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