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Questions |
Answers |
| 1 |
The game of Polo was introduced in India by – |
Turks |
| 2 |
Who was called ‘Dastar-Bandan’? |
Ulema |
| 3 |
Which did the Sultan demand half the crops on land after measurement as revenue? |
Alauddin Khalji |
| 4 |
Under the following passage: In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the eastern hemisphere visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles”. The world’s greatest traveler of premodern times to whom the above passage refers is – |
Ibn Battuta |
| 5 |
The earliest reference to the use of a magnetic compass in the Indian seas was by – |
Sadruddin Muhammad “Aufi“ |
| 6 |
Which rulers divided his troops into units of two hundred, two hundred fifty-and-five hundred? |
Islam Shah |
| 7 |
In pre-medieval kingdoms of Rajasthan, the designation “Naimittika” was used for – |
State astrologer |
| 8 |
Which medieval scholars/writers belonged to the Jain religion? |
Hemchandra Suri |
| 9 |
During the 13th and 14th Centuries AD, the Indian peasants did not cultivate – |
Maize |
