Sultan Alauddin Khilji of the Delhi Sultanate famously instituted rigorous market control and price regulation policies to maintain a massive standing army without overburdening the state treasury.
87. The battle of Plassey was fought in the year
(A) 1757
(B) 1787
(C) 1827
(D) 1857
Answer:
(A) 1757
Explanation:
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal (Siraj-ud-Daulah) and his French allies on June 23, 1757, marking the beginning of British paramountcy in India.
88. Who among the following was not associated with Aligarh movement?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmad khan
(B) Waqarul Mulk
(C) Muhsinul Mulk
(D) Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
Answer:
(D) Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
Explanation:
Maulana Qasim Nanotvi was a distinguished Islamic scholar and the primary founder of the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary. The Deobandi movement was generally orthodox and stood in stark philosophical contrast to Sir Syed’s modernist, Western-oriented Aligarh Movement.
89. Which of the following Mughal emperor gave orders for the construction of “Ibadat Khana”?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Shah Jhan
Answer:
(A) Akbar
Explanation:
The Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) was a magnificent meeting house built in 1575 by the Mughal Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri, designated for spiritual leaders of various religions to gather and debate theological principles.
90. Shibli Nomani was born in
(A) Lucknow
(B) Delhi
(C) Lahore
(D) Azamgarh
Answer:
(D) Azamgarh
Explanation:
Allama Shibli Nomani, a highly respected Islamic scholar, historian, and a prominent figure in the Aligarh Movement, was born in 1857 in Bindawal, a village in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.
