delhi sultanate mcq set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

• Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq changed the capital from Delhi to Devagiri.
• Reason (R): Muhammad Tughlaq needed a place from where he could control the Southern provinces better and which was more centrally located than Delhi.

a) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.

b) A is true but R is false.

c) Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.

d) A is false but R is true.

Question : 2

What was ‘Dar-ul-Shafa’ established by Firoz Tughlaq?

a) A library

b) A guest house for pilgrims

c) A free hospital

d) An alms house

Question : 3

Consider the following statements:

• Assertion (A): Alauddin Khilji conquered the southern states, but did not annex them.
• Reason (R): He wanted to expand his empire but not add to his responsibilities.

a) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

b) A is true, but R is false.

c) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

d) A is false, but R is true.

Question : 4

Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s experiment of introducing token currency could not succeed on account of

a) shortage of copper for minting token coins

b) rejection of token coins by foreign merchants

c) poor quality of token currency

d) large-scale minting of spurious coins

Question : 5

The term ‘Amaram’ in the Vijayanagar empire stood for

a) Grants given to scholars and poets

b) Grants given to the widows and the poor

c) Military grants

d) Grants given to the Brahamanas

Question : 6

Who among the following established Delhi as the capital of Sultanate?

a) Razia

b) Muizzuddin Ghori

c) Iltutmish

d) Qutubuddin Aibak