MCQ Quiz
1. During which of the following years did Qutbuddin Aybak rule?
A) 1206–1210
B) 1320–1324
C) 1290–1296
D) 1266–1287
2. Who among the following appointed Aziz Khummar a wine distiller to high administrative post?
A) Alauddin Khalji
B) Muhammad Tughluq
C) Jalaluddin Khalji
D) Firuz Shah Tughluq
3. Who composed Tabaqat-i-Nasiri in the Delhi Sultanate period?
A) Hasan Nizami
B) Amir Khusrau
C) Minhaj-us-Siraj
D) Ziauddin Barani
4. Zafar Khan was a famous General of which of the following rulers of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Iltutmish
C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
D) Balban
5. Which officer under Alauddin Khilji was required to maintain a register of merchants to ensure an adequate supply of goods?
A) Nazir
B) Rais Parwana
C) Muhtasib
D) Shahna-i-Mandi
6. Which dynasty ruled over Delhi during 1290 to 1320?
A) Tughluq
B) Khalji
C) Lodi
D) Sayyid
7. Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in 1356 and another version _____ years later.
A) three
B) eight
C) two
D) five
8. Minhaj-i-Siraj was a chronicler during the rule of ________.
A) Sultan Iltutmish
B) Qutbuddin Aybak
C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
D) Alauddin Khalji
9. Which of the following sequence is correct with respect to the Delhi Dynasties?
A) Khalji dynasty, Lodi dynasty, Sayyid dynasty
B) Tughluq dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Sayyid dynasty
C) Early Turkish Rulers, Rajput dynasties, Khalji dynasty
D) Rajput dynasties, Khalji dynasty, Tughluq dynasty
10. The early Turkish rulers ruled between ______ years over Delhi.
A) 1165 and 1198
B) 1226 and 1290
C) 1206 and 1290
D) 1192 and 1225
11. Who among the following rulers appointed Ladha and Pira, two gardeners, to high administrative post?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Muhammad Tughluq
C) Bahlul Lodi
D) Iltutmish
12. How many types of taxes were in the reign of the ruler Alauddin Khalji?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 2
13. Which of the following combinations of ‘Ruler Predecessor’ is correct with respect to the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Alauddin Khalji - Jalaluddin Khalji
B) Iltutumish - Balban
C) Muhammad Tughluq - Firuz Shah Tughluq
D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq - Muhammad Tughluq
14. In the Delhi Sultanate, which of the following were known as Bandagan?
A) Special person appointed for religious conversion
B) Special Officer for Land Revenue Recovery
C) Specialized artisans employed in the royal kharkhanas
D) Special slaves bought for military service
15. The ______ was a territorial assignment given to administrative officers and nobles in lieu of the services they performed for the state during Delhi Sultanate.
A) Usharaf
B) Iqta
C) Muahatsib
D) Nazir
16. In 1342, one of the nobles, Haji Ilyas Khan united Bengal and became its ruler under the title of ____ and laid the foundation of the Ilyas Shah dynasty.
A) Shamsh-ud-din Iliyas Shah
B) Ghiyasuddin Azam
C) Sultan Abu al-Mujahid
D) Sultan Sayf ad-Din
17. Ghiyasuddin Balban (1265-1286 AD), ruler of the Slave dynasty, took up the title of _____.
A) Nur-al-Din (light of the faith)
B) NurMahall (light of the palace)
C) Zil-Ilahi (Shadow of God)
D) JahanPanah (protector of the world)
18. Who among the following was the first Muslim woman ruler of medieval India from 1236 to 1240 AD?
A) Razia Sultana
B) Sultana Chand Bibi
C) Rani Mangammal
D) Begum Samru
19. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the rulers of the Tughluq dynasty who ruled over Delhi from the year 1320 to 1414?
