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St. Joseph’s College of Arts & Science (Autonomous) St. Joseph’s College Road, Cuddalore – 607001 HI305 HISTORY OF INDIA FROM 1206A.D TO 1707 A.D Time: 3 hrs

Max Marks: 75

SECTION-A (15X1=15) Answer all the questions: Choose the correct Answer: 1. Muhammad of Ghor belonged to a) Slave dynasty c) Sayyid dynasty

b) Yamini dynasty d) Muzzy

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2. Alberuni wrote a) Tariki Firuz Shahhi

b) Tariki Hind

c) Shah Nama

d) Humayun Nama

3. The new capital of Muhammad bin Thulaq was a) Warangal

b) Bijpur c) Dauladabad d) Gol Konda

4. The founder of the Lodi dynasty was a) Bahlal Lodi c) Sikandar Shah

b) Ibrahim Lodi d) Ala –ud – din Shah 1

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Jizya was the tax collected from a) Hindus b) Muslims c) Sikhs

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d) Turks

The ruler who laid the first Grand trunk road was a) Humayun b) Sher shah c) Babur d) Akbar

7. The Mughal ruler who was born in Amarkot a) Babur b) Akbar c) Aurangzeb d) Humayun 8. The guru and philosopher of Shivaji was a) Eknath

b) Tukka Ram

c) Ram das d) Vaman Pandit 9. The Mughal ruler known as “Prince of Builders” was a) Nurjahan

b) Jahangir c) Shajahan d) Bahadur Shah

10. Guru Nanak was born at a) Kaladi

b) Talwandi

c) Amritsar

d) Navakali

11. Chaitanya was born at a) Allahabad

b) Talwandi

c) Nadia

d) Sriperumpudur 2

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12. The philosophy of Ramanuja was a) Advaitha

b) Sudhadvaitha

c) Vichistadvaitha

d) Dhvaitha

13. Timur invaded Delhi in a) 1390 b) 1392 c) 1395 d) 1398. 14. The title “Idol Breaker” refers to a) Muhammad of Ghor b) Mahmud of Ghazni c) Iltumish

d) Nasirudin Shah

15. The city of Agra was founded by a) Sikandar Lodi

b) Akbar

c) Shah Jahan

d) Babur

SECTION-B (6X5=30) Answer any SIX of the following: 16. Narrate the “Plunder of Samantha” by Mahmud of Ghazni. 17. Give an account of the first Battle of Tarain. 18. Mention the market reforms introduced by Ala ud din Khilji. 3

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19. Explain the importance of the Second Battle of Panipet. 20. Examine the preaching of Guru Nanak. 21. Briefly estimate the Mughal architecture. 22. Describe the Mansabdhari system. 23. Trace the conquest of Humayun. SECTION-C (2X15=30) Answer any TWO of the following: 24. a) “Balban is considered as the greatest ruler of Slave Dynasty” – Elucidate. (OR) b) Estimate the religious policy of Akbar. 25. a) Mark on the outline map provided, the extent of

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Tughlaq’s Empire and point out the following places – Delhi Lahore, Nagarkot, and Devagiri. Write a note on his Token currency. (OR) b). Mark on the outline map given, the extent of an Empire of Aurangzeb and Write a note on his policy towards Raj puts. *****************

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