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Q6. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were

military commanders

provincial governors

high civil and military officers

All of the above

Answer

Answer : All of the above

The Mansabdar was a military unit within the administrative system of the Mughal Empire introduced by Akbar. The word mansab is of Arabic origin meaning rank or position. The system, hence, determined the rank of a government official and also other military generals. Every civil and military officer was given a 'mansab' and different which could be increased by ten were used for ranking officers. It was also meant for fixing the salaries and allowances of officers. The term manasabadar means a person (in old times) who has a positioning or ranking of a government can give power .
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Question 2

Q7. The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the "Immortal Homer of the East" was

Utbi

Firdausi

Alberuni

Baihaqi

Answer

Answer : Firdausi

The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the "Immortal Homer of the East" was Firdausi.

Abu 'l-Qasim Firdowsi Tusi (c. 940-1020), or Ferdowsi (also transliterated as Firdawsi, Firdusi, Firdosi, Firdausi) was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.
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Question 3

Q8. During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by

(a) Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat

(b) Prithviraja Chauhan III of Ajmer

(c) Both (a) and (b) above

(d) (b) and the Chandela king Paramardi

Answer

Answer : (c) Both (a) and (b) above

During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat and Prithviraja Chauhan III of Ajmer.
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Question 4

Q9. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating

(a) Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain

(b) Jayachanda in the Battle of Chandawar

(c) The Chandelas

(d) Both (a) and (b) above

Answer

Answer : (d) Both (a) and (b) above

Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain and Jayachanda in the Battle of Chandawar.
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Question 5

Q10. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghuri, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was

Samantasena

Hemantasena

Ballalasena

Lakshamanasena

Answer

Answer : Lakshamanasena

It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghuri, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was Lakshamanasena.
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