A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, Firuz Shah Tughluq, Muhammad Tughluq
B) Firuz Shah Tughluq, Muhammad Tughluq, Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
C) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, Muhammad Tughluq, Firuz Shah Tughluq
D) Muhammad Tughluq, Firuz Shah Tughluq, Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
20. Who was the first ruler of Ilbari dynasty (Delhi Sultanate)?
A) Qutubuddin Aibak
B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C) Iltutmish
D) Raziya Sultan
21. Who among the following was NOT a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty?
A) Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq
B) Rukunuddin Tughlaq
C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
22. Raziya Sultan was the daughter of ______.
A) Babur
B) Qutubuddin Aibak
C) Iltutmish
D) Akbar
23. In 1526, Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at ______ and captured Delhi and Agra.
A) Mathura
B) Malwa
C) Lahore
D) Panipat
24. Qutub-ud-din Aibak founded which of the following dynasties?
A) Tughluq Dynasty
B) Sayyid Dynasty
C) Khilji Dynasty
D) Slave Dynasty
25. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of early Turkish rulers who ruled over Delhi from the year 1206 to 1290?
A) Qutubuddin Aybak, Shamsuddin Illtutmish, Raziyaa
B) Raziyaa, Shamsuddin Illtutmish, Qutubuddin Aybak
C) Qutubuddin Aybak, Raziyaa, Shamsuddin Illtutmish
D) Shamsuddin Illtutmish, Raziyaa, Qutubuddin Aybak
26. Who among the following rulers was chronicled by Minhaj-i-Siraj?
A) Akbar
B) Razia Sultan
C) Babur
D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
27. Who among the following was a Shaka ruler in India (130-150 AD)?
A) Ashoka
B) Rudradaman
C) Menander
D) Bindusara
28. Which of the following dynasties ruled over Delhi just after the Sayyid dynasty?
A) Khalji dynasty
B) Lodi dynasty
C) Rajput dynasty
D) Tughluq dynasty
29. Who among the following founded the city of Tughlaqabad?
A) Ala-ud-din Khilji
B) Ghiyas ud-din Tughluq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Muhammad bin Tughluq
30. Which ruler of the Mamluk Sultanate was the Sultan of Delhi from 1236 to 1240?
A) Aram Shah
B) Ruknuddin Firoz
C) Razia Sultana
D) Nasiruddin Mahmud
31. The Begumpuri mosque, built during the reign of ______, was the main mosque of Jahanpanah, his new capital in Delhi.
A) Muhammad Tughluq
B) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
D) Qutbuddin Aybak
32. Khush Mahal within the walls of Warangal Fort was built in which of the following dynasties?
A) Lodi
B) Chola
C) Tughlaq
D) Khilji
33. Who among the following scholars was ordered by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq in 1342 to proceed to China as his envoy to the Mongol ruler?
A) Marco Polo
B) Ibn Battuta
C) Ibn Juzayy
D) Solon
34. When did the Caliph of Baghdad, Mustansir Billah, bestow on Iltutmish the titles of 'Sultan-i-Azam' (Sultan the great) and 'Nasir-Amir-al-Mommin' (the deputy of the leader of faithful)?
A) 1220 AD
B) 1210 AD
C) 1224 AD
D) 1229 AD
35. Who had assumed the title of Balban?
A) Kabir Khan
B) Farid Khan
C) Ulugh Khan
D) Ayaz Khan
36. Who ruled over Delhi after Razia Sultan?
A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
B) Ghiyasuddin Balban
C) Prithviraj Chauhan
D) Qutbuddin Aibak
37. Who was the author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, which is a Persian language chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Jawahar-fi-Jawahir
B) Khazain-ul-Futuh
C) Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
D) Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
38. Who among the following Moroccan travellers came to India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
A) Abd-al-Razzaq
B) Al Masudi
C) Suleiman al-Tajiri
D) Ibn Battuta
39. Who among the following appointed Ibn Battuta as the Qazi of Delhi?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Sikandar Lodi
C) Ghiyasud din Balban
D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
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