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Khilji Dynasty Questions & Answers

1. Which dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest time?
  1. Khilji
  2. Tughlaq
  3. Sayyid
  4. Lodi

Answer: Khilji

2. Why was the court Khilji’s was multi-ethnical background of Persian, Indian, Arab and Turkish origin?
  1. Because they adopted the Khura Sanian urbane culture
  2. Because they adopted the Turkish Urban Culture
  3. Because they adopted the Iranian urbane Culture
  4. Because they adopted the policy of Sul-e- kul

Answer: Because they adopted the Khura Sanian urbane culture

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3. Which loans were advanced to dig wells and to buy seed and implements?
  1. Shiqdhars
  2. Sondhar
  3. Swarga-dwar
  4. Both A & B

Answer: Sondhar

4. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
  1. Agra
  2. Delhi
  3. Fatehpur Sikri
  4. Gulbarga

Answer: Delhi

5. The Market Regulation system was introduced by
  1. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
  2. Iltutmish
  3. Alauddin Khalji
  4. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Answer: Alauddin Khalji

6. Who was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khalji attacked and conquered it in 1303 AD?
  1. Rana Kumbha
  2. Rana Ratan Singh
  3. Rana Hammir
  4. Rana Sanga

Answer: Rana Ratan Singh

7. Who among the following said that “I consider the hair of a Muslim more important than 10 Forts”
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Balban
  3. Nasiruddin Mahmood
  4. Sikandar Lodi

Answer: Jalaluddin Khalji

8. Which of the following rulers was coronated in the palace of Kilokhari?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Firoz Tughlaq
  3. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  4. none of the above

Answer: Jalaluddin Khalji

9. Who among the following has said that “Alauddin Khalji started the market system to bring happiness to the people”?
  1. Barani
  2. Sheikh Nasiruddin
  3. Amir Khusrow
  4. Isami

Answer: Sheikh Nasiruddin

10. Who among the following said that “the Delhi Sultanate can never be an Islamic state in the true sense?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Balban
  3. Nasiruddin Mahmood
  4. Sikandar Lodi

Answer: Jalaluddin Khalji

11. Who among the following was the last ruler of the Khalji dynasty?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Alauddin Khalji
  3. Mubarak Khalji
  4. none of the above

Answer: Mubarak Khalji

12. Who among the following was the founder of the Khalji dynasty?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Alauddin Khalji
  3. Mubarak Khalji
  4. none of the above

Answer: Jalaluddin Khalji

13. Who among the following was the slave-general of Alauddin Khilji, who led his army in the battle against Ramachandra of Devagiri?
  1. Nusrat Khan
  2. Malik Kafur
  3. Ulugh Khan
  4. Zafar Khan

Answer: Malik Kafur

14. Shaista Khan was the surname of which of the following rulers?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Firoz Tughlaq
  3. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  4. none of the above

Answer: Jalaluddin Khalji

17. Who became the ruler after the Jalaluddin Khilji in Delhi Sultanate?
  1. Ala-ud-din Khilji
  2. Khizr Khan
  3. Bahlul Khan Lodi
  4. Qutib-ud-din Mubarak Shah

Answer: Ala-ud-din Khilji

18. Who control markets under Alauddin Khilji reign?
  1. Karwanis
  2. Sarai-Adl
  3. Daftar
  4. Diwan-i-Riyasat

Answer: Diwan-i-Riyasat

19. Which of the following rulers used to come to his court wearing women’s clothes?
  1. Alauddin Khalji
  2. Qutubuddin Mubarak Khalji
  3. Nasiruddin Mahmood
  4. Kaikubad

Answer: Qutubuddin Mubarak Khalji

20. ‘Siri’, the second city of Delhi, was built by _____ ?
  1. Sher Shah Suri
  2. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  3. Prithviraj Chauhan
  4. Alauddin Khilji

Answer: Alauddin Khilji

21. Who among the following Khilji Sultan made Kilokhari as his capital?
  1. Alauddin Khilji
  2. Jalal-ud-din Firoz Shah
  3. Muhammad-bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
  4. Mubarak Khilji

Answer: Jalal-ud-din Firoz Shah

22. Which sultan of Delhi Sultanate fixed the land revenue at half of the produce on the basis of paimash (measurement) in the Doab?
  1. Khusru Malik
  2. Jalal-ud-din Firoz Shah
  3. Muhammad-bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
  4. Alauddin Khilji

Answer: Alauddin Khilji

23. What is meant by “Baladasti” among the following?
  1. Cotton clothes
  2. Silk fabric made in Delhi
  3. Central Asian Horses
  4. Farmer

Answer: Central Asian Horses

24. Who introduced the policy of Dag and Chehra in Military?
  1. Khusru Malik
  2. Jalal-ud-din Firoz Shah
  3. Alauddin Khilji
  4. Mubarak Khilji

Answer: Alauddin Khilji

25. The Chola Empire was invaded by _____ in the early 14th century A.D. ?
  1. Malik Kafur
  2. Taimur
  3. Muhammad Ghori
  4. Genghis Khan

