1. Who founded the Hyderabad State?
2. On which date was the Hyderabad State merged into the Indian Union?
3. Who was the Diwan of Hyderabad State immediately before Salarjung?
4. Consider the following statements regarding the financial crisis faced by the Hyderabad State before Salarjung's appointment:
(I) The Northern Sarkars (coastal districts) were taken over by the British in 1766.
(II) The Nizam surrendered Berar, Raichur, and Darashiv to the British under the Treaty of Berar in 1853.
(III) Chouth and Sardeshmukhi tax collection by the Marathas contributed to the financial exploitation of the state.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
5. Which British trading firm's financial dealings contributed to the exploitation of the Nizam State's finances?
6. What was Salarjung's original name?
7. On what date did Salarjung become Prime Minister (Diwan) of Hyderabad State?
8. What was Salarjung's age when he became Diwan of Hyderabad State?
9. Prior to his appointment as Prime Minister, Salarjung served as Talukdar (Collector) of which district?
10. Consider the following statements regarding the reasons the British supported Salarjung's reform measures:
(I) Salarjung and the Nizam helped the British suppress the 1857 revolt.
(II) The modernization of Hyderabad ultimately suited colonial interests.
Which of the above is/are correct?
11. Under how many Nizam rulers did Salarjung serve as Diwan?
12. Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan became the ruler of Hyderabad State in 1869 at what age?
13. As per the 1881 census, what was the population of the Hyderabad State under Salarjung's administration?
14. The Hyderabad State was a union of which three regions?
15. Under the first Nizam, Nizam-ul-Mulk Asafjah, the Hyderabad State was divided into how many subhas (provinces)?
16. In which year did Salarjung divide the Hyderabad State into five administrative divisions?
17. Consider the following pairs of divisions and their headquarters created by Salarjung in 1867:
(I) North Western Division – Aurangabad
(II) Southern Division – Gulbarga
(III) East Division – Bhuvanagiri
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
18. The Sadar Talukdar, who headed each division under Salarjung's administration, was equivalent to which British Indian official?
19. In which year did Salarjung replace the tax-farming system at the district level by appointing paid Talukdars (Collectors)?
20. In which year was the 'Zilabandi' system introduced by Salarjung?
21. Taluks under Salarjung's administration were headed by which official?
22. Who headed city administration under Salarjung's reforms, dealing with police, peace, and order?
23. Which village official was responsible for keeping land records and assisted in the collection of land revenue on a commission basis?
24. Consider the following pairs of departmental ministers appointed under the four "Sadar-ul-Mahams" created in 1868:
(I) Revenue – Nawab Mukaram-ud-Doula Bahadur
(II) Police – Shamsher Jung Bahadur
(III) Judiciary, Jails – Shahebjung Bahadur
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
25. In which year was the judiciary given autonomy with the establishment of "Adalat-e-Padushahi" under Salarjung?
26. Which official established a new judicial institution in 1860 to decide civil disputes in the Ilaka Peshkar areas?
27. Who was appointed as the first Law Minister in the Nizam kingdom?
28. What was the Court of Appeal established by Salarjung in 1872 called?
29. What was the High Court of the Hyderabad State known as?
30. Consider the following statements regarding the powers of the High Court (Majlis-Aliya Adalat) in the Hyderabad State:
(I) It could decide civil disputes in Hyderabad city and cases involving monetary value.
(II) It had the power to reduce or cancel severe punishments, including death sentences.
(III) It could impose life sentence and 39 rope beats.
Which of the above is/are correct?
31. Salarjung separated the police department from which other department?
32. An Amin (Inspector) was appointed for how many Talukas under the police reforms?
33. What title was given to the officers heading the police force in each of the five parts of the Nizam kingdom?
34. Who was the first police minister of the Hyderabad State?
35. The police force under Salarjung was divided into which two divisions?
36. What was the Military Office established by the government in 1875 called?
37. Military personnel of the Hyderabad State were trained under officials from which country?
38. Whose supervision did the training of Hyderabad's military personnel come under?
39. Consider the following statements regarding Salarjung's military reforms:
(I) He built a building in 1864 for the supervision of the Nizam's army.
(II) The Mansabdar offices were established under the supervision of the Military Secretary.
(III) Salarjung's attempts to modernize the armed forces, including introducing machinery in state workshops, succeeded fully.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
40. Consider the following statements regarding land classification under Salarjung's revenue reforms:
(I) Khalsa (Diwani) land constituted 60 percent of the total area.
(II) Paigah and Jagir lands together constituted 30 percent of the total area.
