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21
The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
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Answer: Option B
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The Delhi Sultanate literature began with the rise of Persian speaking people to the throne of the Sultanate of Delhi, naturally resulted in the spread of the Persian language in India. It was the official language and soon literary works in the language began to appear.
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Agra Fort was built by
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Answer: Option B
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The construction of the Agra fort was started around 1565, when the initial structures were built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and subsequently taken over by his grandson Shah Jahan, who added most of the marble creations to the fort.
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Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali's invasion of India?
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Answer: Option C
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Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded India seven times from 1748-1767. He crossed Kyber pass in December 1747 with 40000 troops to invade india. India was being ruled by Shah Alam- I at that time.
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The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by
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Answer: Option B
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The Peacock Throne (Takht-e-TauS) was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan under the commission of goldsmith Bedradru Khan in the year 1628. It was first put at Diwan-i-Aam (Agra Fort) and then moved to Diwan-i-Khas (Red Fort) during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Nadir Shah invaded India in 1739 and took Peacock Throne and Koh-i-noor diamond with him.
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Alberuni came to India with
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Answer: Option A
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Alberuni (Abu Rayham Beruni) was a persian scholar who came to India with Mahmud of Ghazni in 1017. He wrote Tarikh Al-Hind (History of India.). He was given the title of 'founder of Indology' and 'al-ustadh'.
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Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?
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Answer: Option D
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Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 – 20 September 1388) was a Turkic Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. He constructed four canals for irrigation.
27
The correct chronological sequence of these Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb:
I. Alamgir-II
II. Farrukh Siyar
III. Jahandar Shah
IV. Shah Alam-II
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Answer: Option D
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The correct chronological sequence of these Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb : Jahandar Shah, Farrukh Siyar, Alamgir-II, Shah Alam-II.
Mirza Muizz-ud-Din Beig Muhammed Khan (9 May 1661 to 12 February 1713), more commonly known as Jahandar Shah, was a Mughal Emperor who ruled for a brief period in 1712–1713.
Farrukh Siyar, was the Mughal emperor from 1713 to 1719 after he murdered Jahandar Shah.
Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II was the Mughal Emperor of India from 3 June 1754 to 29 November 1759. He, the second son of Jahandar Shah, was raised to the throne by Imad-ul-Mulk after he deposed Ahmad Shah Bahadur in 1754.
Ali Gohar (25 June 1728 to 19 November 1806), historically known as Shah Alam II, was the sixteenth Mughal Emperor and the son of Alamgir II.
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Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
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Answer: Option A
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Kabir is widely believed to have become the first disciple of the Bhakti poet-saint Swami Ramananda in Varanasi, known for devotional Vaishnavism with a strong bent to monist Advaita philosophy teaching that God was inside every person, everything. Sant Kabir was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer.
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From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
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Answer: Option C
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Mansabdar implies the generic term for the military-kind grading of all royal functionaries of the Mughal Empire. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in Mongolia.
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Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
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Answer: Option C
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Kabir was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings, according to some scholars, influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement. Kabir's verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib. His most famous writings include his dohas. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of kabir.