Indian History : Delhi Sultanate

Indian History : Delhi Sultanate

1. ____________ was responsible for the formation of Delhi Sultanate?s.
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

2. The first Sultan of Delhi was ______________.
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

3. __________ was the Delhi Sultan who tried to implement the token currency system but failed.
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer : D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

4. ____________ was the first Indian king who defeated Mohammed Ghori.
A) Prithviraj Chauhan
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : A) Prithviraj Chauhan

5. Which year was Somnathpur invaded by Mohammed of Ghazni?
A) 1025 AD
B) 1192 AD
C) 1296 AD
D) 1526 AD
Answer : A) 1025 AD

6. Who was the first king in the Slave Dynasty?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

7. The year ___________ was when Muhammad bin Qasim attacked Sindh.
A) 712 AD
B) 1001 AD
C) 1206 AD
D) 1296 AD
Answer : A) 712 AD

8. ______________ was the first Muslim ruler of India.
A) Muhammad Ghori
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Mahmud of Ghazni
Answer : C) Muhammad bin Qasim

9. The year of the second Battle of Tarain was _________.
A) 1192 AD
B) 1206 AD
C) 1296 AD
D) 1526 AD
Answer : A) 1192 AD

10. Which of the following person established the foundations for Delhi?s Qutub Minar?
A) Iltutmish
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Answer : D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

11. It was _____________ who first proposed market regulation.
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : A) Alauddin Khilji

12. The Slave Dynasty was created by whom?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

13. Who was the first Muslim invader of India?
A) Prithviraj Chauhan
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : C) Muhammad bin Qasim

14. ___________ was the one who introduced market rules.
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad bin Qasim
D) Iltutmish
Answer : A) Alauddin Khilji

15. Delhi was the capital of Mohammed ibn Tughlaq; it was moved to ___________.
A) Lahore
B) Agra
C) Daulatabad
D) Jaunpur
Answer : C) Daulatabad

16. During the reign of ___________, the Mongols, led by Chengis Khan, invaded India.
A) Iltutmish
B) Balban
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer : A) Iltutmish

17. _____________ was a prominent element of Tughlaq architecture.
A) Use of red sandstone
B) Massive gateways
C) Tall minarets
D) Experimental designs and innovations
Answer : D) Experimental designs and innovations

18. Identify the Muslim king who established the price control system.
A) Iltutmish
B) Balban
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer : C) Alauddin Khilji

19. Who was the ruler of Turkey who attacked India 17 times?
A) Mahmud of Ghazni
B) Muhammad Ghori
C) Timur
D) Babur
Answer : A) Mahmud of Ghazni

20. Which of the following emperors produced the Jittal copper coins?
A) Iltutmish
B) Balban
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer : A) Iltutmish

21. Which Delhi Sultanate dynasty held power for a short period of time?
A) Slave Dynasty
B) Tughlaq Dynasty
C) Khilji Dynasty
D) Sayyid Dynasty
Answer : C) Khilji Dynasty

22. Amir Khusrau was a renowned poet at the court of ____________.
A) Iltutmish
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Balban
Answer : B) Alauddin Khilji

23. When Ala-ud-din Khilji was in power, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq was the governor of ____________.
A) Delhi
B) Multan
C) Bengal
D) Punjab
Answer : B) Multan

24. The famous poet Fakhr-i-Mudabbir was a contemporary of Delhi Sultan Iltutmish., was a renowned ____________.
A) Historian
B) Sufi saint
C) Architect
D) Military commander
Answer : A) Historian

25. Which of the following Sultan Iltutmish?s Wazir was ______________.
A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Balban
D) Nizam-ul-Mulk
Answer : D) Nizam-ul-Mulk

26. Under ____________, Delhi initially aspired to become the capital of a kingdom.
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C) Balban
D) Tomara Rajputs
Answer : D) Tomara Rajputs

27. What does the term ?Khokhar? mean in the context of medieval Indian history?
A) A military title
B) A Sufi order
C) A nomadic tribe
D) A type of tax
Answer : C) A nomadic tribe

