1. Discuss the chief features of trading economy during c. AD. 700 to AD. 900.

2. Write a note on Alauddin Khalji's market control policy.

3. Define iqta. Trace its development during the Sultanate period.

4. List the major Sufi orders which flourished in India during the Sultanate period. Mention the chief characteristics of Chishti and Suhrawardi silsilahs.

5. Write a note on various styles of temple architecture.

6. Discuss the factors responsible for the disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate.

7. Discuss the Delhi Sultan's policy towards Deccan and South India.

8. Write a note on the central administration of the Delhi Sultans.

9. Analyse the revenue administration of the Delhi Sultans.

10. Who were the Afaqis and the Deccanis To what extent could they be held responsible for the decline of the Bahmani kingdom?

11. Discuss the chief features of Eastern Indian architecture during the 14 -15th centuries.

12. Write a note on the position of women in the Sultanate period.

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each:

Land grants during the early medieval period

Mahmud of Ghazni

Organisation of non-agricultural production during the Sultanate period

Contribution of the Turks in the sphere of building construction technology.