Where is the Bada Imambara located?
A. Agra
B. Lucknow
C. Patna
D. Allahabad
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Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
A. Kharaj
B. Jizya
C. Khums
D. Zakat
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Atala Masjid which was built by Sultan Ibrahim is located at?
A. Jaunpur
B. Kanpur
C. Agra
D. Mysore
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In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by
A. Shiqdar
B. Barid
C. Ariz
D. Amil
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Assertion (A): Akbar's official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets.
Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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The portion of the actual produce fixed as state's share under the Zabti System of Mughals was __________
A. One-half
B. One-third
C. One-fourth
D. One-fifth
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Which Tamil poet wrote Ramayana in Tamil language?
A. Kamban
B. Kapilar
C. Pulamaipithan
D. Perumal Rasu
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Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself.
Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by?
A. Rajendra Chola I
B. Gajendra Chola
C. Vikram Chola
D. Rajendra Chola III
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The tomb of Jahangir was built at
A. Gujrat
B. Delhi
C. Lahore
D. Agra
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The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert's description of the Peacok Throne, was
A. Geronimo Verroneo
B. Omrah' Danishmand khan
C. Tavernier
D. Austinof Bordeaux
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Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
A. Jahandar Shah
B. Muhammad Shah
C. Shah Alam-I
D. Bahadur Shah Zafar
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The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
A. Chola
B. Pallavas
C. Pandyas
D. Kaktiya
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Assertion (A): The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music was written in Aurangzeb's reign.
Reason (R): Aurangzeb was a great patron of Classical Indian Music.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Chahalghani under IItutmish represented __________
A. His Turkish slaves
B. Slaves inherited by him from his predecessors
C. General cadre of slaves
D. The elite cadre of slave officers under him
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Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?
A. Alauddin Khalji
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C. Muhammad bin Tughluq
D. None of the above
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The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
A. Khalji dynasty
B. Tughlaq dynasty
C. Slave dynasty
D. Lodi dynasty
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Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
A. Red Fort
B. Humayun's Tomb
C. Qutub Minar
D. Jantar Mantar
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"Quwwat-ul-Islam" Mosque was built by
A. Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Iltutmish
D. Mohammad Adilshah
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Which among the following was the most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya?
A. Her gender
B. Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
C. Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi
D. Her incompetence
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