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Delhi sultanate - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    SSC CGL 2017
    Amir Khusrau played a pioneer role in the development of:
    1. Khari Boli
    2. Awadhi
    3. Bhojpuri
    4. Maithili
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  2. Question 2

    RRB NTPC 2019
    ‘Diwan-e-Arz’ department was associated with:
    1. Royal Correspondence
    2. Foreign Affairs
    3. Defence
    4. Finance
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  3. Question 3

    SSC CHSL 2018
    Ghazi Malik was the founder of which dynasty?
    1. Tughlaq
    2. Khilji
    3. Sayyid
    4. Lodi
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  4. Question 4

    SSC CGL 2016
    Who broke the power of ‘Chahalgani nobles’?
    1. Ghiyasuddin Balban
    2. Iltutmish
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Muhammad bin Tughluq
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  5. Question 5

    RRB NTPC 2018
    Who was the founder of Khilji dynasty?
    1. Jalaluddin Khilji
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Mubarak Shah Khilji
    4. Masud Shah
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  6. Question 6

    SSC CHSL 2019
    Who among the following sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid his soldiers in cash?
    1. Ibrahim Lodhi
    2. Iltutmish
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Balban
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  7. Question 7

    RRB Group D 2019
    In 1306 CE, which river served as the boundary between Mongol and Delhi Sultanate?
    1. Beas
    2. Ravi
    3. Sindhu
    4. Satluj
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  8. Question 8

    RRB NTPC 2020
    In the Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called ‘Paragana’ was headed by an official known as:
    1. Shiqdar
    2. Barid
    3. Ariz
    4. Amil
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  9. Question 9

    SSC CHSL 2018
    In which year was Razia Sultan removed from the throne of the Delhi Sultanate?
    1. 1244
    2. 1240
    3. 1238
    4. 1236
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  10. Question 10

    SSC CGL 2016
    What was the official language of the Delhi Sultanate?
    1. Afghani
    2. Urdu
    3. Persian
    4. Arabic
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  11. Question 11

    RRB NTPC 2018
    Who defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last Sultan of Delhi, in the Battle of Panipat?
    1. Hyder Ali
    2. Akbar
    3. Babur
    4. Sher Shah Suri
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  12. Question 12

    SSC CHSL 2019
    Who was the founder of the Sayyid dynasty?
    1. Khizr Khan
    2. Mubarak Shah
    3. Mubarak Shah
    4. Ala-ud-din Alam Shah
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  13. Question 13

    Who took the title 'Zil-Illahi' in Sulatanate period?
    1. Alauddin Khilji
    2. Balban
    3. Iltutmish
    4. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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  14. Question 14

    Who adope the policy of consolidation rather then expension of his empire?
    1. Balban
    2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    3. Iltutsmish
    4. Ibrahim Lodi
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  15. Question 15

    Who introduced 'Sijda' and 'Paibos' in his empire?
    1. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    2. Iltutsmish
    3. Balban
    4. Alauddin Khijli
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  16. Question 16

    Balban was the Wazir of
    1. Iltutsmish
    2. Aibak
    3. Razia Sultana
    4. Nasiruddin Mahumad
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  17. Question 17

    Who destroyed the 'New Musalmans'?
    1. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    2. Iltutsmish
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Balban
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  18. Question 18

    Who constructed a new Capital at 'Siri' ?
    1. Balban
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
    4. Jalaluddin Khilji
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  19. Question 19

    During whose reign, the Delhi Sultanate reached his father extents?
    1. Alauddin Khilji
    2. Balban
    3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    4. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
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  20. Question 20

    A historian said, ' The king was freed from his people and they freed from their king', about whom?
    1. Alauddin Khilji
    2. Babar
    3. Mohammad Bin-Tughlaq
    4. Iltutsmish
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