RAS question
Iltutmish introduced which coin system in India?
Correct answer: (D) Silver Tanka and Copper Jital.
Iltutmish introduced the silver tanka and copper jital, standardising the coinage of the Delhi Sultanate in India.
Explanation
Iltutmish is associated with the silver tanka and copper jital because the Delhi Sultanate’s regular monetary system took shape under him. The cited IGNOU unit says Iltutmish is credited with standardising Sultanate coinage and that the currency system he established survived, in its essentials, through the Delhi Sultanate. It specifically records the introduction of tankas and the copper jital, with the jital reckoned against the tanka in different ratios in North India and the Deccan. This matches the conventional RAS framing: Iltutmish was the real consolidator of the Slave Dynasty, completed the Qutub Minar, received Abbasid Caliphate investiture, and gave the Sultanate a durable coinage base.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Gold Mohur is not the Iltutmish coinage answer here; the question data assigns it to the Mughal period, whereas Iltutmish is linked with the tanka-jital system.
- (B) Rupiya does not fit Iltutmish because the question data identifies Sher Shah Suri, not the Delhi Sultan Iltutmish, with its introduction.
- (C) Token currency belongs to Muhammad bin Tughlaq in this frame, and the cited unit treats it as a later innovation in the currency system established by Iltutmish.
Concept
This tests Delhi Sultanate administration, especially the institutional consolidation done by early Turkish rulers. It recurs in RAS because coinage, legitimacy and revenue administration are standard markers of medieval state formation.