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Which of the following measures of Sher Shah Suri greatly helped in the promotion of trade and commerce?

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  1. He got many important roads built

  2. The roads were very safe

  3. He abolished all internal duties and taxes were levied only at the points of import and sales

  4. He built several sarais on the highways

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Correct Option: C

Sher Shah's mausoleum is at Sasaram in Bihar but he died at ______.

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  1. Delhi

  2. Agra

  3. Chunar

  4. Kalanjar

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Correct Option: D

The longest road built by Sher Shah, known as Sarak-I-Azam (currently known as GT) Road or Sher Shah Suri Road) ran from the Indus in the North-West to _______.

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  1. Calcutta

  2. Dacca

  3. Malda

  4. Sonargaon

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Correct Option: D

The original name of Sher Shah was __________.

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  1. Sikander

  2. Akbar

  3. Farid

  4. Tahmasp

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Correct Option: C

Sher Shah defeated Humayun at _______.

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  1. Gaur

  2. Chunar

  3. Chausa

  4. Agra

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Correct Option: C

Under Sher Shah the largest administrative unit was administered by ________.

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  1. Shikadar

  2. Mansabdar

  3. Kasi

  4. Faujdar

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Correct Option: A

Mausoleum of Sher Shah located in ______________.

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  1. Lahore

  2. Fatehpur Sikri

  3. Saasaram

  4. Agra

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Correct Option: C

The first time in India that land was divided into different categories for the purpose of revenue, taking into account the quality of land and its productive capacity, was during the reign of ______________.

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  1. Alauddin Khalji

  2. Sher Shah Suri

  3. Firuz Shah Tughluq

  4. Akbar

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sher Shah was the first Muslim ruler who got the whole of the land measured After land measurement, the productivity of land was estimated to fix the revenue demand per unit of measured area. Sher Shah divided the land into three categories - good, middling and bad as per their productivity. After measuring land in Bighas then half of it was fixed as the land tax

"I would have almost lost the Kingdom of Hindustan only for a handful millet." These words were told by Sher Shah when _____________________ .

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  1. He fought in the battle of Chausa against Humayun

  2. He conquered the battle of Kannauj

  3. He got victory over Rai Singh

  4. He had defeated Maldev in the battle

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1543, Sher Shah Suri with a huge force of 80,000 cavalry set out against Maldeo Rathore. Maldeo Rathore with an army of 50,000 cavalry advanced to face Sher Shah's army. Instead of marching to the enemy's capital Sher Shah halted in the village of Sammel in the pargana of Jaitaran, ninety kilometers east of Jodhpur. After one month, Sher Shah's position became critical owing to the difficulties of food supplies for his huge army. To resolve this situation, Sher Shah resorted to a cunning ploy. One evening, he dropped forged letters near the Maldeo's camp in such a way that they were sure to be intercepted. These letters indicated, falsely, that some of Maldeo's army commanders were promising assistance to Sher Shah. This caused great consternation to Maldeo, who immediately (and wrongly) suspected his commanders of disloyalty. Maldeo left for Jodhpur with his own men, abandoning his commanders to their fate.After that Maldeo's innocent generals Jaita and Kunpa fought with the just 20,000 men against an enemy force of 80,000 men. In the ensuing battle of Sammel (also known as battle of Giri Sumel), Sher Shah emerged victorious, but several of his generals lost their lives and his army suffered heavy losses. Sher Shah is said to have commented that "for a few grains of bajra (millet, which is the main crop of barren Marwar) I almost lost my entire kingdom."

 

______ major roads were laid by Shershah to connect all the four corners of his kingdom.

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  1. 3

  2. 2

  3. 4

  4. 5

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The 4 major roads were laid by Sher Shah to connect all the four corners of his kingdom. four important roads were as follows ; (1 ) Grand trunk road from SW1 argaon to Peshawar; ( 2 ) road from Agra to Multan via Burhanpur and Delhi; (3) road from Multan to Agra; (4) road from Mandu to Agra. The roads built by Sher Shah are called 'the arteries of the empire'.