delhi sultanate mcq set 7 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

Amir Khusrau (1252 – 1325) was the famous Persian writer of this period. He wrote a number of poems. He experimented with several poetical forms and created a new style of Persian poetry called Sabaqi- Hind or the Indian style. He also wrote some Hindi verses. Amir Khusrau’s Khazainul-Futuh speaks about Alauddin’s conquests. His famous work Tughlaq Nama deals with the rise of Ghyiasuddin Tughlaq.

Answer: (d)

During the reign of Sikandar Lodi, the state department of translation was established for translating Sanskrit texts into Arabic-Persian and vice-versa. He was patron of learning. He used to compose poems in the name of ‘Gulrukhi’. He got translated the Sanskrit book of‘Ayurveda’intoArabic language in the name of Farhang-i-Sikandari.

Answer: (d)

Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani belongs to Qadiriya order. Shaikh Sharfuddin Manairi belongs to Firdausiya order. Khwaja Nizamuddin belongs to Chishtiya order.

Shaikh Shahbuddin belongs to Suharawardia order. Sufi turuq orders may trace many of their original precepts from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through his cousin and sonin-law Ali ibn Abi Talib, with the notable exception of the Naqshbandi who trace their origins through the first Caliph, Abu Bakr.

Prominent orders include Ba 'Alawiyya, Chishti, Rifa'i, Khalwati, Mevlevi, Naqshbandi, Nimatullahi, Oveyssi, Qadiria Boutshishia, Qadiriyyah, Qalandariyya, Sarwari Qadiri, Shadhiliyya and Suhrawardiyya.

Answer: (a)