AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

TOPIC: THE DELHI SULTANS

CLASS: VII
                      
Q1. Answer the following in one word:
1. Coins minted in Delhi which had a wide circulation___________________________.

2. He recognized that Raziyya was more able and qualified than her
brothers_________________.

3. The ruler in the Sultanate who favoured special slaves for military service _______________.

4. During the campaign along the internal frontier hunter gatherers and pastoralists were
expelled from their habitat from this region _________________________________________.

5. During prayers Muslims in India stand facing the west (Mecca), known as ________________.

6. The military officer in charge of a tract of land______________________________________.

7. The Mongols under him invaded Transoxania in north-east Iran in 1219 _________________.

8. The leader of Mongols who invaded Delhi Sultanate _______________________.

9. Muhammad Tughluq sent the residents of the old city to his new capital at _______________

10. The patronage of humble people by them shocked many elite and the Persian authors
criticised them__________________________________.

Q2. Mention two each of the following:

1. Cities built by the Delhi Sultans __________________________________________                  

2. Delhi became an important commercial centre    _________________________________

3. Chronicler, traveller who visited the Delhi Sultanate ___________, __________________

4. Authors of tawarikh under Delhi Sultans were         _____________, ___________________

5. Set of campaigns started by the rulers to consolidate_____________, __________________.

6. Officials appointed by Muhammad Tughluq         ___________, _________________.

7. Early Turkish rulers who ruled Delhi        _______________, ____________________

8. The Qutub Minar was built by              ____________________________________.

Q3 Answer the following questions briefly:

1. What were the different types of taxes under the Delhi Sultans?

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2. What are the various sources of information of the Delhi Sultans?

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3. Describe the position of the samantas under Alauddin Khalji?

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Q4.Identify the picture and answer the following questions:  

                                   

1. Name the monument shown above ______________________________________________.

2. Under whose reign was it built? ______________________________________________.

3. Why did the rulers build them?       _______________________________________________

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