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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) , Islamic History .
| 151. |
What was Kharaj ? |
| A. | A tribute |
| B. | Booty |
| C. | Land tax |
| D. | Gift |
| Answer» C. Land tax | |
| 152. |
During whose regin was Jizya collected even from Brahmins ? |
| A. | Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq |
| B. | Muhammad bin Tuglaq |
| C. | Firoz Tughluq |
| D. | Balban |
| Answer» C. Firoz Tughluq | |
| 153. |
Which class was hit hard by Ala-ud-din’s measures? |
| A. | Peasants |
| B. | Soldiers |
| C. | Mugaddams and Traders |
| D. | Nobility |
| Answer» C. Mugaddams and Traders | |
| 154. |
Which commander of Ala-ud-din defeated Yadava King Ramchandra ? |
| A. | Khizr Khan |
| B. | Khusrau Khan |
| C. | Malik Kafur |
| D. | Mubarak Shah |
| Answer» C. Malik Kafur | |
| 155. |
Muhammad Tughluq lived in a camp called ‘Svargadvari’ for 2 ½ years on the bank of which river was it located ? |
| A. | Sutlej |
| B. | Indus |
| C. | Yamuna |
| D. | Ganges |
| Answer» D. Ganges | |
| 156. |
Who introduced ‘Chahra’ for the first time ? |
| A. | Iltumish |
| B. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| Answer» D. Ala-ud-din Khalji | |
| 157. |
Paibos, introduced by Balban in the court entiquette, was |
| A. | A tribute |
| B. | A uniform |
| C. | A formal celebration of the Sultan’s birthday |
| D. | A custom of kissing the feet of the Sultan |
| Answer» D. A custom of kissing the feet of the Sultan | |
| 158. |
Who were barids ? |
| A. | Secret agent |
| B. | Military chiefs |
| C. | Revenue collectors |
| D. | Elite guard |
| Answer» C. Revenue collectors | |
| 159. |
Who was the Indian Muslims that replaced Barban as Malik Naib to Nasir-ud-din Mahmud ? |
| A. | Malik Kafur |
| B. | Khusrau Khan |
| C. | Imad-ud-din Rayhan |
| D. | Qubacha |
| Answer» C. Imad-ud-din Rayhan | |
| 160. |
‘Balahars’ in the Villege were |
| A. | Landlords |
| B. | Headmen |
| C. | Menials |
| D. | Accountant |
| Answer» C. Menials | |
| 161. |
Minhaj Siraj was the poet laureate of |
| A. | Ala-ud-din masud shah |
| B. | Bahram Shah |
| C. | Nasir-ud-din Mahmud |
| D. | Balban |
| Answer» C. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud | |
| 162. |
After which Sufi saint was Qutub Minar named ? |
| A. | Nizam-ud-din Auliya |
| B. | Moin-ud-din Chisti |
| C. | Qutub-ud-din Banktiyal Kaki |
| D. | Salim Chisti |
| Answer» B. Moin-ud-din Chisti | |
| 163. |
During the reign of which Delhi Sultan did the Chahalgant or Chalisa come into existence ? |
| A. | Balban |
| B. | Raziya |
| C. | Iltumish |
| D. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| Answer» C. Iltumish | |
| 164. |
Who was the Abhasid Caiph that probably conferred on Mahmud of Gazni the title of ‘sultan’ for the just time in Islamic history ? |
| A. | Al-Nazir |
| B. | Qadir |
| C. | A-Muqtafi |
| D. | A-Qasim |
| Answer» B. Qadir | |
| 165. |
Who was known as ‘Nakh Buksh’ ? |
| A. | Aibak |
| B. | Iltumish |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | Raziya |
| Answer» A. Aibak | |
| 166. |
The most serious sectarian conflict between the Sunnis and the shias occurred during the region of – |
| A. | Raziya |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| D. | Firoz Tughluq |
| Answer» A. Raziya | |
| 167. |
The Muslim incursion on Deccan occurred during the region of – |
| A. | Jalal-dd-din Khalji |
