History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET June 2015 History
Passage
There is an interesting case of the prohibition of drinking wine. The Sultan personally gave up drinking. The royal drinking vessels of glass and porcelain were broken before the Badaun Gate, and wine from the royal jars was poured out, creating mud and mire as in the rainy season. Then officers mounted on elephants proclaimed in the streets and lanes of Delhi that no one was to drink or sell liquor or go near it. The licensed tavern-keepers and distillers were driven out of Delhi and the revenue from them was written off. Persons of self-respect gave up drinking at the first warning, but others distilled liquor from sugar in their houses and sold it at a high price. Sultan Alauddin ordered dry wells to be dug near the Badaun Gate, and persons found disobeying his order were thrown into them. It was possible at the worst of times to go ten or twelve karohs out of Delhi for a good drink, but no drink was available within four or five karohs of Delhi in suburbs like Ghiyaspur, Indrapat and Kailugarhi. Ultimately the Sultan relented and ordered that if a man distilled liquor in his own house for his own use, and was not guilty of selling it or holding a drinking party, he was not to be molested.
Who announced the prohibition order to the people?
AThe Sultan's officers ✓ Correct
BThe Sultan's Karkun
CThe Sultan himself
DThe Sultan's guards
Correct answer: (A) The Sultan's officers — The Sultan's officers announced the order, so the answer is the Sultan's officers.
Explanation
★The Sultan's officers announced the order, so the answer is the Sultan's officers.
★The passage says that officers mounted on elephants made the proclamation.
★They rode through the streets and lanes of Delhi.
★They proclaimed that no one was to drink or sell liquor.
★They also warned people not to go near it.
★So it was the officers, not the Sultan himself, who announced the order.
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