Delhi Sultanate MCQ : Objective Questions for competitive Exams. Most important History GK question and answer for online practice are given here for preparation of SSC CGL and other govt examinations.
Delhi Sultanate MCQ :
Qns 1 : Which among the following dynasties had not ruled over Delhi?
(a) Slave dynasty
(b) Sayyid dynasty
(c) Khilji dynasty
(d) Ghori dynasty
Qns 2 : The first sovereign ruler of Delhi, Iltutmish was also known as
(a) Slave of Slaves
(b) King of Kings
(c) Messiah of Farmers
(c) Prince of Pilgrims
Qns 3 : Who among the sultans is credited with having introduced a purely Arabic currency of gold and silver?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Qns 4 : Who among the following attacked India during the reign of Iltutmish?
(a) Genghis Khan
(b) Ulugh Khan
(c) Nusrat Khan
(d) Jalal Khan
Qns 5 : Who broke the power of ‘Chahalgani nobles’ ?
(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Qns 6 : Consider the following statements about Balban.
I. He called himself Naib-i-Khudai or Deputy of God.
II. He created Diwan-i-Arz or department of military affairs.
III. He propounded the theory of Kingship and restored peace in the Doab.
IV. He liquidated the Turkish nobility Chalisa or the group of forty.
Which statements given above is/are correct?
(a) I, II and III
(b) I, III and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) All of these
Qns 7 : Who was the founder of Khilji dynasty?
(a) Jalaluddin Khilji
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Mubarak Shah Khilji
(d) Masud Shab
Qns 8 : Who among the following sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash?
(a) Ibrahim Lodhi
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Balban
Qns 9 : In 1306 CE which river served as boundary between Mongol and Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Beas
(b) Ravi
(c) Sindhu
(d) Satluj
Qns 10 : With reference to Sultan Alauddin Khilji, consider the following statements.
I. Alauddin Khilji fixed the prices of foodgrains.
II. Alauddin Khilji was the first Sultan, who paid his soldiers in cash.
III. During Alauddin Khilji’s rule, the share of the land revenue to be paid by the peasant was raised to half of the produce.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III
Qns 11 : Which Sultan had a dispute with sufi Saint Nazamuddin Auliya?
(a) Jalaluddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Qns 12 : Which Sultan of Delhi had established a separate agriculture department and had planned the ‘rotation of crops’?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Qns 13 : ‘The king was freed from his people and they from their king.’ On whose death did Badayuni commented?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Qns 14 : Which Sultan of Delhi established a ‘Translation Department to help both communities to understand each others ideas better?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Sikandar Lodi
Qns 15 : Who was the last ruler from Tughlaq dynasty to rule over Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Firuz Tughlaq
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tuqhluq I
(c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(d) Nusrat Shah
Qns 16 : Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi?
(a) Sikandar Shah, Ibrahim Lodi, Bahlul Khan Lodi
(b) Sikandar Shah, Bahlul Khan Lodi, Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Bahlul Khan Lodi, Sikandar Shah, Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Bahlul Khan Lodi, Ibrahim Lodi, Sikandar Shah Lodi
Qns 17 : Which sultan of Delhi Sultanate broke the sacred images of the Jwalamukhi temple at Naga Kot and ordered the temples of Mathura to be destroyed?
(a) Sikandar Lodi
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Nusrat Shah
Qns 18 : In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called ‘Paragana’ was headed by an official known as
(a) Shiqdar
(b) Barid
(c) Ariz
(d) Amil
Qns 19 : ‘Diwan-i-Arz’ department was associated with
(a) royal correspondence
(b) foreign
(c) defence
(d) finance
Qns 20 : Which of the following was not one of the revenue and agrarian measures of Firuz Shah Tughlaq?
(a) He retained only four kinds of taxes sanctioned by the Quran (kharaj, zakat, Jaziya, and khums).
(b) He undertook revaluation of land to certain its assessment.
(c) Religious endowments which had reverted to the state under previous rulers were returned to the earlier holders or their descendants.
(d) He was generous in granting land to civil and military officers and in farming out land.
Qns 21 : Which of the following indicates taxes levied on the land product?
I. Kharaj
II. Khums
III. Ushr
IV. Muktai
Select your answer from the following codes.
(a) Only I
(b) II and III
(c) I, II and III
(d) I, III and IV
Qns 22 : Which sultan built Alai Darwaza?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Qns 23 : Al-Biruni came to India with
(a) Mahmud Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Qutubuddin Aibak
(d) Mohammad-Bin-Kasim
Qns 24 : Who among the following witnessed the reign of seven sultans of Delhi?
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(c) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Qns 25 : Who were called ‘Dastar-Bandan’?
(a) Sufi-Saint
(b) Khan
(c) Malik
(d) Ulema