Delhi Sultanate Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Question : 1

The difference between Gaz-i-Sikandari and Gazi-Ilahi was

a) 42 : 45

b) 43 : 47

c) 40 : 43

d) 39 : 41

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Question : 2

Who was the founder of the Sufi order in India?

a) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya

b) Sheikh Nasiruddin Mahmud

c) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

d) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

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Question : 3

Which one of the following represented the royal secretariat during the Sultanate period?

a) Diwan-i-Wizarat

b) Diwan-i-Barid

c) Diwan-i-Insha

d) Diwan-i-Arz

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Question : 4

Consider the following statements:

1. Muhammad bin Tughlaq created a separate agricultural department, Diwani-i-Khalwat.
2. Gold coins or dinars became popular during the reign of Alauddin Khalji after his South Indian conquests.
3. The Indian classical work Ragadarpan was translated into Persian during the reign of Firoz Tughlaq.

Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 1 and 3

b) 1 and 2

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

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Question : 5

Consider the following statements: Alberuni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is

1. a sympathetic study of Indian Civilisation.
2. mainly a political history of India.
3. critical of Mahmud Ghaznavi’s plundering raids of India.
4. mainly a study of Indian’s cultural, social and intellectual history

Which of the above statements(s) is/are correct?

a) 1 and 4

b) 4 alone

c) 1, 3 and 4

d) 2 and 3

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