delhi sultanate Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (d)

‘Dam’ was not a currency in circulation under the Sultans of Delhi. It was circulated during Sher Shah, made up of copper, equal to 1/40th of one rupee coin.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Iltutmish constituted Turkan-i-Chihalgani (Chargan). It was a group of forty Turkish slaves. With the help of this group, he ran his administration.

Answer: (a)

Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a very attractive character in the history of medieval India owing to his ambitious schemes and novel experiments.

His experiments ended in miserable failures because they were all far ahead of their time. He was very tolerant in religious matters. He maintained diplomatic relations with far off countries like Egypt, China and Iran. He also introduced many liberal and beneficial reforms. But all his reforms failed.

Contemporary writers like Isami, Barani and Ibn Battutah were unable to give a correct picture of his personality. But, Muhammad bin Tughlaq was the only Delhi Sultan who had received a comprehensive literary, religious and philosophical education.