#1. Who among the Sultans is credited with having introduced a purely Arabic currency of gold and silver?

Iltutmish

Balban

Muhammed-bin-Tughluq

Alauddin Khilji

#2. Which Turkish general destroyed the universities of Nalanda and Vikramsila?

Qutubuddin Aibek

Bakhtiyar Khalji

Ali Mardan Khalji

Tajuddin Yalduz

#3. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of :

Tute-Hind

Kaiser-i-Hind

Zil-i-Ilahi

Din-i-Ilahi

#4. ‘The king was freed from his people and they from their king’. On whose death did Badauni comment on this?

Balban

Ala-ud-din Khilji

Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

#5. With reference to medieval Indian rulers, which one of the following statements is correct?

Alauddin Khilji first set up a separate ariz’s department.

Balban introduced the branding of horses in his military.

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was succeeded by his uncle to the military.

Firoz Tughlaq set up a separate department of slaves.

#6. About whose kingdom is it said “the dominion of the lord of the universe extended from Delhi to Palam.”?

Qutbuddin Aibak

Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq

Mohammad Gazni

Alam Shah

#7. Who among the following Delhi Sultans was known for introducing market control mechanisms ?

Iltutmish

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

Firoz Tughlaq

#8. During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were the amils ?

Local landlords at village level

Government agents to collect land revenue

Khurasani and Multani traders of foodgrains

Banjaras who carried the food-grains from villages to towns.

#9. Which one of the following statements cannot be attributed to Firoz Tughlaq?

He restored the rent free lands (inam, Idrar) granted to theologians

He abolished all taxes not sanctioned by Shara

He raised the grants of teachers and stipends for students

He forced Khuts, Muqaddams and Chaudharis to pay grazing tax and house tax

#10. With reference to Delhi Sultanate, who was the founder of Sayyid Dynasty?

Khizr Khan

Mubarak Shah

Muhammad Shah

Alauddin Alam Shah

#11. Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant:

extra payment to the nobles

revenue assigned in lieu of salary

excess amount paid to the exchequer by the Iqtadars

illegal exactions extracted from the peasants

#12. In whose reign did the sultanate reach its farthest extent ?

Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Raziya

Ghiyasuddin Balban

Muhammad Tughlaq

#13. Who wrote the book called Kitab-i-Nauras ?

Amir Khusro

Badauni

Ibrahim Adil Shah II

Ala-ud-din Bahmani

#14. Which dynasty rules for the longest period of time in the Delhi sultanate?

Slave dynasty

Khilji dynasty

Tughlaq dynasty

Lodhi dynasty

#15. Which Sultan introduced the practices of Sijda, Paibos and Nawroz in the Delhi Sultanate?

Balban

Razia Sultana

Iltutmish

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

#16. Which of the following are true?

Balban did not go for fresh conquests, rather he concentrated on consolidation of the infant state at Delhi.

He set about a policy of liquidation of the challis or 40 nobles.

Balban did not show any difference in matters of administration of justice between high and low.

All of the above

#17. The Bahmani Sultanate came into being during the reign of which Sultan?

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Ibrahim Lodhi

Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

Feroz Shah Tughlaq

#18. Which sultan had a dispute with Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya?

Jalaluddin Khilji

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Feroz Shah Tughlaq

Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

#19. Shashgani was a small silver coin equal to

4 Jitals

6 Jitals

8 Jitals

10 Jitals

#20. Which Sultan was the first to proclaim that the state in India of the Delhi Sultanate cannot be a truly Islamic state?

Behram Shah

Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah

Jalaluddin Khilji

Alauddin Khilji

#21. Which of the dynasties ruled for the shortest period of time during of course of the Delhi Sultanate?

Slave dynasty

Khilji dynasty

Sayyid dynasty

Lodhi dynasty

#22. Which Jain saint was patronized by Mohammed-binTughluq?

Hemachandra Suri

Jeena Prabha Suri

Dasturji Mebarji

None

#23. Which Lodhi ruler was originally named as Nizam Khan?

Bahlul Lodi

Sikandar Lodhi

Ibrahim Lodhi

Dilawar Khan Lodhi

#24. With which Sultan of Delhi do you associate the compilation of Kingship theory and principles of administration called ‘Vassayya” ?

Iltutmish

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

#25. Who abolished the Iqta system?

Qutubuddin Aibak

Iltutmish

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

#26. Why did Mohammad-bin Tughlaq shift his capital from Delhi to Deogiri?

