Introduction:
The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth ruler of Delhi Sultanate which ruled from 1414 to 1451. This dynasty was founded by Khizr Khan who was the governor of Multan appointed by Timur. In the year 1414 he attacked Tughlaq dynasty thus begin the end of Tughlaq dynasty and the rise of Sayyid dynasty.
Here are 50 MCQs About Sayyid dynasty:
Q.1 Who was the founder of the Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alauddin Alam Shah
Answer: A) Khizr Khan
Q.2 The Sayyid Dynasty ruled during which period?
A) 1206–1290
B) 1290–1320
C) 1414–1451
D) 1451–1526
Answer: C) 1414–1451
Q.3 Khizr Khan was appointed the governor of Multan by which ruler?
A) Timur
B) Mahmud Shah
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Amir Iqbal
Answer: A) Timur
Q.4 Khizr Khan belonged to which region before becoming the ruler of Delhi?
A) Multan
B) Lahore
C) Hisar
D) Kabul
Answer: A) Multan
Q.5 Who Sayyid ruler focused mainly on maintaining peace rather than expansion?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: A) Khizr Khan
Q.6 Who succeeded Khizr Khan as the ruler of the Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Mubarak Shah
B) Muhammad Shah
C) Alauddin Alam Shah
D) Bahlul Lodi
Answer: A) Mubarak Shah
Q.7 Which Sayyid ruler founded the city of Mubarakabad?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alauddin Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.8 Who was the third ruler of the Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Mubarak Shah
B) Khizr Khan
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: C) Muhammad Shah
Q.9 Who was the last ruler of the Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alauddin Alam Shah
Answer: D) Alauddin Alam Shah
Q.10 Alauddin Alam Shah handed over the throne of Delhi to which ruler?
A) Bahlul Lodi
B) Sikandar Lodi
C) Ibrahim Lodi
D) Babur
Answer: A) Bahlul Lodi
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Q.11 Alauddin Alam Shah retired to which place after giving up the throne?
A) Agra
B) Badaun
C) Jaunpur
D) Patna
Answer: B) Badaun
Q.12 What was the official language during Sayyid rule?
A) Hindi
B) Persian
C) Arabic
D) Turkish
Answer: B) Persian
Q.13 Khizr Khan did not take the title of Sultan because?
A) He felt unworthy
B) He ruled on behalf of Timur
C) He was a foreigner
D) He was under the Mughals
Answer: B) He ruled on behalf of Timur
Q.14 Who among the following revived the use of coins during the Sayyid rule?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.15 Khizr Khan ruled for how many years?
A) 10 years
B) 20 years
C) 7 years
D) 15 years
Answer: C) 7 years
Q.16 Which dynasty succeeded the Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Khilji Dynasty
B) Tughlaq Dynasty
C) Lodi Dynasty
D) Mughal Dynasty
Answer: C) Lodi Dynasty
Q.17 The Sayyid rulers claimed descent from whom?
A) Changez Khan
B) Prophet Muhammad
C) Timur
D) Alexander
Answer: B) Prophet Muhammad
Q.18 Which Sayyid ruler faced constant rebellions from the nobles?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.19 The tomb of Mubarak Shah is located in which city?
A) Agra
B) Jaunpur
C) Delhi
D) Badaun
Answer: C) Delhi
Q.20 The Sayyid Dynasty is often called as?
A) Golden Age
B) Age of Revival
C) Period of Decline
D) Age of Expansion
Answer: C) Period of Decline
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Q.21 In which year Khizr Khan captured Delhi?
A) 1398
B) 1414
C) 1440
D) 1451
Answer: B) 1414
Q.22 Which Sayyid ruler introduced coins named “Mubarak Shahi”?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.23 Who succeeded Mubarak Shah?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Muhammad Shah
C) Alam Shah
D) Bahlul Lodi
Answer: B) Muhammad Shah
Q.24 What was the initial capital of Sayyid Dynasty?
A) Agra
B) Delhi
C) Lahore
D) Jaunpur
Answer: B) Delhi
Q.25 Which Sayyid ruler was considered weak and incapable?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: D) Alam Shah
Q.26 Which ruler tried to control Jaunpur but failed?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.27 Which Sayyid ruler was killed by conspirators?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.28 The decline of the Sayyid Dynasty was mainly due to?
