Q. Successive Sultans attempted to control their nobility in different ways, though not with much success. Examine the following statements:
- Balban created nobility based on racial antecedents
- Ala-ud-din Khilji built nobility based on personal loyalty checked by spies
- Mohammed bin Tughlaq dispersed the nobility for better control
- Firoz Shah Tughlaq built a small nobility on the principle of heredity
Select the code for correct statements:
(a) Only 1, 3
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4