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1. Who was the first ruler of the Slave Dynasty ? (BPSC – 2011)

(a) Iltutmish
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(c) Razia
(d) Balban

Correct Answer –  (b) Qutbuddin Aibak

  • The first ruler of the Slave Dynasty was Qutbuddin Aibak who ruled from 1206 to 1210 A.D..
  • He was also called “Lakh Baksh Sultan”  for his generosity.
  • He started the construction of Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque at Delhi and Adhai Din ka Jhonpra (Ajmer). 
  • He also laid the foundation of the Qutb Minar, which was later completed by his successor Iltutmish.

2. Muhammad Ghori granted the first Iqta in India to ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) Tajuddin Yaldoz
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(c) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(d) Nazir-ud-din Qabacha

Correct Answer – (b) Qutbuddin Aibak

  • Muhammad Ghori granted the first Iqta in India to Qutbuddin Aibak.
  • Qutbuddin Aibak became the administrator of the territories won by Muhammad Ghori.
  • Aybak further expanded Turkish power in northern India.

3. What is ‘Adhai Din ka Jhonpra’ ?

(a) Mosque
(b) Temple
(c) Saint’s hut
(d) Tower

Correct Answer –  (a) Mosque

  • Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra is a historical mosque located in the city of Ajmer in Rajasthan.
  • It is one of the oldest mosques in India.
  • It was commissioned by Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak in 1192 CE.
  • It is a great example of early Indo-Islamic architecture.

4. Iltutmish appointed his first Subedar in Bihar to whom among the following ? (BPSC – 2008)

(a) Aivaj
(b) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(c) Alimardan
(d) Malik – Jani

Correct Answer – (d) Malik – Jani

  • In 1225 A.D., Iltutmish defeated Hisamuddin Awaz and captured Bihar..
  • Once Awaz accepted the subordination of Iltutmish, Iltutmish appointed Malik-Jani as the new Subedar of Bihar and left for Delhi.

5. “When he attained Kingship, he was fully independent from rules and orders of Shariat.” For which Sultan, Barani made this statement ? (BPSC – 2004)

(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad Tughluq

Correct Answer – (c) Alauddin Khalji

  • Ziyauddin Barani made the above statement regarding Alauddin Khalji. 
  • Alauddin Khalji was the first king of Delhi, who established the control of the state over religion.
  • Alauddin used to believe in the universality of the king who is only a representative of God on earth. 
  • He did not need the permission of Khalifa to expand his powers and freed himself from the influence of Ulemas.

6. Padmini is associated with Ala-ud-Din’s conquest of Chittor. She was the wife of ? (BPSC – 1999)

(a) Maharana Pratap Singh
(b) Ranjit Singh
(c) Raja Man Singh
(d) Rana Ratan Singh

Correct Answer – (d) Rana Ratan Singh

  • The story of Rani Padmini is based on the poetic book ‘Padmavat’ written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540.
  • According to this, Padmini was the wife of King Ratan Singh.

7. During the regime of which Sultan was the Khalisa land developed on a large scale ? ( BPSC – 1994)

(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad-Bin-Tughlug
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq

Correct Answer – (b) Alauddin Khalji

  • Khalisa was the land that was directly owned and controlled by the Sultan. The revenue collected from this land was used to maintain the royal court and household. 
  • During the reign of Alauddin Khalji, the Khalisa land was developed on a large scale.

8. Which one of the following sultans provided employment to the unemployeds ? (BPSC – 2001)

(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Sher Shah Suri

Correct Answer – (c) Firuz Tughluq

  • Firuz Shah Tughluq ran some welfare programmes for common people. 
  • He tried to solve the problem of unemployment by opening an office for appointment and also appointed many qualified people as per their qualifications and merits.

9. Which of the following Sultan had the most numbers of slaves in his court ? (BPSC – 2001).

(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
(d) Firuz Tughluq

Correct Answer – (d) Firuz Tughluq

  • Firuz Shah Tughluq was very fond of slaves and had had the most numbers of slaves in his court.
  • The number of his slaves reached up to one lakh and eighty thousand during his reign. 
  • He established a separate department known as Diwan-e-Bandgan to take care of them.

10. What was ‘Dar-ul-Shafa’ established by Firuz Tughluq? (BPSC – 2011)

(a) An almshouse
(b) A free hospital
(c) A library
(d) A guest house for pilgrims

Correct Answer – (b) A free hospital

  • Firuz Tughluq started many welfare works such as opening the employment office and an orphanage, which was known as ‘Diwan-e-Khairat.’ 
  • He also opened a charitable hospital known as ‘Darul-Shafa and also appointed qualified Hakeems in it.

