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RAS question

According to the cited Rajasthan history page, what did Alauddin Khilji do after taking Chittor?

Correct answer: (A) Renamed Chittor as Khizrabad.

After Alauddin Khalji captured Chittor in 1303, Chittor Fort was renamed Khizrabad after his son Khizr Khan.

  1. (A)

    Renamed Chittor as Khizrabad

  2. (B)

    Built the Pichola lake dam

  3. (C)

    Restored Mewar after Ratan Singh

  4. (D)

    Led the Rajput confederacy at Khanwa

Explanation

Wikipedia, Chittor Fort places the episode in the 1303 siege, when Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji conquered Chittor, then ruled by Guhila king Ratnasimha. After the conquest, the fort was assigned to Alauddin's young son Khizr Khan, and Chittor Fort was renamed Khizrabad after him. That is why option A is the only answer tied directly to Alauddin's action after taking Chittor. The other options are not alternate outcomes of the same event; they belong to separate Mewar episodes involving Rana Lakha, Hammir, and Rana Sanga.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) The Pichola lake dam is linked to Rana Lakha, so it is not an action attributed to Alauddin after taking Chittor.
  • (C) Mewar's recovery after Ratan Singh is linked with Hammir, whereas Alauddin's post-conquest act was the renaming of Chittor.
  • (D) The Khanwa confederacy belongs to Rana Sanga's campaign against Babur, not to Alauddin's conquest of Chittor.

Concept

This tests the chronology of medieval Mewar and the ability to match rulers with specific events. RAS repeatedly asks such source-based history questions because confusing adjacent Mewar rulers leads to plausible but wrong answers.

Source

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