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Alauddin Khalji's commander who led the campaign to South India was
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Answer: Option D
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Malik Kafur was a eunuch slave who became a general in the army of Alauddin Khilji, ruler of the Delhi sultanate from 1296 to 1316 A.D. He was originally seized by Alauddin's army after the army conquered the city of Khambhat.
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Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced 'market control' or economic regulations for
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Answer: Option C
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Though Alauddin Khilji’s market reforms were oriented more towards administrative and military necessities than internal restructuring but he adopted a holistic approach to see the reform working properly. That is why he did not control the price of essential commodities only, for those meant for direct use by the military.vInstead he tried to control the price of everything from caps to socks, from combs to needles, vegetables, sweet meats to chapatis etc. Such widespread centralised control was found to influence every section of the society.
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The Delhi General who successfully adavanced up to Madurai was
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Answer: Option C
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Malik Kafur was the slave general of the sultan Alauddin Khalji. He won for him the deccan Territory of Devagiri, Madurai, Warangal and Dwarasamudra. Malik Kafur, also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a prominent eunuch slave-general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He was captured by Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan during the 1299 invasion of Gujarat, and rose to prominence in the 1300s.
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Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following Sayyid rulers of Delhi?
I. Muhammad Shah
II. Alauddin Alam Shah
III. Mubarak Shah
IV. Khizr Khan
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Answer: Option B
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The correct chronological sequence of the following Sayyid rulers of Delhi was Khizr Khan, Mubarak Shah, Muhammad Shah, Alauddin Alam Shah. Sayyid Khizr Khan ibn Malik Sulaiman (reigned 28 May 1414 – 20 May 1421) was the founder of the Sayyid dynasty, the ruling dynasty of the Delhi sultanate, in northern India soon after the invasion of Timur and the fall of the Tughlaq dynasty. Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah Khalji (r. 1316–1320) was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate of present-day India. A member of the Khalji dynasty, he was a son of Alauddin Khalji. Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah was Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. With the help of the Sayyid brothers, he ascended the throne at the young age of 17. Alam Shah (r. 1445–1451) was the fourth and last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty which ruled the Delhi Sultanate. Born Ala al-Din, he succeeded his father, Muhammad Shah to the throne and took on the regnal name of Alam Shah ("world king").
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The capital of the Yadava rulers was
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Answer: Option D
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The Seuna, Sevuna or Yadavas of Devagiri (c. 850–1334) was an Indian dynasty, which at its peak ruled a kingdom stretching from the Tungabhadra to the Narmada rivers, including present-day Maharashtra, north Karnataka and parts of Madhya Pradesh, from its capital at Devagiri (present-day Daulatabad in modern Maharashtra).
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What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
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Answer: Option B
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Malik Kafur (died 1316), also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a prominent eunuch slave-general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He was captured by Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan during the 1299 invasion of Gujarat, and rose to prominence in the 1300s. The religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin was Hinduism.