Q 1 – Which of the following was NOT the king of the Rajput Dynasty?
(a) Tomaras
(b) Ananga Pala
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan
(d) Bahlul Lodi
Ans. (d) Bahlul Lodi
Q 2 – Which ruler first established his capital at Delhi?
(a) Chauhans ruler
(b) Tomara Rajput ruler
(c) Turkish ruler
(d) Khalji dynasty
Ans. (b) Tomara Rajput ruler
Q 3 – Who was the first slave king of Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Qutbuddin Aybak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Raziyya Sultan
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans. (a) Qutbuddin Aybak
Q 4 – Who was successor of Muhammad-bin Tughluq?
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(b) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(c) Ibn Battuta
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Firuz Shah Tughluq
Q 5 – What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans?
(a) Urdu
(b) Persian
(c) Hindi
(d) English
Ans. (b) Persian
Q 6 – The position of standing facing Mecca during namaj is known as
(a) Khutba
(b) Qibla
(c) Sijdah
(d) Kharaj
Ans. (b) Qibla
Q 7 – In whose reign did the Sultanate reach its i farthest extent?
(a) Tomara Rajput
(b) Raziyya
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad-bin Tughluq
Ans. (d) Muhammad-bin Tughluq
Q 8 – Who was Ulema?
(a) A slave purchased for military service
(b) A ruler
(c) A scholar of Islamic learning
(d) An invader
Ans. (c) A scholar of Islamic learning
Q 9 – A fortified settlement with soldiers was
(a) hinterland
(b) garrison town
(c) jagir
(d) none of these
Ans. (b) garrison town
Q 10 – Which was NOT the kind of taxes during Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Kharaj
(b) Tax on cattles
(c) Tax on houses
(d) Bandagans
Ans. (d) Bandagans
Q 11 – Kharaj was a type of tax on
(a) houses
(b) cattle
(c) trade
(d) cultivation
Ans. (d) cultivation
Q 12 – Which Mughal emperor followed Sher Shah Suri’s idea of administration?
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Babur
(d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (b) Akbar
Q 13 – Which of the following city was not developed by Delhi Sultanate
(a) Jahanpanah
(b) Siri
(c) Delhi-i-kunha
(d) Agra
Ans. (d) Agra
Q 14 – Delhi became an important city only in the _____ century.
(a) fifteenth
(b) thirteenth
(c) fourteenth
(d) twelfth
Ans. (d) twelfth
Q 15 – Which of the following is not from the Rajput dynasty
(a) Tomaras
(b) Ananga Pala
(c) Raziyya
(d) Chauhans0
Ans. (c) Raziyya
Q 16 – The Khalji and Tughluq Monarchs appointed military commanders as governors of territories of varying sizes. These lands were called _____.
(a) Doab
(b) Kshetra
(c) Iqta
(d) Region
Ans. (c) Iqta
Q 17 – The transformation of Delhi into a capital that controlled vast areas of the subcontinent started with the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate in the beginning of the
(a) Thirteenth century
(b) Twelfth century
(c) Eleventh century
(d) Eighteenth century
Ans. (a) Thirteenth century
Q 18 – _____ changed her name on her inscriptions and pretended she was a man.
(a) Rudramadevi
(b) Bina Devi
(c) Raziyya
(d) Ali
Ans. (a) Rudramadevi
Q 19 – What is the time of rule of Qutbuddin Aybak?
(a) 1236 to 1240
(b) 1210 to 1236
(c) 1206 to 1210
(d) 1266 to 1287
Ans. (c) 1206 to 1210
Q 20 – Who was the founder of slave dynasty?
(a) Balban
(b) Qutt-ud-din Aibak
(c) Razia
(d) Alla-ud-din Khilji
Ans. (b) Qutt-ud-din Aibak
Q 21 – The duty of ______ was to lead military campaigns and maintain laws and orders in their iqtas.
(a) Manager
(b) Muqtis
(c) Iaush
(d) Mantri
Ans. (b) Muqtis
Q 22 – Privileges claimed on account of birth. For example, people believed that nobles inherited their rights to govern because they were born in certain families.
(a) Firstright
(b) Primeright
(c) Birthright
(d) Basicright
Ans. (c) Birthright
Q 23 – When did Muhammad-bin Tughlaq died?
(a) 1316
(b) 1320
(c) 1325
(d) 1351
Ans. (d) 1351
Q 24 – What is the time of rule of Ananga Pala?
(a) 1165 to 1192
(b) 1200 to 1165
(c) 1130 to 1145
(d) 1175 to 1192
Ans. (c) 1130 to 1145
Q 25 – What was the period of rule of Qutb-ud-din Aibak?
(a) 1206 – 1210 A.D.
(b) 1208 – 1212 A.D.
(c) 1210 – 1214 A.D.
(d) 1220 – 1225 A.D.
Ans. (a) 1206 – 1210 A.D.
Q 26 – Sultan Iltutmish’s daughter
(a) Roza
(b) Raza
(c) Riayaza
(d) Raziyya
Ans. (d) Raziyya
Q 27 – Warangal is in
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Bihar
Ans. (b) Andhra Pradesh
Q 28 – Muhammad Tughlaq built Begumpuri mosque in his capital _____.
(a) Delhi
(b) Patna
(c) Hastinapur
(d) Agra
Ans. (a) Delhi
Q 29 – A mosque is called a masjid in Arabic, literally a place where a _______ prostrates in reverence to Allah.
(a) Sikh
(b) Christian
(c) Hindu
(d) Muslim
Ans. (d) Muslim
Q 30 – _________, the lands adjacent to a city or port that supply it with goods and services.
(a) Garrison
(b) Doab
(c) Hinterland
(d) Delta
Ans. (c) Hinterland