MCQ on Delhi Sultanate Art and Architecture

Question 1. Who amongst the following Sultans built the fifth storey of Qutb Minar?

(A) Sikandar Lodi

(B) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 2. The first true arch in the Sultanate memorial could be seen in________.

(A) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque

(B) Alai Darwaza

(C) Tomb of Balban

(D) Iltutmish’s tomb

Question 3. Which Sultan built Alai Darwaza?

(A) Firuz Tughluq

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Balban

(D) Iltutmish

Question 4. Who among the following did not contribute to the construction of Qutb Minar? 

(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 5. India’s first tomb constructed in the Indo-Islamic style was________.

(A) Alauddin’s Tomb

(B) Aybak’s Tomb

(C) Balban’s Tomb

(D) Humayun’s Tomb

Question 6. The Horse-Shoe arch was first introduced in the_________.

(A) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque

(B) Alai Darwaza

(C) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(D) Tomb of Iltutmish

Question 7.The composer of ‘Kirti-Stambh Prashasti’ was________.

(A) Abhi Kavi

(B) Napa

(C) Jaita

(D) Somdev

Question 8.‘Kirti-Stambha’ of Chittor was constructed during the rule of_______.

(A) Rana Sangram Singh

(B) Rana Ratan Singh

(C) Rana Hammir

(D) Rana Kumbha

Question 9. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Gulberga – Jama Masjid

(B) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal

(C) Jaunpur – Atala Masjid

(D) Ajmer – Quwwat-ul-Islam

Question 10. Consider the following.

1. Tughluqabad
2. Lodi Garden
3. Qutb Minar
4. Fatehpur Sikri

The correct chronological order in which they were built is

(A) 1, 3, 4, 2

(B) 1, 3, 2, 4

(C) 3, 1, 2, 4

(D) 3, 1, 4, 2

Question 11. Match the following.