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Medieval History: study plan

Where the questions come from

542 questions in our UPPCS bank · rank 6 among 11 subjects.

Sultanate & Mughal Period Miscellaneous

81 · 14.9%

Bhakti and Sufi Movement

51 · 9.4%

Art and Architecture during Mughal Period

41 · 7.6%

Shivaji and Maratha Empire

37 · 6.8%

Vijay Nagar, Bahmani and Other Regional Dynasties

35 · 6.5%

Tughlaq Dynasty

34 · 6.3%

Akbar

32 · 5.9%

Jahangir and Shah Jahan

32 · 5.9%

Literature and Litterateur in Sultanate Period

27 · 5.0%

Literature and Litterateur during Mughal Period

25 · 4.6%

Khilji Dynasty

21 · 3.9%

Slave Dynasty

20 · 3.7%

Aurangzeb

16 · 3.0%

Sayyid and Lodi Dynasty

14 · 2.6%

Art and Architecture in Sultanate Period

14 · 2.6%

Babur’s Invasion and Establishment of Mughal Empire

14 · 2.6%

Latter Mughal Period

14 · 2.6%

Humayun and Sher Shah

13 · 2.4%

Invasion of Muhammad Ghori & Establishment of Delhi Sultanate

11 · 2.0%

Arab Invasion & Conquest of Sindh

10 · 1.8%

Top 5 sections = 45%

Step 2: what comes again and again

Iltutmish 10 times

First to make Delhi the capital of the Sultanate, and first to issue regular currency. ×3
Introduced the silver coin called 'tanka'. ×2
Genghis Khan reached the north-west frontier of India in his time; the two were contemporaries. ×2
Began the practice of writing the name of the mint on coins.
Called 'a slave of a slave'.
Introduced the Iqta system.

Sikandar Lodi 10 times

Founded the city of Agra and shifted the capital from Delhi to Agra. ×5
Wrote poems under the pen-name 'Gulrukhi'. ×2
Invited scholars from Arabia, Persia and Central Asia.
Removed the zakat (tax) on foodgrains.
Guru Nanak founded the Sikh religion during his reign.

Akbar 12 times

'Yogavasistha' was translated into Persian by Nizamuddin Panipati in his reign. ×2
Introduced the Mansabdari system.
Issued coins with the figures of Rama and Sita and the Devanagari legend 'Rama-Siya'.
Gave the land for the Golden Temple at Amritsar.
A fatwa was issued against him from Jaunpur.
Called an 'enlightened despot'.
Ordered that a man should have only one wife; a second marriage only if the wife was barren.
Contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Built the Buland Darwaza.
Learnt Hindu music from Lala Kalawant.
The poet Ghizali belonged to his era.