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1. QUTUBUDDIN AIBEK A. GREAT PATRON OF LITERATURE.B. HE BUILT QUTUB MINAR AND

QUWWAT-UT –MOSQUE IN DELHI . BUT UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE MONUMENT QUTUB MINAR.

1. IITUTMISH A. HE WAS AN ABLE AND SHREWD

ADMINISTRATOR.

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B. HE SAVED DELHI FROM WRATH OF MONGOL CONQUEROR.

C. HE ORGANISED A GROUP OF 40 TURKISH NOBLES KNOWN AS CHALIHA.

D. HE INTRODUCED SILVER COINS , TANKA AND COPPER COINS , JITAL.

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1. ALA-UD- DIN KHALJIA. HE CAPTURED GUJARAT

MARWAR ETC.B. HE HAD A WELL – TRAINED AND

WELL EQUIPPED ARMY .C. HE KEPT FULL RECORDS OF HIS

SOLDIERS.D. SOLDIERS WERE PAID IN CASH.E. HE DID NOT ALLOWED NOBLES

TO AMASS MONEY

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F. HE BANNED THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF WINE.

G. HE CONTROL EFFECTIVELY THE REVOLTS.

H. HE DID NOT TOLERATE THE INTERFERANCE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS.

I. HE FIXED THE MRP. J. HE INTRODUCED GRAIN

STORAGE AND RATIONING SYSTEM .

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K. HE PUNISHED THOSE WHO WEIGHED LESS OR

CHEATED THE BUYERS. L. LAND REVENUE WAS FIXED

ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF LAND HOLDING .

M. STATES SHARE WAS FIXED AT 50 % OF THE TOTAL PRODUCE .

N. HINDU PAY MORE TAXES THAN MUSLIMS.

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1.LANGUAGE AND LITREATUREA. MAIN LANGUAGE USED TO WRITE

LITREATURE WAS :KHARI BOLI AND BRAJ BHASHA.

B. MUSLIM USED MIXTURE OF PERSAIN AND ARABIC IN THEIR COURTS.

C. ZIAUDDIN BARANI WROTE TARIKH-I-FEROZSHAHI.

D. AMIR KHUSRO WAS THE LITERARY GENIUS.

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LOCAL LANGUAGES LIKE BENGALI AND GUJRATI WERE POPULAR.

BHAKTI AND SUFI SAINTS USED LOCAL LANGUAGES.

URDU LANGUAGE WAS ALSO POPULAR.

WEIGHTAGE OF SA-1

HISTORY-40 MARKS GEOGRAPHY- 30 MARKS CIVICS – 20 MARKS