| B. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | Muhammad Tuqlaq |
| Answer» A. Jalal-dd-din Khalji | |
| 168. |
Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nanroz ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| B. | Iltumish |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | Firoz Tughluq |
| Answer» C. Balban | |
| 169. |
Who was appointed as the envoy of Muhammed Tughluq in the court of the Chinese emperor ? |
| A. | Barani |
| B. | Ibn Batutah |
| C. | Barbosa |
| D. | Abdus Razzaq |
| Answer» B. Ibn Batutah | |
| 170. |
Which one of the cities was not founded by Firoz Tughluq ? |
| A. | Jaunpur |
| B. | Hissar |
| C. | Tughluqabad |
| D. | Firozabad |
| Answer» C. Tughluqabad | |
| 171. |
Which one of the following Sultans tried to organize the army on the decimal system after the Mongol pattern ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Firoz Tughluq |
| D. | Muhammad Tughluq |
| Answer» D. Muhammad Tughluq | |
| 172. |
Which one of the following terms were used for measurement of land in the Sultanate period ? |
| A. | Ghalla – Baksh |
| B. | Masahat |
| C. | Nasaq |
| D. | Batai |
| Answer» B. Masahat | |
| 173. |
The Hindu rules of sind who was defeated and deposed by the arab invackers was |
| A. | Jaisingha |
| B. | Jayachandra |
| C. | Dahar |
| D. | Bhima |
| Answer» C. Dahar | |
| 174. |
Whom did Mahmud of Ghazni defeat to conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab ? |
| A. | Hindu Shahis |
| B. | Ghurids |
| C. | Arabs |
| D. | Karkotakas |
| Answer» A. Hindu Shahis | |
| 175. |
Who was the first Indian rules to defeat Muhammad of Ghur ? |
| A. | Prithviraj Chaudan, rules of Ajmir |
| B. | Jayachandra, Gahadvala ruler of Kannj |
| C. | Lakshmana, the sena rules of Bengal |
| D. | Mukraj 2nd, the Solanki rules of Gujarat |
| Answer» D. Mukraj 2nd, the Solanki rules of Gujarat | |
| 176. |
Which commander of Muhammad of Ghur was responsible for defeating the senas and establishing Muslim rule in eastern India ? |
| A. | Qutub ud-din Aibak |
| B. | Iltumish |
| C. | Bakhtiyar Khalji |
| D. | Muhammad Bin Qasim |
| Answer» C. Bakhtiyar Khalji | |
| 177. |
During the region of which Delhi Sultans was the power of the chargani destroyed ? |
| A. | Iltumish |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Nasir-ud-din Mahmud |
| D. | Raziya |
| Answer» B. Balban | |
| 178. |
Diwan – 1 Khairat was a separate department of |
| A. | Public works and welfare |
| B. | Slaves |
| C. | Agriculture |
| D. | Foreign affairs |
| Answer» A. Public works and welfare | |
| 179. |
During whose region did Chengiz khan, the famous Mangol, attack India’s borders in pug suit of Jalal-ud-din, the fugitive khwarazmi prince ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Muhammad Tughluq |
| D. | Iltumish |
| Answer» D. Iltumish | |
| 180. |
Who among the following Delhi Sultans did not go for any fresh conquests ? |
| A. | Balban |
| B. | Firoz Tughluq |
| C. | Iltumish |
| D. | Bahlul Nodi |
| Answer» A. Balban | |
| 181. |
Who was the founder of the city of Agra ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| B. | Muhammad Bin tughluq |
| C. | Firoz Tughluq |
| D. | Sikandar Lodi |
| Answer» D. Sikandar Lodi | |
| 182. |
Which sultan wanted to found a new religion, but was advised against it by the Ulama ? |
| A. | Balban |
| B. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| C. | Muhammad tughluq |
| D. | Iltumish |
| Answer» B. Ala-ud-din Khalji | |
