Correct answer: (b) 2 only
Explanation
- A
1 and 2
1 and 2. The first Mongol inroads into India predate Jalal-ud-din Khalji (Iltutmish’s time).
- B
2 only
2 only. Alauddin Khalji faced a Mongol host that reached and besieged Delhi. Statements 1 and 3 do not hold as framed.
- C
1 and 3
1 and 3. Both over-date or over-claim.
- D
3 only
3 only. Tughluq did not ‘temporarily lose the north-west to Mongols’ as a standard fact here.
Summary. Official key is (b) 2 only. Mongol pressure on the north-west began under the early Delhi Sultans, not first under Jalal-ud-din. In Alauddin’s reign Qutlugh Khwaja’s army came up to Delhi. Muhammad bin Tughluq’s north-west story is not keyed as a Mongol occupation in this item.
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