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History Medieval India - MCQs – Set 2

Q.1. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had prohibited Muslim women from worshipping the graves of saints?

(a) Alauddin Khilji

(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d) Sikander Lodhi

Q.2. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had earned the sobriquet of ‘Lakh Baksh’? 

(a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

(b) Balban

(c) Jalaluddin Khilji

(d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq

Q.3. Zain-ul-Abidin who forbade cow slaughter in his Sultanate was a ruler of 

(a) Bengal

(b) Kashmir

(c) Khandesh

(d) Madurai

Q.4. Which battle was declared by Babur a Jihad (holy war)?

(a) First Battle of Panipat

(b) Battle of Chanderi

(c) Battle of Khanwa 

(d) Battle of Ghagra

Q.5. The architectural raw material most widely used in Akbar's period was_________

(a) Redstone

(b) Marble

(c) Brick

(d) Limestone

Q.6. Abdur Razzaq was sent to the court of Vijayanagar ruler Dev Raya II as an ambassador of 

(a) Sultan Shah Rukh of Persia

(b) Sultan Bahzad of Turkey

(c) Sultan Alauddin of Iraq

(d) Sultan Bahaman of Egypt

Q.7. Who was the first ruler of Delhi Sultanate who paid his soldiers in cash?

(a) Iltutmish 

(b) Allauddin Khilji

(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Q.8. Which of the following monuments has Alai Darwaja as its gateway?

(a) Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra 

(b) Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque

(c) Zamat Khana Masjid 

(d) Firoz Shah's tomb 

Q.9. Who was the only converted Muslim ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi Sultanate? 

(a) Kaiqubad

(b) Khusrav Khan

(c) Kayumars

(d) Ala-ud-din Masud Shah

Q.10. This Delhi Sultanate ruler was told by his theologian Qazi Mughisuddin that his acts were violation of the Shariat. Yet the Sultan went out of his way to defy the shariat. Who was he?

(a) Alauddin Khalji

(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban 

(d) Sikandar Lodi


Answers

Q. 1. - (c) 

Firoz Shah Tughlaq was a religious bigot. He had prohibited Muslim women from worshipping the graves of saints?

Q. 2. - (a) 

According to the contemporary Muslim historians, Qutub-ud-din Aibak was famous for his generosity and was known as ‘lakh-baksh’ (giver of lakhs).      

Q. 3. - (b) 

Zain-ul-Abidin is known to be the greatest Kashmiri Muslim ruler. He was given the title of Budshah (the Great king)

Q. 4. – (c) 

The Battle of Khanwa was fought between Babur and Rana Sanga of Mewar in 1527. 

Q. 5. – (a)

Redstone was the most widely used architectural raw material in Akbar's times. 

Q. 6. – (a)

Abdur Razzaq was a Persian who was sent by Timur's son and successor Shah Rukh as ambassador to the Zamorin of Calicut. In April 1443, Abdur Razzaq also visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Devaraya II.

Q. 7. – (b)

Alauddin Khilji was the first Delhi Sultan to pay his soldiers in cash.

Q. 8. – (b)

Alai Darwaza (Gateway of Alauddin) was built in 1311 by Alauddin Khalji, the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty. It is the southern gateway to the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi. 

The material used in the construction of Alai Darwaza  is red sandstone and white marble, with inlays of black marble and blue schist.

Q. 9. – (b)

Khusrav Khan was a low-caste (Hindu) Baradu convert from Gujarat who was made the wazir, malik naib and Commander in Chief of the Khilji dynasty by the Khilji Sultan Mubarak Shah against the advice of his nobles.

In April 1320, Mubarak Shah was murdered by Khusrav Khan bringing the Khilji dynasty to an end. Khusrav Khan ascended the throne of Delhi under the title of Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah and tried to strike a veritable reign of terror by murdering the relatives, friends and those loyal to the Khilji Sultan.

Q. 10. – (a)

“I decree what I think is in the best interest of the state; I do not care whether it conforms to the shariat or not”, said Alauddin Khalji in a conversation to Qazi Mughisuddin.

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