Indian History : Delhi Sultanate
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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
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
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