1. Which of the following tax was initiated by the Alauddin Khilji?
Answer: Ghari
2. Which of the following art did rise highest in the Sultanate period?
Answer: Architecture
3. Which of the following is NOT considered as Amir Khusro's creation?
Answer: Tutinama
4. Which one of the following places was known as "Shiraz of East during the regime of sharqi Rulers?
Answer: Jaunpur
5. Ruler of Kashmir who was also known as "Akbar of Kashmir' was
Answer: Zain-ul-Abidin
6. Amir Khusrau played a pioneering role in the development of -
Answer: Khari Boli
7. Father of new Persian poetry style "Sabak-e Hindi" or Hindustani style was:
Answer: Amir Khusrau
8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-1
A. Tarikh-e-hind
B. Tarikh-e-Delhi
C. Rihla
D. Tabqat-e-Nasiri
List-II
1.Ibn Battuta
2.Minhaz
3.Al-Biruni
4. Khusrau
Answer: 3,4,1,2
9. The sultans of which dynasty ruled the country for the longest period?
Answer:Tughluq dynasty
10. Assertion Answer: : Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq issued a new gold coin which was called Dinar by Ibn Battuta
Reason (R):
Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq wanted to issue token currency is gold coins to promote trade with West Asian and North African countries.
Answer: 'A' is true but 'R' is false,
11. Ibn Battuta, the Moorish traveler, visited India during the reign of:
Answer: Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
12. The sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built biggest network of canals in India was:
Answer: Firuz Shah Tughluq
13. What was 'Dar-ul-Shafa' Established by Firuz Tughluq?
Answer: A free hospital
14. Arrange the following in their chronological
order:
1. Rukn-ud-din
2.Mubarak Khan
3. Firuz Shah Tughluq
4.Alam Shah
Select the correct answer from the code given
below:
Answer: 1,2,3,4
15. In which battle did Maharana Sanga defeat Ibrahim Lodi?
Answer: Battle of Khatoli
16. The Nobility of the Delhi Sultanate was largely composed of
Answer: Turks
17. The Mongols appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus during the rule of
Answer: Iltutmish
18. The term Iqta means
Answer: Revenue assignment of a particular area in lieu of cash salary
19. The rulers of the Lodhi dynasty were
Answer: Pure Afghan
20. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by
Answer: Alauddin Khalji
21. The main aim of the attacks of Muhammad-bin Tughluq in south India was
Answer: extension of the empire
22. To which race did Mahmud Ghazni belong?
Answer: Afghan
23. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
Answer: Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
24. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama-at-Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at
Answer: Delhi
25. Who of the following introduced silver coin called tanka?
Answer: lltutmish
26. The first Sultan to adopt the principle of measurement of cultivable land for determining the land revenue was
27. The state-promoted canal irrigation system was initiated by
Answer: Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
28. When did Vasco-da- Gama came to India?
Answer: 1498
29. Malik Kafur was whose General?
Answer: Ala-ud-din Khilji
30. During whose period Al-Beruni came to India?
Answer: Mahmud Ghaznavi
31. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated?
Answer: Hindushahis
32. The First battle at Waihind in 1001-02 A.D was fought between?
Answer: Mahmud of Ghazni and Jayapala
33. What was the only permanent effect of the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi?
Answer: Annexation of Punjab
34.................first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs.
35. The second Battle of Tarain was fought between
Answer: Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
36. Which dynasty came to power in India after the Tughlaq dynasty?
Answer: The Sayyids
37. Which of the following Sultans playing Polo or Chaugan?
Answer: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
38. Mohammed Bin Tuglag transferred his capital from
Answer: Delhi to Devagiri
39. Mir Hassan Dehlavi was in the court of which of the following?
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
40. For the first time in Gujarat, who implemented Jizya tax?
Answer: Ahmed Shah I
41. During whose reign did Timur invaded India?
Answer: Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah
42. Alauddin Khilji's first military operation was against which of the following?
Answer: Ranthambore
43. Amir Khusro was a -
Answer: Poet
44. The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was?
Answer: Persian
45. Who was the first female emperor of India?
Answer: Razia Sultana
46. The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 - 1003?
Answer: Kashmir
47. The Mongols under ___invaded
Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219.
Answer: Genghis Khan
48. Sultan Mahmud was a ruler of
Answer: Ghazni
49. In 1236 Sultan Iltutmish's daughter, became Sultan.
Answer: Raziyya
50. Prithviraja III (1168-1192) was a best known ruler.
Answer: Chahamana