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Who introduced Jalali, the silver coin and Ilahi, the gold coin?

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  1. Akbar

  2. Aurangzeb

  3. Babur

  4. Balban

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Akbar was the third ruler of the Mughal empire. He ruled from 1556 to 1605. In 1577 the emperor undertook the reform of the coins and currency. He issued a square shaped rupee coins, called Jalali. Jital was the lowest copper coin and Ilahi were gold coins which were commonly used during Mughal rule.

Ullookh and Dava were _______ systems in medieval India.

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  1. Election

  2. Postal

  3. Marrige

  4. Agricultural

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Ullookh and Dava were the postal systems that prevailed in India. In Ullookh horses were used for carrying posts, while in Dava foot runners were used. There were three collection and distribution centers within a distance of one mile.

Historical sources of Chola period confirms that there were _____ types of farm lands.

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  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 5

  4. 6

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Chola dynasty was the most civilized and one of the longest ruling dynasties in the history of southern India. The types of farm lands during this period were as below:
  1. Brahmadeya: These were the lands gifted to Brahamanas. 
  2. Vellanvagai: Land of non-Brahamana peasant proprietors.
  3. Devadana: Land gifted to temples.
  4. Pallichchhandam: Land donated to Jaina institutions.

Which Delhi Sultanate ruler, allotted money in advance to the peasants for digging wells to facilitate irrigation?

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  1. Balban

  2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  3. Muhammad bin Tughlaq

  4. Alauddin Khilji

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The rulers of the medieval period provided many facilities for farmers to increase crop production and improvise agriculture. Therefore Firoz Shah Tughlaq who ruled over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388, presented money in advance to the farmers for digging wells to facilitate irrigation and increase the crop productivity.

Who wrote the book 'Kitab-ul-Rihla'?

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  1. Marco Polo

  2. Abdul Razzak

  3. Al Beruni

  4. Ibn Battutta

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The book 'Kitab-ul-Rihla' was written by Ibn Battuta. It is a form of travel literature based upon his experiences. He travelled for nearly 30 years and covered most of the Islamic world during 1304-1369 C.E and ater dictated his account in this book.

Which of the following was the major source of royal income in medieval north India?

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  1. Jaziyah

  2. Kharaj

  3. Zakat

  4. Tarkat

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Correct Option: C

Who said, "India was the final destination for all the gold and silver that got exchanged through trade all over the world. The gold and silver amassed by the Europeans from the American continent reached Turkey and Persia and finally from there to the Hindustan."

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  1. Ibn Battuta

  2. Marco Polo

  3. Giovanni Serari

  4. Megasthenes

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Giovanni Careri was a seventeenth-century Italian adventurer and traveler. He was the first Europeans to tour the world on ships involved in the trade; he travels mainly for pleasure rather than profit. According to him, India was the central point where the exchange of the gold and silver took place.

The single most important factor responsible for the transformation of Ancient Indian society into medieval society was the _________.

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  1. practice of land grants

  2. decline of trade

  3. proliferation of castes

  4. rigidity of the caste system

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Correct Option: A

The historical sources of the Chola period confirms that there were four types of farm land. Match the following types of farm lands.

1. Brahmadeya a. The land donated to temples
2. Devadana b. The land owned by peasants
3. Vellan vakai c. The land donated to Jain institutions
4. Pallichandam d. The land received by Brahmins as gift
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  1. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c

  2. 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c

  3. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a

  4. 1-a, 2-d, 3-b, 4-c

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Chola dynasty was the most civilized and one of the longest ruling dynasties in the history of southern India. The types of farm lands during this period were as below:
  1. Brahmadeya: These were the lands gifted to Brahamanas. 
  2. Vellanvagai: Land of non-Brahamana peasant proprietors.
  3. Devadana: Land gifted to temples.
  4. Pallichchhandam: Land donated to Jaina institutions.

Abul Fazl's book 'Ain-i-Akbari' attests that _____ varieties of crops were cultivated in Agra.

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  1. 32

  2. 39

  3. 52

  4. 69

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ain-i Akbari (in short the Ain,) authored by Akbar’s court historian Abul Fazl. It  tells that the Mughal provinces of Agra produced 39 varieties of crops and Delhi produced 43 over the two seasons. Bengal produced 50 varieties of rice alone.