WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2023

Q. Who composed ‘Khazain-ul-Futooh’?

(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Hasan Nizami
(C) Khafi Khan
(D) Abdal-Qadir Badayuni

Correct Answer: (A) Amir Khusrau

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Q. Who invaded South India?

(A) Balban
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
(D) Alauddin Khilji

Correct Answer: (D) Alauddin Khilji

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Q. Who was known as ‘Parrot of India’?

(A) Tansen
(B) Surdas
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Abul Fazal

Correct Answer: (C) Amir Khusrau

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Q. Who was the Last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?

(A) Daulat Khan Lodi
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Alam Khan Lodi
(D) Jahandar Lodi

Correct Answer: (B) Ibrahim Lodi

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Q. Who was the general and successor of Muhammad Ghori?

(A) Muhammad-ibn-Bakhtyar
(B) Qutub-uddin Aibak
(C) Tajuddin Yildiz
(D) Nasiruddin

Correct Answer: (B) Qutub-uddin Aibak

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2022

Q. Delhi Sultanate was established in India in

(A) 1205 AD
(B) 1215 AD
(C) 1206 AD
(D) 1207 AD

Correct Answer: (C) 1206 AD

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Q. Tabaqat i Nasiri was written by

(A) Sirajuddin
(B) Minhaj us Siraj
(C) Khafi Khan
(D) Firuz Tughlaq

Correct Answer: (B) Minhaj us Siraj

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Q. The “Alai Darwaza” was constructed by

(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Mugammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Sikander Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi

Correct Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji

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Q. The “Tarikh i Firuz Shahi” was the work of

(A) Abdul Khader Badauni
(B) Ziauddin Barani
(C) Bhimsen Burhanpuri
(D) Tansen

Correct Answer: (B) Ziauddin Barani

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Q. The book written by Ibn Batuta was

(A) Saleha
(B) Rehala
(C) Kitab ul Ibar
(D) Razm Namah

Correct Answer: (B) Rehala

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Q. The capital from Delhi to Daulatabad was shifted by

(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Bakhtiyar Khilji
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Akbar

Correct Answer: (C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

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Q. The court customs of Sijda and Poibos were introduced by

(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Ghiyassudin Balban
(D) Ibrahim Lodi

Correct Answer: (C) Ghiyassudin Balban

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Q. The first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate was

(A) Rabeya
(B) Rokeya
(C) Razia
(D) Zubeida

Correct Answer: (C) Razia

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Q. The market control regulations were introduced by

(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Balban
(C) Babur
(D) Sikander Lodi

Correct Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji

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Q. Who was known as “Lakh Baksh”?

(A) Balban
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Bahlol Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi

Correct Answer: (B) Qutubuddin Aibak

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2021

Q. Which was the earliest seat of Turkish power in Delhi?

(A) Qila-i Rai Pithora
(B) Koshak-i Siri
(C) Purana Qila
(D) Jahanpanah

Correct Answer: (A) Qila-i Rai Pithora

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2020

Q. ‘Diwan-i-Khairat’, a Ministry of Charity was organised by

(A) Alauddin
(B) Ghiyas uddin
(C) Firuz Shah
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) Firuz Shah

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Q. Ghazi Malik was the actual name of

(A) Ghiyas uddin Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Ghiyas uddin Tughlaq

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Q. Ramchandra Yadav, who faced Alauddin’s invasion was the ruler of

(A) Devgiri
(B) Malwa
(C) Ujjain
(D) Telengana

Correct Answer: (A) Devgiri

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Q. Silver ‘Tanka’ and Copper ‘Jital’ were introduced by

(A) Qutubuddin Aibek
(B) Raziya Sultana
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Balban

Correct Answer: (C) Iltutmish

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Q. The founder of the Lodi dynasty was

(A) Bahlul Lodi
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Ibrahim Lodi
(D) Daulat Khan Lodi

Correct Answer: (A) Bahlul Lodi

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Q. Who was the author of ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’?

(A) Ibn Batuta
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Isami
(D) Ziauddin Barani

Correct Answer: (B) Minhaj-us-Siraj

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2019

Q. The largest standing army of the Sultanate directly paid by the state was created by

(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughluq
(D) Sikandar Lodi

Correct Answer: (B) Alauddin Khilji

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2018

Q. Which Delhi Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’?

(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Khizr Khan

Correct Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2017

Q. According to a legend, whom did Sikandar Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, try to kill by various means?

(A) Nanak
(B) Mirabai
(C) Kabir
(D) Chaitanya

Correct Answer: (C) Kabir

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Q. An elite body formed by the slave officers of which Delhi Sultan is popularly known in history as “Crop of Forty” (Chahalgani/Chihilgani)?

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Raziya
(D) Balban

Correct Answer: (B) Iltutmish

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Q. During the reign of which Delhi sultan was ‘Jizya’ collected even from Brahmins.

(A) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(B) Balban
(C) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Tughlaq

Correct Answer: (D) Firuz Tughlaq

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Q. Muhammad bin Tughlaq lived in a camp called ‘Svargadvari’ for 2½ years on the bank of which river was this camp located?

(A) Sutlej
(B) Indus
(C) Yamuna
(D) Ganges

Correct Answer: (B) Indus

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Q. The ‘Jagir’ of the Mughals is equal to which of the following units of Sultanate period?

(A) Waqf
(B) Khalisa
(C) Inam
(D) Iqta

Correct Answer: (D) Iqta

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Q. The Delhi Sultan who styled himself “The Second Alexander” (Sikandar-i-Sani) was

(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Sikandar Khan

Correct Answer: (B) Alauddin Khilji

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Q. The Iqtadaras during the Sultanate period were also known as

(A) maliks
(B) muqtis
(C) mamlatdars
(D) munhias

Correct Answer: (B) muqtis

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Q. Who was known as ‘Lakh Buksh’?

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Raziya

Correct Answer: (A) Qutbuddin Aibak

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2016

Q. During the reign of which Sultan of Delhi did the Chahalgani or Chalisa come into existence?

(A) Balban
(B) Raziya
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Ala-ud-din Khilji

Correct Answer: (C) Iltutmish

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Q. Three types of the coins of the Delhi Sultanate tanka, shashgani and jital—were made respectively of

(A) Silver, Silver, Copper
(B) Gold, Silver, Copper
(C) Silver, Bronze, Copper
(D) Gold, Bronze, Copper

Correct Answer: (C) Silver, Bronze, Copper

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Q. Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?

(A) Firuz Tughluq—Futuhat-i-Firuz-Shahi
(B) Zia-ud-din Barani—Kitab-ul-Rahala
(C) Zia-ud-din Barani—Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
(D) Minhaj-us-Siraj—Tabaqat-i-Nasiri

Correct Answer: (B) Zia-ud-din Barani—Kitab-ul-Rahala

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2015

Q. ‘Every pearl in the royal crown is but the crystallized drops of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant’. Who made this statement?

(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Barani
(C) Ibn-Batutah
(D) Al-Beruni

Correct Answer: (B) Barani

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Q. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?

(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Firuz Tughlaq

Correct Answer: (C) Balban

WBCS Mains Delhi Sultanate Questions 2014

Q. Which of the following work was not done by Amir Khosrau?

(A) Dewal Rani Khisly
(B) Nuh Sipih
(C) Qirun us Saadain
(D) Tuzuk-i-Timuri

Correct Answer: (D) Tuzuk-i-Timuri