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Tamil Nadu Board 11th Standard History Unit 10: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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Unit 10 - Advent of Arabs and Turks

I. Choose the Correct Answer

Question 1.

________ was the ruler of Sind when the Arabs invaded it in the 8th century.

a) Hajjaj
(b) Muhammad-Bin-Qasim
(c) Jaya Simha
(d) Dahar

Answer Key:

Question 2.

Mahmud of Ghazni conducted as many as__________ military campaigns into India.
(a) 15

(b) 17

(d) 19

Answer Key:

(b) 17

Question 3.

The Palam Baoli inscription is in __________ language.
(a) Sanskrit

(b) Persian
(c) Arabic

(d) Urdu

Answer Key:

(a) Sanskrit

Question 4.

The world famous Khajuraho temple was built by __________.
(a) Rashtrakutas

(b) Tomaras
(c) Chandelas

(d) Paramaras

Answer Key:

Question 5.

Mamluk is the term for the Arabic designation of a __________.
(a) Slave

(b) King
(c) Queen

(d) Soldier

Answer Key:

(a) Slave

Question 6.

Ibn Batuta was a traveller from __________.
(a) Morocco

(b) Persia
(c) Turkey

(d) China

Answer Key:

(a) Morocco

Question 7.

_________ was the only Sultan who resigned kingship and lived away from Delhi for three decades in peace.
(a) Mubarak Shah

(b) Alam Shah
(c) Kizr Khan

(d) Tugril Khan

Answer Key:

(b) Alam Shah

Question 8.

Match and choose the correct answer
(A) Ramachandra                 - 1. Kakatiya
(B) Khan-i-Jahan                 - 2. Padmavat
(C) Malik Muhamad Jaisi    - 3. Man Singh
(D) Man Mandir                     - 4. Devagiri
(a) 2, 1, 4, 3

(b) 1, 2, 3, 4
(c) 4, 1, 2, 3

(d) 3, 1, 2, 4

Answer Key:

(a) 2, 1, 4, 3

II. Write Brief Answers

1. Mahmud becoming the ruler of Ghazni.

Mahmud ascended the throne of Ghazni, after defeating Ismail in a battle.
Caliph acknowledged his accession by conferring upon him the title Yamini-ud-Daulahlah.

2. Scholars patronized by Mahmud of Ghazni.

Alberuni , Ferdowsi, Uthbi, Ansari.

3. Important ruling Rajput dynasties of Northern India during the Turkish invasion.

Tomaras (Delhi),
Chauhans (Rajasthan),
Solankis (Gujarat)
Paramaras (Malwa),
Gahadavalas (Kanauj)
Chandelas (Bundelkhand)

4. Forty System.

Iltutmish organized a Corps of Forty.
This Forty for appointments in military and civil administration.
Balban abolished the Corps of Forty.

5. Musical instruments brought by Muslim musicians.

Muslims brought their musical instruments like Rabab and Sarangi.
Pir Bhodan, a Sufi saint, was considered a great musician of the age.
Royal patronage for the growth of music was also forthcoming.

III. Write Short Answers

1. Describe the immediate cause for the military expeditions of Muhammad-bin-Qasim?

The Arab governor of Iraq, Hajjaj Bin Yusuf, under the pretext of acting against the pirates.
He sent two military expeditions against Dahar, the ruler of Sind, one by land and the other by sea.
Both were defeated and commanders killed.
So Hajjaj then sent a full-fledgedarmy, under the command of Muhammad Bin Qasim.

2. What were the reasons for the military raids of Mahmud of Ghazni in India?

Mahmud of Ghazni targeted Hindu temples that were depositories of vast treasures.
There was also a military advantage in demolishing temples and smashing idols.
The plundering raids of Mahmud were meant to replenish the treasury to maintain his huge army.
Because the Turks relied on a permanent, professional army.

3. Why was Razia Sultana thrown out of power?

Raziya rode on horseback with armed as men ride.
She did not veil her face.
The elevation of an Abyssinian slave, Jalal-ud-din Yaqut, to the post of Amir-i-Akhur.
The nobles overplayed her closeness with Yakut and tried to depose her.

4. Write briefly about the south Indian campaigns of Malik Kafur.

Malik Kafur to capture Devagiri fort in 1307.
Prataparudradeva, the Kakatiya ruler of Warangal was defeated in 1309.
In 1310 the Hoysala ruler ViraBallala III surrendered all his treasures to the Delhi forces.
Malik Kafur plundering Chidambaram and Srirangam as well as the Pandyan capital Madurai.

