Multiple Choice Questions and Answers On The Delhi Sultanate/Provincial Kingdom/Religious Movements
Question 1: The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was?
a) Iltutmish.
b) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq.
c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
d) Sikandar Lodi.
Answer: (c)
Question 2: The part of Delhi where Qutubuddin Aibak laid the foundation of first so-called “seven cities” of the medieval Delhi was
a) Siri.
b) Tuglaquabad.
c) Mehrauli.
d) Hauz Khas.
Answer: (c)
Question 3: When Raja Wodeyara founded the Kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire?
a) Sadasiva.
b) Tirumala.
c) Ranga II.
d) Venkata II.
Answer: (d)
Question 4: The Foreign traveller whose account does not throw light on the history of the Sultanate is?
a) Ibn Battuta.
b) Marco Polo.
c) Abdur Razzaq.
d) Athanasius Nikitin.
Answer: (a)
Question 5: The reign of which of the following Sultan is said to mark the highest point of territorial expansion of the Sultanate ?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
c) Firoz Tughlaq
d) Sikandar Lodi.
Answer: (a)
Question 6: Which one of the following.monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?
a) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
b) Jama Masjid, Delhi
c) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq,Delhi
d) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
Answer: (d)
Question 7: Which of the given statements is/are correct?
a) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq founded the fortress-city of Tughlaqabad
b) Firoz Tughlaq founded the city of Fatehabad, Jaunpur and Hissar
c) Sikandar Lodi made the city of Agra as his capital
d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Question 8: The Mongols under Chengez Khan invaded India during the reign of
a) Balban
b) Firoz Tughlaq
c) Iltutmish
d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Answer: (c)
Question 9: Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-i-Alai, which contains the detail of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin khilji?
a) Ziauddin Barani
b) Shams Siraj Afif
c) Amir Khusrau
d) Yhiya bin Ahmad
Answer: (c)
Question 10: Among the following who was not a proponent of the Bhakti cult?
a) Nagarjuna
b) Tukaram
c) Tyagaraja
d) Vallabhacharya
Answer: (a)
Question 11: The philosophy of Sufism is similar to the Hindu philosophy of
a) Karma.
b) Bhakti
c) Kalpa.
d) Gyana
Answer: (a)
Question 12: The original name of Alauddin khilji was
a) Almas Beg
b) Ali Gurshap
c) Alaul Mulk
d) Alp Khan
Answer: (b)
Question 13: The most hard-earned conquest of Alauddin khilji, in which he gained success after nearly a year long campaigning was of
a) Ranathambor
b) Gujrat
c) Chittor
d) Devagiri
Answer: (b)
Question 14: Which of the following sultans tried to organise the Army on the decimal system, or the Mongol pattern?
a) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
b) Alauddin khilji
c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
d) Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: (c)
Question 15: “Prem Vatika” poems on the life of Krishna, were composed by
a) Bihari
b) Surdas
c) Raskhan
d) Kabir
Answer: (c)
Question 16: The Sultan who refused to recognise the authority of Caliph was
a) Alauddin khilji
b) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
d) Qutub-ud-din-Mubarak
Answer: (d)
Question 17: Which of the following levied jeziah on Brahmins also?
a) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
b) Alauddin khilji
c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
d) Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: (d)
Question 18: Who among the following was described as Jagadguru by his subjects for his patronage of the Hindus in his state?
a) Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur
b) Mahmud II of Malwa
c) Hussain Shah of Bengal
d) Mahmud Begara of Gujrat
Answer: (c)
Question 19: Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the Jagadguru by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism?
a) Hussain Shah
b) Zain-ul-Abidin
c) Ibrahim Adil Shah
d) Mahmud II
Answer: (c)
Question 20: Vidyapati Thakur, a contemporary of Chandidas, was native of
a) Bengal
b) Mithila
c) Malwa
d) Kashmir
Answer: (a)
Question 21: Who among the following was not a noble under Alauddin khilji?
a) Ain-ul-Mulk Multani
b) Zafar Khan
c) Nusrat Khan
d) Munim Khan
Answer: (d)
Question 22: Which of the following regions of northern India was not included in the empire of Alauddin khilji?
a) Kashmir
b) Sind
c) Punjab
d) Malwa
Answer: (a)
Question 23: Which one of the following was not one of the warring Kingdoms of Assam and East Bengal at the time?
a) Kamata
b) Ahom
c) Kamarupa
d) Vanga
Answer: (c)
Question 24: Who was the founder of second Afghan Empire in India?
a) Bahlol Lodhi
b) Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Islam Shah
d) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: (d)
Question 25: The founder of the autonomous Kingdom of Avadh was
a) Shuja-ud-Daula
b) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul Mulk
c) Safdarjung
d) Sher Shah
Answer: (b)
Question 26: Who annexed the Sharqi Kingdom of Jaunpur to the sultanate?