(III) Different land revenue collection systems prevailed in the Sarfekhas, Paigah, and Jagir areas, without direct administrative control from the Diwani government.
Which of the above is/are correct?
41. What system of land revenue collection did Salarjung abolish, under which tax farmers (daftardars) paid a fixed amount to the state while collecting more from the peasants?
42. Whom did Salarjung appoint in place of the daftardars to collect land revenue directly from the peasants?
43. Under Salarjung's revenue reforms, the basis of revenue collection was shifted from the village to which unit?
44. Who signed the orders issued by the Revenue Board established by Salarjung?
45. Under the Zilabandi system, each Zilla (district) was headed by which official?
46. Under the Zilabandi system, the fourteen districts were grouped into how many regional divisions?
47. The land survey under Salarjung's administration was first successfully conducted at which place?
48. Under the Survey and Settlement reforms, what system of land revenue was adopted, granting patta rights to individual ryots?
49. What was the annual recording of lands under Salarjung's revenue system called?
50. What was the uniform system of coinage introduced by Salarjung, following the abolition of privately owned mints, based on?
51. Which two rebels were imprisoned by the Nizam Government after the attack on the Hyderabad Residency during the 1857 revolt?
52. As a reward for the Nizam's assistance during the 1857 revolt, the British waived a loan of how much due from the Nizam?
53. When Raja Venkatappaiah Naik of Sholapur revolted during the 1857 mutiny, who arrested him and sent him to the Nizam?
54. As a result of the Nizam surrendering Raja Venkatappaiah Naik to the British, the British rewarded the Nizam with which territory?
55. What was the first western educational institution established by Salarjung in Hyderabad city, in 1855?
56. In which mediums did the Darul Ulum School conduct its teaching?
57. What subject was made compulsory alongside oriental language subjects in the City High School and Chadarghat High School?
58. The School of Civil Engineering, established in 1870, later became the site of which institution, known as Nizam College from 1887?
59. In which year was the agreement made between the British India Government and the Hyderabad State Government for a railway line between Wadi and Hyderabad on the Madras–Bombay route?
60. The first railway line, between Secunderabad and Wadi, opened to traffic in which year?
61. In which year did the Hyderabad railway route, connecting Hyderabad via Wadi to Bombay, get completed?
62. Who headed the committee formed in 1880 to examine the Chanda Railway Scheme?
63. Who was appointed as the first Post Master General of Hyderabad?
64. Salarjung established which commission during his tenure to improve administrative standards and recruit talented people?
65. Youth from which two communities of Northern India were selected in large numbers as employees of the Hyderabad State?
66. Aghoranath Chatopadhyay, who joined the Education Institution in the Nizam kingdom, was the father of which famous personality?
67. Aghoranath Chatopadhyay later became the Principal of which institution, present-day Nizam College?
68. Mirza Asha Baig, who was invited to Hyderabad to educate Prince Mahaboob Ali Khan, was the grandson of which famous Urdu poet?
69. Salarjung himself belonged to which family that had originally migrated from Bijapur, Deccan?
70. After the death of the co-regent in 1877, Salarjung bitterly opposed the appointment of which group to the post?
71. Salarjung served directly under which two Nizams?
72. Which British Resident intervened in 1860 to allow Salarjung to continue as Diwan?
73. Which British Resident intervened in 1867 to allow Salarjung to continue as Diwan?
74. With the death of which Nizam in 1869 did his three-year-old son Mahbub Ali Khan become ruler?
75. Along with Salarjung, who was appointed by the British as a co-regent to the young Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan?
76. Consider the following statements regarding the regions returned to the Nizam due to Salarjung's loyalty to the British during the 1857 revolt:
(I) Berar was returned to the Nizam.
(II) Raichur was NOT returned to the Nizam.
(III) Osmanabad and Sholapur were NOT returned to the Nizam.
Which of the above is/are correct?
77. With which title was Salarjung honoured by the Queen?
78. On one occasion, Salarjung was threatened with deportation to which Presidency?
79. How did Salarjung die?
80. Salarjung was trained under an English teacher named:
81. Which university honoured Salarjung with the title 'Doctor of Civil Law'?
82. Which historian described Salarjung as "one of the best statesmen of 19th century Hyderabad"?
83. Who stated that "the reform measures of Salarjung led to renaissance of Modern Hyderabad"?
84. Consider the following statements regarding Salarjung's relationship with the British:
(I) His support to the British during the 1857 disturbances pleased them.
(II) On issues where the British perceived a threat to their power, he was opposed by the Residents.
(III) His attempts to modernize the armed forces succeeded fully with British support.
Which of the above is/are correct?
