1. What is ‘Adhai Din Ka Zhonpda’?
(a) Mosque
(b) Temple
(c) Saint’s hut
(d) Tower
Answer: (a) Mosque
2. Who among the following did not contribute to building the famous ‘Qutub Minar’?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(d) Firoz Shah Tughluq
Answer: (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
3. Who was the founder of Slave dynasty?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Balban
(d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Answer: (d) Qutubuddin Aibak
4. Which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate is known as ‘Lakh Baksh’?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq
(d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Answer: (d) Qutubuddin Aibak
5. The capital of Qutubuddin Aibak was
(a) Lahore
(b) Delhi
(c) Ajmer
(d) Lakhnauti
Answer: (a) Lahore
6. How did Sultan Qutbuddin Aibak died?
(a) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles
(b) He was killed in a battle with Taj-ud-din Yildiz the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capital of Punjab
(c) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan
(d) none of these
Answer: (c) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan
7. Who among the following established Delhi as the capital of Sultanate?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Razia
(d) Muizzuddin Ghori
Answer: (b) Iltutmish
8. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi who introduced regular coins and declared Delhi the capital of his empire?
(a) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Aram Shah
(d) Balban
Answer: (b) Iltutmish
9. Which one of the following was the capital of the Sultanate during the reign of Iltutmish?
(a) Agra
(b) Lahore
(c) Badaun
(d) Delhi
Answer: (d) Delhi
10. Who amongst the following Sultan’s of the Sultanate was the first to shift his capital to Delhi?
(a) Aaram Shah
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Answer: (c) Iltutmish
11. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Razia
(d) Balban
Answer: (b) Iltutmish
12. Who was called ‘a slave of slave’?
(a) Muhammad Ghori
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak
(c) Balban
(d) Iltutmish
Answer: (d) Iltutmish
13. Who of the following was the first woman ruler of medieval India?
(a) Razia Sultan
(b) Chand Bibi
(c) Durgavati
(d) Noorjahan
Answer: (a) Razia Sultan
14. During whose reign Mongol invader Genghis Khan came through the North West Frontier of India?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Answer: (b) Iltutmish
15. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Razia Sultan
(c) Balban
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Answer: (a) Iltutmish
16. In whose reign Mongols were seen on the bank of Indus river for the first time?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Qutubuddin Aibak
(d) Razia
Answer: (b) Iltutmish
17. The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded India during the reign of
(a) Balban
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Answer: (c) Iltutmish
18. The original name of Changez Khan was
(a) Khasul Khan
(b) Yesugai
(c) Temuchin
(d) Ogadi
Answer: (c) Temuchin
19. Iltutmish appointed his first Subedar in Bihar to
(a) Aivaj
(b) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(c) Alimardan
(d) Malik Jani
Answer: (d) Malik Jani
20. Who was behind the dethroning of Razia Begum?
(a) Afghan
(b) Mongols
(c) Turks
(d) Arabs
Answer: (c) Turks
21. The full name of Sultan of Delhi Balban was
(a) Jalaluddin
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Ghyasuddin
(d) Qutubuddin
Answer: (c) Ghyasuddin
22. Which Sultan of India is said to have followed the policy of blood and iron?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
Answer: (b) Balban
23. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of
(a) Tuti-e-Hind
(b) Kaiser-I-Hind
(c) Zill-I-Ilahi
(d) Din-I-Ilahi
Answer: (c) Zill-I-Ilahi
24. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival Navroz in India?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Answer: (a) Balban
25. Which one of the following statements is not true about Balban?
(a) He propounded the theory of Niyabat-e-Khudai
(b) He introduced the Iqtadari system
(c) He eliminated the power of Turkan-e-Chahalgani
(d) He quelled down the revolt of Bengal
Answer: (b) He introduced the Iqtadari system
26. Which of the following Sultan has called himself the ‘Helper of a Caliph’ in his inscription on the walls of the Mosque at Garhmukteshwar?
