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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The _______ formed the highest and the most powerful social group.
   2. The Sultanate period saw the birth of _________ language.
   3. The use of the _________ wheel boosted agricultural production.
   4. The _________ and the ________ movement were the religious reform movements of the Sultanate period.
   5. ________ was the court language throughout the Sultanate period.
   6. ________ set up a centre of higher learning in Hauz Khas in Delhi.
   7. The qawwali was popularized by ________.
2. 2.

   Match the following.

   1. Barani	(a) Jahanpanah
   2. Chand Bardai	(b) Invention of Sitar
   3. Amir Khusrau	(c) Sursagar
   4. Surdas	(d) Chief Justice
   5. Qazi	(e) Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
   6. Quwwat-ul-Islam	(f) Prithviraj Raso
   7. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq	(g) First mosque in India

    

3. 3.

   Write True or False for the following.

   1. The sultans turned to the ulema for advice.
   2. The Quazi-ul-Quazat held the second highest office in the Sultanate administration.
   3. Bharatnatyam evolved during the Sultanate period.
   4. Land revenue was the chief source of government income.
   5. The right to the Sultanate throne was hereditary.
   6. Persian and Sanskrit were the languages of the masses.
4. 4.

   Describe the social division in the Delhi Sultanate.

5. 5.

   Who was known as Tut-i-Hind?

6. 6.

   Describe the administrative division of the Sultanate.