Delhi Sultanate

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was the governor of ____ during the reign of Alauddin Khilji.

• Bengal

• Rajasthan

• Kashmir

• Punjab

The irrigation tax was charged on the farmers for the first time by which among the following Sultans?

• Alauddin Khilji

• Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

• Muhammad bin Tughlag

• Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate faced maximum number of Mongol Attacks?

• Alauddin Khilji

• Muhammad bin Tughlaq

• Firoz Shah Tughlaq

• Bahlol Lodi

In whose reign did the Sultanate reach its farthest extent?

• Iltumish

• Balban

• Alauddin Khilji

• Muhammad bin Tughlaq

"The king was freed from his people and they from their king." - On whose death did Badauni comment thus?

• Balban

• Alauddin Khilji

• Muhammad bin Tughlaq

• Firoz Shah Tughlaq

'Fawazil' in the Sultanate period means:

• Extra payment made to the nobles

• Revenue assigned in lieu of salary

• Excess amount paid to the exchequer by the iqtadars

• Illegal exactions extracted from the peasants

What is the correct chronological order of annexation of the following states by Alauddin Khilji?

i) Ranthambore ii) Gujarat iii) Chittor iv) Malwa v) Deccan

• i, ii, iii, iv, v

• ii, i, iii, v, iv

• ii, i, iii, iv, v

• i, ii, iv, iii, v

After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of:

• Tute-i-Hind

• Taj-ul-Massir

• Zil-i-ilahi

• Sikander-i-Azam

The most important change in the iqtadari system introduced during the reign of Sikander Lodi was:

• Muqtas seem to have been called wajafdars

• The Wajafdars, Muqtas or hakims had no right over the land grants

• If any noble was reported to have oppressed anyone he was punished severely

• None of the above

One of the following officers who was the chief revenue collector and was also empowered to settle revenue disputes at pargana level was:

• Sahib-i-diwan

• Munsif

• Wali

• Amil