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Delhi sultanate - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Pre 2009
    Name the Sultan who introduced Rationing Syatem in India?
    1. Ghiyasuddin Balban
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    4. Firuz Tughlaq
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Pre 2008
    Amir Khasru was the Court Poet of ?
    1. Balban
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
    4. Akbar
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Pre 2007
    Who was the Muslim general to have conquered Bengal in 13th C A D?
    1. Afzal Khan
    2. Iktiaruddin-bin-Baktiar Khilji
    3. Chenghe Khan
    4. Tunuchin Temuchin
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Pre 2007
    Who was the first real King of the Sultanate?
    1. Qutubuddin
    2. Illtutmish
    3. Balban
    4. Alauddin
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Pre 2007
    Who has been described by Elliot as the Akbar of the Sultanate?
    1. Iltutmish
    2. Balban
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Firuz Tughlaq
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Pre 2006
    The author of Futuh-us-Salatin is:
    1. Barni
    2. Isami
    3. Nasru
    4. Batutah
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Pre 2006
    Who among the following did introduced the 'Dokani Currency' ?
    1. Balban
    2. Iltutmis
    3. Rajiya
    4. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Pre 2005
    During the reign of which Sultan did Chengiz Khan attack India?
    1. Illtutmish
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Ghiyasuddin Balban
    4. Md Bin Tughlaq
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Pre 2005
    Who wrote Kitab-ul-Rahla?
    1. Ibn Batuta
    2. Al-Beruni
    3. Hasan Nizami
    4. Abul Fazal
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Pre 2003
    Who among the following ruler was a salave in his early life?
    1. Alauddin
    2. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    3. Ghiyasuddin Balban
    4. Firoxshah Tughlaq
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Pre 2002
    The Sultanate Coins Jital, Shasgani and Tanka were made of?
    1. Copper, Silver, Silver
    2. Gold, Copper, Lead
    3. Silver, Gold, Copper
    4. Silver, Gold, Silver
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Pre 2001
    Lodi Sultans of Delhi were?
    1. Turks
    2. Persians
    3. Arabs
    4. Afgans
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Pre 2005
    Which Sultan of Delhi introduced the 'blood and iron' policy?
    1. Iltutmish
    2. Balban
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Muhammad bin Tughluq
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Pre 2003
    Which Sultan of Delhi established a separate department for slaves?
    1. Balban
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Muhammad bin Tughluq
    4. Firoz Shah Tughluq
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Mains 2021
    The founder of the Lodi dynasty was:
    1. Bahlul Lodi
    2. Sikandar Lodi
    3. Ibrahim Lodi
    4. Daulat Khan Lodi
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Mains 2021
    Ghazi Malik was the actual name of:
    1. Ghiyas uddin Tughlaq
    2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    3. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
    4. None of the above
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Mains 2021
    Silver ‘Tanka’ and Copper ‘Jital’ were introduced by:
    1. Qutubuddin Aibek
    2. Raziya Sultana
    3. Iltutmish
    4. Balban
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Pre 2023
    Who was known as “Lakh Baksh”?
    1. Balban
    2. Qutubuddin Aibak
    3. Bahlol Lodi
    4. Ibrahim Lodi
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Mains 2023
    The “Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi” was the work of:
    1. Abdul Khader Badauni
    2. Ziauddin Barani
    3. Bhimsen Burhanpuri
    4. Tansen
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Mains 2023
    The first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate was:
    1. Rabeya
    2. Rokeya
    3. Razia
    4. Zubeida
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