Question

Select the correct statements.

• A. Authors of Tawarikh lived in cities like Delhi.
• B. Authors of Tawarikh hoped to get rich rewards.
• C. Authors of Tawarikh advised rulers to preserve social order based on birthrights and gender.
• D. Ideas written in Tawarikh were shared by all members of society.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

The correct options are
A Authors of Tawarikh lived in cities like Delhi.
B Authors of Tawarikh hoped to get rich rewards.
C Authors of Tawarikh advised rulers to preserve social order based on birthrights and gender.

Histories written by learned men, administrators, secretaries and poets are called Tawarikh. Tawarikh is plural of Tarikh. Their ideas were not shared by all. The writers hoped to get rewards from kings. They advised them to preserve the social order based on gender and birthright.