(a) Balban
(b) Kaiqubad
(c) Jalaluddin Khalji
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Balban
27. Which Sultan wanted to launch a new religion but Ulemas opposed the move?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(d) Iltutmish
Answer: (b) Alauddin
28. Which Sultan of Delhi assumed the title of Alexander the Great?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji
29. ‘When he attained in Kingship, he was fully independent of from rules and orders of Shariat’. For which Sultan Barani made this statement?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad Tughlaq
Answer: (c) Alauddin Khalji
30. Which dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest period?
(a) Khalji
(b) Tughlaq
(c) Sayyid
(d) Lodhi
Answer: (a) Khalji
31. Who among army commanders of Alauddin Khalji died fighting against Mongols?
(a) Zafar Khan
(b) Nusrat Khan
(c) Alp Khan
(d) Ulugh Khan
Answer: (a) Zafar Khan
32. Padmini is associated with Alauddin’s conquest of Chittor. She was the wife
(a) Maharana Pratap Singh
(b) Ranjit Singh
(c) Raja Mansingh
(d) Rana Ratan Singh
Answer: (d) Rana Ratan Singh
33. Who was the ruler of Devagiri at the time of Alauddin khalji’s invasion?
(a) Ramchandra Dev
(b) Prataprudra Dev
(c) Malik Kafur
(d) Rana Ratan Singh
Answer: (a) Ramchandra Dev
34. Whose army was defeated by the army of Kakatiya rulers in 1303 at Warangal?
(a) of Iltutmish
(b) of Balban
(c) of Alauddin Khalji
(d) of Muhammad Tughlaq
Answer: (c) of Alauddin Khalji
35. During the reign of which Sultan was the Khalisa land developed on a large scale?
(a) Ghyasuddin Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji
36. The Sultan who is said to have raised the land revenue to one-half of the produce was
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji
37. Which of the following Sultans introduced ‘Market Reforms’?
(a) Jalaluddin Khalji
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Balban
Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji
38. Who of the following Muslim rulers enforced a strict price control system during his time?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: (a) Alauddin Khalji
39. The market control system was introduced by
(a) Ghyasuddin Tughlaq
(b) Jalaluddin Khalji
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Balban
Answer: (c) Alauddin Khalji
40. Which one of the following kings of the medieval India began the ‘Public Distribution System’?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Balban
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Answer: (a) Alauddin Khalji
41. Which Sultan of Delhi was the first to charge ‘Ghari’ or House-tax?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (b) Alauddin Khalji
42. What was the boundary between the Delhi Sultan and Mongols during the period of Alauddin Khalji after 1306 AD?
(a) Byas
(b) Ravi
(c) Indus
(d) Sutlej
Answer: (c) Indus
43. Who among the following was not from the slave dynasty?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Qutubuddin Aybak
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Answer: (d) Ibrahim Lodhi
44. In which battle did Maharana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi?
(a) Battle of Khatoli
(b) Battle of Sarangpur
(c) Battle of Siwana
(d) Battle of Khanwa
Answer: (a) Battle of Khatoli
45. Who among the following Sultanate rulers was of Afghan origin?
(a) Khalji
(b) Tughluq
(c) Sayyid
(d) Lodhi
Answer: (d) Lodhi
46. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi?
(a) Sikandar Shah- Ibrahim Lodhi- Bahlol Khan Lodhi
(b) Sikandar Shah- Bahlol Khan Lodhi- Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Bahlol Khan Lodhi- Sikandar Shah- Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Bahlol Khan Lodhi – Ibrahim Lodhi- Sikandar Shah
Answer: (c) Bahlol Khan Lodhi- Sikandar Shah- Ibrahim Lodhi
47. Which of the following Sultans founded a town where now stands Agra?
(a) Mohammed Bin Tughlaq
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Bahlol Lodhi
(d) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer: (d) Sikandar Lodhi
48. Which medieval Sultan has the credit of founding the city of Agra and making it the capital of Sultanate?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Mohabbat Bin Tughlaq
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer: (d) Sikandar Lodhi
49. Who among the following composed poems with the pen name ‘Gulrukhi’?
(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Answer: (c) Sikandar Lodhi
50. Agra city was founded by
(a) Balban
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (c) Sikandar Lodhi
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