5. What were the causes for the failure of the experiments of Muhammad Tughlaq?

Muhammad Tughlaq’s attempt to shift the capital from Delhi to Devagiri.
Muhammad realised that it was difficult so he again ordered transfer of capital back to Delhi
Muhammad issued bronze coins,but fake coins were minted which could not be prevented by the government.
He expand the cultivation but it also failed, because during that time severe famine in the Doab.

IV. Answer the following in detail

1. Mahmud Ghazni’s plundering raids were more of political and economic character than of religious chauvinism. Elaborate.

He targeted Hindu temples that were depositories of vast treasures.
Though his motive was to loot, there was also a military advantage in demolishing temples and smashing idols.
But Desecration of temples, vandalising the images of deities were all part of asserting one’s authority in medieval India.
The plundering raids of Mahmud were meant to replenish the treasury to maintain his huge army.
The Turks relied on a permanent, professional army.
Paid in cash from the war booty taken alike from Hindu kingdoms in India and Muslim kingdoms in Iran.
Such plundering raids were economic and iconoclastic in nature, and communal character was attributed to them later. :- Romila Thapar.

2. How did the Second Battle of Tarain prove to be a turning point in Indian History?

Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain (1191).
Contrary to the expectations of Prithviraj Chauhan, Muhammad Ghori marched into India in the year of 1192( Second Battle of Tarain).
Prithviraj under estimated the potential danger of the enemy.
The Second Battle of Tarain was one of the turning point in Indian history.
Prithviraj suffered a crushing defeat and was eventually captured.
Ghori restored him to his throne in Ajmer.
But on charges of treason he was later executed.
Ghori’s trusted general Qutb-ud-din Aibak was appointed as his deputy in India.

3. Compare and contrast Mahmud Ghazni and Muhammad of Ghor.

Mahmud Ghazni	Muhammad of Ghor
He is great Turkish invader.	He also great Turkish invader
Ghazni invasions were intended for loot.	Muhammad Ghori, invested in territories he seized.
Ghazni did not establish his empire in india.	Ghori was intrested to attacks on important towns and forts.
Ghazni never faced any defeat in his 17 invasions.	But Ghori had to face many defeats.
He had permanent, professional army	He had mercenaries army.

4. Discuss the economic reforms of Ala-ud-din Khalji.

Ala-ud-din was the first Sultan to pay his soldiers in cash.
As the soldiers were paid less, the prices had to be monitored and controlled.
The transactions in the bazaars, were all reported to the Sultan by his spies.
Market superintendents, reporters and spies had to send daily reports on the prices of essential commodities.
Violators of the price regulations were severely punished.
Ala-ud-din collected land taxes directly from the cultivators.
The tax pressure of Ala-ud-din was on the rich and not on the poor.

5. Estimate the rule of FiruzTughlaq.

Firuz Tughlaq followed a conciliatory policy towards the nobles and theologians.
He established a separate government department for slaves.
Slaves were trained in handicrafts and employed in the royal workshops.
He imposed jizya, a tax on non-Muslims.
He established several educational institutions and a number of mosques, palaces and forts.
Firuz undertook many irrigation projects.
There were only two Mongol incursions during his times, and both of them were successfully repulsed.

6. Give an account of the administrative system of the Delhi Sultanate.

The Sultanate was formally considered to be an Islamic State.
As military head, they wielded the authority of commander-in-chief of the armed forces. As judicial head they were the highest court of appeal. There were no well-defined and accepted rules of royal succession.
Iqta’sto maintain troops for royal service out of the taxes collected by them.
The tax rent was rigorously sought to be imposed over a very large area.
The fiscal claims of hereditary intermediaries and the village headmen were drastically curtailed.

7. Write a short note on the following:

(i) Urar:

The urar, who were landholders in the village, acted as spokesmen in the ur.
The urar were entrusted with the upkeep of temples, maintenance of the tanks and managing the water stored in them.

(ii) Sabhaiyar:

The Sabha looked after the affairs of the settlement, including those of the temples at the core of brahmadeya and its assets.
It was also responsible for maintaining irrigation tanks attached to the temple lands.

(iii) Nagarattar:

It was represented by the Nagarattaar.
Who regulated their association with temples, which needed their financial assistance.

(iv) Nattar:

Nattar were the assembly of landholders of vellanvagai villages in nadu.
Nattar functioned as pillars of the state structure under the Cholas.