delhi sultanate mcq set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statements: Alberuni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is

1. a sympathetic study of Indian Civilisation.
2. mainly a political history of India.
3. critical of Mahmud Ghaznavi’s plundering raids of India.
4. mainly a study of Indian’s cultural, social and intellectual history

a) 1 and 4

b) 4 alone

c) 1, 3 and 4

d) 2 and 3

Question : 2

Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of

a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

c) Alauddin Khilji

d) Jalaluddin Firoz Shah

Question : 3

With reference to the travellers, consider the following statements -

1. Ibn Battuta gave valuable information regarding Mohammad-binTughlaq’s reign.
2. Marco Polo and Athanasius Nikitin visited India during the regin of Rajputs.

a) 2 only

b) Neither 1 nor 2

c) 1 only

d) Both 1 and 2

Question : 4

Which one of the following represented the royal secretariat during the Sultanate period?

a) Diwan-i-Wizarat

b) Diwan-i-Barid

c) Diwan-i-Insha

d) Diwan-i-Arz

Question : 5

Who was the founder of the Sufi order in India?

a) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya

b) Sheikh Nasiruddin Mahmud

c) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

d) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

Question : 6

The difference between Gaz-i-Sikandari and Gazi-Ilahi was

a) 42 : 45

b) 43 : 47

c) 40 : 43

d) 39 : 41