What was the original name of Sher Shah Suri?
- A.Farid Khan
- B.Jalal Khan
- C.Hasan Khan
- D.Daud Khan
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Farid Khan. 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. He earned the name Sher Khan in the service of Bahar Khan Lohani of south Bihar after killing a tiger single handed, and took the imperial title Sher Shah only after defeating Humayun at Kannauj in 1540.
Option B is wrong because Jalal Khan was his son, who ruled after him as Islam Shah. Option C is wrong because Hasan Khan was his father, the holder of the Sasaram jagir. Option D is wrong because Daud Khan Karrani was the Afghan ruler of Bengal and Bihar whom Akbar's commanders defeated at Patna in 1574.
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Practice Questions
View allIn 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.
Read the full explanation →In Sher Shah's revenue system, which document was given to the cultivator stating his holding and the revenue due from it?
- A.Qabuliyat
- B.Patta
- C.Jaribana
- D.Muhasilana
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Sher Shah had the land measured, graded it as good, middling or bad, fixed the state's share at about one third of the average produce, and then issued every cultivator a patta, a title deed setting out his holding and what he owed, so that no intermediary could demand more.
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