Here are, 40+ Gk MCQs about Delhi Sultanate:
Q.1 Who was the founder of the slave dynasty?
A) Muhammad Ghori
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
D) Balban
Answer: B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Q.2 In which year was the Delhi Sultanate established?
A) 1192
B) 1206
C) 1210
D) 1212
Answer: B) 1206
Q.3 Which Sultan of Delhi started the construction of the Minar in Delhi?
A) Ruknuddin
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
D) Bahram Shah
Answer: B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Q.4 Who succeeded Qutb-ud-din Aibak as the ruler of the Slave Dynasty?
A) Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
B) Razia Sultana
C) Aram Shah
D) Masud Shah
Answer: C) Aram Shah
Q.5 Which ruler introduced the silver coin ‘tanka’ and copper coin ‘jital’?
A) Ghiyasuddin Balban
B) Mubarak Khan
C) Alauddi Khilji
D) Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
Answer: D) Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
Q.6 Who was the first and only female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Nur Jahan
B) Fakrun Nisa
C) Razia Sultana
D) Zainab Sultan Begum
Answer: C) Razia Sultana
Q.7 Who was the last ruler of the Slave Dynasty?
A) Balban
B) Muiz-ud-din Muhammad Qaiqabad
C) Khusrau Khan
D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: B) Muiz-ud-din Muhammad Qaiqabad
Q.8 Who founded the Khalji Dynasty?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
C) Malik Kafur
D) Mubarak Shah
Answer: B) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
Q.9 Which ruler introduced the system of market control and price regulation?
A) Alauddin Khalji
B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
C) Alam Shah
D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer: A) Alauddin Khalji
Q.10 Who was the military general of Alauddin Khalji’s who led Deccan campaigns?
A) Khusrau Khan
B) Malik Kafur
C) Mubarak Shah
D) Muhammad Shah
Answer: B) Malik Kafur
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Q.11 During the rule of which Delhi sultan, Dalucha Khan invaded Kashmir valley?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Jalaluddin Khilji
C) Mubarak Shah
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Q.12 Who was the last ruler of the Khalji Dynasty?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mahmud Shah
C) Khusrau Khan
D) Alam Shah
Answer: C) Khusrau Khan
Q.13 Who founded the Tughlaq Dynasty?
A) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
B) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Answer: B) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
Q.14 Which Sultan built the Tughlaqabad Fort?
A) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Answer: A) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
Q.15 Which Sultan shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
A) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Answer: B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Q.16 Which Sultan introduced token currency in India?
A) Qutubuddin Aibak
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Q.17 Which Sultan built the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi?
A) Muhammad Shah
B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C) Bahlol Lodi
D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer: B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Q.18 Which ruler was known for restoring Ashokan pillars?
A) Jalaluddin Khilji
B) Mubarak Khan
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Khizr Khan
Answer: C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Q.19 Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty?
A) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Answer: D) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
Q.20 Who founded the Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Alam Shah
B) Khizr Khan
C) Mubarak Shah
D) Mahmud Shah
Answer: B) Khizr Khan
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Q.21 Which dynasty did Khizr Khan serve as a governor before becoming Sultan?
A) Slave dynasty
B) Khilji dynasty
C) Tughlaq Dynasty
D) Sangama dynasty
Answer: C) Tughlaq Dynasty
Q.22 Who succeeded Khizr Khan as Sultan of Delhi?
A) Mubarak Shah
B) Mubarak Hassan
C) Ghazi Malik
D) Mahmud Shah
Answer: A) Mubarak Shah
Q.23 Which Sultan of the Sayyid Dynasty was known for rebuilding several cities?
A) Alam Shah
B) Khizr Khan
C) Mubarak Shah
D) Muhammad Shah
Answer: C) Mubarak Shah
Q.24 Who founded the Lodi Dynasty?
A) Daulat Khan Lodi
B) Bahlol Lodi
C) Ibrahim Lodi
D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer: B) Bahlol Lodi
Q.25 Who was the first Afghan Sultan of Delhi?
A) Bahlul Lodi
B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C) Khizr Khan
D) Alam Shah
Answer: A) Bahlul Lodi
Q.26 Who succeeded Bahlul Lodi the Sultan of Delhi?
A) Daulat Khan Lodi
B) Sikandar Lodi
C) Ibrahim Lodi
D) Sher Afghan
Answer: B) Sikandar Lodi
Q.27 Which Sultan of Delhi founded the city of Agra?
A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer: D) Sikandar Lodi
Q.28 Who was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Sikandar Lodi
B) Daulat Khan Lodi
C) Sher Afghan
D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: D) Ibrahim Lodi
Q.29 Which battle marked the end of the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Battle of Khanwa
B) Battle of Chanderi
C) First Battle of Panipat
D) Battle of Chausa
Answer: C) First Battle of Panipat
Q.30 Who defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat?
A) Babur
B) Humayun
C) Sher Shah Suri
D) Rana Sanga
Answer: A) Babur
Q.31 Who established the Chahalgani, a group of forty nobles?
A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Balban
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Q.32 Which ruler abolished the Chahalgani system?
A) Masud Shah
B) Balban
C) Nasiruddin Mahmud
D) Muhammad Qaiqubad
Answer: B) Balban
Q.33 Which Sultan encouraged music and dance at his court despite opposition from orthodox clergy?
A) Alauddin Khalji
B) Khusrau Khan
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Bahlol Lodi
Answer: A) Alauddin Khalji
Q.32 Who was the famous Persian historian in the court of Alauddin Khalji?
A) Alberuni
B) Ziauddin Barani
C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
D) Amir Khusrau
Answer: D) Amir Khusrau
Q.33 Which Sultan declared himself as the representative of God on Earth (Zill-e-Ilahi)?
A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B) Balban
C) Nasiruddin Mahamud
D) Masud Shah
Answer: B) Balban
Q.34 Who was the court poet during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
A) Minhaj-us-Siraj
B) Ziauddin Barani
C) Hasan Nizami
D) Ibn Battutah
Answer: B) Zia-ud-din Barani
Q.35 What was the Diwan-i-Arz?
A) Department of Military
B) Department of Agriculture
C) Department of Slaves
D) Department of Pensions
Answer: A) Department of Military
Q.36 Which Sultan is credited with popularizing the use of paper in India?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Sikandar Lodi
Answer: C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Q.37 Which Sultan abolished the Jaziya tax during his reign?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C) Alam Shah
D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Q.38 Which monument was started by Qutb-ud-din Aibak and completed by Iltutmish?
A) Qutub Minar
B) Quwat-ul-Islam
C) Adhai din ka Jhopra
D) Moti Masjid
Answer: A) Qutub Minar
Q.39 Which Sultan built the Jahan Panah fort in Delhi?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Shamsuddin Iltutamish
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Bahram Shah
Answer: C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Q.40 Which ruler of Lodi dynasty built the Lodi Gardens in Delhi?
A) Bahlol Lodi
B) Sikandar Lodi
C) Ibrahim Lodi
D) Daulat Khan Lodi
Answer: B) Sikandar Lodi
Q.41 Who was the author of the book, ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’?
A) Alberuni
B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
C) Amir Khusrau
D) Hasan Nizami
Answer: B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
Q.42 During the rule of which Delhi sultanate, Timur the Lame came in India?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
D) Mubarak Shah
Answer: C) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
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