Test: The Mughal Empire & Sher Shah Suri - 2 - UPSC MCQ

Humayun's tomb, built during the reign of Akbar, was the first Mughal tomb to be constructed using white marble.

The 'Jajmani System' was a reciprocal system that existed in rural India during the Mughal period, which increased production mainly for local consumption and not for the market.

Textiles, especially various kinds of cotton fabrics, were popular exports from India during the Mughal period. Other exports included indigo, raw silk, sugar, salt petre, pepper, opium, and various kinds of drugs and miscellaneous goods.

Rudrama Devi was a monarch of the Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau with capital at Warangal of present-day Telangana from 1263 until her death.

The Veerashaiva Bhakti movement was a 12th-century religious movement in Karnataka, South India. Akka Mahadevi was a prominent figure in this movement.

Jauhar was a custom among Rajputs where women performed self-immolation to avoid being enslaved, lose their honor or be tortured when faced with invaders like Turco-Afghans from the 11th century.

The zenana was a Persian tradition brought in by the invading Muslims where separate spaces for women were created in royal courts. This tradition was later adopted by Hindu royal families as well.

Abbakka Chowta was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century.

Kittur Chennamma was the Rani of Kittur who led an armed force against the British East India Company in 1824 in defiance of the doctrine of lapse to maintain Indian control over the region.

The Gond Rani Durgavati (1524–1564) ruled for fifteen years before losing her life in a battle with Mughal emperor Akbar's general Asaf Khan in 1564.

The Sur Empire boasts of extremely well thought governmental systems and policies as well as great architectural marvels.

With the victory at Kannauj, Sher Shah became the ruler of Delhi. Agra, Sambhal, and Gwalior also came under his sway. This victory ended the rule of the Mughal dynasty for 15 years.

Like the Sultanate period, Sher Shah appointed four important ministers: Diwan-i-Wazarat (Financial Department), Diwan-i-Ariz (Military Department), Diwan-i-Risalat (Department for royal orders), and Diwan-i-Insha (Department for religious matters, foreign affairs, and judiciary).

The empire was divided among 47 separate units called Sarkars which were further subdivided into Parganas.

The longest of the roads, was called the Sadak-e-Azam or the "Badshahi Sadak" (which the British later renamed as the "Grand Trunk Road") and exists till date.

Land was classified into 3 categories for calculating the revenue based on the yield and measurement of land.

Sher Shah Suri's mausoleum stands in the middle of an artificial lake at Sasaram, a town that stands on the Grand Trunk Road.

The writings of these foreigners provide valuable insights into certain aspects of Mughal administration from an outsider's perspective.

The emperor determined the rank of every mansabdar and allotted jagirs for the maintenance of the mansabdars.

The Zamindar was not the owner of the land and peasants could not be dispossessed of land as long as they paid land revenue.