Top 50 Delhi Sultanate Quiz Questions & Answers PDF Download

1. Malik Kafur was General of [WBCS 2019, CDS 2008]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Alauddin Khilji

2. The Commander of Alauddin Khilji's forces during his Deccan campaigns was [WBCS 2020]
(A) Ainul Mulk Multani
(B) Nusrat Khan
(C) Malik Kafur
(D) Ulugh Khan

3. In 1306 CE which river served as boundary between Mongol and Delhi Sultanate? [UPPSC 2014]
(A) Beas
(B) Ravi
(C) Sindhu
(D) Satluj

4. Ain-i-Mulk-Multani had not served under which among the following rulers? [MPPSC 2017]
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Iltutmish

5. The sultans of which dynasty ruled the country for the longest period? [UP Lower 2008]
(A) Khilji dynasty
(B) Lodhi dynasty
(C) Slave dynasty
(D) Tughlaq dynasty

6. Ghazi Malik was the founder of which dynasty? [MPPSC 2017]
(A) Tughlaq
(B) Khilji
(C) Sayyid
(D) Lodi

7. Which Sultan of Delhi made a rule that, in any given year, the land revenue can be increased only nominally, viz one-tenth or one-eleventh of the fixed revenue? [UPPSC 2011]
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

8. Which technique was used in times of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq for measurement of Khalisa land? [RPSC 2008]
(A) Batai System
(B) Nask System
(C) Galla system
(D) Kankut System

9. The Delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) was [WBCS 2017]
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

10. Who amongst the following established 'Diwan-e-amirkothi' during Delhi Sultanate? [OPSC 2018]
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Firoz Tughlaq
(C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(D) Iltutmish

11. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to participate in the public celebration of Holi? [UPPSC 2004]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi

12. Who of the following has given a detailed description of the postal system during the Sultanate period? [UPPSC 2000]
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Ibn Battuta
(B) Sultan Firuz Shah
(D) Ziyauddin Barani

13. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to have levied 'Haqh-i-sharab' or irrigation tax? [UPPSC 2010]
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

14. Fatehabad district derives its name from the anonymous headquarters town founded by in the 14th century, who named it after his son Fateh Khan. [SSC 2019]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Humayun
(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

15. Which Delhi sultan built maximum number of canals? [BPSC 2015]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Sikandar Lodi

16. What was 'Dar-ul-Shafa' established by Firuz Shah Tughlaq? [UPPSC 2013]
(A) An almhouse
(B) A free hospital
(C) A library
(D) A guest house for pilgrims

17. Which of the following Mughal period canal, was constructed by restoring the Rajabwah of Firuz Shah?
(A) Shekhnu-Ni
(B) Shahab Nahr
(C) Nahr-i-Bihisht
(D) Nahr-i-Agra

18. Who were called 'Dastar-Bandan'? [UPPSC 2014]
(A) Sufi-Saint
(B) Khan
(C) Malik
 (D) Ulema

19. In which year did Timur Lang attack India? [MPPSC 2005]
(A) 1210 AD
(B) 1398 AD
(C) 1492 AD
(D) 1526 AD

20. Who among the following Mongol leaders/commanders did not cross Indus to attack India? [CDS 2020]
(A) Chenghiz Khan
(B) Tair Bahadur
(C) Abdullah
(D) Qutlugh Khwaja

21. The main achievement of Bahlul Lodi was victory over which among the following regions? [MPPSC 2010]
(A) Mewat
(B) Jaunpur
(C) Chandawar
(D) Sambhal

22. Who among the following Sultanate ruler were of Afghan origin? [UPPSC 2016]
(A) Khilji
(B) Tughlaq
(C) Sayyid
(D) Lodi

23. Which medieval sultan has the credit of founding the city of Agra and making it the capital of the Sultanate? [CGPSC 2019, UPPSC 2011]
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodi

24. Who among the following composed poems with the pen name 'Gulrukhi'? [UPPSC 2015]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Bahlol Lodi
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi

25. Which one of the following sultans is known for having abolished the tax on grains? [UP UDA/LDA 2010]
(A) Alauddin Kilji
(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodi

