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[#61] Jantar Mantar is in
Correct Answer

(A) Rajasthan

Explanation

Solution: The Jantar Mantar monument in Jaipur, Rajasthan is a collection of nineteen architectural astronomical instruments built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II.

[#62] Assertion (A): The Sultans may not have been too eager to encourage large scale conversion. Reason (R): The increasing conversion could lead to a loss of revenue, as jizya paying citizens to Islam
Correct Answer

(C) A is true but R is false

Explanation

Solution: The increasing conversation could lead to a loss of revenue, as jizya paying citizens could cease to pay the tax on conversion to Islam.

[#63] Where is the Bada Imambara located?
Correct Answer

(B) Lucknow

Explanation

Solution: The Asafi Imambara, also known as the large Imambara or Bara Imambara is a mosque complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, in 1784. It is also called the Asafi Imambara.

[#64] Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
Correct Answer

(C) Khums

Explanation

Solution: In Islamic tradition, khums, (literally 'one fifth') refers to the required religious obligation of any Muslim to pay one-fifth of their acquired wealth from certain sources toward specified causes. It is treated differently in Shia and Sunni Islam, and it is closely related to ghanima (spoils of war). This tax is paid to the imam, caliph or sultan, representing the state of Islam, for distribution between the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler.

[#65] In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by
Correct Answer

(D) Amil

Explanation

Solution: Parganas, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent, used primarily, but not exclusively, by the Muslim kingdoms. Parganas were introduced by the Delhi Sultanate, and the word is of Persian origin. As a revenue unit, a pargana consists of several mouzas, which are the smallest revenue units, consisting of one or more villages and the surrounding countryside. Subdivisions of parganas were called Mouzas (area, settlements). Under the reign of Sher Shah Suri, administration of parganas was strengthened by the addition of other officers, including a shiqdar (police chief), an amin or munsif (an arbitrator who assessed and collected revenue) and a karkun (record keeper).