28. Instead of Delhi, Muhammad Bin Tughlaq chose ____________ as his capital.
A) Lahore
B) Daulatabad
C) Agra
D) Jaunpur
Answer : B) Daulatabad

29. Which of the following is the Lodhi Dynasty?s first ruler?
A) Sikandar Lodhi
B) Ibrahim Lodhi
C) Bahlul Lodhi
D) Khizr Khan Lodhi
Answer : C) Bahlul Lodhi

30. What kind of taxation was collected under the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Zakaat
B) Kharaj
C) Jaziya
D) All of the above
Answer : D) All of the above

31. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler moved his capital to Devgiri from Delhi?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer : B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

32. During what era of time did Razia Sultana reign the Delhi Sultanate?
A) 1236 AD to 1240 AD
B) 1236 AD to 1246 AD
C) 1240 AD to 1246 AD
D) 1240 AD to 1250 AD
Answer : A) 1236 AD to 1240 AD

33. Who is the only female ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi?
A) Raziyya Sultana
B) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
C) Mehrunissa
D) Chand Bibi
Answer : A) Raziyya Sultana

34. Which Delhi Sultanate department was connected to Diwan-I-Ariz?
A) Treasury
B) Military
C) Judiciary
D) Foreign Affairs
Answer : B) Military

35. Which of the following dynasties was in charge when Timur or Tamerlane invaded India in 1398 AD?
A) Tughlaq Dynasty
B) Khilji Dynasty
C) Sayyid Dynasty
D) Lodhi Dynasty
Answer : A) Tughlaq Dynasty

36. Which of the following kings constructed the ?Adhai-din-ka-Jhopra? mosque?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
C) Muhammad Ghori
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer : B) Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak

37. After defeating Sultan of Delhi, ___________ Lodhi, in the Battle of Khotoli (1517), Rana Sanga of Mewar imprisoned him and later released him in exchange for a ransom.
A) Sikandar
B) Ibrahim
C) Bahlul
D) Khizr Khan
Answer : B) Ibrahim

38. In which century was Qutub Minar constructed?
A) 11th century
B) 12th century
C) 13th century
D) 14th century
Answer : C) 13th century

39. Which dynasty was founded by Ghazi Malik?
A) Tughlaq Dynasty
B) Khilji Dynasty
C) Sayyid Dynasty
D) Lodhi Dynasty
Answer : A) Tughlaq Dynasty

40. Which of the following earned great respect for building the huge reservoir known as ?Hauz-i-Sultani??
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C) Sultan Iltutmish
D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer : C) Sultan Iltutmish

41. Which of the following individuals did Iltutmish in Bihar appoint as its first Subedar?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Balban
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Malik Jani
Answer : D) Malik Jani

42. Who was destroyed the ?Chahalgani??
A) Balban
B) Muhammad bin Qasim
C) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer : A) Balban

43. What was Muhammad Bin Tughlaq?s other name?
A) Sultan Mahmud
B) Jalal-ud-din
C) Fakhr-ud-din
D) Jauna Khan
Answer : D) Jauna Khan

44. What was the name of the Delhi Sultans? first mosque?
A) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
B) Jama Masjid
C) Moti Masjid
D) Adhai-din-ka-Jhopra
Answer : A) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque

45. What was the year when Raziyya?s reign from the Delhi Sultanate.
A) 1236 CE
B) 1242 CE
C) 1240 CE
D) 1250 CE
Answer : C) 1246 CE

46. Which of the following best describes the State Correspondence department in the Delhi Sultanate administration?
A) Diwan-i-Ariz
B) Diwan-i-Insha
C) Diwan-i-Khairat
D) Diwan-i-Bandagan
Answer : B) Diwan-i-Insha

47. Who was the last Lodhi Dynasty ruler?
A) Sikandar Lodhi
B) Ibrahim Lodhi
C) Bahlul Lodhi
D) Khizr Khan Lodhi
Answer : B) Ibrahim Lodhi

48. The Delhi Sultanate era is defined as the time between _____________.
A) 1206 AD to 1526 AD
B) 1296 AD to 1526 AD
C) 1206 AD to 1398 AD
D) 1296 AD to 1398 AD
Answer : A) 1206 AD to 1526 AD