(1)
Name the notable astronomer of Akbar’s court who wrote Tajikanilakanthi, an astrological treatise ?
Answer: Nilakantha
Answer: Nilakantha
Answer: Jahangir
Identify this Maratha ruler :
Answer: Shivaji
Assertion (A) : Nasaqi was introduced as an alternative of the zabti-i harsala.
Reason (R) : Muzaffar Khan, diwan-i khalisa, discontinued the zabti-i harsala and established nasaq.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct ?
Answer: (A) is true, but (R) is false
Assertion (A) : Jharokha darshan was an innovation of Akbar and was designed to establish a personal bond between the ruler and his subject.
Reason (R) : As Akbar’s prestige rose some people made a rule not to eat or drink till they had the darshan of the king.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Answer: The most famous singers during Muhammad Shah’s period were Niamat Khan Sadarang and Firuz Khan Adarang. They were masters of Bhairvi.
Assertion (A) : Ramchandra Pant Amatya in his Ajnapatra strongly disapproves of the system of hereditary assignments (vritti) out of land revenue on the ground that it led to a continuous decline of the government income.
Reason (R) : Ramchandra Pant says it is a sin to resume a hereditary preferment (vritti) however small it may be. It should not be transferred to another nor it be resumed.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct ?
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Assertion (A) : In the 11TH R.Y. (1567) of Akbar Muzaffar Khan and Raja Todarmal affected a major change. Qanungoes were asked to provide information about the area of land cultivated and uncultivated.
Reason (R) : It was on the basis of the information provided by the Qanungoes that instead of a single price list for the whole empire, the crop rates began to be converted into cash on the basis of the prices prevalent in different regions.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Answer: A subadar of the province sometimes could appoint a member of the same old family to replace a recalcitrant zamindar
(a) The first reference to sand glass in Afghanistan seems to occur in Mir Khwand’s Rauzat-us Safa.
(b) By the 16TH century the sand glasses in use in India were so made as to show the Indian measure of time (ghari).
(c) The sand glass begins to be shown in Mughal miniatures from Akbar’s time onwards.
(d) Ramchandra’s Yantra Prakasha and Jnanaraja’s Sundara Siddhanta refer to sand-clock.
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Answer: (a), (c), (d)
Answer: Many Mughal painting depict Humayun’s court marked by the display of overpowering grandeur, order and immutability
Answer: Khilat or sar-o-pa was comprised of sarpech and turban
“Haider was an improving monarch and exhibited few innovations, Tipu was an innovating monarch and made no improvements.”
Answer: Marks Wilks
“ We have effectively crippled our enemy, without making our friends too formidable”.
Answer: Cornwallis
Answer: Sindhia