Answer: Malik Kafur

26. Which of the following Khilji’s Sultan abolished all the agrarian and market control regulations of Alauddin Khilji?
  1. Malik Firoz
  2. Jalal-ud-din Firoz Shah
  3. Muhammad-bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
  4. Mubarak Khilji

Answer: Mubarak Khilji

27. What is meant by “Khujje Delhi” among the following?
  1. Cotton clothes
  2. Silk fabric made in Delhi
  3. Central Asian Horses
  4. Farmer

Answer: Silk fabric made in Delhi

28. ___ was the first Muslim ruler whose empire covered almost the whole of India up to its extreme south. ?
  1. Alauddin Khilji
  2. Jalal-ud-din Khilji
  3. Ghiyas ud din Balban
  4. Feroz Shah Tughlaq

Answer: Alauddin Khilji

29. Who among the following was the only Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate to declare himself as Khalifa?
  1. Jalaluddin khalji
  2. Alauddin Khalji
  3. Firoz Tughlaq
  4. Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah

Answer: Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah

30. Who among the following was appointed as Diwan-i-Riyasat?
  1. Malik Kabul
  2. Malik Yakub
  3. Amir Khusrow
  4. None of the above

Answer: Malik Yakub

31. In which of the following texts the market system of Alauddin Khalji is mentioned?
  1. Tarikh-e-ferozshahi
  2. Khairul Majalis
  3. Both of the above
  4. None of the above

Answer: Both of the above

32. Who was the supreme authority of Alauddin Khalji’s market system?
  1. Shehna
  2. Diwan-i-Riyasat
  3. Baried
  4. none of the above

Answer: Diwan-i-Riyasat

33. What is meant by “Kirpass” among the following?
  1. Cotton clothes
  2. Silk fabric
  3. Central Asian Horses
  4. Farmer

Answer: Cotton clothes

34. Who is regarded as the second Alexander?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Mubarak Khalji
  3. Khusru Khan
  4. Alauddin Khalji

Answer: Alauddin Khalji

35. The ‘Kirti Stambha’ (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by
  1. Rana Pratap
  2. Rana Kumbha
  3. Rana Sanga
  4. Bappa Raval

Answer: Rana Kumbha

36. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghuri, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was
  1. Samantasena
  2. Hemantasena
  3. Ballalasena
  4. Lakshamanasena

Answer: Lakshamanasena

37. The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were
  1. Mongols
  2. Afghans
  3. Turks
  4. A Jat tribe

Answer: Turks

38. The Delhi General who successfully adavanced up to Madurai was
  1. Khizr Khan
  2. Muhammad Ghori
  3. Malik Kafur
  4. Muharnmad-bin-Tughlaq

Answer: Malik Kafur

39. The capital of the Yadava rulers was
  1. Dwarasamudra
  2. Warangal
  3. Kalyani
  4. Devagiri

Answer: Devagiri

40. Which of the following rulers assumed the title of “Ibn-Saif”?
  1. Jalaluddin Khalji
  2. Alauddin Khalji
  3. Mubarak Khalji
  4. none of the above

Answer: Jalaluddin Khalji

41. Who among the following said that “the main objective of the market system of Alauddin Khalji was to punish the Hindus”?
  1. Barani
  2. Sheikh Nasiruddin
  3. Amir Khusrow
  4. Isami

Answer: Barani

42. Which dynasty ruled the Delhi Sultanate after the Slave dynasty?
  1. Khalji dynasty
  2. Tughlaq dynasty
  3. Lodi dynasty
  4. None of the above

Answer: Khalji dynasty

43. lai-Darwaza, the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi, was constructed by _____ ?
  1. Ahmad Shah Durrani
  2. Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori
  3. Ala-ud-din Khilji
  4. Muhammad bin Tughluq

Answer: Ala-ud-din Khilji

44. What do you consider to be the least important cause for Alauddin’s south Indian campaigns?
  1. Political condition of South India
  2. Imperialism
  3. Fabulous wealth
  4. Religion

Answer: Religion

45. Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced ‘market control’ or economic regulations for
  1. building up a large and contented army with small salaries
  2. the general welfare of the people
  3. both (a) and (b) above
  4. curbing dishonest merchants and traders

Answer: both (a) and (b) above

46. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
  1. Zoroastrianism
  2. Hinduism
  3. Buddhism
  4. Jainism

Answer: Hinduism

47. Who among the following got 'Alai Darwaza' constructed near Qutub Minar in Delhi?
  1. Ala-ud-Din Khilji
  2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  3. Mohammad bin Tughlaq
  4. Balban

Answer: Ala-ud-Din Khilji

48. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
  1. Orissa
  2. Chota Nagpur
  3. Bijapur
  4. Golconda

Answer: Golconda

49. Alauddin Khalji’s commander who led the campaign to South India was
  1. Alpkhan
  2. Ulugh Khan
  3. Nusarat Khan
  4. Malik Kafur

Answer: Malik Kafur

50. Who were the 'Shahana' at the time of Alauddin Khalji?
  1. Specialized trained wing in the Army
  2. Big Traders
  3. Landless Farmers
  4. Higher officers who oversee price control in the market

Answer: Higher officers who oversee price control in the market

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