a) Daulat Khan Lodhi
b) Bahlol Lodhi
c) Sikandar Lodhi
d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Answer: (b)
Question 27: The Deccani Muslim state which declared ‘Hindvi’ or Dakhini Urdu as the official language of the state instead of Persia was
a) Bijapur
b) Ahmadnagar
c) Golconda
d) Berar
Answer: (a)
Question 28: The Bahmani wazir, Mahmud Gawan founded a famous college at
a) Gulbarga
b) Daulatabad
c) Bidar
d) Golconda
Answer: (c)
Question 29: The founder of the city of Hyderabad was
a) Ibrahim Qutb Shah
b) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
c) Muhammad Qutb Shah
d) Jamshid Qutb Shah
Answer: (b)
Question 30: Which of the following sultans had greatest number of slaves in his court?
a) Balban
b) Alauddin khilji
c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
d) Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: (c)
Question 31: Who among the following appointed Ibn Battuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi?
a) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
b) Alauddin khilji
c) Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq
d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Answer: (d)
Question 32: Which of the following was not one of the foreign travellers to visit India during the period of Krishna Deva Raya?
a) Nicolo Conti
b) Fernao Nuniz
c) Domingo Paes
d) Duarte Barbosa
.Answer: (a)
Question 32: The Vijayanagar coins which were in circulation and were the most widely recognised currency all over the world were known as
a) Varaha
b) Panam
c) Huna
d) Dinar
Answer: (a)
Question 33: The most famous festival of Vijayanagar empire was
a) Spring
b) Mahanavami
c) Brahmotsavam
d) Ramanavami
Answer: (b)
Question 34: The magnum opus in the art of temple architecture of Vijayanagar was the temple of
a) Vitthalaswami
b) Pampapati
c) Lepakshi
d) Srirangam
Answer: (b)
Question 35: “A Forgotten Empire”, written by the renowed historian Robert Sewellis about which one of the following Empires?
a) Kushan Empire
b) Mauryan Empire
c) Vijayanagar Empire
d) Mughal Empire
Answer: (c)
Question 36: Malik Kafur was whose General?
a) Balban
b) Alauddin khilji
c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (b)
Question 37: In Delhi Sultanat an administrative unit called ‘Paragana’ was headed by an official known as
a) Shiqdar
b) Barid
c) Ariz
d) Amil
Answer: (a)
Question 38: The Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar draws attention of scientists due to its
a) antiquity
b) glitter
c) hardness
d) rustlessness
Answer: (d)
Question 39. What were the Khanqahs in the medieval India?
a) Sufi shrines
b) State Granaries
c) Provincial treasuries
d) Wayside resting places for traders
.
Answer: (a)
Question 40: The earliest example in India of a mosque built wholly in accordance with Muslim ideas was
a) Moth ki Masjid
b) Atala Devi Masjid
c) Jamaat Khana Masjid
d) Chhota Sona Masjid
Answer: (c)
Question 41: Alai Darwaza, built by Alauddin khilji, is a gateway leading into the extension of
a) Qutb Minar
b) Quwwatul Islam Mosque
c) Tomb of Iltutmish
d) Adhai din Ka Jhonpra
Answer: (b)
Question 42: Which of the following was not built by Alauddin khilji?
a) City of Siri
b) Tomb of Jalaluddin
c) Hauz-i-Alai
d) Jamaat Khana Masjid
Answer: (b)
Question 43: Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin?
a) Assam
b) Delhi
c) Kashmir
d) Odisha
Answer: (c)
Question 44: Which of the following was not built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq?
a) Palace fort of Firozabad
b) Kotla Firoz Shah
c) City of Jahan Panah
d) Hauz-i-Khas
Answer: (c)
Question 45: Which of the following musical instruments was not composite or Indo-Islamic in origin?
a) Sitar
b) Tabla
c) Sarangi
d) Shehnai
Answer: (d)
Question 46: Which of the following started the practice of illustrating manuscripts on palm leaves with miniature paintings?
a) Buddhist
b) Jains
c) Syrian Christians
d) Zoroastrians.
Answer: (b)
Question 47: Which of the following specimens of Gujrat architecture has been declared as one of the most exquisite structures in the world by Fergusson?
a) Teen Darwaza
b) Jama Masjid of Champaner
c) Mosque of Rani Sipari
d) Tomb of Darya Khan
Answer: (c)
Question 48: Which of the following specimens of Bengal architecture is regarded as the most ambitious structure of its kind in eastern India?
a) Bara Sona Masjid.
b) Chhota Sona Masjid.
c) Adina Masjid.
d) Tantipura Masjid.
Answer: (c)
Question 49: Which of the following was not one of the three chief Sufi orders in India?
a) Shuttari
b) Chishti
c) Suhrawadi.
d) Firdausi
Answer: (a)
Question 50: Which of the following constituted the highest caste among the Muslims?
a) Upper caste Hindu converts
b) Clean occupational castes
c) Warrior castes
d) Families of foreign origin
Answer: (d)