The Delhi Sultanate Material – Part 1: Key Questions for Government Exams

  • What was the capital of the Bahamani Kings?

    a. Gulbarga

    b. Bijapur

    c. Hampi

    d. Agra

    Answer: a. Gulbarga    

     

  • Prithviraja III (1168 – 1192) was a well-known ruler from which dynasty?

    a. Chauhan

    b. Gahadavala

    c. Chalukya

    d. Brahmana

    Answer: a. Chauhan    

     

  • Who was the first Vijayanagar ruler to seize the important fort of Goa from the Bhamanis?

    a. Reva Rayali

    b. Harihara I

    c. Harihara II

    d. Bukka I

    Answer: c. Harihara II    

     

  • Who was the Muslim General who conquered Bengal in the 13th century AD?

    a. Afzal Khan

    b. Ikhtiaruddin – bin – Bakhtiar Khalji

    c. Chinghiz Khan

    d. Temuchin

    Answer: b. Ikhtiaruddin – bin – Bakhtiar Khalji    

     

  • Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?

    a. First Battle of Tarain

    b. Second Battle of Tarain

    c. Battle of Khanwa

    d. First Battle of Panipat

    Answer: b. Second Battle of Tarain    

     

  • Who among the following witnessed the reign of seven Sultans of Delhi?

    a. Amir Khusarau

    b. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya

    c. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

    d. None of these

    Answer: a. Amir Khusarau    

     

  • Which of the following Sultans of Delhi was known as Lakh Bakhsh (giver of Lakhs)?

    a. Iltutmish

    b. Balban

    c. Mohammad – bin – Tughlaq

    d. Qutubuddin Aibak

    Answer: d. Qutubuddin Aibak    

     

  • Which of the following Sultans provided employment to the unemployed?

    a. Alauddin Khalji

    b. Mohammad – bin – Tughlaq

    c. Firoz Tughlaq

    d. Sher Shah Suri

    Answer: c. Firoz Tughlaq    

     

  • The famous Battle of Talikota was fought in which year?

    a. 1565 AD

    b. 1575 AD

    c. 1585 AD

    d. 1570 AD

    Answer: a. 1565 AD    

     

  • Who was the first Muslim Military Commander to annex Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty?

    a. Mahmud Gawan

    b. Bakhtiyar Khalji

    c. Adil Shah

    d. Shamsuddin

    Answer: b. Bakhtiyar Khalji    

     

  • The Battle of Panipat was fought in 1526 between Babur and __________.

    a. Rana Sanga

    b. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

    c. Hemu

    d. Ibrahim Lodi

    Answer: d. Ibrahim Lodi    

     

  • Which of the following Sultans built the fifth story of Qutub Minar?

    a. Qutubuddin Aibak

    b. Iltutmish

    c. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

    d. Sikandar Lodi

    Answer: c. Firoz Shah Tughlaq    

     

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

    a. Khizr Khan

    b. Mubaraq Shah

    c. Muhammad Shah

    d. Alauddin Alam Shah

    Answer: a. Khizr Khan    

     

  • Assertion (A): Muhammad – bin – Tughlaq left Delhi and resided for two years in a camp called Swarga-dwari.

    Reason(R): At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague, and many people died.

    (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c) A is true but R is false

    (d) A is false but R is true

    Answer: a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A    

     

  • Who among the following Delhi Sultans accepted the authority of the Timurid ruler Mirza Shah Rukh?

    (a) Firoz Tughlaq

    (b) Mohammad – bin – Tughlaq

    (c) Khizr Khan Sayyid

    (d) Sikandar Lodi

    Answer: (c) Khizr Khan Sayyid    

     

  • Name the Sultan who introduced the Rationing system in India.

    (a) Ghiyasuddin Balban

    (b) Alauddin Khalji

    (c) Mohammad – bin – Tughlaq

    (d) Firoz Tughlaq

    Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji

  • Amir Khusrau was a famous court poet of:

    (a) Akbar

    (b) Alauddin Khilji

    (c) Mahmud Ghaznavi

    (d) None of these

    Answer: (b) Alauddin Khilji

  • Who abolished the Iqta system?

    (a) Babur

    (b) Muhammad – bin – Tughlaq

    (c) Iltutmish

    (d) Alauddin Khalji

    Answer: (d) Alauddin Khalji    

     

  • The Qutub Minar was completed by which famous ruler?

    (a) Qutubuddin Aibak

    (b) Iltutmish

    (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

    (d) Alauddin Khalji

    Answer: (b) Iltutmish    

     

  • Buland Darwaza is located in:

    a. West Bengal

    b. Gujarat

    c. Uttar Pradesh

    d. Tamil Nadu

    Answer: c. Uttar Pradesh    

     

  • Where did the traveler Ibn Batuta come from?

    (a) Morocco

    (b) Persia

    (c) Turkey

    (d) Central Asia

    Answer: (a) Morocco    

     

  • The Sultan who described himself as Sikandar-i-Sani (The Second Alexander) was:

    (a) Balban

    (b) Alauddin Khalji

    (c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

    (d) Sikandar Lodi

    Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji    

     

  • During the reign of Alauddin Khalji, who were Amil?

    (a) Government agents to collect land revenue.

    (b) Local landlords at the village level.

    (c) Khurasani and Multani traders of food grains.

    (d) Banjaras who carried food grains from villages to towns.

    Answer: (a) Government agents to collect land revenue.    

     

  • Yahya bin Ahmed Sirhindi, the author of “Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi,” lived during the period of:

    (a) Khalji

    (b) Tughlaq

    (c) Sayyid

    (d) Lodi

    Answer: (c) Sayyid

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