MPSC PYQ

Delhi Sultanate Administration

Delhi Sultanate Administration is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2014, 2024, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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3
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3 · 2014–2025
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What you need to know first

Medieval Indian HistoryAdministrative reforms of Delhi SultanateEconomic policies of Tughlaq dynastyDelhi Sultanate RulersAdministrative reformsSultanate revenue system

Real questions that test this

उलेमांच्या राजकारणातील हस्तक्षेपाला तीव्र विरोध खालीलपैकी कोणी केला ?

(a)बलबन

(b)अल्लाउद्दीन खिलजी

(c)महम्मद बिन-तुघलक

(d)फिरोजशाह तुघलक

1)(i) आणि (ii)
2)(ii) आणि (iii)✓ Correct
3)(iii) आणि (iv)
4)(iv) आणि (i)

Alauddin Khilji and Muhammad bin Tughlaq both strongly opposed the interference of Ulema (religious clerics) in state politics and administration, asserting royal authority over religious law.

'दिवाण-ए-अमीर-ए-कोही' नावाचे स्वतंत्र खाते कोणी स्थापना केले ? Who set up the separate department called, 'diwan-i-amir-i-kohi'?

1)अलाउद्दीन खिलजी / Alauddin Khalji
2)मुहम्मद बिन तुघलक / Muhammad bin Tughlaq✓ Correct
3)बल्बन / Balban
4)फिरोज शाह तुघलक / Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Muhammad bin Tughlaq created the separate agricultural department called 'Diwan-i-Amir-i-Kohi' to improve agricultural output and bring wasteland under cultivation.

सुल्तानशाहीच्या शासनकाळात खालीलपैकी कोणता कर अनुक्रमे हिंदू आणि मुस्तीम जमीनदारांकडून घेतला जात असे ? / Which of the following taxes was collected from Hindu and Muslim landlords respectively during the Sultanate rule ?

a)जिझिया आणि शर / Jizya and Shar
b)जिझिया आणि खम्स / Jizya and Khams
c)खिराज आणि जकात / Khiraj and Zakat✓ Correct
d)खम्स आणि जकात / Khams and Zakat

During the Delhi Sultanate, 'Khiraj' was the land revenue collected from non-Muslim (Hindu) cultivators/landlords, and 'Zakat' was a religious tax collected from Muslims.

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