This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Polity > Capital – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Capital Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the only converted Indian muslim to become the head of the Delhi Sultanate? A) Nasiruddin Khusrau Shah. B) Masud Shah. C) Qaimurs. D) Kaikubad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nasiruddin Khusrau Shah. 2. In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by A) Amin. B) Ariz. C) Shiqdar. D) Barid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amin. 3. General policy of the Delhi Sultanate toward the native religions of India became: A) Indecisive. B) Disinterested. C) Increasingly repressive. D) Increasingly tolerant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasingly tolerant. 4. Sultan Ala-ud-din Khalji: A) Conquered all of southern India. B) Defeated the Mongols. C) Took Islam into Southeast Asia. D) Forbade Islamic law in north India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defeated the Mongols. 5. Who among the following witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans? A) Amir Khusrau. B) Ziauddin Barani. C) Minhaj-us-siraj. D) Shams-i-siraj Afif. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amir Khusrau. 6. Which sultan had a dispute with Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya? A) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq. B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. C) Jalaluddin Khilji. D) Feroz Shah Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. 7. Which of the dynasties ruled for the shortest period of time during of course of the Delhi Sultanate? A) Slave dynasty. B) Sayyid dynasty. C) Lodhi dynasty. D) Khilji dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khilji dynasty. 8. Who among the following officers held highest stature in the central government of the Sultanate? A) Head of the Majlis-i-Khalawat. B) Wazir. C) Qazi-ul-Mulk. D) Naib-i-Mulk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naib-i-Mulk. 9. The Bahmani Sultanate came into being during the reign of which Sultan? A) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq. B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. C) Ibrahim Lodhi. D) Feroz Shah Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq. 10. Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed in the Fourth Anglo- Mysore War (1799). Who of the following did not give a share in Tipu's territories? A) The Nizam. B) The Marathas. C) The English. D) The Hindu dynasty of Mysore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Marathas. 11. What was the main objective of Sultan Mahmud's Indian conquests? A) Propagation of Religion. B) Extension of Empire. C) Acquisition of Wealth. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acquisition of Wealth. 12. Who of the following Sultans of Delhi had abolished the tax on grain (also called Zakat on grain)? A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq. B) Alauddin Khilji. C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. D) Sikandar Lodi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikandar Lodi. 13. Which one of the following Sufi Saints saw the rule of seven Sultans but visited the court of none? A) Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. B) Baba Farid-ud-din Chishti. C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Chishti. D) Nasiruddin 'Chiragh' Delhvi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Chishti. 14. Qismat-i- khote in the Delhi Sultanate was A) A cash payment made by the State to the village headman. B) A village assigned to a khot. C) A small cess collected by the village headman from the peasants. D) The revenue assessed on the land cultivated by the khots and Muqaddams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A small cess collected by the village headman from the peasants. 15. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as A) Zakat. B) Kharaj. C) Jizya. D) Khums. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khums. 16. The title Sultan-us-Sharq was assumed by the ruler of A) Bengal. B) Assam. C) Orissa. D) Jaunpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaunpur. 17. What was Iqta in sultanate period? A) Territories of land. B) A tax. C) A form of military. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Territories of land. 18. Sultan Balban was devoted to A) Khwaja Muin-uddin chisti. B) Kaki. C) Shaikh aulia. D) Baba Farid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baba Farid. 19. Tipu Sultan was ahead of his contemporaries in many respect because A) He understood the threat posed by English to the Indian powers. B) He understood the importance of strong economic base for the military power. C) He understood the importance of modern trade and industry. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. "Every pearl in the Royal Crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant." The above remark about the poverty of the Indian peasant during the Delhi sultanate was made by A) Ziauddin Barani. B) Minhajuddin Siraj. C) Amir Khusrau. D) Ibn Battuta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amir Khusrau. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesCapital Quiz 1Capital Quiz 2Capital Quiz 4Capital Quiz 5Capital Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books