delhi sultanate Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

Which two of the following foreign travellers came during the reign of Krishna Deva Raya and were Portuguese?

1. Nicolo Conti
2. Abdur Razzaq
3. Domingo Paes
4. Fernao Nuniz

a) 2 and 3

b) 1 and 4

c) 1 and 3

d) 3 and 4

Question : 2

Who wrote the book called Kitab-i-Nauras ?

a) Badauni

b) Amir Khusro

c) Ala-ud-din Bahmani

d) Ibrahim Adil Shah II

Question : 3

Who among the following Amirs was the one publicly flogged by the orders of Sultan Balban?

a) Sher Khan

b) Malik Baqbaq

c) Imaduddin Raihan

d) Haibat Khan

Question : 4

Why is the term ‘Slave Dynasty’ regarded as misnomer? Consider the following statements :

1. Except for Qutub-ud-din Aibak no other ruler was a slave.
2. Only three rulers of this dynasty were slaves and even they were manumitted by their masters.
3. Technically only Qutub-ud-din Aibak and his immediate descendants were slaves.
4. All the rulers of this dynasty did not belong to one family.

a) 2 and 3

b) 4 only

c) 1 and 3

d) 2 only

Question : 5

During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were amils ?

a) Government agents to collect land revenue

b) Local landlords at village level

c) Banjaras who carried the food-grains from villages to towns.

d) Khurasani and Multani traders of foodgrains