delhi sultanate mcq set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Alauddin Khilji, Sultan of Delhi, built the fort of Siri during 1297–1307. The main objective of the construction ofthisfort to protect Delhifrom invasion of Mongol.

Answer: (c)

The foreign traveller who visited and described Vijayanagarsoon after itsfall in the battle of Talikota, was Ceaser Frederick.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Nasiruddin Mahmud (1246–1265) was seventeen when he took the throne. He was very poius and noble so he was called Darvesi King. He was son of Iltutmish.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

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• Niccolò de' Conti (1395–1469) was a Venetian merchant and explorer, born in Chioggia, who travelled to India and Southeast Asia and possibly to Southern China, during the early 15th century.
• Kamal-ud-Din Abdur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi, (1413–1482), was an Uzbek chronicler and Islamic scholar. He was the ambassador of Shah Rukh, the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia to Calicut, India, from January 1442 to January 1445.
• Afanasy Nikitin (died 1472) was a Russian merchant and one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India.