Q.

Whoamong the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites'?

A. Balbarn
B. Alauddin Khilji
C. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D. Ibrahim Lodi
Answer» C. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Explanation: Probably, the best definition of Muhammed bin Tughlaq was "a mixture of opposites". While he was a very learned man, he was not much of statesmen nor was he in complete touch with reality. A number of his economic and administrative reforms, which though beneficial was perhaps too drastic and too far ahead of the time to ever hope to succeed. During his time, while there was teritorial expansion, the Sultanate was badly damaged.

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