Day 39 (25 days to Prelims)

Expected time to cover: 2 hours

Topics to be covered:

● Early Medieval India and Rise of Rajputs
● Rajput & Delhi Sultanate
● Vijayanagar Empire and Bahmani Kingdom

✅Source: NCERT’s and Your respective notes.

✅Sleepy Students:
o You can cover the topics in our crash course: Lecture 10 and 11 of prelims History crash course.
o You can practise these topics in our Parishram Test number: 5 of Ancient and medieval History.

Bonus topic from our Youtube channel:

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Q. 1. How many of the following can be the defining features of polity in Early Medieval India ?

1. A strong feudal character
2. Decentralised polity
3. States being predominantly agrarian
4. Cash being the prominent source of salary

Q.2. How many of the following statements regarding the feudal system in India are correct?

1. The emergence of the new caste Kayastha is closely tied to the transformation of the feudal system.

2. Feudal system witnessed the
'Peasantization of tribes.'

3. The Iqta system of the Delhi Sultanate bolstered the feudal system.

4. The growth of a cash economy created unfavourable conditions for feudal trends in India.

Q.3.With reference to the Medieval history of India, which of the following statements is correct ?

1. Tajul Maasir, authored by Hasan Nizami, predominantly focuses on the history of Qutbuddin Aibak.

2. The initiation of Qutub Minar's construction after the name of Sufi saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakthiyar Kaki is credited to Iltutmish.

3. Firoz Tughlaq is commonly referred to as Lakh Baksh by Muslim writers.

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