| 183. |
According to Islamic practice, one used to expound the law and the other used to deliver judgment who were they respectively ? |
| A. | Mufti and Qazi |
| B. | Quzi and Mufli |
| C. | Qazi and Sadi |
| D. | Qaxi and Mufli |
| Answer» A. Mufti and Qazi | |
| 184. |
Which one of the following schools of Muslims law allowed idolatus to live as Zimmis subject to payment of Liziya ? |
| A. | Hanafi |
| B. | Malikita |
| C. | Shafisite |
| D. | Hanalite |
| Answer» A. Hanafi | |
| 185. |
Which sultan represented himself as Isikandur Sani (the second Alexander) ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| B. | Muhammad Tughluq |
| C. | Sikandar Lodhi |
| D. | Khiz Khan |
| Answer» A. Ala-ud-din Khalji | |
| 186. |
The term Ghanima in the Delhi Sultanate stands for |
| A. | Market cess |
| B. | Irrigation tax |
| C. | war booty |
| D. | royal treasury |
| Answer» C. war booty | |
| 187. |
Which sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital ? |
| A. | Firoz tughluq |
| B. | Muhammad Bin Tugluq |
| C. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| D. | Balban |
| Answer» A. Firoz tughluq | |
| 188. |
Which Delhi Sultan received an embassy from Mangol Monarch of China for seeking his permission to visit certain Buddhist temples? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Muhammad tugluq |
| D. | Firoz Tugluq |
| Answer» C. Muhammad tugluq | |
| 189. |
Who was the court poet of Mahmud of Gaxni and Author of Shah Namah ? |
| A. | Al-Beruni |
| B. | Idu Battulah |
| C. | Maulana Khwajagi |
| D. | Firdousi |
| Answer» D. Firdousi | |
| 190. |
The Quwwat-ul-islam Mosque in Delhi of the period of the slave dynasty was originally a |
| A. | Vishnu temple |
| B. | Siva temple |
| C. | Buddhist Monastery |
| D. | Jaina temple |
| Answer» D. Jaina temple | |
| 191. |
Which Bahmani rules shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din II |
| B. | Ahmad Shah Wali |
| C. | Muhammad Shah I |
| D. | Muhammed II |
| Answer» B. Ahmad Shah Wali | |
| 192. |
When was the Bahmani Kingdom founded ? |
| A. | 1325 |
| B. | 1437 |
| C. | 1347 |
| D. | 1431 |
| Answer» C. 1347 | |
| 193. |
How many years did the Bahmani Kingdom last ? |
| A. | 150 years |
| B. | 125 years |
| C. | 175 years |
| D. | 200 years |
| Answer» C. 175 years | |
| 194. |
Which was the second capital of Vijaya Nagar empire ? |
| A. | Kampili |
| B. | Kondavidu |
| C. | Penukonda |
| D. | Addanki |
| Answer» C. Penukonda | |
| 195. |
Policeman of Vijayanagar were paid out of taxes collected from |
| A. | Wine shops |
| B. | Land Revenue |
| C. | Taxes on goods |
| D. | Prostitutes |
| Answer» D. Prostitutes | |
| 196. |
Who established the chisti order in India ? |
| A. | Nizam-ud-din Auliya |
| B. | Salim Chisti |
| C. | Shaikh moin-ud-in chisti |
| D. | Hamid-ud-din Nagauri |
| Answer» C. Shaikh moin-ud-in chisti | |
| 197. |
Who said “God is the breath of all breath” ? |
| A. | Nanak |
| B. | Kabir |
| C. | Mirabai |
| D. | Chaitanya |
| Answer» B. Kabir | |
| 198. |
Who was Murid ? |
| A. | Sufi saint |
| B. | Sufi Teacher |
| C. | A disciple |
| D. | Bishop in Sufi Order |
| Answer» C. A disciple | |
| 199. |
A Silsilah was a ? |
| A. | Tomb |
| B. | Shrine |
| C. | Sufi Order |
| D. | Hospice |
| Answer» C. Sufi Order | |
| 200. |
Who wrote Desabodha ? |
| A. | Kabir |
| B. | Nanak |
| C. | Ramdas |
| D. | Tukaram |
| Answer» C. Ramdas | |
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