Q40. Which of the following best explains the administrative significance of the road network developed under Sher Shah Suri?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-2 – 10 July 2026, Shift 1]
(A) Kos minars housed couriers and functioned as revenue offices
(B) Dak chowkis stored grain and functioned as market centres
(C) Sarais provided lodging and functioned as dak chowkis
(D) Sarais collected taxes and functioned as military cantonments
Answer: (C) Sarais provided lodging and functioned as dak chowkis
Explanation: Sher Shah developed a network of roads and sarais that accommodated travellers and supported postal communication. These establishments facilitated trade, military movement and the efficient transmission of imperial orders.
Q39. The Battle of Chausa, fought on 26 June 1539, was a military engagement between which of the following?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1 – 20 June 2026, Shift 3]
(A) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
(B) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
(C) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(D) Akbar and Hemu
Answer: (A) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
Explanation: Sher Khan defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun at Chausa near present-day Buxar in Bihar. This victory strengthened Afghan power and enabled Sher Khan to assume the imperial title Sher Shah.
Q38. At which place did Sher Shah first defeat Humayun in 1539?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1 – 17 June 2026, Shift 3]
(A) Gwalior
(B) Chausa
(C) Kannauj
(D) Panipat
Answer: (B) Chausa
Explanation: The Battle of Chausa in 1539 marked Humayun’s first major defeat against Sher Khan. The Afghan leader subsequently defeated him again at Kannauj in 1540, securing control of Delhi.
Q37. Where is the tomb of Sher Shah Suri located?
[SSC MTS 2025 – Held on 9 February 2026, Shift 1]
(A) Sikandra
(B) Sasaram
(C) Lahore
(D) Aurangabad
Answer: (B) Sasaram
Explanation: Sher Shah’s monumental tomb stands at Sasaram in Bihar. Designed by Mir Muhammad Aliwal Khan, the octagonal sandstone structure rises from an artificial lake and represents outstanding Indo-Islamic funerary architecture.
Q36. Which of the following building materials were primarily used in constructing Purana Qila?
[SSC CGL 2025 Tier-2 – Held on 19 January 2026]
(A) Granite and lime plaster
(B) Concrete and red bricks
(C) Sandstone and marble
(D) Wood and terracotta
Answer: (C) Sandstone and marble
Explanation: Purana Qila incorporates extensive sandstone masonry with marble decoration. Humayun and Sher Shah contributed to its development, making the monument an important example of sixteenth-century Indo-Islamic architecture.
Q35. After defeating the Mughal emperor, who declared himself ruler and founded the Second Afghan Empire?
[SSC CGL 2025 Tier-2 – Held on 19 January 2026]
(A) Humayun
(B) Sher Shah Suri
(C) Bahlul Lodi
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer: (B) Sher Shah Suri
Explanation: Sher Shah displaced Humayun through victories at Chausa and Kannauj. He established the Sur dynasty, commonly described as the Second Afghan Empire, and ruled northern India from 1540 to 1545.
Q34. Whose administrative system later became the model for Emperor Akbar’s consolidation of the Mughal Empire?
[SSC CGL 2025 Tier-2 – Held on 19 January 2026]
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Jahangir
Answer: (C) Sher Shah Suri
Explanation: Sher Shah introduced systematic revenue assessment, improved highways, standardized currency and reorganized provincial administration. Akbar subsequently adopted and refined several of these practices while strengthening Mughal imperial institutions.
Q33. Which of the following statements regarding medieval Indian currency reforms are correctly matched?
[MP Police Sub-Inspector – 18 January 2026, Shift 1]
1. Iltutmish introduced the silver Tanka and copper Jital.
2. Sher Shah Suri issued the standardized silver Rupiya.
3. Akbar abolished silver currency and made the gold Mohur the sole standard.
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) 2 only
Answer: (C) 1 and 2 only
Explanation: Iltutmish standardized the Tanka and Jital, while Sher Shah issued the silver Rupiya. Akbar continued a system of gold, silver and copper coinage rather than discontinuing silver currency.
Q32. Arrange the following historical battles in chronological order: I. Khanwa, II. Kannauj, III. First Panipat, IV. Chausa.
[Bihar Police SI – 18 January 2026, Shift 2, Memory-Based Paper]
(A) III – II – I – IV
(B) III – I – IV – II
(C) II – I – IV – III
(D) I – II – III – IV
Answer: (B) III – I – IV – II
Explanation: Babur won the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 and Khanwa in 1527. Sher Shah subsequently defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and Kannauj in 1540.
Q31. Which of the following dynasties ruled northern India for approximately fifteen years during the sixteenth century?
[SSC CHSL Tier-1 – 30 November 2025, Shift 3]
(A) Sur dynasty
(B) Khalji dynasty
(C) Tughlaq dynasty
(D) Lodi dynasty
Answer: (A) Sur dynasty
Explanation: The Sur dynasty displaced Mughal authority in 1540 and remained dominant until Humayun’s restoration in 1555. Sher Shah founded this Afghan ruling house, which introduced important administrative reforms.