A) Foreign invasions
B) Weak rulers
C) Lack of revenue
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Q.29 Which tribe expelled Khizr Khan from Multan?
A) Koragas Tribe
B) Muin Tribes
C) Beradas Tribes
D) Kolis Tribes
Answer: B) Muin Tribes
Q.30 Muhammad Shah acceded to the throne with the help of whom?
A) Hamid Khan
B) Kamal ul Mulk
C) Sarwar ul Mulk
D) Sarang Khan
Answer: C) Sarwar ul Mulk
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Q.31 The Sayyid Dynasty ruled for approximately how many years?
A) 20 years
B) 37 years
C) 50 years
D) 60 years
Answer: B) 37 years
Q.32 What was the main source of income during the Sayyid dynasty?
A) Trade Tax
B) Land Revenue
C) Sea Trade
D) Mining
Answer: B) Land Revenue
Q.33 Sayyid Dynasty had how many rulers?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer: C) 4
Q.34 Muhammad Shah ruled for how many years?
A) 9 years
B) 10 years
C) 12 years
D) 14 years
Answer: A) 9 years
Q.35 Alauddin Alam Shah ruled from?
A) 1443–1451
B) 1434–1445
C) 1421–1434
D) 1451–1456
Answer: A) 1443–1451
Q.36 Who among the following is considered the most capable Sayyid ruler?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.37 Alauddin Alam Shah voluntarily abdicated the throne due to?
A) Poor health
B) Weak administration
C) Pressure from nobles
D) Fear of Bahlul Lodi
Answer: D) Fear of Bahlul Lodi
Q.38 Timur invaded India in which year?
A) 1398
B) 1405
C) 1414
D) 1421
Answer: A) 1398
Q.39 Sayyid rulers were mostly dependent on whom?
A) Nobles
B) Foreign trade
C) Sea power
D) Ottoman support
Answer: A) Nobles
Q.40 Sayyid rule is often described as?
A) Stable
B) Weak and declining
C) Rapidly expanding
D) Militarily powerful
Answer: B) Weak and declining
Q.41 Which ruler of Sayyid dynasty had successfully expedition against Mewatis & Katehars?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.42 Which ruler of Sayyid dynasty was the governor of Multan under Firuz Shah?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: A) Khizr Khan
Q.43 Which Sayyid ruler tried to suppress rebellions but was unsuccessful?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: C) Muhammad Shah
Q.44 The tomb of Mubarak Shah is an example of what?
A) Indo-Islamic architecture
B) Mughal architecture
C) Dravidian architecture
D) Nagara architecture
Answer: A) Indo-Islamic architecture
Q.45 Sayyid Dynasty mainly ruled over which region of India?
A) Northern India
B) Southern India
C) Eastern India
D) Western India
Answer: A) Northern India
Q.46 Who was the author of ‘Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi’?
A) Mubarak Shah
B) Mallu Iqbal Khan
C) Yahya-bin-Ahmad Sirhindi
D) Sarang Khan
Answer: C) Yahya-bin-Ahmad Sirhindi
Q.47 Who restored some order after Khizr Khan’s death?
A) Alam Shah
B) Muhammad Shah
C) Mubarak Shah
D) Babur
Answer: C) Mubarak Shah
Q.48 Khizr Khan died in which year?
A) 1414
B) 1421
C) 1434
D) 1445
Answer: B) 1421
Q.49 Who among the following reorganized the army during the Sayyid rule?
A) Khizr Khan
B) Mubarak Shah
C) Muhammad Shah
D) Alam Shah
Answer: B) Mubarak Shah
Q.50 The Sayyid Dynasty ended in the year?
A) 1451
B) 1460
C) 1475
D) 1500
Answer: A) 1451
Conclusion:
The last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty was Alauddin Alam Shah who ruled from 1445 to 1451. Alam Shah was attacked by Bahlul Lodi in the year 1451, and was abducted by Bahlul Lodi thus end of Sayyid dynasty and rise of Lodi dynasty begin in Delhi.
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