CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet
History - The Delhi Sultans
1.
State Yes or No: Minhaj-i Siraj was not comfortable at having a queen as ruler.
A)
Yes
B)
No
2.
Fill in the blanks: Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the ____________ Rajputs.
3.
State Yes or No: People in the fourteenth century trusted in coins.
A)
Yes
B)
No
4.
State Yes or No: Muhammad Tughluqs gave up his plans to invade Transoxiana and disbanded his large army.
A)
Yes
B)
No
5.
State Yes or No: The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219.
A)
Yes
B)
No
6.
Fill in the blanks: The ____________ patronized this group and used them to propagate their idea of Peace of God.
7.
State Yes or No: Control over muqtis was most effective if their office was not inheritable and if they were assigned iqtas for a short period of time before being shifted.
A)
Yes
B)
No
8.
Fill in the blanks: Under ____________ the state brought the assessment and collection of land revenue under its own control.
9.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ ruled over Delhi in the period of 1266 -1287.
10.
Who did not belong to the class of nobles ?
11.
What did the Iqtadar or Muqtis do with the revenue they collected from the region?
12.
Was Delhi a single city during Delhi Sultanate period?
13.
State Yes or No: Akbar captured Delhi and established his own dynasty
A)
Yes
B)
No
14.
Fill in the blanks: Tax was fixed at ____________ per cent of the peasants yield.
15.
State Yes or No: Owned lands were called iqta and their holder was called iqtadar or muqti.
A)
Yes
B)
No
16.
State Yes or No: Slaves and clients were clients loyal to their masters and patrons, but not to their heirs.
A)
Yes
B)
No
17.
State Yes or No: Bahlul Lodi ruled over Agra in the period of 1451 -1489
A)
Yes
B)
No
19.
Fill in the blanks: People believed that nobles inherited their rights to ____________, because they were born in certain families.
20.
Fill in the blanks: Birthright is the privileges claimed on account of ____________ .
CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet
History - The Delhi Sultans
Answers
1.
Option A
2.
Tomara
3.
Option B
4.
Option A
5.
Option A
6.
Church
7.
Option A
8.
Alauddin Khalji
9.
Ghiyasuddin Balban
10.
Originally, knights did not belong to the class of nobles.
11.
The duty of Iqtadar or Muqti was to maintain law and order in their iqtas. In exchange of their services, they collected revenues of their assignments as salary. They also paid the soldiers from the revenue they collected. These muqti's were assigned iqtas for a short period of time to maintain control.
12.
During this period many cities were developed in Delhi. A few were: Dehli-i Kuhna Siri Tughluqabad Jahapanah Firozabad Dinpanah and Shergarh (Purana Quila)
13.
Option B
14.
50
15.
Option A
16.
Option A
17.
Option B
18.
Sher Shah Sur (1540-1545) started his career as the manager of a small territory for his uncle in Bihar and eventually challenged and defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun (1530-1540, 1555-1556).
19.
govern
20.
birth
