Medieval India: The Delhi Sultanate SECTION 1

                      1.       Ibn Batuta’s work, Rihla, Completed in 1355, is

(a)    An autobiography

(b)   An account of the Delhi sultans from aibek to Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(c)    A religious text

(d)   An account of trade with Morocco

2.       During the reign of lltutmish, which one of the following was a silver coin in use?

(a)    Rupaiya

(b)   Jital

(c)    Mohur

(d)   Tanka

3.       Who built Charminar?

(a)    Ibrahim Qutb Shah

(b)   Quli Qut Shah

(c)    Ali Adil Shah

(d)   Ibrahin Adil Shah II

4.       The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by

(a)    Timur

(b)   Hasan

(c)    Malik Kafur

(d)   Zain-ul-abidin

5.       Gujarat was traditionally known as

(a)    Konkan

(b)   Rann of Kutchchh

(c)    Saurashtra

(d)   Telengana

6.       In the Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called paragrana was headed by an official known as

(a)    Shiqdar

(b)   Barid

(c)    Ariz

(d)   Amil

7.       The king who did not allow anybody to laugh in his court Aibak

(a)    Qutub-ud-dinAibak

(b)   Balban

(c)    Iltutmish

(d)   Alba-ud-din Khilji

8.        Alberuni came to India with

(a)    Mahmud of Ghazni

(b)   Alexander

(c)    Babar

(d)   Timur

9.       The city of Agra was founded in 1504 by

(a)    Rana Sanga

(b)   Ibrahim Lodi

(c)    Firoz Tughlaq

(d)   Sikandar Lodi

10.   Timur invaded India during the reign of

(a)    Alba-ud-din Khilji

(b)   Bahlol Lodi

(c)    Firoz Tughlaq

(d)   Nasir –ud-din Mehmud

Answer:

1.       D

2.       D

3.       B

4.       B

5.       C

6.       D

7.       B

8.       A

9.       D

10.   D