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UPSC 2006: Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued a new gold coin which was called Dinar by Ibn Batutah. Reason (R): Muhammad bin Tughlaq wanted to issue token currency in gold coins to promote trade with West Asian and North African countries.
(a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c)A is true but R is false
(d)A is false but R is true
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) A is true but R is false
Ibn Battuta records that Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued a heavy gold coin called the ‘dinar’; therefore A is true. His famous experiment with **token** currency, however, was in copper/bronze, not in gold, and it was introduced to tide over silver scarcity rather than to promote West-Asian trade, so R is false. Hence option (c) is correct. ([mintageworld.com](https://www.mintageworld.com/media/detail/5630-al-wathiq-type-gold-dinar-of-muhammad-bin-tughlaq/?utm_source=openai))
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