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Nurture the Values Life Skills

Do a class dramatisation on Muhammad Bin Tughluq and the various reforms that were introduced by him.
Let your teacher select five students (irrespective of gender) who can play the role of Muhammad Bin
Tughluq and allow him/her to introduce each one of these reforms one by one with each character
introducing one reform at a time. Let the character explain the reason behind introducing the reform while
the rest of the class plays the role of subject who are empowered to raise questions over these reforms.
Have Muhammad Bin Tughluq defend the reasons behind these reforms to the subjects as meticulously as
possible.

Think Before You Write Cognitive Skills
• Choose the correct option:

1. ____________ was the father of Razia Sultana.
a. Qutbuddin Aibak b. Iltutmish
c. Balban d. Alauddin Khalji
2. Who was the last Lodi ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?

a. Bahlol Lodi b. Ibrahim Lodi
c. Sikandar Lodi d. Firoz Lodi
3. Who became the sultan after the death of Muhammad bin Tughluq?
a. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq b. Feroz Shah Tughluq

c. Balban d. Razia Sultana
• Fill in the blanks:

1. Iltutmish divided his empire into small and big landholdings called _____________.
2. _____________ was the first woman ruler of India.
3. _____________ completed the construction of the Qutub Minar.
4. Balban believed in the _____________ of Kingship.
5. Balban introduced the Persian customs of _____________ and _____________ in India.

6. Jauna Khan took the title of _____________.
7. Muhammad bin Tughluq raised taxation in the _____________ region.

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