MCQ on Slave Dynasty

Let’s take online quiz on Delhi Sultanate’s Slave Dynasty:

Question 1. What is ‘Adhai Din Ka Zhonpda’?

(A) Tower

(B) Saint’s hut

(C) Temple

(D) Mosque

Question 2. Who among the following did not contribute to building the famous ‘Qutub-Minar’?

(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 3. Who was the founder of Slave dynasty?

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak

(B) Balban

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Iltutmish

Question 4. Which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate is known as ‘Lakh Baksh’?

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Balban

(D) Iltutmish

Question 5. The capital of Qutbuddin Aibak was________.

(A) Lakhnauti

(B) Ajmer

(C) Delhi

(D) Lahore

Question 6. How did Sultan Qutbuddin Aibak die? 

(A) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan

(B) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to them later

(C) He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab

(D) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles

Question 7. Who among the following established Delhi as the capital of Sultanate? 

(A) Muizzuddin Ghori

(B) Razia

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 8. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi who introduced regular coins and declared Delhi the capital of his empire?

(A) Balban

(B) Aram Shah

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Nasiruddin Mahmud

Question 9. Which one of the following was the capital of the Sultanate during the reign of Iltutmish?

(A) Delhi

(B) Badaun

(C) Lahore

(D) Agra

Question 10. Who amongst the following Sultans of the Sultanate was the first to shift his capital to Delhi?

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Balban

(D) Aram Shah

Question 11. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi? 

(A) Balban

(B) Razia

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 12. Who was called ‘a slave of a slave’?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(C) Qutbuddin Aibak

(D) Mohd. Ghori

Question 13. Who of the following was the first woman ruler of medieval India?

(A) Noorjahan

(B) Durgavati

(C) Chand Bibi

(D) Razia Sultan

Question 14. During whose reign Mongol invader Genghis Khan came through the North-West Frontier of India? 

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak

(B) Balban

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Alauddin Khalji

Question 15. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol Leader Genghis Khan?

(A) Alauddin Khalji

(B) Balban

(C) Razia

(D) Iltutmish

Question 16. In whose reign Mongols were seen on the bank of Indus river for the first time?  

(A) Razia

(B) Qutbuddin Aibak

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Balban

Question 17. The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded India during the reign of________.

(A) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Firuz Tughluq

(D) Balban

Question 18. The original name of Changez (Genghis) Khan was________.

(A) Ogadi

(B) Temuchin (Temujin)

(C) Yesugai

(D) Khasul Khan

Question 19. Iltutmish appointed his first Subedar in Bihar to_______.

(A) Malik-Jani

(B) Alimardan

(C) Nasiruddin Mahmud

(D) Aivaj

Question 20. Who was behind the dethroning of Razia Begum?

(A) Arabs

(B) Turks

(C) Mongols

(D) Afghans

Question 21. The full name of Sultan of Delhi Balban was________.

(A) Qutbuddin

(B) Ghiyasuddin

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Jalaluddin

Question 22. Which Sultan of Delhi is said to have followed the policy of ‘blood and iron’? 

(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(B) Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji

(C) Balban

(D) Iltutmish

Question 23. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of_______.

(A) Din-I-Ilahi

(B) Zil-I-Ilahi

(C) Kaiser-I-Hind

(D) Tuti-e-Hind

Question 24. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival ‘Navroz’ in India?

(A) Alauddin Khalji

(B) Firuj Tughluq

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Balban

Question 25. Which one of the following statements is not true about Balban?

(A) He quelled down the revolt of Bengal

(B) He eliminated the power of Turkan-e-Chahalgani

(C) He introduced the Iqtadari System

(D) He propounded the theory of Niyabat-e-Khudai

Question 26. Which of the following Sultans has called himself the ‘Helper of a Caliph’ in his inscription on the walls of the Mosque at Garhmukteshwar?

(A) Balban

(B) Jalaluddin Khalji

(C) Kaiqubad

(D) None of the above

Question 27. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

• Assertion (A): Balban made his government firm stable and centralised all authority in his hands.
• Reason (R): He wanted to protect North-West frontier against Mongol invasions.

(A) (A) is fals e, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)