Delhi Sultanate Quiz

Q.1. Which of the following was the leading disciple of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti?] Iltutmish?

[A] Ahmad Sirhindi 

[B] Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

[C] Nizamuddin Auliya

[D] Fariduddin Ganj-i- Shakar

Q. 2. Alauddin Khilji attacked and captured Chittorgarh in Mewar (in Rajasthan) in 1303 AD and changed its name to

[A] Khizrabad

[B] Shadiabad 

[C] Khairabad

[D] Kasganj

Q. 3. Who among the following is considered as the “mixture of opposites”.?

[A] Balban 
[B] Mohammed bin Tughlaq
[C] Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
[D] Firuz Tughlaq

Q. 4. Who among the following led a military expedition campaign to Warangal in 1309? 

[A] Mohmmad bin Tuglaq

[B] Firoz Shah Tughlaq

[C] Malik Kafur

[D] Khusrav Khan 

Q.5. Bahmani Sultanate was established during the period of which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate?

[A] Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 

[B] Mohammed bin Tughlaq
[C] Firoj Shah Tughlaq

[D] Muhammad Shah

Answer

Q.1- [B]

Muinud-din-Chisti was the founder of the Chisti Sufi order in India. Headquartered in Ajmer in Rajasthan, Chisti Sufi order attracted devotees from both Muslims and Hindus and continue to do so. Moinuddin Chishti came from Sistan with the Muslim invasion, eventually arriving in Ajmer where he died in 1236.

Disciples of Moinuddin Chisti 

Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

The most important disciple of Moinuddin Chisti, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki popularized the Chisti order in Delhi. He had come to Delhi some time after 1221. He died in 1235. His tomb is in Mehrauli in Delhi and it is said that Qutub Minar takes its name from this Sufi saint. 

Hamiduddin Nagauri

Another prominent disciple of Moinuddin Chisti, Hamiduddin Nagauri was instrumental in initiating Chisti order in Nagaur in Rajasthan.

Q. 2 - [A] 

Alauddin attacked Chittor, the capital of the powerful kingdom of Mewar, in 1303. After the subjugation of Mewar army, Chittor was captured and named Khizrabad, after the name of Alauddin’s eldest son Khizr Khan.

Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s idiosyncratic behaviour had earned him several epithets including “Mixture of opposites”. 

Q. 3- [B]

Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s idiosyncratic behaviour had earned him several epithets including “Mixture of opposites”. 

Q. 4. - [C] 

Malik Kafur had defeated Kakatiya King Pratap Rudra Deva II in 1309-10. Warangal was the capital of Kakatiya dynasty. 

Q.5- B - In 1347 AD, the  Bahmani kingdom was founded by Hasan Gangu. During the reign of Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq, new kingdoms came into being in south India and the Deccan like Vijayanagara Empire and the Bahmani kingdom.