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1. What were the synthesised features of mosques during the Sultanate period?
A. The dome is the prominent feature of the mosque in contrast to the Sikhar of Hindu temples
B. Arch is the prominent feature of the mosque in contrast to the Sikhar of Hindu temples
C. Grand line of arches is the prominent feature of the mosque in contrast to the Sikhar of Hindu
temples
Ans: A
2. Which of the following Sultanate building contains numerous inscriptions in Arabic and
Nagari characters?
A. Qawatul Islam
B. Qutub Minar
C. Alai Darwaza
D. Tughlabad Fort
Ans: B
A. Qutub-ud-din Aibek
B. Iltutmish
C. Alauddin Khilji
Ans: C
4. Which of the following Indo-Islamic structure was designed by Abu Bakr of Herat?
A. Qutub Minar
B. Alai Darwaza
Ans: C
5. Who among the following instituted Mardrassa-i- Nisiri in the memory of Muzziddin
Muhammad Ghori?
A. Qutub-ud-din Aibek
B. Iltutmish
C. Alauddin Khilji
D. Balban
Ans: D
6. Which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate built Hauz Khas, a pleasure resort and also built the Kotla
fort?
A. Qutub-ud-din Aibek
C. Alauddin Khilji
D. Balban
Ans: B
7. Which of the following Structure is the finest example of double dome construction?
A. Alai Darwaza
B. Lodhi Garden
Ans: B
8. Which dynasty under Delhi Sultanate used dome and arch, slam and beam, and placed
most of their tombs in the midst of garden?
A. Tughlaq Dynasty
B. Ilbary Dynasty
C. Lodhi Dynasty
D. Sayyid Dynasty
Ans: C
9. Which of the following sultanate structure built by the prime minister of Sikander Lodhi?
A. Alai Darwaza
C. Qawatul Islam
D. Moth ki Masjid
Ans: D
10. Who built the Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq on a high platform which marks a new trend
in architecture for imposing skyline?
B. Iltutmish
C. Alauddin Khilji
D. Qutub-ud-din Aibek
Ans: A
Tughlaq Dynasty
1. Which of the following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate died in 1325, from the collapse of wooden
pavilion?
A. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
Ans: A
2. What was the real name of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq?
A. Mir Imard
B. Jauna Khan
C. Ghiyasuddin Bahadur
Ans: B
3. Who among the following came to seek permission to rebuild Buddhist Monastries, in
the Himalayan region which were destroyed during the Qarachi expedition?
A. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C. Ghiyasuddin Bahadur
Ans: D
4. Which of the following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate sent Ibn Batutah to the court of Chinese
emperor in 1347?
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
Ans: C
5. Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to the Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
I. Established of Diwan-i-Khairat (department for poor and needy people) and Diwan-l-Bundagan
(department of slaves).
II. He died in Thatta while campaigning in Sindh against Taghi, a Turkish slave.
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. Neither I nor II
Ans: B
6. Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to the Firuz Shah Tughlaq
I. Established of Diwan-i-Khairat (department for poor and needy people) and Diwan-l-Bundagan
(department of slaves)
II. Establishment of four new towns, Firuzabad, Fatebabad, Jaunpur and Hissar.
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. Neither I nor II
Ans: C
7. Who among the following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate make Iqtadari system hereditary?
A. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
Ans: B
GK Questions with Answers on Khilji Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate
8. Name the Sultan of Delhi Sultanate who established four new towns, Firuzabad,
Fatebabad, Jaunpur and Hissar.
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
Ans: B
9. Who translated 300 volumes of Sanskrit books of Jwalamukhi temple into Persian under
the title of Dalai-i-Firuz Shahi?
A. Baha-ud-din Gurshap
B. Rana Mall
C. Masrul Haq
Ans: D
10. Who among the following set up independent Muslim kingdom of Madura?
A. Baha-ud-din Gurshap
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
Ans: C
Khilji Dynasty
1. Why was the court Khilji’s was multi-ethnical background of Persian, Indian, Arab and
Turkish origin?