Because he was fed up with Delhi.

As a punishment for the people of Delhi.

Because he wanted to extend his empire to the south.

Because the new capital occupied a central and strategic location.

#27. The statement. “India is not Arabia, it is not practically feasible to convert it into Qarul Islam.” is associated with

Iltutmish

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

#28. Who was the Governor of Kara-Manikpur to have revolted against Sultan Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji?

Arkali Khan

Almas Beg

Jawna Khan

Malik Chajju

#29. Which sultan of Delhi made a rule that, in any given year, the land revenue can be increased only nominally, viz. one-tenth or one-eleventh of the fixed revenue?

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Firozshah Tughlaq

#30. What was Iqta in the sultanate period?

Territories of land

A tax

A form of military

None of these

#31. Who of the following was responsible for the murder of his father?

Balban

Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

Alauddin Khilji

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

#32. Who among the following Amirs was the one publicly flogged by the orders of Sultan Balban?

Haibat Khan

Imaduddin Raihan

Sher Khan

Malik Baq Baq

#33. Who among the following foreign historians is considered an authority on the history of the Delhi Sultanate?

Richard Fox

Peter Jackson

Aden Southall

Chris Bayly

#34. Who was the only converted Indian muslim to become the head of the Delhi Sultanate?

Kaikubad

Nasiruddin Khusrau Shah

Masud Shah

Qaimurs

#35. During the time of Alauddin’s invasion, Warangal was ruled by

Chalukya dynasty

Chola dynasty

Kakatiya dynasty

Yadava dynasty

#36. Who among the following Sultans received the title of ‘Syed-us-Salatin’ from the Caliph?

Iltutmish

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

#37. According to historian Ziauddin Barani, the ideal Sultan of Delhi was

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Bahlol Lodi

#38. Which one of the following works of Amir Khusror deals with the military expeditions of Alauddin Khilji?

Nuh Siphar

Khazain-ul-Futuh

Miftah-ul-Futuh

Qiran Us Sadain

#39. The chief achievement of Balban was

the consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganizing his army

suppression of ambitious nobles

establishing rapport with the people

administrative reforms

#40. Which one of the following is an octagonal tomb?

Tomb of Sikandar Lodi

Tomb of Balban

Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Tomb of Firoz Shah Tughlaq

#41. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi?

Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi-Bahlol Khan Lodi

Sikandar Shah-Bahlol Khan Lodi-Ibrahim Lodi

Bahlol Khan Lodi-Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi

Bahlol Khan Lodi-Ibrahim Lodi-Sikandar Shah

#42. Who established Diwan-i-Mustakharaj?

Qutubuddin Aibak

Razia Sultana

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

#43. Which Sultan of Delhi categorized the Ulema into ‘Ulmai-Akhiral’ and ‘Ulma-i-Duniya’ and praised the former?

Qutubuddin Aibak

Iltutmish

Balban

Alauddin Khilji

#44. Who of the following Sultans of Delhi had abolished the tax on grain (also called Zakat on grain)?

Alauddin Khilji

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Sikandar Lodi

#45. With which Sufi saint of Delhi is associated the famous saying ‘Hanooz Dilli Door Ast’ ?

Nizamuddin Aulia

Sheik Salim Chisti

Bakhtiyar Uddin Kaki

Mohammad Ghaus

#46. What was Arghatta?

A machine to break forts

An irrigation canal

A device to lift water

A type of cloth

#47. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Alauddin Khilji?

1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

2 and 4

1, 2 and 4

#48. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Ahadi : Gentlemen trooper

Qalb : King’s personal troops

Muqaddams : revenue collectors

Charai : House Tax

#49. Give one reason why the description of the Qutb-ud-din Aibak’s dynasty as a “slave dynasty” is regarded as inaccurate.

Because except for Qutb-ud-din Aibak. Others rulers of the dynasty were not slaves

Because only three kings of this dynasty were slaves and even these three were manumitted by their masters

Because technically only Qutb-ud-din Aibak started his career as a slave and he too was manumitted upon obtaining a letter of investiture from the Abbasid Caliph

Because all the rulers of this dynasty did not belong to one family

#50. When Ala-ud-din Khilji forbade his nobles the use of wine, intimate relations and abundance of wealth, and confiscated their endowments and inams, he aimed at

enhancing king’s dignity

preventing the treachery of nobles

setting an example for his Hindu subjects

gathering more wealth for himself

#51. Which Sultan declared himself as Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander?

