OF THE MUSLIM KINGDOM OF AHMADNAGAR, IS WRITTEN BY SAYYID ALI TABATABA WHO CAME TO INDIA IN 1580. BURHAN-I-MA’ASIR DESCRIBES THE EVENTS PERTAINING TO THE BAHMANI KINGDOM AND ITS SUBSEQUENT BREAK-UP INTO FIVE MUSLIM DYNASTIES IN SOUTH INDIA.
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