Ans: A
A. Malik Firoz
D. Both A & B
Ans: D
3. Who among the following Khilji Sultan made Kilokhari as his capital?
A. Alauddin Khilji
D. Mubarak Khilji
Ans: B
4. Which of the following Khilji’s Sultan abolished all the agrarian and market control
regulations of Alauddin Khilji?
A. Malik Firoz
D. Mubarak Khilji
Ans: D
Architectural Development during Delhi Sultanate Era
A. Khusru Malik
C. Alauddin Khilji
D. Mubarak Khilji
Ans: C
6. Which sultan of Delhi Sultanate fixed the land revenue at half of the produce on the basis
of paimash (measurement) in the Doab?
A. Khusru Malik
D. Alauddin Khilji
Ans: D
7. Which of the following title was referred to as Zamindars by Amir Khusrau for the first
time?
A. Khuts
B. Diwan-i-Mustakharaj
C. Karwanis
Ans: A
8. Which loans were advanced to dig wells and to buy seed and implements?
A. Shiqdhars
B. Sondhar
C. Swarga-dwar
D. Both A & B
Ans: B
A. Karwanis
B. Sarai-Adl
C. Daftar
D. Diwan-i-Riyasat
Ans: D
10. Which was the first ruler of Delhi Sultanate who did not ask for manshur (letter of
investiture) from the Caliph but called himself the duputy of the Caliph?
A. Khusru Malik
B. Alauddin Khilji
C. Muhammad-bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
D. Malik Kafur
Ans: B
Lodhi Dynasty
1. Who was the founder of Agra city?
A. Bahlol Lodhi
B. Sikandar Lodhi
D. Dilawar Khan
Ans: B
2. Who among the following served as the Subedar (Governor) of Lahore and Sirhind during
the reign of Muhammad Shah?
A. Sikandar Lodhi
B. Bahlol Lodhi
D. Dilawar Khan
Ans: B
3. Which of the following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate introduced the system of auditing the
accounts?
A. Sikandar Lodhi
B. Bahlol Lodhi
D. Dilawar Khan
Ans: A
GK Questions with Answers on Ilbari Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate
4. Who was appointed as the Governor of Bengal after the friendship treaty with Alauddin
Husain Shah?
A. Sikandar Lodhi
B. Bahlol Lodhi
D. Dilawar Khan
Ans: C
A. Bahlol Lodhi
B. Sikandar Lodhi
C. Ibrahim Lodhi
D. Dilawar Khan
Ans: A
6. Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to the Buhlul Lodi:
I. He was previously the governor of Sarhind (in Punjab), under the Sultan of Delhi Alauddin Alam,
of the Saiyid Dynasty (1414-1451).
II. He became the Sultan of Delhi on April 19, 1451 under the title of Sultan Abul Muzzaffar Buhlul
Shah Ghazi.
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I & II
D. Neither I nor II
Ans: C
Ans: C
8. Who was the only Sultan of India, had been killed on the battle field?
A. Sikander Lodhi
B. Bahlol Lodhi
C. Ibrahim Lodhi
Ans: C
9. Which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate broke the sacred images of the Jwalamukhi Temple at
Naga Kot and ordered the temples of Mathura to be destroyed?
A. Sikander Lodhi
B. Bahlol Lodhi
C. Dilawar khan
Ans: A
10. Which of the following battle marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India?
C. Battle of Khanua
Ans: A
Revenue System
1. How many category of land was divided under Delhi Sultanate?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
Ans: B
2. Who among the following divided the kingdom into iqtas amongst his Amirs and Khalsa
lands that proved the principle source of revenue?
A. Aibak
B. Balban
C. Iltutmish
Ans: C
A. Alauddin Khilji
B. Aibak
C. Balban
D. Iltutmish
Ans: A
4. Who among the following was the first ruler to introduce the Iqta system?
A. Alauddin Khilji
B. Aibak
C. Balban
D. Muhammd Ghauri
Ans: D
A. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
C. Alauddin Khilji
D. Firoz Shah
Ans: C
6. Who adopted one uniform yard of forty-one digits as the standard unit measurement?
A. Sikandar Lodhi
B. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
C. Alauddin Khilji
D. Firoz Shah
Ans: A
7. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the
capital of his empire?
