Q. What was the name of Jain saint with whom Muhammad Tughlaq held discussions? (a) Rishabadeva (b) Hemchandra (c) Jinasena Suri (d) Jinaprabha Suri Ans: (d) Jinaprabha Suri

Q. Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s experiment of introducing token currency could not succeed on account of (a) rejection of token coins by foreign merchants (b) shortage of copper for minting token coins (c) large-scale minting of spurious coins (d) poor quality of token currency Ans: (c) ...

Q. Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-i- Alai, which contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji ? (a) Ziauddin Barani (b) Shams Siraj Afif (c) Amir Khusrau (d) Yahiya Bin Ahmad Ans: (c) Amir Khusrau

Q. Which Sultan declared himself as Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander? (a) Balban (b) Kaiqubad (c) Iltutmish (d) Alauddin Khalji Ans: (d) Alauddin Khalji

Q. During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, who were amils ? (a) Local landlords at village level  (b) Government agents to collect land revenue (c) Khurasani and Multani traders of foodgrains (d) Banjaras who carried the food-grains from villages to towns. Ans: (b) Government ...

Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash ? (a) Iltutmish (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (d) Feroz Tughlaq Ans: (b) Alauddin Khilji

Q. When Ala-ud-din Khilji forbade his nobles the use of wine, intimate relations and abundance of wealth, and confiscated their endowments and inams, he aimed at (a) enhancing king’s dignity (b) preventing the treachery of nobles (c) setting an example for his Hindu subjects (d) ...

Q. The chief achievement of Balban was (a) the consolidation of Turkish power and putting down rebellions by reorganising his army (b) suppression of ambitious nobles (c) establishing rapport with the people (d) administrative reforms Ans: (a) the consolidation of Turkish power and ...

Q. Give one reason why the description of the Qutb-ud-din Aibak’s dynasty as a “slave dynasty” is regarded as inaccurate. (a) Because except for Qutb-ud-din Aibak. Others rulers of the dynasty were not slaves (b) Because only three kings of this dynasty were slaves and even these three were ...

Q. Which one of the following statements cannot be attributed to Firoz Tughlaq? (a) He restored the rent free lands (inam, Idrar) granted to theologians (b) He abolished all taxes not sanctioned by Shara (c) He raised the grants of teachers and stipends for students  (d) He forced ...

Q. Which one of the following agrarian measures was NOT adopted by Ghiyasudding Tughlaq? (a) He discarded measurement in favour of sharing. (b) The chiefs and headmen of villages were given back their perquisites. (c) The basis of the demand by the Government was to be Hukm-i-hasil (in ...

Q. What was Arghatta? (a) A machine to break forts (b) An irrigation canal (c) A device to lift water (d) A type of cloth Ans: (c) A device to lift water