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This set of Indian Numismatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Numismatics Set 5

Q1 | What is not true about Anjuvannam?
  • guild of foreign merchants
  • involved in trade activities on kerala coast
  • guild of rural merchants
  • spread its acticvites outside kerala.
Q2 | What is called Anjuvannam?
  • guild of rural craftsmen of south india
  • guild of foreign merchants
  • members of a guild
  • trade officials
Q3 | What is common about Valanjiyar, Anjuvannam, manigramam and Ayyavole?
  • ports
  • guilds
  • coastal towns
  • markets
Q4 | The silver coin issued by Tuqlagh’s known as
  • jital
  • jalali
  • sharukhi
  • adl
Q5 | when did Muhanmmad in tugqlq withdraw token currency?
  • 1324
  • 1333
  • 1325
  • 1329
Q6 | Which medieval traveler who visited Muhammad Ibn Tuglaq’s time did not mention his currency experiment?
  • ibn batutta
  • muhammad isami
  • ziaaudin barani
  • muhammad qaswini
Q7 | When did Muhmaad ibn Tuglaq introduce token currency?
  • 1324
  • 1345
  • 1330
  • 1325
Q8 | What was the charge of Choudharies under Akbar?
  • officers in charge of stables
  • minor officer in charge of mints
  • officers for karkhanas
  • officers in charge of royal kitchen
Q9 | In which city did the imperial mint exited under Akbar?
  • delhi
  • agra
  • lahore
  • ujjain
Q10 | Who was appointed by Akbar in 1577 as the head of the imperial mint at Delhi?
  • abul fazal
  • abus samad shirazi*
  • abul faizi
  • raja todarmal
Q11 | What is the silver coin issued by Akbar?
  • jital
  • illahi
  • rupee
  • muhar
Q12 | How much the silver coin of akbar weigh?
  • 175 grains
  • 176 grains
  • 172 grains
  • 185 grains
Q13 | What is the name of the square shaped coin issued by Akbar?
  • jalali
  • ilahi
  • jital
  • muhar
Q14 | What is the lowest copper coin used during mughal times?
  • shahrukhi
  • jalali
  • jital d. muhar
Q15 | What is known as Ilhai?
  • copper coins
  • gold coin in circulation under the mughal
  • silver coins
  • gold coins under iltumish
Q16 | Which is the largest gold coin issued under the Muhgals.?
  • sahansah
  • jital
  • sharukhi
  • jalali
Q17 | What is not true about Babur’s coins?
  • babur issued silver sharukhis
  • coins bear babur’s name
  • sharukhis weigh 72 grains
  • all are true
Q18 | What is called muhars?
  • gold coins issued by mughals
  • silver coins of iltumish
  • copper coins of muhammad- bin-tuglaq
  • coins issued by alaudin khalji
Q19 | Which Mughal princes name is inscribed from the coins issued from Ahmedabad?
  • prince salim
  • prince khurram
  • prince shahariyar
  • prince khusrav
Q20 | Where did Babur mint his shahrukhis 1500-1530?
  • bengal
  • ahmedabad
  • delhi
  • khorasan
Q21 | In which year did the Englsih East India company introduce a unified system of coinage throughout their Indian possession?
  • 1852
  • 1832
  • 1835
  • 1853
Q22 | What is the chronological order of the establishment of British factories in India?
  • madras- masulipatanam-surat-calcutta
  • calcutta-masulipatanam- madras-surat
  • masulipatanam-surat-madras-calcutta
  • calcutta-surat-madras-masulipatanam
Q23 | Which British king’s portrait was not seen in the coins issued in India?
  • queen victoria
  • edward vii
  • george v
  • edward viii
Q24 | What is not true about British coinage?
  • each presidency had issued coins
  • early presidency issues often imitated local issues and the mughal design
  • early european style coins were not popular outside jurisdiction of their respective settlements.
  • all of the above are correct
Q25 | Which Mughal emperor gave the East India Company the right to issue coins in the name ofMughal emperor?
  • shajahan
  • jahangir
  • farrukhsiyar
  • bahadursha ii