A. Balban
B. Aram Shah
C. Nasiruddin Mahmud
D. IIitutmish
Ans: D
8. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created
by:
A. Balban
B. IIitutmish
D. Alauddin Khalji
Ans: D
9. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as:
A. Kharaj
B. Jizya
C. Khums
D. Zakat
Ans: C
10. Who among the following was the revenue officer during Delhi Sultanate?
A. Amir
B. Amil
C. Ariz
D. Barbek
Ans: B
Ilbari Dynasty
The Ilbari Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate was the first dynasty of the Sultanate. Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
was the founder who was bought by Muhammad Ghori and gradually rose to be his trusted general
on account of his soldierly abilities. Here, we are giving 10 GK Questions with Answers on Ilbari
Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate that attune and equipped the aspirants according to the evolving nature
of different competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, IAS-prelims, SSC, CDS, NDA, State
Services, and Railways etc.
1. What does the term Mameluq signifies?
Ans: A
2. Who among the following ruler from the Ilbary dynasty died of injuries while playing
Chaugan (Polo) at Lahore?
A. Shams-ud-Din Iltutumish
B. Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
C. Razia Begum
D. Rukunuddin Firoz
Ans: B
A. Khazain-ul-Futuh
B. Tahkik-i-hind
D. Turkan-i-Chahalgani
Ans: C
4. Which ruler from the Delhi Sultanate saved Sultante from Changez Khan’s attack by
refusing to give any shelter to Jalal-ud-din?
A. Rukunuddin Firoz
B. Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
C. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
D. Shams-ud-Din Iltutumish
Ans: D
Ans: A
B. Mahmud of Ghazni
C. Ilitutmish
D. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Ans: C
7. Which of following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate to issue regular currency and to declare
Delhi as the capital of his empire?
A. Balban
B. Aram Shah
C. Nasiruddin Mahmud
D. IIitutmish
Ans: D
B. Hasan-un-Nizami – Iltutmish
Ans: B
9. Assertion (A): Iltutmish introduced reforms in civil administration and army which was now
centrally paid.
Reason (R): Iltutmish was the first Sultan to recognise the economic importance of Gangetic basin
Codes:
Ans: D
10. Who among the following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate adopted a policy of blood and iron?
A. Iltutmish
B. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
C. Balban
D. Kaiqubad
Ans: C
Sayyid Dynasty
Khizra Khan established the Sayyid Dynasty who was a descendant of the Prophet Mohammad,
but the conclusion was based only on a testimony of the saint Jalal-ud-Din Bukhari. Malik Mardan
Daulat, the Governor of Multan adopted Khizr Khan's father Malik Sulaiman as his son. Here, we
are giving 10 GK Questions with Answers on the Sayyid Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate that will attune
and equipped the aspirants according to the new trends of different competitive examination.
B. Hissar Firuza
C. Nasiruddin Mahmud
D. Khizr Khan
Ans: D
2. Which of the following Sultan of Delhi Sultanate got Khutba read in his name and issued
his own coin?
A. Mubarak Shah
B. Hissar Firuza
C. Nasiruddin Mahmud
D. Khizr Khan
Ans: A
A. Nida Fazli
C. Hasan Nizami
D. Amir Khusrau
Ans: B
A. Khilji Dynasty
B. Lodhi Dynasty
C. Sayyid Dynasty
D. Tughlaq Dynasty
Ans: C
5. Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to the Sayyid Dynasty
I. The last ruler of Sayyid dynasty, Ala-ud-Din Alam Shah voluntarily abdicated the throne of the
Delhi sultanate in favour of Bahlul Khan Lodi and left for Badaun.
