Chapter 3 History Class VII

 

Solution Part I

Worksheet

Social Science

Class VII (May Month)

Chapter 3 ‘The Delhi Sultans’

Day 2

QI. Tick (√) the correct answer:

 

1.     Raziyya became Sultan in    (d)

a. 1226         b. 1136         c. 1126        d. 1236   

       

2.     Iqta in Sultanate period meant    (a)

a. Land            b. Tax      c. Landlord     d.  Land revenue

 

3.     The three orders were first formulated in   (b)

a. Germany        b.  France         c. Jerusalem         d. Ottoman Turkey

 

4.     Garrison town named Siri was constructed by   (c)

a. Muhammad Tughluq    b. Firoz Shah Tughluq        c. Alauddin Khaliji          

d. Sher Shah Suri

 

5.     Genghis Khan was a   (b)

a. Sultan of Delhi     b. Mongol leader      c. Sayyid ruler    d. Turki leader

 

6.     Bandagan in Sultanate period meant   (c)

a. aristocrats    b. governors    c. special slaves        d. administrators

 

7.     Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the   (d)

a. Chauhans   b. Tughluqs    c. Lodhis    d. Tomar Rajputs        

 

8.     Kharaj amounted to about   (a)

a.    50 per cent of the total production       b. 30 per cent of the total production 

c.   both are incorrect                                 d. only the first statement is correct

 

9.     Muhammad Tughluq shifted his capital to   (a)

a. Daultabad           b. Delhi       c. Firozabad         d.Tughluqabad

 

10.  Begumpuri mosque was built in the reign of   (b)

a. Alauddin Khalji     b. Muhammad Tughluq        c. Iltutmish    d. Qutbuddin Aybak

 

11.  Mosque of Jamali Kamali was built in the late    (a)

a. 1520s      b. 1420s     c. 1550s     d. 1290s

 

12.  The language of administrator under the Delhi Sultans was   (c)

a.     Urdu    b. Turkish    c. Persian      d. None of these

 

II       Fill in the blanks:

1.                   The Quwwat ul Islam mosque was built during the last decade of the _________. ( 12^th century)

2.                    Ibn Battuta was a 14th century traveller from ______. (Morocco, Africa)

3.                    Alauddin paid his soldiers salaries in _____. (Cash)

4.                    Raziyya Sultan was removed from the throne in _____. (1240)

5.                    The authors of tawarikh were ______.  (Learned men)

6.                    Moth ki Masjid was built in the reign of ________.  (Sikander Lodi)

7.                   The Chauhan dynasty ruled in Delhi during _________________. (the    middle of the 12^th century)

8.                   The Mongol attack increased in Delhi during the rule of _________. (Allauddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughluq)

9.                   The Sultanate reached its farthest extent during the reign of ______. (Allauddin Khalji)

10.                The first Sultan to invade South India was _____. (Allauddin Khalji)

 

III. State whether the following statements are True or False.

1.                    Delhi became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs. (True)

2.                    The language of administration under the Delhi Sultan was Turkish(False)

3.                    The author of tawarikh were rich aristocrats and landlords.  (False)

4.                    Raziyya Sultan was the daughter of Sultan Iltutmish.    (True)

5.                    The Delhi Sultan built several mosque in the city.   (True)

6.                    Muhammad Tughluq constructed a new garrison town named Siri.(False)

7.                    Ibn Battuta was a fourteenth century traveller from Morocco.    (True)

8.                    Kharaj was a tax amounting to 30 per cent of the peasant's produce.(False)

9.                    Ziyauddin Barani was a 14th century chronicler.    (True)

10.                Mongol attacks on the Delhi Sultanate increased during the reign of 

Ghiyasuddin Balban. (False)

 

IV. Match the following:

1.     a. Alauddin Khalji                         1. 1236-1240                                         (c)

            b. Muhammad Tughluq               2. 1451-1489                                         (d)

            c. Raziyya                                       3. 1324-1351                                          (b)

            d. Bahlol Lodi                                4. 1296-1316                                          (a)

 

2.     a. Quwwat ul Islam mosque       1. Muhammad Tughluq                    (b)

             b. Begumpuri mosque                 2. Sikander Lodi                                  (c)

             c. Moth ki masjid                          3. Built in late 1520s                           (d)

            d. Mosque of Jamali Kamali       4. Qutbuddin Aibak                            (a)

 

3.     a. Ibn Battuta                                   1. 14th century chronicler                (d)

            b. Rudramadevi                              2. Queen who ruled in Kashmir     (c)

            c. Didda                                            3. Kakatiya dynasty                          (b)

            d.Ziyauddin Barani                       4. 14th century traveller                    (a)

 

4.     a. Iqta                                               1. A place where Muslims pray      (c)

            b. Bandagan                                     2. Tax on cultivation                         (d)

            c. Mosque                                         3. Special slaves                                (b)

            d. Kharaj                                           4. Territories or land                        (a)

Revision Assignment

 

Choose the correct option:

1.         Which dynasty first set up Delhi as its capital? (a)

a.     The Tomaras      b. The Chauhans       c. The Tughlaqs      d. The Khaljis

 

2.               For the period, we find lots of information from (d)

a.     Inscriptions     b. coins and architectures     c. Tawarikh     d. All of these

 

3.               The daughter of Iltutmish Razziya became Sultan in (b)

a.     1235     b. 1236     c. 1237      d. 1240

 

4.               What is common among, Razziya, Rudrmadevi and didda? (c)

a.     They were sisters      b. They were exiled      c. They were rulers

            d. None of these

 

5.               The Sultan reached its greatest extent during the reign of (b)

a.     Qutbuddin   Aibak      b. Razziya Sultan     c. Ghiyasuddin Balban      

d. Muhammad Tughluq

 

6.               Iqtas were (b)

a.     A type of tax     b. land grants to officials     c. Officials sent to collect taxes

d. None of the above

 

7.               The qutub Minar was built by two Sultans (b)

a.     Allauddin and Jalauddin Khalji     b. Qutubuddin and Iltutmish   c. Muhammad and Firoz Tuglaq      d. None of these

 

8.     The kharaj (tax on cultivation) was (d)

a.     35% of the produce     b. 40% of the produce     c. 45% of the produce    

d.  50% of the produce.

 

9.               The idea of ‘Three Order’ was first formulated in (a)

a.     France     b. Britain      c. Germany      d. Itlay

 

10.            Genghiz Khan was a (c)

a.     Chinese    b. Korean      c. Mongol     d. Tibetain

 

11.            Twarikh were written in which language? (b)

a.     Urdu      b. Persian     c. Sanskrit     d. Hindi

 

12.            Which Sultan was referred to as ‘ Lakh Baksh’? (c)

a.     Raziya      b. Balban     c. Qutubddin Aibak   d. Iltutmish

 

13.            Iban Batuta lived in the court of a Delhi Sultan for many years. Who was the Sultan?  (d)

a.     Alauddin     b. balban    c. Feroz Tughluq     d. Muhammad bin Tughluq

 

14.            Muhammad Bin Tughluq was not related to one of the measured below. Which is it? (c)

a.     Transfer of capital     b. Token Currency     c. Market reforms    

d. Khurasan expedition