History quiz: How much do you know about the Tughlaq Dynasty - Part 4

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                                Fort of Firoz Shah Tughlaq at Hisar (Haryana) / Image Source

 Q.1. In which year did Firoz Shah Tughlaq found the city of Hisar-e-Firoza?

(a) 1354 AD

(b) 1375 AD

(c) 1380 AD

(d) 1390 AD


Q.2. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate is said to have built the biggest network of canals in his empire?

(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 

(b) Balban

(c) Alauddin Khilji

(d) Sikandar Lodi


Q.3. Which Tughlaq Sultan had established Employment bureau?

(a)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(b) Muhamamd bin Tughlaq

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 

(d)None of the above


Q.4. Ferozpur (in Punjab) was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq. The city is located on the banks of.

(a)Chenab river

(b)Ravi river

(c)Sutlej river

(d)Beas river


Q.5. Which of the following Tughlaq Sultans increased the land revenue to overcome financial crunch?

(a) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(c) Giyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(d) Abu Bakr Shah 


Q.6. Arrange the following Tughlaq rulers in chronological order

(I) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(II) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(III) Giyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(IV) Abu Bakr Shah

(V)  Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq


Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) II,V,I,III,IV

(b) II, I, V,IV,III

(c) II,V,I,IV,III

(d) III, I, II, IV, V


Q.7. For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion: Firuz Shah Tughlaq imposed Jizya tax on all non–Muslim subjects. 

Reason: His prime minister (Na'ib Wazir) Malik Maqbul, more famously known as  Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul, was a convert to Islam.  

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

(C) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false but R is true.


Q.8. Which Sultans of Delhi Sultanate tried to prohibit Sati? 

(a) Balban 

(b) Alauddin Khilji 

(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq 

(d) Firuz Tughlaq


Q.9. During the Sultanate period, the empire was divided into provinces known as 

(a) Iqtas 

(b) Paraganas

(c) Shiqs

(d) Mahals


Q.10. Who was the ruler of Tughlaq empire when famous Sufi Saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti died?

(a) Giyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d)None of the above


Q.11. Which of the following Tughlaq rulers built the Gujri Mahal in Hissar in Haryana?

(a)  Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(b)  Giyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(c)  Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d)  Abu Bakr Shah 


Q. 12. During the reign of which Tughlaq ruler the Asokan pillars from Meerut and Topra were transported to Delhi?

(a) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(c) Giyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(d) Abu Bakr Shah 


Answers

1-a

Notes

Hisar-e-Firoza was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in 1354. Gurjari Mahal, Lat ki Masjid and an Ashokan pillar are famous attractions of Hisar. 


2-a

Notes

Firoz Shah Tughlaq is known to have excavated a large number of canals. 


3-c

Notes

Firoz Shah Tughlaq had established Employment bureau. 


4-c

Notes

The city of Firozpur is located on the banks of the Sutlej river on the Indo-Pakistan border.


5-a

Notes

With a view to overcoming the financial difficulties in his empire, Muhammad bin Tughlaq in 1328-29 raised the land revenue to half of the produce on the farmers of Doab (land between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers).


6-d

Notes

Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq was the last Tughlaq SUltan


7-b 

Firuz Shah Tughlaq extended the Jizya tax to all non-Muslims. 

Malik Maqbul, more famously known as  Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul, was the prime minister (Na'ib Wazir) of Firoz Shah Tughlaq, the last great ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty. He was given the title of Khan-i-Jahan by the Tughlaq Sultan.


8-c

Notes

Muhammad bin Tughlaq tried to stop Sati in the 14th century. 


9-a

Notes

The Delhi Sultanate was further divided into smaller provinces known as Iqtas. These provinces were headed by Iqtadars. The provinces were divided into shiqs and paraganas or modern day districts.  


10-b

Notes

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq was the ruler of Tughlaq empire when famous Sufi Saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti died in 1326 AD. 

11-c

Notes

Gurjari Mahal, built by Firoz Shah, for his wife Gurjari in 1356, is in Hisar. 

12-b

Notes

There are two Ashoka pillars in Delhi -the one near Bara Hindu Rao Hospital and another at Ferozeshah Kotla. The pillars were brought from Meerut and Topra near Ambala during the reign of  Feroz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th century AD. 

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