Delhi Sultanate Period MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from?

1. Morocco
2. Persia
3. Turkey
4. Central Asia

2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq was proficient in

1. Art
2. Music
3. Calligraphy
4. Philosophy

3. The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were

1. Mongols
2. Afghans
3. Turks
4. A Jat tribe

4. The Sultan who described himself as Sikandar-i-Sani (The Second Alexander) was

1. Balban
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Sikandar Lodi

5. The largest standing army of the Sultanate, directly paid by the State was created by

1. Iltutmish
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Sikandar Lodi

6. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of

1. Iltutmish
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Balban
4. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

7. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler

1. Qutubuddin Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
4. Alauddin Khalji

8. Lodi dynasty was founded by

1. Ibrahim Lodi
2. Sikandar Lodi
3. Bahlol Lodi
4. Khizr Khan

9. Yahya bin Ahmed Sirhindi, the author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraqshahi lived in the period of

1. Khalji
2. Tughlaq
3. Sayyid
4. Lodi

10. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq changed his capital from Delhi to Deogiri because he wanted to

1. improve trade in the Deccan
2. spread Islam in the Deccan
3. punish the people of Delhi
4. escape from the Mongol invasion

11. The contemporary chronicle of Sayyid period is

1. Tarikh-i-Mubaraqshahi
2. Waqiat-i-Mushtaqi
3. Futuh-us-Salatin
4. Masalik-ul-Absar

12. Amir Khusrau was a famous court poet of

1. Akbar
2. Adauddin Khilji
3. Mahmud Ghazanvi
4. None of these

13. Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth from

1. Chanderi
2. Gujarat
3. Deogiri
4. Madurai

14. Who of the following was a contemporary of Chingiz Khan?

1. Mahmud Ghazanvi
2. Iltutmish
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

15. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism?

1. Iltutmish
2. Balban
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Firozshah Tughlaq

16. Who was the Delhi Sultan when the threat of invasion by Mongols under Chingiz Khan loomed over India?

1. Iltutmish
2. Balban I c) Jalaluddin Khalji
3. Alauddin Khalji

17. During the reign of Alauddin Khalji, who were Amil?

1. Government agents to collect land revenue
2. Local landlords at village level c) Khurasani and Multani traders of food-grains
3. Banjaras who carried the food-grains from village to towns

18. Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-i-Alai, which contains the details of first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khalji?

1. Ziauddin Barani
2. Shams Siraj Afif
3. Amir Khusrau
4. Yahiya-bin-Ahmed

19. Who among the following was the first muslim Military Commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty?

1. Mahmud Gawan
2. Bakhtiyar Khalji
3. Adil Shah
4. Shamsuddin

20. Who among the following sultans was advised by Qazi Mughisuddin to act according to the laws of Shariat, but the Sultan rejected his advice?

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Jalaluddin Khalji
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Firoz Tughlaq

21. The medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture (Diwan-i-Kohi) was

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
3. Sher Shah
4. Akbar

22. In the Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called Paragana was headed by an official known as

1. Shiqdar
2. Band
3. Ariz
4. Amil

23. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi had accepted the Suzeraintz of the Timurid ruler Mirza Shah Rukh?

1. Firoz Tughlaq
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
3. Khizr Khan Sayyid
4. Sikandar Lodi

24. Who among the following appointed lbn Batuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi?

1. Ghiyasuddin Balban
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
4. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

25. Who among the following was NOT a noble under Alauddin Khalji?

1. Ainulmulk Multani
2. Zafar Khan
3. Nusrat Khan
4. Munim Khan

26. Malik Kafur was whose General?

1. Balban
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Firoz shah Tughlaq

27. In medieval India, what did the term Jital refer to?

1. Weight
2. Diet
3. Coin
4. Game

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

1. Khizr Khan
2. Mubaraq Shah
3. Muhammad Shah
4. Alauddin Alain Shah

29. Which of the following Sultans founded a town where now stands Agra?

1. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
2. Firoz Tughlaq
3. Bahlol Lodi
4. Sikandar Lodi

30. Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi introduced measures for improving the quality of fruits?

1. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
2. Firoz Tughlaq
3. Sikandar Lodi
4. Sher Shah Suri

31. Which one of the following dynasties ruled over India after the invasion of Timur?

1. Lodi dynasty
2. Sayyid dynasty
3. Tughlaq dynasty
4. Khalji dynasty

32. Which of the following Sultans had greatest number of slaves in his court?

1. Balban
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Firoz Tughlaq

33. Which of the following Sultans provided employment to unemployeds?

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
3. Firoz Tughlaq
4. Sher Shah Suri

34. When he attained kingship, he was quite independent of rules and orders of Shariat. For which Sultan Barani made this statement?

1. Iltutmish
2. Balban
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

35. In the Sultanate period, the highest rural authority for land revenue was

1. Chowdhary
2. Rawat
3. Malik
4. Patwari

36. Who was the first ruler of the slave dynasty?

1. Qutubuddin Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Razia
4. Balban

37. Who was the ruler of Deogiri at the time of Aiai Khaljis invasion?

1. Ramchandra Dev
2. Prataprudra Dev
3. Malik Kafur
4. Rana Ratan Singh

38. Which of the following Sultans of Delhi was knell Lakh Bakhsh (giver of Lakhs)?

1. Iltutmish
2. Balban
3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Qutubuddin Aibak

39. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from to

1. Daulatabad
2. Kalinjar
3. Kannauj
4. Lahore

40. Timm., the Lame invaded India during the reign d

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
3. Firoz Tughlaq
4. Muhammad Shah Tughlaq

41. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?

1. Qutubuddin Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Razia
4. Balban

42. Who amongst the following Sultans built the fifth si of Qutub Minar?

1. Qutubuddin Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
4. Sikandar Lodi

43. Which one of the following rulers from Central conquered North India in 1192?

1. Jalaluddin Mangbarni
2. Mahmud Ghazanvi
3. Shihabuddin Muhammad Gori
4. Chingiz Khan

44. Who of the following was the first woman ru medieval India?

1. Razia Sultan
2. Chand Bibi
3. Durgavati
4. Noorjahan

45. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory c

1. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
2. Mohammd-bin-Tughlaq
3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
4. Akbar

46. Who among the following witnessed the reign of Sultans of Delhi?

1. Amir Khusarau
2. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
3. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
4. None of these

47. Amir Khusarau, the Parrot of India, was born at

1. Patiali
2. Patti
3. Path
4. Patiala

48. The Delhi Sultan who wrote his memoir was IItumish

1. Balban
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Firoz Tughlaq

49. Famous poet Amir Khusarau was associated with the of

1. Nawab Asafuddaula
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Muhammad Shah Rangila
4. Qutubuddin Aibak

50. Coins of which Muslim ruler been image of Devi Lakshmi?

1. Muhammad Gori
2. Alauddin Khalji
3. Akbar
4. None of these