delhi sultanate Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

The correct chronological order is

• Qutub Minar,
• Tughlaqabad Fort,
• Lodhi Garden,
• Fatehpur Sikri.

Qutub Minar in red and buff sandstone is the highest tower in India. It has a diameter of 14.32 m at the base and about 2.75 m on the top with a height of 72.5 m. Qutbu'd-Din Aibak laid the foundation of Minar in AD 1199.

Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, stretching across 6.5 km, built by Ghiyasud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi Sultanate in 1321.

Lodhi Garden was set up in between the 15th and 16th centuries by the Sayyid and Lodhi rulers.

The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal Emperor Akbar and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585.

Answer: (c)

Iltutmish was the first to introduce a purely Arabic coinage. The credit of introducing the silver Tanka weighing 175 grains and the copper Jital, the two basic coinage of the Sultanate.

Answer: (b)