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Delhi sultanate - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Pre 2021
    Ibn-Batuta came to India during which ruler's reign?
    1. Akbar
    2. Sher Shah
    3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    4. Alauddin Khilji
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Pre 2021
    Which Sultan was NOT a slave before he ascended the throne?
    1. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
    2. Ilutmish
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Balban
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Pre 2020
    When was the first battle of Tarain fought?
    1. 1175 AD
    2. 1191 AD
    3. 1192 AD
    4. 1206 AD
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Pre 2020
    Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?
    1. Alauddin Khilji
    2. Akbar
    3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    4. Jahangir
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Pre 2020
    The commander of Alauddin Khilji's forces during his Deccan campaigns was
    1. Ainul Mulk Multani
    2. Nusrat Khan
    3. Malik Kafur
    4. Ulugh Khan
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Pre 2019
    Malik Kafur was general of
    1. Firuz Shah Tughlag
    2. Chandragupta Maurya
    3. Bimbisara
    4. Alauddin Khilji
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Pre 2018
    Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?
    1. Al-Masudi
    2. Al-Biruni
    3. Sulaiman
    4. Firdausi
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Pre 2017
    The Delhi Sultan who transferred the Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) was ?
    1. Qutbuddin Aibak
    2. Iltutmish
    3. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
    4. Firoz-Shah Tughlaq
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Pre 2016
    The first Muslim incursions on Deccan occured during the reign of?
    1. Balban
    2. Raziya
    3. Jalaluddin Khilji
    4. Eiroz Tughlaq
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Pre 2016
    Which of the following given an account of Balban period?
    1. Tahqiq-i-Hind
    2. Shahnama
    3. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
    4. None of the above
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Pre 2015
    Which among the following Sultans of the Slave dynasty was not a slave?
    1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    2. Iltutmish
    3. Raziya
    4. Balban
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Pre 2014
    Who was the founder of the 'Delhi Sultanate' ?
    1. Muhammad Ghori
    2. Qutubuddin Aibak
    3. Iltutmish
    4. Ghiyasuddin Balban
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Pre 2016
    Who was called 'a slave of a slave'?
    1. Mohd. Ghori
    2. Qutubuddin Aibak
    3. Balban
    4. Iltutmish
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Pre 2010
    Who among the following Sultans of Delhi wanted to become Second Alexander and conquer the world?
    1. Alauddin Khilji
    2. Ghiyasuddin Balban
    3. Bin Tughluq
    4. None of them
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Pre 2010
    What did Iqta mean during Sultanate period?
    1. A form of Salutation
    2. An important official
    3. The grant of land revenue from a village or territory
    4. None of the above
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Pre 2009
    Who among the following was the first Sultan to introduce the system of market control?
    1. Iltutmish
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Balban
    4. Muhammad bin Tughluq
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Pre 2009
    Which Sultan of Delhi assumed the title 'Sikandar-i-Azam'?
    1. Balban
    2. Alauddin Khilji
    3. Muhammad bin Tughluq
    4. Firoz Shah Tughluq
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Pre 2009
    When did Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal ?
    1. 1194 AD
    2. 1199 AD
    3. 1202 AD
    4. 1206 AD
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Pre 2009
    Who introduced the Iqta syatem?
    1. Muhammad Ghauri
    2. Qutubuddin Aibak
    3. Illtumish
    4. Ghiyasuddin Balban
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Pre 2009
    Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanat who was adorned with the title the Parrot of Hindustan?
    1. Ziauddian Barani
    2. Utbi
    3. Alberuni
    4. Amir Khasru
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