Deck 2: Coins and Currency in Ancient India: Part B

Question 1

What is not true about Anjuvannam?

A)guild of foreign merchants
B)involved in trade activities on kerala coast
C)guild of rural merchants
D)spread its acticvites outside kerala.

Answer 1

guild of rural merchants

Question 2

What is called Anjuvannam?

A)guild of rural craftsmen of south india
B)guild of foreign merchants
C)members of a guild
D)trade officials

Answer 2

guild of foreign merchants

Question 3

What is common about Valanjiyar, Anjuvannam, manigramam and Ayyavole?

A)ports
B)guilds
C)coastal towns
D)markets

Answer 3

guilds

Question 4

The silver coin issued by Tuqlagh's known as

A)jital
B)jalali
C)sharukhi
D)adl

Question 5

when did Muhanmmad in tugqlq withdraw token currency?

A)1324
B)1333
C)1325
D)1329

Question 6

Which medieval traveler who visited Muhammad Ibn Tuglaq's time did not mention his currency experiment?

A)ibn batutta
B)muhammad isami
C)ziaaudin barani
D)muhammad qaswini

Question 7

When did Muhmaad ibn Tuglaq introduce token currency?

A)1324
B)1345
C)1330
D)1325

Question 8

What was the charge of Choudharies under Akbar?

A)officers in charge of stables
B)minor officer in charge of mints
C)officers for karkhanas
D)officers in charge of royal kitchen

Question 9

In which city did the imperial mint exited under Akbar?

A)delhi
B)agra
C)lahore
D)ujjain

Question 10

Who was appointed by Akbar in 1577 as the head of the imperial mint at Delhi?

A)abul fazal
B)abus samad shirazi
C)abul faizi
D)raja todarmal

Question 11

What is the silver coin issued by Akbar?

A)jital
B)illahi
C)rupee
D)muhar

Question 12

How much the silver coin of akbar weigh?

A)175 grains
B)176 grains
C)172 grains
D)185 grains

Question 13

What is the name of the square shaped coin issued by Akbar?

A)jalali
B)ilahi
C)jital
D)muhar

Question 14

What is the lowest copper coin used during mughal times?

A)shahrukhi
B)jalali
C)jital
D) muhar

Question 15

What is known as Ilhai?

A)copper coins
B)gold coin in circulation under the mughal
C)silver coins
D)gold coins under iltumish

Question 16

Which is the largest gold coin issued under the Muhgals.?

A)sahansah
B)jital
C)sharukhi
D)jalali

Question 17

What is not true about Babur's coins?

A)babur issued silver sharukhis
B)coins bear babur's name
C)sharukhis weigh 72 grains
D)all are true

Question 18

What is called muhars?

A)gold coins issued by mughals
B)silver coins of iltumish
C)copper coins of muhammad- bin-tuglaq
D)coins issued by alaudin khalji

Question 19

Which Mughal princes name is inscribed from the coins issued from Ahmedabad?

A)prince salim
B)prince khurram
C)prince shahariyar
D)prince khusrav

Question 20

Where did Babur mint his shahrukhis 1500-1530?

A)bengal
B)ahmedabad
C)delhi
D)khorasan

Question 21

In which year did the Englsih East India company introduce a unified system of coinage throughout their Indian possession?

A)1852
B)1832
C)1835
D)1853

Question 22

What is the chronological order of the establishment of British factories in India?

A)madras- masulipatanam-surat-calcutta
B)calcutta-masulipatanam- madras-surat
C)masulipatanam-surat-madras-calcutta
D)calcutta-surat-madras-masulipatanam

Question 23

Which British king's portrait was not seen in the coins issued in India?

A)queen victoria
B)edward vii
C)george v
D)edward viii

Question 24

What is not true about British coinage?

A)each presidency had issued coins
B)early presidency issues often imitated local issues and the mughal design
C)early european style coins were not popular outside jurisdiction of their respective settlements.
D)all of the above are correct

Question 25

Which Mughal emperor gave the East India Company the right to issue coins in the name of Mughal emperor?

A)shajahan
B)jahangir
C)farrukhsiyar
D)bahadursha ii

Question 26

In which year did the East India Company obtained the right to strike coins in the name of the Mughal emperor on the island of Bombay?

A)1707
B)1716
C)1717
D)1711

Question 27

What is the name of the gold coin issued by the East India Company known?

A)carolinas
B)angelina
C)copperoon
D)tinnage