The Delhi Sultanate Part III: Key Questions & Answers

  1. Who among the following was the founder of the Sayyid Dynasty?
    a) Khizr Khan
    b) Mubarak Shah
    c) Muhammad Shah
    d) Alam Shah
    Answer: a) Khizr Khan
  2. Which Delhi Sultan is credited with introducing market control policies?
    a) Balban
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    Answer: c) Alauddin Khalji
  3. Which ruler introduced the system of Dagh and Chehra in the military?
    a) Iltutmish
    b) Balban
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: c) Alauddin Khalji
  4. Which Sultan transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra?
    a) Iltutmish
    b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    c) Sikandar Lodi
    d) Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: c) Sikandar Lodi
  5. Who was the last ruler of the Lodhi Dynasty?
    a) Bahlol Lodi
    b) Ibrahim Lodi
    c) Sikandar Lodi
    d) Daulat Khan Lodi
    Answer: b) Ibrahim Lodi
  6. Who introduced the system of revenue farming during the Delhi Sultanate?
    a) Balban
    b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Iltutmish
    Answer: b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  7. Which ruler issued bronze coins as a token currency?
    a) Balban
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  8. Which Delhi Sultan promoted irrigation projects and dug canals?
    a) Qutubuddin Aibak
    b) Balban
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  9. Which dynasty was overthrown by the Tughlaqs?
    a) Khalji
    b) Lodhi
    c) Sayyid
    d) Mughal
    Answer: a) Khalji
  10. Who established the city of Firozabad?
    a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Balban
    Answer: b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  11. Who was the first Sultan to adopt the title of ‘Sultan of Delhi’?
    a) Qutubuddin Aibak
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Razia Sultan
    d) Balban
    Answer: b) Iltutmish
  12. Who constructed the Hauz Khas water reservoir?
    a) Balban
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  13. Which Sultan is known for shifting the capital to Daulatabad?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    c) Balban
    d) Iltutmish
    Answer: b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  14. Who among the following introduced the Persian festival of Nauroz in India?
    a) Iltutmish
    b) Balban
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: b) Balban
  15. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler is credited with establishing the postal system?
    a) Iltutmish
    b) Balban
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Sher Shah Suri
    Answer: d) Sher Shah Suri
  16. Who was the ruler when Timur invaded India in 1398?
    a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    d) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud
    Answer: d) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud
  17. Which ruler is credited with the construction of the Qutub Minar?
    a) Qutubuddin Aibak
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Alauddin Khalji
    d) Balban
    Answer: b) Iltutmish
  18. Which ruler abolished the Jizya tax on non-Muslims?
    a) Akbar
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: a) Akbar
  19. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler is known for his failed attempts at agricultural reforms?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Balban
    c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    d) Iltutmish
    Answer: c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  20. Which Delhi Sultan patronized Amir Khusrau?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    d) Balban
    Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji

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