1. Consider the following :

1. Tughlaqabad fort

2. Lodi Garden

3. Qutab Minar

4. Fatehpur Sikri

The correct chronological order in which they were built is :

(a) 3, 1, 4, 2

(b) 3, 1, 2, 4

(c) 1, 3, 2, 4

(d) 1, 3, 4, 2

(b) Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, stretching across 6.5 km, built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi Sultanate of India in 1321, which was later abandoned in 1327. Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was constructed by Mughal Emperor Akbar beginning in 1570, in honour of Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chisti. Qutab Minar – 1206 –1236; Lodi Garden – 1451

– 1526.

2. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, were composed by :

(a) Bihari

(b) Surdas

(c) Raskhan

(d) Kabir

(c) Raskhan (approx. 1558–1628) was a Hindi poet who was both a Muslim and follower of Lord Krishna

3. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of :

(a) Tute-Hind

(b) Kaisr-I-Hind

(c) Zil-I-Ilahi

(d) Din-I-Ilahi

(c) The Persian court model influenced balban's conception of Kingship. He took up the title of Zil-i-Ilahi (Shadow of God).

4. Head of the military department under the recognised central machinery of administration during Akbar's reign was:

(a) Diwan

(b) Mir Bakshi

(c) Mir Saman

(d) Bakshi

(b) He was the head of the military and intelligence department. He was not the Commander-in-Chief but was the paymaster-general. All intelligence officers (bands) and news-reporters (Waqia-navis) reported to him.

5. Assertion (A): The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

Reason (R): The Chisti order takes its name from a village Chisti in Ajmer.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

(a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A is false but R is true

(c) The Chishti order is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, Afghanistan about 930 CE. The order was founded by Abu Ishaq Shami (“the Syrian”). The most famous of the Chishti saints is Moinuddin Chishti popularly known as Gharib Nawaz meaning “Benefactor of the Poor” who settled in Ajmer, India.