26. Who was last ruler of Lodi dynsty? [SSC 2001]
(A) Bahlul Lodi
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Mahmud Lodi

27. In which battle did Maharana Sanga defeat Ibrahim Lodi? [RAS/RTS 2012]
(A) Battle of Khatoli
(B) Battle of Sarangpur
(C) Battle of Siwana
(D) Battle of Khanva

28. Which among the following medieval ruler of India introduced Iqta system? [UPPSC 2010]
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) None of these

29. Who was the famous author of Kitab ul-Hind? [RAS/RTS 2010]
(A) Hasan Nizami
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Shams-e-Siraj Afif

30. What was Abwab? [HPPSC 2012]
(A) Toll tax.
(B) Religion tax such as Zakat.
(C) Tax on merchandise and custom duties.
(D) Miscellaneous kinds of taxes like the house tax, grazing tax, irrigation tax etc.

31. The term used for measurement of land in the Delhi Sultanate Period was [HPPSC 2012]
(A) Kismat-i-Ghalla
(B) Ghalla-Bakshi
(C) Masahat
(D) Ghazi

32. Who among the following had established the Diwan-i-Arz department under Delhi Sultanate? [RAS/RTS 2018]
(A) Balban
(B) Illtutmish
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

33. Supreme rural officials of land revenue in Sultanate period were known as [IAS (Pre) 2004]
(A) Chaudhary
(B) Ravat
(C) Malik
(D) Patwari

34. Zawabits were concerned with [UPPSC 1997]
(A) State laws
(B) Law regulating mansab system
(C) Laws regulating mint house
(D) Agricultural taxes

35. Ibn Batuta's work, Rihla, completed in 1355, is [CDS 2013]
(A) an autobiography.
(B) an account of the Delhi Sultans from Aibek to Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
(C) a religious text.
(D) an account of trade with Morocco.

36. The term 'Chakla' has been used in Medieval Indian History sources. This was [UPPSC 2018]
(A) identical to Paragana
(B) identical to Sarkar
(C) territorial unit between Subah and paraganah, but not identical to Sarkar
(D) None of the above

37. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi'? [MPPSC 2020]
(A) Shams-i-Siraj Afif
(B) Ziauddin Barani
(C) Khwaja Abdul Samad Isami
(D) Sirajuddin Ali Yazdi

38. Which sultan built Alai Darwaza? [WBCS 2020]
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

39. Who amongst the following sultans built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar? [UP Lower 2008]
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikander Lodi

40. Who among the following did not contribute to the construction of Qutub Minar [UPPSC 2003]
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

41. The composer of Kirti-Stambh Prashasti Was [RAS/RTS 1999]
(A) Somdev
(B) Jaita
(C) Napa
(D) Abhi Kavi

42. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of [UPPSC 2004]
(A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq (Jauna Khan)
(C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Akbar

43. Which among the following is 'Octagonal tomb'? [UPPSC 2007]
(A) Tomb of Sikandar Lodi
(B) Tomb of Balban
(C) Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(D) Tomb of Firuz Shah Tughlaq

44. Amir Khusrau, the 'Parrot of India', was born at [UPPSC 2005]
(A) Patiali (UP)
(B) Patti
(C) Patli
(D) Patiala

45. Amir Khusrau played a pioneer role in the development of [UPPSC 2008]
(A) Braj Bhasha
(B) Awadhi
(C) Khari Boli
(D) Bhojpuri

46. Father of new "Sabaq-i-Hind' or Persian poetry style Hindustani style was [RAS/RTS 1999]
(A) Ziyauddin Barani
(B) Afiq
(C) Isami
(D) Amir Khusrau

47. Amir Khusrau was court poet of [SSC 2012]
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Ibrahim Lodi
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

48. Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-i-Alai, which contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji? [NDA 2009]
(A) Ziauddin Barani
(B) Shams Siraj Afif
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Yahiya-bin-Ahmed

49. "Every pearl in the Royal crown is the crystallised drops of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasants" Who made this statement? [APSC 2017]
(A) Ibn Battuta
(B) Al-Beruni
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Badauni

50. Who introduced market control policy? [WBCS 2018]
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Sikandar Lodi