Question

"In the time of Sher Shah if an old woman travelled with a basket full of gold on her head through a forest the robbers and the thieves dared not come near her." This statement shows that
A.It was a reign of terror
B.there was no robber and thief
C.the gold had no value at that time
D.they were afraid of the punishment inflicted to them by the strict administration of Sher Shah

Answer 1

Hint:Sher Shah was the son of Hasan Khan a jagirdar of Sasaram in Bihar. He was given the name of Farid Khan in his childhood. When he grew up. he was given the task of managing his father's jagir. However, because of the harassment by his step-mother, he left his jagir.

Complete answer:
Let us discuss the welfare measures brought by Sher Shah.Sher Shah built roads to encourage trade, to provide convenience to travellers, to facilitate movement of troops and to carry on administration systematically. The most important roads built by Sher Shah included -(a) the - Grand Trunk (GT) Road running between Sonargaon in Bangladesh across North India to Peshawar in Pakistan which is used till today: (b) the road from Agra to Burhanpur fer the road from Agra to Jodhpur to Chittor; and lady the road from Lahore to Multan. He built sarais (rest houses) for the travellers. These sarais were also used as dak chowkies (post offices) where horsemen used to deliver post. He set up charitable hospitals and dispensaries.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:Let us discuss the reason sher shah got this name.As earlier he was named Sher Khan.Once he defeated Humayun at the Battle of Kanauj and ascended the throne of Delhi under the title of Sher Shah. He overthrew the Mughals and established Afghan rule in India.