Delhi Sultanate Period Multiple Choice Questions and 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