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Quiz: Delhi Sultanate

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Number of Questions: 50

Question: 36 -

Who among the following Sultanate rulers himself encouraged bribery in administration?

Options:

  1. Balban

  2. Ibrahim Lodi

  3. Firoz Tughlaq

  4. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

    5. Answer:

    Firoz Tughlaq
    Solution:

    Firoz Tughlaq, Sultanate ruler himself encouraged bribery in administration. Sultan Feroze Shah Tughlaq’s reign has been described as the greatest age of corruption in medieval India.

    It can be imagined from the fact that Sultan Feroze Shah Tughlaq once gave a golden Tanka to a distraught soldier so that he could bribe the clerk to pass his substandard horse.

    The case of Imadulmulk Bashir, the minister of war who began his career as an inherited slave of Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq, in course of his service is said to have accumulated wealth to the tune of thirteen crores when the state’s yearly income was six crores and seventy-five lakh Tankas.

Question: 37 -

List I List II
(Deccan State) (Founder)
A. Bidar 1. Yusuf Adil Shah
B. Ahmadnagar 2. Qutub Shah
C. Bijapur 3. Amir Ali Barid
D. Golcunda 4. Malik Ahmad

Codes: A B C D

Options:

  1. 4 3 2 1

  2. 1 2 3 4

  3. 3 4 1 2

  4. 3 2 1 4

    5. Answer:

    4 3 2 1
    Solution not available.

Question: 38 -

With which Sultan of Delhi do you associate the compilation of Kingship theory and principles of administration called ‘Vassayya” ?

Options:

  1. Alauddin Khilji

  2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  3. Iltutmish

  4. Balban

    5. Answer:

    Balban
    Solution not available.

Question: 39 -

In the Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called paragana was headed by an official known as

Options:

  1. Barid

  2. Ariz

  3. Amil

  4. Shiqdar

    5. Answer:

    Amil
    Solution not available.

Question: 40 -

Who was the Governor of Kara-Manikpur to have revolted against Sultan Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji?

Options:

  1. Malik Chajju

  2. Arkali Khan

  3. Almas Beg

  4. Jawna Khan

    5. Answer:

    Malik Chajju
    Solution:

    Chajju rebelled at Kara in 1290. He assumed the title Sultan Mughisuddin, issued coins in his name and had the Khutba read in his honour.Jalaluddin led hisforcesto meet the rebel. Chajju was captured and punished mildly by sending to Multan in honourable confinement.