Balban

Kaiqubad

Iltutmish

Alauddin Khalji

#52. Which is not a correct pair?

Khanqah — a house of mysteries

Khutba — sermon

Madad-i-mash — grant of land or pension to scholars and saints by the Sultans

Majlis — meeting place or council

#53. Which type of work was looked after by the department of Diwan-i-Kohi under Muhammad Tughlaq?

Agriculture

Army

Justice

Royal correspondence

#54. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

Qutab Minar — Aibak and Iltutmish

Dhai din ka Jhonpara — Ibrahim Lodi

Alai Darwaja — Alauddin Khilji

Red Palace — Balban

#55. During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were the amils ?

Local landlords at village level

Government agents to collect land revenue

Khurasani and Multani traders of foodgrains

Banjaras who carried the food-grains from villages to towns.

#56. Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-iAlai, which contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji ?

Ziauddin Barani

Shams Siraj Afif

Amir Khusrau

Yahiya Bin Ahmad

#57. Consider the following statements on the reform of Ala-ud-din Khilji –

1, 2 and 3

2, 3 and 4

1, 2 and 4

1, 3 and 4

#58. Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s experiment of introducing token currency could not succeed on account of

rejection of token coins by foreign merchants

shortage of copper for minting token coins

large-scale minting of spurious coins

poor quality of token currency

#59. What was the name of Jain saint with whom Muhammad Tughlaq held discussions?

Rishabhadeva

Hemchandra

Jinasena Suri

Jeena Prabha Suri

#60. Which one of the following sultans is credited with the appointment of ‘Amir – Sadah’ in the provinces?

Alaudding Khilji

Muhammad Tughlaq

Firoz Tughlaq

Bahlol Lodi

#61. What was the main cause of the defeat of the Rajputs by the Turks?

1 and 2

1, 3, and 4

1, 2 and 3

2 and 3

#62. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash ?

Iltutmish

Alauddin Khilji

Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Feroz Tughlaq

#63. Why is the term ‘Slave Dynasty’ regarded as misnomer? Consider the following statements :

1 and 3

2 and 3

2 only

4 only

#64. Consider the following statements :

All of these

1, 2 and 3

1, 3 and 4

2, 3 and 4

#65. Which of the following are true about Sikandar Lodi?

1, 2, 3 and 4

1 and 2

1 and 3

2, 3 and 4

#66. With reference to the travelers, consider the following statements –

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

#67. Name the Delhi Sultans born of Hindu mothers:

2, 4, 5

1, 2, 4

3, 4, 5, 6

1, 2, 3, 6

#68. Which of the Sultans measured the land for fixing land revenue?

1 and 2 only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

#69. Consider the following:

3, 1, 4, 2

3, 1, 2, 4

1, 3, 2, 4

1, 3, 4, 2

#70. Arrange the following programmes of Mohammad bin Tughlaq in their chronological order.

1, 2, 3 and 4

2, 3, 1 and 4

2, 1, 3 and 4

3, 2, 1 and 4

#71. Which crops were not cultivated in India during the Sultanate period?

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 4

3, 4

#72. Which of the following new techniques in the cotton textile industry was/were introduced in India by the Turks in the Medieval period?

1, 2 and 3

2 and 3

1 and 3

2 only

#73. Bring out the correct statements about Raziya Sultana.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

2, 3, 4

3, 4, 5

1, 2, 3

#74. Arrange in proper chronological order of the experiments of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq,

2, 1, 3, 4, 5

4, 5, 2, 3, 1

2, 4, 1, 3, 5

5, 3, 2, 1, 4

#75. What is the descending order of the ranks of nobility under Delhi Sultanate?

1, 2, 4, 3

2, 1, 4, 3

1, 2, 3, 4

3, 2, 4, 1

#76. Consider the following statements: Alberuni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is

1, 3 and 4

1 and 4

2 and 3

4 only

#77. Which of the following measures were taken by Balban for re-establishing the prestige and power of the crown?

