FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2001
HISTORY OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA
PAPER – I
NOTE: Attempt five questions in all, including question no. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
Q1. Give an account of the campaigns of Sultan Muhammad Ghori. How do you account for his success over the Rajput rulers?
Q2. The slave system was a source of weakness as well as strength in the early Turkish Empire. Discuss.
Q3. Bring out the leading features of the state system under the Sultans of Delhi.
Q4. “He (Humayun) tumbled through life and he tumbled out of it.” Discuss the character of Humayun in the light of these remarks and account for his ultimate failure.
Q5. Din-e-Ilahi was “an outcome of ridiculous vanity, a monstrous growth of unrestrained autocracy.” Elaborate.
Q6. With the advent of the Mughal, there ushered in a new era of artistic and literary activities. Explain.
Q7. Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
(a) Amir Khusru (b) Ain-i-Akbar (c) Hazrat Mujaddid Alf-i-Sani
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only correct answer in the Answer book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(1) Muhammad Bin Qasim appointed ___________ as his advisor.
(a) Siakar (b) Alafi (c) Al beruni (d) None of these
(2) Indian Mathematics was translated into Arabic by:
(a) Hajjaj (b) Farazi (c) Khuwarizmi (d) None of these
(3) Title of Yamin-ud-Daula was conferred upon __________ by the Caliph of Baghdad:
(a) Subuktagin (b) Mahmud Ghaznavi (c) Muhammad Ghori (d) None of these
(4):Balban ruled as Sultan for ____ years:
(a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) None of these
(5) Ghias Thughlaq ordered _____ to leave Delhi
(a) Siddi Maula (b) Shaikh Zakariya (c) Nizam-ud-Din Auliya (d) None of these
(6) Fawaid-ud-Fuwad was written by:
(a) Amir Hasan (b) Amir Khusru (c) Hasan Nizami (d) None of these
(7) Old name of Pak Patan was:
(a) Patna (b) Ajudhan (c) Pal Pur (d) None of these
(8) Agra was built in the year:
(a) 1504 (b) 1604 (c) 1650 (d) None of these
(9) Khan-iShaheed was killed in the year:
(a) 1185 (b) 1285 (c) 1385 (d) None of these
(10) The tomb of Babar is situated at:
(a) Delhi (b) Agra (c) Kabul (d) None of these
(11) Akbar was born at:
(a) Umar Kot (b) Bala Kot (c) Man Kot (d) None of these
(12) Rohtas Fort was built under the supervision of:
(a) Isa Khan (b) Todar Mal (c) Khawas Khan (d) None of these
(13) The Second Battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
(a) 1526 (b) 1556 (c) 1627 (d) None of these
(14) The author of Safinat-ul-Auliya was:
(a) Shaikh Mubarik (b) Ghani Kashmiri (c) Dara Shikoh (d) None of these
(15) Buland Darwaza was built by?
(a) Sher Shah (b) Shah Jehan (c) Aurangzeb (d) None of these
(16) Jahangir was born in the year:
(a) 1569 (b) 1571 (c) 1671 (d) None of these
(17) Lahore Fort was built by:
(a) Babur (b) Sher Shah (c) Aurangzeb (d) None of these
(18) Mumtaz Mahal gave birth to ________ children.
(a) 7 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) None of these
(19) Aurangzeb died in the year
(a) 1690 (b) 1707 (c) 1710 (d) None of these
(20) Taj Mahal was built under the supervision of:
(a) Ali Lahori (b) Isa Irani (c) Abdus Samad Sherazi (d) None of these