Mock Test-1 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

11. Consider the following statements:

1. Alauddin Khilji styled himself as the second Alexander. (Sikandar-i-sani)

2. Jalauddin Khilji was the first ruler of Delhi Sultanate to put forward the view that kingship should be based on the willing support of the government.

3. Iltutmish was the first sultan, who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the calipha.

4. The token currency tanka introduced by Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq was made of bronze.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Solution:All the given statements regarding the sultan of Delhi are correct. Alauddin Khilji was the sultan of Delhi He ruled for about twenty years from 1296 to 1316. Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji (died 20 July 1296) was the first sultan of the Khilji dynasty, who reigned from 1290 to 1296.

Born and raised in Afghanistan, Jalaluddin went to build his capital at Kilughari, a few miles from the city of Delhi, and completed the unfinished palace and gardens of Sultan Qaiqabad. Iltutmish belonged to the slave dynasty and succeeded to the throne after Qutub-ud-din-Aibak. He was one of the leading rulers of the Delhi Sultanate and played a key role in extending the empire to a large part of the country. Muhammad bin Tughluq was the Turkic Sultan of Delhi from 1325 to 1351.

12. .

Assertion (A) : Sikander Lodi reimposed the Jeziah on the Hindus.

Reason (R) : Sikander Lodi was an orthodox and a bigoted king.

Select the code given below :

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) is correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:Sikandar Lodi was an orthodox and bigoted king indeed. He reimposed jaziya on the Hindus and even executed a Brahmana who stated that both the Hindu and the Muslim scriptures are sacred.

He also forbade the Muslim women from carrying out activities not mentioned under sharia, for instance, their going out to pray to the graves of their saints. Sikandar Lodi, due to his religious beliefs, also demolished many Hindu temples, one of them being the Hindu temple at Nagarkot.

13. The Rihla was written in

Correct Answer: (a) Arabic in the Fourteenth Century by Ibn Battuta
Solution:Ibn Battuta (1304-1377) was a Muslim scholar and traveller. He was born in Morocco. The book, Rihla is account of his travelling throughout his life in different countries.

14. Which empire did Niccolo de Conti, Abdur Razzaq, Afanasy Nikitin and Fernao Nuniz visit ?

Correct Answer: (b) Vijayanagara empire
Solution:Niccolo de conti (Venetian merchant), Abdur Razzaq (Persia), Afanacy Nikitin(Russian merchant) and Fernao Nuniz (Portuguese traveller) visited Vijaynagar empire.

15. What were the Ahdis of Akbar's time?

Correct Answer: (d) Foot soldiers in the army

16. Match the following Mughal officials against their positions.

Column IColumn II
I. BakhshiA. Town Police Commander
II. FaujdarsB. Military Paymaster
III. SadraC. Incharge of Religious and Charitable patronage
IV. KotwalD. Military Commander

Select the correct alternative

Correct Answer: (a) I-B, II-D, III-C, IV-A
Solution:Bakshi was the person incharge of Military Paymaster Faujdar was a title awarded by Mughal and other Muslim rulers in South Asia to garrison commanders. In pre-Mughal times, the term referred to a military officer but did not refer to a specific rank. With the administrative reforms performed by Mughal emperor Akbar, this rank was systemised.

The empire as a whole was divided into provinces known as subah, which were further divided into sarkars, and then parganas. One of the names used to describe the officer posted to act as the administrator of the sarkar was faujdar.

Sadra was the incharge of religious and charitable patronage.

17. Which of the following parties did not support Quit India Movement?

Correct Answer: (d) All the above
Solution:All the above given parties did not support Quit India Movement.

18. Kakori conspiracy case took place in the year

Correct Answer: (b) 1925
Solution:The most important "action" of the HRA (Hindustan Republican Association) was the Kakori robbery in the year 1925. The men held up the 8-Down train at Kakori, an obscure village near Lucknow and looted its official railway cash. Government crackdown after the Kakori robbery led to arrests of many of whom 17 were jailed, four transported for life and four - Bismil, Ashfaqullah, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lihiri - were hanged. Kakori proved to be a setback.

19. During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India, were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Irwin
Solution:During the tenure of Lord Irwin as the Viceroy of India, the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged.

20. In addition to Macaulay's Minutes on Education, another landmark draft is also attributed to him. Identify the draft from the following.

Correct Answer: (a) Draft of Indian Penal Code
Solution:The drafo of Indian penal Code is attributed to Macaulay. The Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1860 on the recommendations of first law commission of India established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 under the Chairmanship of Thomas Babington Macaulay.

It came into force in British India in 1862. Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.