2 and 3

1 and 2

3 and 4

2 and 4

#78. The main difficulties of Iltutmish when he ascended the throne were

1 and 2

2, 3 and 4

4 and 5

All of these

#79. In which order did the following dynasties rule Delhi?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

5, 3, 2, 4, 1

4, 3, 2, 1, 5

1, 3, 2, 5, 4

#80. Consider the following pairs:

1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

2 and 3

1 and 3

#81. List I List II

A – 4, B – 2, C – 1, D – 3

A – 2, B – 4, C – 1, D – 3

A – 1, B – 3, C – 4, D – 2

A – 2, B – 1, C – 3, D – 4

#82. List-I List-II

1 2 3 4

4 3 2 1

1 3 2 4

2 1 4 3

#83. List I List II

A – 4, B – 3, C – 1, D – 2

A – 2, B – 4, C – 1, D – 3

A – 3, B – 4, C – 1, D – 2

A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4

#84. Which one of the following agrarian measures was NOT adopted by Ghiyasudding Tughlaq?

He discarded measurement in favor of sharing.

The chiefs and headmen of villages were given back their perquisites.

The basis of the demand by the Government was to be Hukm-i-hasil (in accordance with yield) with enough provision for crop failures.

He made a large reduction in the scale of revenue fixed by Alauddin and brought it down to one-sixth of the gross produce.

#85. List-I List-II

3 2 1 4

2 3 1 4

3 1 4 2

4 2 3 1

#86. List-I List-II

4 3 2 1

3 4 2 1

1 2 3 4

2 1 4 3

#87. List I (Deccan State) List II (Founder)

1 2 3 4

4 3 2 1

3 2 1 4

3 4 1 2

#88. List-I List-II

1 2 3 4

3 4 2 1

4 3 1 2

2 1 4 3

#89. List-I List-II

1 2 3 4

2 1 3 4

2 3 4 1

2 4 3 1

#90. List-I List-II

4 3 2 1

3 4 2 1

3 4 1 2

4 3 1 2

#91. List-I List-II

1 2 3 4

2 3 1 4

3 4 2 1

4 1 2 3

#92. List-I List-II

2 1 3 4

4 3 2 1

4 2 1 3

3 4 1 2

#93. List-I List-II

4 3 2 1

3 4 2 1

3 4 1 2

2 1 4 3

#94. List-I List-II

1-B, 2-B, 3-A, 4-F, 5-C, 6-E

1-E, 2-F, 3-B, 4-A, 5-C, 6-D

1-F, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A, 5-E, 6-C

1-A, 2-C, 3-D, 4-B, 5-F, 6-E

#95. List-I List-II

4 1 2 3

1 4 3 2

3 2 4 1

2 1 4 3

#96. Match the last rulers with their dynasties

A-2, B-3, C-4, D-5, E-1

A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4, E-5

A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2, E-1

A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1, E-5

#97. List I List II

4 3 2 1

3 4 1 2

3 4 2 1

4 3 1 2

#98. List I (Terms) List II (Meanings)

4 3 1 2

2 1 3 4

4 1 3 2

2 3 1 4

#99. List I (Monument) List II (Builder)

4 2 3 1

3 1 4 2

4 1 3 2

3 2 4 1

#100. List I List II

2 4 3 1

3 1 2 4

2 1 3 4

3 4 2 1

#101. List I List II

4 1 2 3

3 2 1 4

4 2 1 3

3 1 2 4

#102. List I (Author) List II (Works)

3 4 2 1

3 4 1 2

4 3 1 2

4 3 2 1

#103. List I List II

A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

The Delhi Sultanate MCQ Questions and Answers

Results

#1. Who among the Sultans is credited with having introduced a purely Arabic currency of gold and silver?

#2. Which Turkish general destroyed the universities of Nalanda and Vikramsila?

#3. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of :

#4. ‘The king was freed from his people and they from their king’. On whose death did Badauni comment on this?

#5. With reference to medieval Indian rulers, which one of the following statements is correct?

#6. About whose kingdom is it said “the dominion of the lord of the universe extended from Delhi to Palam.”?

#7. Who among the following Delhi Sultans was known for introducing market control mechanisms ?

#8. During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were the amils ?

#9. Which one of the following statements cannot be attributed to Firoz Tughlaq?

#10. With reference to Delhi Sultanate, who was the founder of Sayyid Dynasty?

#11. Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant:

#12. In whose reign did the sultanate reach its farthest extent ?

#13. Who wrote the book called Kitab-i-Nauras ?

#14. Which dynasty rules for the longest period of time in the Delhi sultanate?

#15. Which Sultan introduced the practices of Sijda, Paibos and Nawroz in the Delhi Sultanate?

#16. Which of the following are true?

#17. The Bahmani Sultanate came into being during the reign of which Sultan?

