Capital Quiz 4 (25 MCQs)

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1. With reference to Delhi Sultanate, who was the founder of Sayyid Dynasty?

2. Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time?

3. Which language was the State language during the Sultanate period?

4. Which one of the following sultans is credited with the appointment of 'Amir - Sadah' in the provinces?

5. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?

6. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency?

7. Who among the following Sultans received the title of 'Syed-us-Salatin' from the Caliph?

8. Which Sultan of Delhi categorized the Ulema into 'Ulmai- Akhiral' and 'Ulma-i-Duniya' and praised the former?

9. Who among the Sultans is credited with having introduced a purely Arabic currency of gold and silver?

10. Which sultan of Delhi refused to read 'Khutba' in the name of Khalifa for the first time?

11. Which one of the following iqtas was held by Sultan Iltutmish as its Muqta immediately before his accession?

12. The term 'Khalisa' in the Sultanate and Mughal periods was used for

13. Tipu Sultan of Mysore was killed in a bloody engagement in

14. Which Sultan declared himself as Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander?

15. Tipu Sultan was a man of complex character. He was an innovator, which of the following was not one of his innovations?

16. Which Sultan was the first to proclaim that the state in India of the Delhi Sultanate cannot be a truly Islamic state?

17. According to historian Ziauddin Barani, the ideal Sultan of Delhi was

18. With which Sultan of Delhi do you associate the compilation of Kingship theory and principles of administration called 'Vassayya" ?

19. Which dynasty rules for the longest period of time in the Delhi sultanate?

20. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to have paid to his soldiers in cash?

21. Which Sultan introduced the practices of Sijda, Paibos and Nawroz in the Delhi Sultanate?

22. Which one of the following Sultans, was not an off spring of Iltutmish, but was the last successor of his dynasty?

23. Who among the following Governor Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?

24. In whose reign did the sultanate reach its farthest extent?

25. The office of the Wakil-us sultanate was held during the first four years of Akbar's reign by