Statement (A): Raziya changed her name on her inscriptions and pretended she…
2021
Statement (A): Raziya changed her name on her inscriptions and pretended she was a man.
Statement (B): Authors of tawarikhs used social and gender differences to argue that men are superior to women.
- A.
(A) is true, but (B) is false.
- B.
(A) is false, but (B) is true.
- C.
Both (A) and (B) are true and (B) is the correct explanation of (A).
- D.
Both (A) and (B) are true but (B) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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Correct answer: B
Concept
In an Assertion-Reason / two-statement item, judge each statement independently against the historical record first, then decide which option matches. For the Delhi Sultanate, the key facts come from NCERT's account of Sultan Raziyya and from how the Persian court chronicles called tawarikh portray rulers and society.
Application
Statement (A): Raziyya did not disguise herself as a man or change her name to pretend she was male. The record shows she sought to be acknowledged as Sultan in her own right and was remembered as the daughter of Iltutmish; the rename-and-pass-as-a-man episode belongs to a different ruler. So (A) is false.
Statement (B): The authors of the tawarikh wrote for rulers and routinely invoked social and gender distinctions, advancing the view that men are superior to women (a reason they disapproved of a woman holding the throne). So (B) is true.
Cross-check / Contrast
The ruler who famously changed her name and presented herself as a man was Rudramadevi of the Kakatiya dynasty (Warangal) - that detail is mistakenly transferred onto Raziyya in statement (A). Pairing a false (A) with a true (B) leaves exactly one consistent reading.
Result
(A) is false while (B) is true.