#18. Which sultan had a dispute with Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya?

#19. Shashgani was a small silver coin equal to

#20. Which Sultan was the first to proclaim that the state in India of the Delhi Sultanate cannot be a truly Islamic state?

#21. Which of the dynasties ruled for the shortest period of time during of course of the Delhi Sultanate?

#22. Which Jain saint was patronized by Mohammed-binTughluq?

#23. Which Lodhi ruler was originally named as Nizam Khan?

#24. With which Sultan of Delhi do you associate the compilation of Kingship theory and principles of administration called ‘Vassayya” ?

#25. Who abolished the Iqta system?

#26. Why did Mohammad-bin Tughlaq shift his capital from Delhi to Deogiri?

#27. The statement. “India is not Arabia, it is not practically feasible to convert it into Qarul Islam.” is associated with

#28. Who was the Governor of Kara-Manikpur to have revolted against Sultan Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji?

#29. Which sultan of Delhi made a rule that, in any given year, the land revenue can be increased only nominally, viz. one-tenth or one-eleventh of the fixed revenue?

#30. What was Iqta in the sultanate period?

#31. Who of the following was responsible for the murder of his father?

#32. Who among the following Amirs was the one publicly flogged by the orders of Sultan Balban?

#33. Who among the following foreign historians is considered an authority on the history of the Delhi Sultanate?

#34. Who was the only converted Indian muslim to become the head of the Delhi Sultanate?

#35. During the time of Alauddin’s invasion, Warangal was ruled by

#36. Who among the following Sultans received the title of ‘Syed-us-Salatin’ from the Caliph?

#37. According to historian Ziauddin Barani, the ideal Sultan of Delhi was

#38. Which one of the following works of Amir Khusror deals with the military expeditions of Alauddin Khilji?

#39. The chief achievement of Balban was

#40. Which one of the following is an octagonal tomb?

#41. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi?

#42. Who established Diwan-i-Mustakharaj?

#43. Which Sultan of Delhi categorized the Ulema into ‘Ulmai-Akhiral’ and ‘Ulma-i-Duniya’ and praised the former?

#44. Who of the following Sultans of Delhi had abolished the tax on grain (also called Zakat on grain)?

#45. With which Sufi saint of Delhi is associated the famous saying ‘Hanooz Dilli Door Ast’ ?

#46. What was Arghatta?

#47. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Alauddin Khilji?

#48. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

#49. Give one reason why the description of the Qutb-ud-din Aibak’s dynasty as a “slave dynasty” is regarded as inaccurate.

#50. When Ala-ud-din Khilji forbade his nobles the use of wine, intimate relations and abundance of wealth, and confiscated their endowments and inams, he aimed at

#51. Which Sultan declared himself as Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander?

#52. Which is not a correct pair?

#53. Which type of work was looked after by the department of Diwan-i-Kohi under Muhammad Tughlaq?

#54. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

#55. During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were the amils ?

#56. Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-iAlai, which contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji ?

#57. Consider the following statements on the reform of Ala-ud-din Khilji –

#58. Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s experiment of introducing token currency could not succeed on account of

#59. What was the name of Jain saint with whom Muhammad Tughlaq held discussions?

#60. Which one of the following sultans is credited with the appointment of ‘Amir – Sadah’ in the provinces?

#61. What was the main cause of the defeat of the Rajputs by the Turks?

#62. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash ?

#63. Why is the term ‘Slave Dynasty’ regarded as misnomer? Consider the following statements :

#64. Consider the following statements :

#65. Which of the following are true about Sikandar Lodi?

#66. With reference to the travelers, consider the following statements –

#67. Name the Delhi Sultans born of Hindu mothers:

#68. Which of the Sultans measured the land for fixing land revenue?

#69. Consider the following:

#70. Arrange the following programmes of Mohammad bin Tughlaq in their chronological order.

#71. Which crops were not cultivated in India during the Sultanate period?

#72. Which of the following new techniques in the cotton textile industry was/were introduced in India by the Turks in the Medieval period?

#73. Bring out the correct statements about Raziya Sultana.

#74. Arrange in proper chronological order of the experiments of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq,

#75. What is the descending order of the ranks of nobility under Delhi Sultanate?

#76. Consider the following statements: Alberuni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is

#77. Which of the following measures were taken by Balban for re-establishing the prestige and power of the crown?

#78. The main difficulties of Iltutmish when he ascended the throne were