The Delhi Sultanate Book Back Questions 7th Social Science Lesson 4

7th Social Science Lesson 4

4] The Delhi Sultanate

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Sack of Chittor (1303): When Ala-ud-Din’s army overwhelmed the Rajput army in Chittor and in the context of threat of defeat, the men and women of the fortress, in accordance with their old custom, performed the rite of jauhar. According to this custom, left with no other way to survive, the men would go out and die in the field of battle and women would burn themselves on a pyre.

It was a 40-days march to Daulatabad from Delhi. Many people left. Some hid themselves. When they were found, they were punished cruelly, even though one was a blind man and another a paralytic. Describing the city as spreading over eight or ten miles, a historian observed: “All was destroyed. So complete was the ruin that not a cat or a dog was left among the buildings of the city in its palaces or in its suburbs.”

Islamic art and architecture: The mansions of high-ranking Muslim nobles, soldiers and officials were built first in cities and the neighbourhoods. Around them, the mosques in the imperial style were constructed by successive Muslim regimes in Delhi. Mosques and Madrasas looked architecturally different. The graceful decorations of doorways and walls with lines from the Koran made a distinct appearance in these buildings. The shape of all these buildings was Persian, while the decoration was Indian. So, it is called Indo-Saracenic architecture. Qutb Minar, Alai-Darwaza, Quwwat-ul Islam Masjid, Moth-ki-Masjid, the tombs of Iltutmish, Balban and the forts of Daulatabad and Firozabad were all constructed in this style.

Choose the best answers:

1. ____________ laid the foundation of “Mamluk” dynasty.

(a) Mohammad Ghori

(b) Jalal-ud-din

(c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

(d) Iltutmish

2. Qutb-ud-din shifted his capital to Delhi from ____________

(a) Lahore

(b) Poona

(c) Daulatabad

(d) Agra

3. ______________ completed the construction of the Qutb-Minar.

(a) Razia

(b) Qutb-ud-din-Aibak

(c) Iltutmish

(d) Balban

4. _____________ laid the foundation of the city Tughluqabad near Delhi.

(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq

(b) Firoz shah Tughluq

(c) Jalal-ud-din

(d) Ghyiyas-ud-din

Fill in the blanks:

1. ____________ was the founder of Tughluq dynasty.

2. Muhammad-bin-Tughluq shifted his capital from Delhi to _____________

3. _____________ patronized the famous Persian poet Amir Khusru.

4. Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid in Delhi was built by ______________

5. The threat of Mongols under Chengizkhan to India was during the reign of _______________

Match the following:

A – B

1. Tughril Khan – Governor of Kara

2. Ala-ud-din – Jalal-ud-din Yakut

3. Bahlol Lodi – Governor of Bengal

4. Razia – Governor of Sirhind

State true or false. If false, correct the statement:

1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak died of mysterious fever.

2. Razia was an able and brave fighter.

3. The Turkish nobles chose Iltutmish, son of Aibak, as Sultan after the death of Aibak.

4. FirozShah Tughluq refused to accept an invitation from a Bahmani Prince to intervene in the affairs of the Deccan.

Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:

Assertion (A): Balban maintained cordial relationship with Mongols.

Reason (R): The Mongol ruler, a grandson of Chengiz Khan, assured that Mongols would not advance beyond Sutlej.

(a) R is the correct explanation of A

(b) R is not the correct explanation of A

(c) A and R are wrong

(d) A is wrong and R is the correct

Find out the wrong pair:

1. Hoysala – Devagiri

2. Yadavas – Dwarasamudra

3. Kakatias – Warrangal

4. Pallavas – Madurai

Find out the Incorrect statement:

1. After Ghori’s death in 1206, his slave Qutb-ud-din Aibak proclaimed himself the ruler of the Turkish territories in India.

2. Razia established the department of spies to gather intelligence about the conspirators and the trouble makers against her rule.

3. Balban built forts to guard his empire against the Mongol attack.

4. Ibrahim Lodi was defeated by Babur in 1526

Match the following:

A – B

1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak – Rukn-ud-din-Firuz

2. Iltutmish – Kaiqubad

3. Balban – Ala-ud-din

4. Ghiyas-ud-din – Sikandar Lodi

5. Bahlol Lodi – Aram Shah

Answers:

Choose the best answers:

1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak 2. Lahore 3. Iltutmish 4. Ghyiyas-ud-din

Fill in the blanks:

1. Ghyiyas-ud-din 2. Devagiri 3. Balban 4. Qutub-din-Aibak 5. Iltutmish

Match the following:

1. Governor of Bengal 2. Governor of Kara 3. Governor of Sirhind 4. Jalal-ud-din Yakut

State true or false:

1.False

Correct statement: Qutb-ud-din Aibak died of several injuries during an accidental fall from horse while playing polo.

2. True

3. False

Correct statement: The Turkish nobles chose Iltutmish, son- in-law of Aibak, as Sultan after the death of Aibak

4.True

Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:

R is the correct explanation of A

Find out the wrong pair:

Kakatias – Warrangal

Find out the Incorrect statement:

Razia established the department of spies to gather intelligence about the conspirators and the trouble makers against her rule.

Match the following:

1. Ala-ud-din 2. Aram Shah 3. Rukn-ud-din-Firuz 4. Kaiqubad 5. Sikandar Lodi