11. Which one of the following dynasties ruled over India after the invasion of Timur ? (BPSC – 2001)

(a) Lodi Dynasty
(c) Tughlaq dynasty
(b) Sayyid dynasty
(d) Khilji dynasty

Correct Answer –  (b) Sayyid dynasty

  • The invasion of Timur (1398) destroyed the Delhi Sultanate and ended the reign of Tughlaq dynasty. 
  • Daulat Khan became the new Sultan of Delhi in 1413 AD. 
  • However Khiz Khan defeated him and founded the Sayyid dynasty in 1414 AD.

12. Identify the first ruler of Vijaynagar who captured Goa from Bahamanis ? (BPSC – 1995)

(a) Harihara-I
(b) Harihara- II
(c) Bukka-II
(d) Devaraya- II

Correct Answer –  (b) Harihara- II

  • In 1336, Vijayanagar kingdom was founded by Harihara and Bukka, who were brothers and served in the army of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. They separated from the Delhi Sultanate and established an independent state in Karnataka and established the capital city Vijayanagar on the banks of river Tungabhadra in 1336.
  • After the death of Bukka in 1377 AD, his son, Harihara-II who ruled from 1377 to 1404 AD ascended to the throne. 
  • He clashed with the Bahmani kingdom and won Belgaum and Goa from Bahamanis. 
  • He was the devotee of Virupaksha form of Lord Shiva.

13. With whom among the following, the king of VijayaNagara Krisnadeva Raya fought the battle of Golconda ? (BPSC – 1999)

(a) Quli Qutb Shah
(b) QutbuddinAybak
(c) Ismail-Adil Khan
(d) Gajapati

Correct Answer –  (a) Quli Qutb Shah

  • The battle of Golconda was fought between the king of Vijayanagara, Krishnadevraya and Sultan of Golconda, Quli Qutb Shah.

14. In which among the following King’s region, the persian traveler ‘Abdur Razzak’ came to India ? (BPSC – 2016)

(a) Dev Rai l
(b) Krishna Dev Rai I
(c) Devaraya II
(d) Krishna Rai II
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer – (c)  Devaraya  II

  • Persian ambassador Abdur Razzaq visited Vijayanagara during the reign of Devaraya- II (1422-46 AD). 
  • Devaraya- II belonged to the Sangama dynasty.
  • The Sangama dynasty was the first dynasty to rule under the Vijayanagara Empire
  • It is to be noted here that the Sangama dynasty was named after Sangama, the father of Harihara and Bukka.

15. What was the chief characteristic of the financial system of the Vijayanagara Empire ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) Surplus rent
(b) Land Revenue
(c) Income from seaports
(d) Monetary system

Correct Answer – (b) Land Revenue

  • The Vijayanagara kings received huge income from various sources like land revenue, wealth tax, trade tax, commercial tax, tax on industry, social and community tax and fine charged on crime. 
  • The main source of income was from land revenue which was fixed after the land was measured and categorized.
  • It was generally one-sixth of the production.

16. ‘Diwan-E-Arj’ department was associated with ? (BPSC – 2016)

(a) Royal correspondence
(b) Foreign
(c) Defense
(d) Finance

Correct Answer – (c) Defense

  • The Diwan-i-Arz was a military department in the Delhi Sultanate that was responsible for the recruitment, maintenance, and management of the royal army.
  • It was established by Ghiyas-ud-din Balban.

17. Zawabits were concerned with which among the following ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) State laws
(b) Law regulating system
(c) Laws regulating mint house
(d) Agricultural taxes

Correct Answer – (a) State laws

  • Zawabits were related to state laws in the administrative vocabulary of the Sultanate period.
  • During the Mughal period, Zawabit were secular decrees issued by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. 
  •  A collection of all Aurangzeb’s decrees is known as Zawabit-i-Alamgiri.

18. Coins- ‘Tanka’ and ‘Jital’ of the Sultanate period were made of which of the following metals ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) Silver, Copper
(b) Gold, Silver, Copper
(c) Silver, Zink, Copper
(d) Gold, Zink, Copper

Correct Answer –  (a) Silver, Copper

  • Iltutmish was the first to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire. 
  • He started the silver “Tanka’ and the copper ‘Jital,’ the basic coins made up of silver and copper in the Sultanate period.

19. Which Sultan built Alai Darwaza ? (BPSC – 1997)

(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Firuz Tughluq

Correct Answer –   (c) Alauddin Khalji

  • Alauddin Khalji built the Alai Darwaza around 1311. It was one of the first buildings in India in Islamic architectural style.
  • The ‘Alai Darwaza is the main gate of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in the Qutb Minar complex. 
  • It has a domed entrance which is constructed using red sandstone and is adorned with white marble.

20. Who was the author of Tabaqat-i-Nasiri ? (BPSC – 1997)

(a) Shaikh Jamaluddin
(b) Al-Biruni
(c) Minhaz-us-Siraj
(d) Ziyauddin Barani

Correct Answer –  (c) Minhaz-us-Siraj

  • ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’ was written by Minhaz-us-Siraj and completed in 1260. .
  • It was dedicated to Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud. 
  • The text describes the victory of Muhammad Ghori over India.

