delhi sultanate mcq set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Regarding the Qutub Minar its radius decreases after each storey it’s a five-storeyed structure. It has a diameter of 14.32 m at the base and about 2.75 m on the top with a height of 72.5 m.

It consists of a rectangular courtyard enclosed by cloisters, erected with the carved columns and architectural members of 27 Hindu and Jaina temples which were demolished by Qutb-ud-din Aibak as recorded in his inscription on the main eastern entrance.

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced the construction of the Qutub Minar in 1200 AD, but could only finish the basement. His successor, Iltutmush, added three more storeys, and in 1368, Firoz Shah Tughlak constructed the fifth and the last storey.

Answer: (c)

Sangama wasthe first dynasty oftheVijayanagar kingdom. Harihara and Bukka were the sons of one Sangama of Warrangal. Drenched in poverty due to the Muslim attack in 1323, they had run away from Warrangal and subsequently laid foundations of their own principality Vijayanagar.

Answer: (b)

Zain-ul-Abidin, who prohibited cow-slaughter, was a ruler of Kashmir. Zain-ul-Abidin was very tolerant towardsthe Hindus and took into hisservice such men that deserved his patronage and recognition of merit. The Sultan remitted the Jazial Poll Tax, banned the killing of cows and granted Jagirs to Hindus. He celebrated Hindu festivals and visited their Tirthas with great reverence.

Answer: (a)

At the time of Qutubuddin Aibak’s death, Iltutmish was the Subedar of Badayun.