delhi sultanate mcq set 8 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The transfer of capital from Delhi to Daulatabad was ordered by Mahammad Bin Tughlaq. It appears that the Sultan wanted to make Deogirsecond capital so that he might be able to control south India better. Deogir was named Daulatabad. However, after a couple of years, Muhammad Tughlaq decided to abandon Daulatabad largely because he soon found that just as he could not control south India from Delhi, he could not control North from Daulatabad.

Answer: (a)

• Abdur Razzak came during the reign of Devaraya II.
• Nuniz came during the period of Achyutadeva Raya.

Abdur Razzaq who was an ambassador at the court of Deva Raya II says:” This prince has in his dominions three hundred ports, each of which is equal to Calicut and his territories compromise a space of three months journey.

All travellers agree that the country was thickly populated with numerous towns and villages. Abdur Razzaq also says:” The country is for the most part well cultivated and very fertile. The troops were in number to eleven lakhs.” Abdur Razzaq considered Vijayanagar to be one of the most splendid cities anywhere in the world which he had seen.

Answer: (c)

Chittor was named as Khizrabad during the Sultanate period. Alauddin Khilji, after the conquest of Gujarat captured Ranthambhor. In 1303, he attacked Chittor, the capital of Mewar which was ruled by the Ghuilot king Ratna Singh. Alauddin captured Chittor which was named Khizrabad, after Alauddin’s son Khizr Khan.

Answer: (c)

Khanqah was the place where Sufi mystics lived. The Sufi masters held their assemblies in their Khanqahs. Devotees of all descriptions including members of the royalty and nobility and ordinary people flocked to these Khanqahs.

Answer: (a)

Abdur Razzak came during the reign of Devaraya II. Nuniz came during the period of Achyutadeva Raya. Abdur Razzaq who was an ambassador at the court of Deva Raya II says:

" This prince has in his dominions three hundred ports, each of which is equal to Calicut and his territories compromise a space of three months journey. All travellers agree that the country was thickly populated with numerous towns and villages.

Abdur Razzaq also says:" The country is for the most part well cultivated and very fertile. The troops were in number to eleven lakhs." Abdur Razzaq considered Vijayanagar to be one of the most splendid cities anywhere in the world which he had seen.

Answer: (a)

Firoz shah Tughlaq brought the Ashokan pillar to Delhi. Feroz ShahTughlaq (r. 1351–88), the Sultan of Delhi, established the fortified city of Ferozabad in 1354, as the new capital of the Delhi Sultanate on the banks of Yamuna river, the site of the present Feroz Shah Kotla, literally Kotla (fortress or citadel) of Feroz Shah. Here he erected the Lat or Ashoka Column, attributed to Mauryan ruler Ashoka.