21. Who was the founder of Bahamani Kingdom ? (BPSC – 2016)
(a) Alauddin Hasan
(b) Firoz Shah
(c) Mahmud Gaonwa
(d) Asaf Khan
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer – (a) Alauddin Hasan

  • Bahamani Kingdom was founded by Alauddin Hasan hangu by revolting against the Delhi Sultanate in 1347.
  • After his coronation, Allauddin Hasan assumed the title of ‘Abul Hasan Mujaffar Alauddin Bahman Shah’.

22. Which among the following was a common feature to all Bhakti Saints ? (BPSC – 2005)

(a) They Composed their verses in the language understood by their followers
(b) They Rejected the authority of the priestly class
(c) They Encouraged women to go to the temples
(d)They Encouraged idol worship

Correct Answer – (a) They Composed their verses in the language understood by their followers

  • Almost all the Bhakti Saints composed their verses in the language understood by their followers
  • Many of them visited the country and met many people with different views. 
  • They also contributed to the advancement of Hindi and other regional languages such as Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and other languages.

23. Who composed ‘Barahmasa” ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Imami
(c) Malik Muhammad Jaisi
(d) Raskhan

Correct Answer – (c) Malik Muhammad Jaisi

  • Barahmasa, Padmavat are some of the important works of Malik Muhammad Jaisi.

24. The main reason for Babur’s victory in the battle of Panipat was ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) His horse riding force
(b) His skilled warfare
(c) Tulghuma system
(d) Internal disputes among Afghans

Correct Answer – (b) His skilled warfare

  • The first battle of Panipat on April 21, 1526 was fought between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi. 
  • The main reason for Babur’s victory in the battle of Panipat was his skilled and effective warfare and the use of guns in the war.
  • Babur’s victory at Panipat laid the foundation for the Mughal Empire in India.

25.  In which language was Tuzuk-i-Baburi’ written ? (BPSC -2015)
(a) Persian
(b) Arabic
(c) Turkish
(d) Urdu

Correct Answer – (c) Turkish

  • The founder of the Mughal Empire, Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur wrote his memoirs (autobiography) “Tuzuk-i-Baburi’ also known as Babur Nama.
  • It was written in Turkish.

26. Arrange following important battles fought by Humayun in chronological order ? (BPSC – 1996)

(a) Chausa, Devara, Kanauj, Sirhind
(b) Devara, Kanauj, Chausa, Sirhind
(c) Sirhind, Devara, Chausa, Kanauj
(d) Devara, Chausa, Kanauj, Sirhind

Correct Answer – (d) Devara, Chausa, Kanauj, Sirhind

  • The correct order of battles fought by Humayun is as follows → Devara, Chausa, Kanauj and Sirhind. 
    • Battle of Devara → Humayun defeated Afghan rebels
    • Battle of Chausa → Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah 
    • Battle of Kanauj  → Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah again
    • Battle of Sirhind → Humayun occupied Delhi again

27. Which of the following rulers first assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-e-Ala’ ? (BPSC – 2000 )

(a) Bahlul Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Islam Shah Suri

Correct Answer – (c) Sher Shah Suri

  • In 1529, Sher Shah Suri assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-e-Ala’ after defeating the ruler of Bengal, Nusrat Shah. 
  • He assumed the royal title of ‘Sher Shah’ after defeating Humayun in the Battle of Chausa on June 26, 1539.

28. Who among the following constructed a mausoleum for his husband ? (BPSC – 2008)

(a) Shah Begum
(b) Haji Begum
(c) Mumtaz Mahal Begum
(d) Noorunissa Begum

Correct Answer – (b) Haji Begum

  • Haji Begum constructed a mausoleum for his husband Humayun at Delhi in 1564 as the tomb of Humayun. 
  • It is the first dome mausoleum of India made up of white marbles.

29. Who was the commander of Rana Pratap’s army in the Battle of Haldighati ? (BPSC – 2015)
(a) Amar Singh
(c) Hakim Khan
(b) Man Singh
(d) Shakti Singh

Correct Answer – (c) Hakim Khan

  • Hakim Khan Suri was the commander of Rana Pratap’s army in the Battle of Haldighati.

30. Who of the following Muslim rulers abolished the pilgrimage tax ? (BPSC – 2011)

(a) Bahlul Lodi
(c) Humayun
(b) Sher Shah
(d) Akbar

Correct Answer –  (d) Akbar

  • Akbar abolished Jizya, the pilgrimage tax and the slavery in 1564, 1563 and 1562 respectively under his liberal religious policy.

31. The Zabti system was introduced by who among the following ? (BPSC – 1994)

(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Akbar

Correct Answer – (d) Akbar

  • The Zabti System was introduced for land revenue in the reign of Akbar.

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