MCQ on Slave Dynasty of Delhi Sultanate

Q. What is ‘Adhai Din Ka Zhonpda’?
(A) Mosque
(B) Temple
(C) Saint’s hut
(D) Tower

Q. Who among the following did not contribute to building the famous ‘Qutub-Minar’?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughluq

Q. Who was the founder of Slave dynasty?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Balban
(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Q. Which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate is known as ‘Lakh Baksh’?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Q. The capital of Qutbuddin Aibak was ______
(A) Lahore
(B) Delhi
(C) Ajmer
(D) Lakhnauti

Q. How did Sultan Qutbuddin Aibak die?
(A) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles
(B) He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab
(C) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to them later
(D) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan

Q. Who among the following established Delhi as the capital of Sultanate?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Razia
(D) Muizzuddin Ghori

Q. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi who introduced regular coins and declared Delhi the capital of his empire?
(A) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Aram Shah
(D) Balban

Q. Which one of the following was the capital of the Sultanate during the reign of Iltutmish?
(A) Agra
(B) Lahore
(C) Badaun
(D) Delhi

Q. Who amongst the following Sultans of the Sultanate was the first to shift his capital to Delhi?
(A) Aram Shah
(B) Balban
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Q. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Razia
(D) Balban

Q. Who was called ‘a slave of a slave’?
(A) Mohd. Ghori
(B) Qutbuddin Aibak
(C) Balban
(D) Iltutmish

Q. Who of the following was the first woman ruler of medieval India?
(A) Razia Sultan
(B) Chand Bibi
(C) Durgavati
(D) Noorjahan

Q. During whose reign Mongol invader Genghis Khan came through the North-West Frontier of India?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Q. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol Leader Genghis Khan?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Razia
(C) Balban
(D) Alauddin Khalji

Q. In whose reign Mongols were seen on the bank of Indus river for the first time?
(A) Balban
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Qutbuddin Aibak
(D) Razia

Q. The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded India during the reign of______
(A) Balban
(B) Firuz Tughluq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

Q. The original name of Changez (Genghis) Khan was______
(A) Khasul Khan
(B) Yesugai
(C) Temuchin (Temujin)
(D) Ogadi

Q. Iltutmish appointed his first Subedar in Bihar to______
(A) Aivaj
(B) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(C) Alimardan
(D) Malik-Jani

Q. Who was behind the dethroning of Razia Begum?
(A) Afghans
(B) Mongols
(C) Turks
(D) Arabs

Q. The full name of Sultan of Delhi Balban was______
(A) Jalaluddin
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Ghiyasuddin
(D) Qutbuddin

Q. Which Sultan of Delhi is said to have followed the policy of ‘blood and iron’?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji
(D) Firuz Shah Tughluq

Q. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of______
(A) Tuti-e-Hind
(B) Kaiser-I-Hind
(C) Zil-I-Ilahi
(D) Din-I-Ilahi

Q. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival ‘Navroz’ in India?
(A) Balban
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Firuj Tughluq
(D) Alauddin Khalji

Q. Which one of the following statements is not true about Balban?
(A) He propounded the theory of Niyabat-e-Khudai
(B) He introduced the Iqtadari System
(C) He eliminated the power of Turkan-e-Chahalgani
(D) He quelled down the revolt of Bengal

Q. Which of the following Sultans has called himself the ‘Helper of a Caliph’ in his inscription on the walls of the Mosque at Garhmukteshwar?
(A) Balban
(B) Kaiqubad
(C) Jalaluddin Khalji
(D) None of the above

Q. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Balban made his government firm stable and centralised all authority in his hands.
Reason (R): He wanted to protect North-West frontier against Mongol invasions.
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(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is fals e, but (R) is true