II. Khizr Khan was the governor of Multan under Firuz Shah Tughlaq.
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
Ans: D
A. Mubarak Shah
B. Muhammad Shah
C. Alauddin Shah
D. Khizr Khan
Ans: A
A. Mubarak Shah
B. Muhammad Shah
C. Alauddin Shah
D. Khizr Khan
Ans: D
A. Mubarak Shah
B. Muhammad Shah
C. Alauddin Shah
D. Khizr Khan
Ans: A
9. Who became the ruler after the invasion of Timur and the fall of the Tughlaq dynasty?
A. Alam Shah
B. Muhammad Shah
C. Khizr Khan
D. Alauddin Shah
Ans: C
A. Alam Shah
C. Malik Sulaiman
D. Alauddin Shah
Ans: B
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1. Arch and dome method which dispensed with the need for large number of pillars to support
the roof and enabled the construction of large halls with a clear view.
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The Qutub Minar complex comprises of the Quwwat-us-Islam Mosque, a 7 metre high iron
pillar, the tomb of Iltutmish, Ala’i-Darwaza and the Ala’I Minar.
2. Qutub-ud-Din Aibak built the city of Dilli, Iltutmish built the city of Sultangurhi and Balban built
the city of Kailagurhi.
3. Tomb of Balban
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It is first example of true arch and is located at the archaeological park in Mehrauli.
4. Alai Minar
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It contains a dome, which for the first time was built on correct scientific lines and also has arches
of very pleasing proportions.
5. Alauddin Khilji built new fort and imperial township of SIRI. In siri, he built the Mahal Hazar
Satun, the palace of thousand pillars, Hauz-i-illahi, a water tank and the Jamait Khana
mosque at the Dargah of nizamuddin Auliya.
6. Alai Darwaza
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It was constructed with a dome shaped gate made of red sandstone and decorated with stunning
Turkic features made of white marble inlay and inscriptions engraved in the ancient Naskh
Scriptand screens made with Lattice stones depicting unique Turkic craftsmanship.
7. Alauddin Khilji’s tomb and madarsa
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It is located in the Qutub Complex, which is located near the Mehrauli Archaeological Park. It was
built by Ala-ud-din Khilji, as a college for the education on Islamic scriptures and theology that
consists of rooms and halls built around a quadrangular court.
8. Tughlaqabad
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The Palace cum Fortress Complex of Tughlaqabad was constructed by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq built the Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq on a high platform which marks
a new trend in architecture for imposing skyline. He also built Jahanpanah, one of the cities of
Dilhi. Firoz Shah built Hauz Khas, a pleasure resort and also built Firoz Shah Kotla fort. The
Tughlaqs rulers started building the tombs on an elevated platform. They combine the principles
of arch and done with Islam and as are evident in Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s construction of Hauz
Khas.
9. Lodhi Garden
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It is the finest example of the synthesis of dome, arch, slam and beam. Other examples of
architecture are Masjid Moth, Bara Khan and Chota Khan.
Hence, the architecrural excellence of the Sultanate period witnesses the evolution and
development of Indo-Islamic Architecture by synthesising geometrical shapes, calligraphy,
inscriptional art etc.
Administrative and Agrarian Terms used
in Sultanate Period
The nature of state during the Sultanate period was militaristic and aristocratic, and also existence
of Theocracy, i.e. the head of state was also the religious heard. In other word, the state was
Islamic. This meant that the sultans did not allow any open violation of the Islamic law, but Muslim
divines were not allowed to dictate the policy of the state because the Sultan was a perfect autocrat
unchecked by any restrictions and his word was law. The real source of the sultan’s authority was
military strength. He was the chief commander of forces, chief lawgiver and the final court of
appeal.
Agriculture, trade and commerce were the chief sources of economy. This is the only reason
sultans promoted technological assistance like Persian wheel or Shakiya was introduced into wells
for carrying out water. Firuz Shah Tughlaq constructed a large number of canals. Here, we are
giving the list of Administrative and Agrarian Terms used in Sultanate Period, which is very useful
study material for the academic purposes as well as for those who are preparing for the competitive
exams.
Dabir Secretary
Sipahsalar Commander
In the above list the terms which are used in Sultanate Period for the administrative and agrarian
purposes that can be useful study material for the academic purposes as well as for those who are
preparing for the competitive exams.