1. With which of the following regions is the Rishi Silsilah, an order of sufi saints, associated?

2. Who among the following was appointed as the Controller of the grain market by Alauddin Khilji during the implementation of market control measures?

3. In the Vijayanagara kingdom, the provincial governors who did not belong to the royal family but were appointed on merit were generally known as

4. Todar Mal was associated with

5. Which of the following sufi saints popularized the Qadiria order in Punjab and Sindh?

6. The battle of Talikota, which led to the destruction of the Vijayanagara Empire by the combined armies of Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Golkonda and Bidar, was fought in

7. Consider the following statements about Fakhr-i Mudabbir and his Adabul Harb-wa Shujaat. I. It is a work written on the science of warfare in the early years of Iltutmish's reign. II. Fakhr-i Mudabbir praises highly the swords made in India. III. Mudabbir mentions that the iron was smelted at Khetri in Rajasthan. IV. He offers the earliest known description of the technique of producing Damascus steel. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

8. Which was the most important feature of Akbar's land revenue system?

9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A) : Sultan Zainul Abidin was a great patron of learning and surrounded himself with learned men with whom he was fond of holding discussions. Reason (R) : Scholars like Saiyid Muhammad Rumi, Qazi Saiyid Ali Shirazi, Qazi Jamal and Saiyid Muhammad Sistani left their countries and emigrated to Kashmir during his reign. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?

10. The export of slaves from India was banned by

11. Ibrahim Khan Gardi was an important military officer of

12. Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence?

13. Which of the following statement(s) is/ are found to be incorrect? I. Qutub-ud-din Aibak was considered a generous ruler and was popularly called Lakh Bakhsh. II. Qutub-ud-din Aibak was given the title of Amir-i-Akhur. III. The Quattal-ul-Islam mosque was built during the reign of Iltutmish.

14. Match List-I with List-II relating to Books and Authors: List I (Author) List II (Book) A. Catherine B. Asher (i) Mughal Architecture: An Outline of its History and Development. B. R. Nath (ii) Architecture of Mughal India C. A. J. Qaisar (iii) History of Mughal Architecture D. Ebba Koch (iv) Building Construction in Mughal India: The Evidence from Painting. Select your answer for the code given below: A B C D

15. Which of the following is false?

16. Agricultural land was divided by Akbar into four categories. Polaj land came under which category?

17. Consider the following statements about the post-Aurangzed Mughal period. 1. Farrukhsiyar owed his elevation to the throne to Zulfiqar Khan and Imad-ul Mulk. 2. Aurangzeb had left a will to partition Mughal Empire among his three surviving sons after his death. 3. Muhammad Shah was supported by Nizam-ul Mulk of the Deccan. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

18. The first Mughal building with complete marble facing was

19. Which of the following statement(s) is/ are found to be correct? I. Zafar Khan, a former provincial governor under the Tughlaqs, revolted against his Turkish overlord and proclaimed himself Sultan, taking the title Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah in 1347. II. The Bahmani Sultanate lasted for almost two centuries until it fragmented into five smaller states in 1527. III. The Bahmani Sultanate adopted the patterns established by the Delhi overlords in Tax Collection and administration.

20. Who bestowed the office of Peshwa on Balaji Vishwanath?

21. The iqta under the Delhi Sultans was a territorial assignment and its holder was designated muqti who

22. Which of the following statement(s) is/ are found to be incorrect? I. Razia was the daughter of Qutubud- din Aibak and was the first and only Muslim woman who ever ruled India. II. Razia's rule marked the beginning of a struggle for power between the Monarchy and Turkish chiefs called Turkani-Chahalgani (The forty). III. Razia was killed by her own brother Muiz-ud-din Bahram.

23. Which of the following statement(s) is/ are found to be incorrect? I. Tughlaqnama written by Amir Khusrao gives an account of Alaud- din Khilji reign. II. Account of Mahmud Ghaznis's reign is mentioned in Firdausi's Shahnamah. III. Zia-ud-din Barani'sTarikha-Firoz Shah elaborated a detailed account of Firoz Shah's reign.

24. Which of the following pair (Author and Source) is not correctly matched [Author - Source]?

25. Who succeeded Aurangzeb after his death in AD 1707?