Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Sohgaura.

• Sohgaura - 
  • It is not a Harappan site.
  • It is an Ashokan era copper plate inscription written in Prakrit in the Brahmi script. 
• Major findings in Kot Diji (Pakistan) of Harappan site are a tar, statues of bull and mother goddess.
• Major findings in Chanhudaro (Pakistan) of Harappan site are the footprint of a dog chasing a cat, Bead makers shop, and Cart with a seated driver.
• Major findings in Desalpur (Gujarat) of Harappan site are pottery ware with lines of bluish-green pigment, Terracotta seals etc.

The correct answer is 1907 AD.

Key Points

•  Sarv Hitkarini Sabha was established by Gopal Das in 1907 AD.
  • This sabha did work for social and political awareness in people.
  • Putri Pathsala for women's education was established by this sabha.
  • Kabir Pathsala for untouchable's education was also established by this sabha.

Additional Information

• On 26 January 1930 AD, Chandanmal Bahad and Gopal Das hoisted the flag on Dharmstup (Churu's top Mountain).
• Gopal Das was the disciple of Pt. Kanhaiya Lal Dund.

The correct answer is Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.

• Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was the ruler of the Delhi sultanate when Ibn Batuta came to India.

Key Points

• Ibn Battuta was a traveller from Morocco.
  • He came to India during the reign of Muhammad bin-Tughlaq (1333-1347).
  • Muhammad bin-Tughlaq was impressed by his scholarship and appointed Ibn Battuta the qazi or judge of Delhi.
  • He was ordered in 1342 to proceed to China as the Sultan’s envoy to the Mongol ruler.
  • His account is often compared with that of Marco Polo, who visited China (and also India) from his home base in Venice in the late thirteenth century.
  • Ibn Battuta’s book of travels called Rihla, written in Arabic provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.

Additional Information

• Alauddin Khilji
  • He was the second sultan of the Khilji dynasty and was the most powerful king of this dynasty. He ruled for about twenty years from 1296 to 1316.
  • He became the sultan of Delhi after killing his uncle and father-in-law Jalaluddin Khilji, the founder of the Khilji dynasty.
  • Alauddin was a very ambitious person and a warmonger.
  • He liked to call himself ‘The Second Alexander’.
  • During his regime, he expanded his kingdom to a large area.
  • He conquered Gujarat, Ranathambor, Mewar, Malwa, Jalore, Warangal, and Madurai.
• Ibrahim Lodhi
  • He was the last king of the Lodhi dynasty and the last sultan of Delhi.
  • He was the son of Sikandar Lodhi. Daulat Khan Lodhi, the Governor of Punjab, invited Bahur to overthrow Ibrahim.
  • He captured Gwalior and was defeated by Rana Sanga of Mewar.
  • He was defeated and killed at the hands of Babur in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 AD.
• Feroz Shah Tughlaq
  • He was born in 1309 and became sultan of Delhi after the demise of his cousin Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.
  • He was the third ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty that ruled over Delhi from 1320 to 1412 AD.
  • He was in power from 1351 to 1388 AD.
  • He used to pay his army in-kind i.e Land and not in real money.
  • The British called him the ‘father of the irrigation department’ because of the many gardens and canals that he built like - The canal connecting the Yamuna to the city of Hissar. 

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Prabhakara Vardhana

Key Points

• Prabhakara Vardhana defeated the Gurjaras and extended his control over neighbouring states.
• He belonged to the Pushyabhuti family.
• Around 606 CE Harshvardhan ascended the Throne and ruled till 647 CE.

The correct answer is Raimal.

Key Points

• Raimal-
  • He was the son of Rana Kumbha.
  • He was married to Rav Jodha's Daughter Shringar Devi.
  • He built Ram, Shankar, and Samayasankat named three ponds in Mewar to promote agriculture.
  • Prithviraj and Sanga were his sons. 
  • He also built Chittorgarh Fort's Adbhut Ji's Shiva Temple.

Additional Information

•  Jagmal-
  • He was the son of  Uday Singh.
  • He was the younger brother of Rana Pratap.
  • He fought the battle of Dattani with Dewra Surtan in 1583 AD.
• Udaykaran-
  • He was the son of Rana Kumbha.
  • He killed his father Rana Kumbha, so he is known as the father killer of Mewar.
• Sangram Singh II-
  • He was the son of Amar Singh II.
  • He was made president of the Hurada conference. 
  • He built Sahelio ki Badi and Vaidhnath Temple in Udaipur.