Medieval India Practice Questions

  Q-1 Which Sultan introduced the practices of Sijda, Paibos and Nawroz in the Delhi Sultanate?

 (a) Balban
 (b) Razia Sultana
 (c) Iltutmish
 (d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Q-2Which of the following are true?

 (a) Balban did not go for fresh conquests, rather he concentrated on consolidation of the infant state at Delhi.
(b) He set about a policy of liquidation of the challis or 40 nobles.
(c) Balban did not show any difference in matters of administration of justice between high and low.
(d) All of the above

Question-3  Who was the only converted Indian muslim to become the head of the Delhi Sultanate?

(a) Kaikubad
(b) Nasiruddin Khusrau Shah
(c) Masud Shah
(d) Qaimurs

Question – 4 Which Jain saint was patronised by Mohammed-bin- Tughluq?

(a) Hemachandra Suri
(b) Jinaprabha Suri
(c) Dasturji Mebarji
(d) None

Question 5 Which sultan had a dispute with Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya?

(a) Jalaluddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

Question 6 Which of the dynasties ruled for the shortest period of time during of course of the Delhi Sultanate?

(a) Slave dynasty
(b) Khilji dynasty
(c) Sayyid dynasty
(d) Lodhi dynasty

Question 7- Why did Mohammad-bin Tughlaq shift his capital from Delhi to Deogiri?
 

(a) Because he was fed up with Delhi.
(b) As a punishment for the people of Delhi.
(c) Because he wanted to extend his empire to the south.
(d) Because the new capital occupied a central and strategic location.

Question 5 Who of the following was responsible for the murder of his father?

 (a) Balban
(b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Question 6 According to historian Ziauddin Barani, the ideal Sultan of Delhi was

(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Bahlol Lodi

Question 7 -With which Sufi saint of Delhi is associated the famous saying ‘Hanooz Dilli Door Ast’ ?

(a)    Nizamuddin Aulia

(b)    Sheikh Salim Chisti

(c)     Bhakhtiyaruddin Kaki

(d)    Mohammad Ghaus

Question 8 -Who of the following Sultans of Delhi had abolished the tax on grain (also called Zakat on grain)?

(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Sikandar Lodi

Question-9-  Give one reason why the description of the Qutb-ud-din Aibak’s dynasty as a “slave dynasty” is regarded as inaccurate.

(a)    Because except for Qutb-ud-din Aibak. Others rulers of the dynasty were not slaves

(b)    Because only three kings of this dynasty were slaves and even these three were manumitted by their masters

(c)     Because technically only Qutb-ud-din Aibak started his career as a slave and he too was manumitted upon obtaining a letter of investiture from the Abbasid Caliph

(d)    Because all the rulers of this dynasty did not belong to one family

Question 10- The chief achievement of Balban was -

(a) the consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganising his army
(b) suppression of ambitious nobles
(c) establishing rapport with the people
(d) administrative reforms

Question 11 When Ala-ud-din Khilji forbade his nobles the use of wine, intimate relations and abundance of wealth, and confiscated their endowments and inams, he aimed at –

(a)    enhancing king’s dignity

(b)    preventing the treachery of nobles

(c)     Setting an example for his Hindu subjects

(d)    gathering more wealth for himself

Question 12- Which of the following is wrongly matched?

(a) Qutab Minar — Aibak and Iltutmish
(b) Dhai din ka Jhonpara — Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Alai Darwaja — Alauddin Khilji
(d) Red Palace — Balban

Question 13-Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash ?
 
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Feroz Tughlaq

Question 14-Which Sultan declared himself as Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander?

(a) Balban
(b) Kaiqubad
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Alauddin Khalji

Question 15-Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-i- Alai, which contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji ?

(a) Ziauddin Barani
(b) Shams Siraj Afif
(c) Amir Khusrau
(d) Yahiya Bin Ahmad

Question 16- Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s experiment of introducing token currency could not succeed on account of –

(a) rejection of token coins by foreign merchants
(b) shortage of copper for minting token coins
(c) large-scale minting of spurious coins
(d) poor quality of token currency

Question 17- What was the name of Jain saint with whom Muhammad Tughlaq held discussions?
(a) Rishabadeva
(b) Hemchandra
(c) Jinasena Suri
(d) Jinaprabha Suri

Question 18 Which one of the following sultans is credited with the appointment of ‘Amir - Sadah’ in the provinces?

(a) Alaudding Khilji
(b) Muhammad Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Tughlaq
 (d) Bahlol Lodi

Question-19 Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was-

(a)    the mosque for the use of Royal Family

(b)    Akbar’s private prayer chamber

(c)     the hall in which Akbar held discussions with scholars of various religions

(d)    the room in which the nobles belonging to different religions gathered to discuss religious affairs

Question 20- In medieval India, Mansabdari system was introduced for:
 

(a) making recruitment to the army
(b) facilitating revenue collection
(c) ensuring religious harmony
(d) effecting clean administration

Question-21 Between whom was the Battle of Khanwa (1527) fought?

(a) Ibrahim Lodi and Rana Sanga
(b) Babar and Rana Sanga
(c) Humayun and Sher Khan
(d) Humayun and Nusrat Shah

Question 22- Which Mughal emperor stopped the practice of Forceful conversion of prisoners of war?

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Question 23- In 1576, the Mughal army fought the battle of Haldighati with

(a)    Prithvi Raj Chauhan

(b)    Maharana Pratap

(c)     Udai Singh

(d)    Man Singh

Question-24  Who of the Mughal rulers understood the significance of Rajputs and tried to win them ?
 
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Question 25-  In which language did Babar wrote his Autobiography?

(a) Farsee
(b) Arabi
(c) Turki
(d) None of these