Sher Shah Suri died in 1545 during the siege of which fort?
- A.Rohtasgarh
- B.Kalinjar
- C.Chunar
- D.Ranthambore
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kalinjar. Sher Shah was besieging the Bundelkhand fort of Kalinjar when a gunpowder explosion on 22 May 1545 fatally injured him; the fort fell on the same day. His body was taken to Sasaram and buried in the tomb he had begun for himself in the middle of a tank.
Option A is wrong because Rohtasgarh in Bihar was a fort he had earlier taken by a stratagem and strengthened as his own stronghold. Option C is wrong because Chunar, on the Ganga near Mirzapur, was the base from which he built his power in the 1530s. Option D is wrong because Ranthambore belongs to the Chauhan and later Mughal story, not to his death. Rohtasgarh, Chunar and Kalinjar are all asked about together, so keep each with the role it played in his career.
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Practice Questions
View allWhat was the original name of Sher Shah Suri?
- A.Farid Khan
- B.Jalal Khan
- C.Hasan Khan
- D.Daud Khan
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He was born Farid Khan, the son of Hasan Khan, an Afghan of the Sur clan who held the jagir of Sasaram in what is now Rohtas district of Bihar.
Read the full explanation →In which battle of 1539, fought in present Buxar district of Bihar, did Sher Khan defeat Humayun?
- A.Battle of Kannauj
- B.Battle of Chausa
- C.Battle of Ghaghra
- D.Battle of Tukaroi
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It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa on the Ganga, in present Buxar district of Bihar, and Sher Khan's victory broke Humayun's army; the emperor himself escaped across the river and the Mughal hold on the east collapsed.
Read the full explanation →Sher Shah's tomb, built on a platform in the middle of a tank, stands at which town of Bihar?
- A.Rohtas
- B.Sasaram
- C.Bihar Sharif
- D.Patna
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Sher Shah's tomb stands in the middle of a large tank at Sasaram in Rohtas district, the town whose jagir his father held, and it is the work of the architect Aliwal Khan; its octagonal plan, high plinth and great dome make it one of the finest Indo Islamic monuments…
Read the full explanation →Which silver coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri gave the Indian currency its present name?
- A.Tanka
- B.Dam
- C.Rupiya
- D.Jital
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Sher Shah withdrew the debased mixed coins in circulation and issued a silver rupiya of about one hundred and seventy eight grains of fixed purity, along with a copper dam, and set a rate between them.
Read the full explanation →The Sadak e Azam, the Grand Trunk Road rebuilt by Sher Shah, ran from Sonargaon in Bengal to which point?
- A.Kabul
- B.The river Indus
- C.Cambay
- D.Burhanpur
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The Sadak e Azam ran from Sonargaon in eastern Bengal through Bihar, Agra, Delhi and Lahore to the Indus in the northwest, and Sher Shah lined it with wells, shade trees and sarais.
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