delhi sultanate Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

Balban preferred consolidation over expansion of empire. Because firstly, the Hindu chiefs within the empire were on the lookout for an opportunity to overthrow the yoke of the Delhi Sultan and secondly, the Mongol presence was a source of grave concern.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Firoz ShahTughlaq founded Jaunpur, Fatehabad, Hissar, Salura, Firozpur, etc. Two hundred towns apparently include those villages abandoned by the people which were repopulated during Firoz’s reign due to the increased facilities provided by the state.

Answer: (c)

Diwani-i-Insha represented the department of correspondence, its head was Dabir-i-Mumalik during the Sultanate period.

Answer: (c)

Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed the Nalanda University in 1193 AD and burnt it down. In 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by Bakhtiyar Khilji, a Turk. This event isseen by scholars as a late milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India. The Persian historian Minhaj-i-Siraj reported this event in his chronicle the Tabaquat-i-Nasiri.