MCQ on Delhi Sultanate Administration

MCQ on Delhi Sultanate

Question 1. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? 

(A) Diwan-i-Arz – Muhammad Tughluq

(B) Diwan-i-Kohi – Alauddin Khalji

(C) Diwan-i-Mustakhraj – Balban

(D) Diwan-i-Bandagan – Tughluq

View Answer
(D) Diwan-i-Bandagan – Tughluq

Question 2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Diwan-i-Riyasat – Balban

(B) Diwan-i-Khairat – Firuz Tughluq

(C) Diwan-i-Amir Kohi – Muhammad Tughluq

(D) Diwan-i-Mushtakharaj – Alauddin Khalji

View Answer
(A) Diwan-i-Riyasat – Balban

Question 3.The historian Baruni refused to consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic because_______.

(A) The religious freedom was accorded to non-Muslims

(B) The Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his regulations

(C) The Muslim theologists were often disregarded

(D) The majority of the population did not follow Islam

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(D) The majority of the population did not follow Islam

Question 4. The most rulers (amirs) and sultans of Sultanate period belonged to class.

(A) Arabs

(B) Tatars

(C) Mongols

(D) Turkish

View Answer
(D) Turkish

Question 5. ‘Diwan-E-Arj’ department was associated with_______.

(A) Finance

(B) Defence

(C) Foreign

(D) Royal correspondence

View Answer
(B) Defence

Question 6. Which one of the following dynasties saw the heyday of the Wizarat? 

(A) The Lodi

(B) The Tughluq

(C) The Khalji

(D) The Ilbari

View Answer
(B) The Tughluq

Question 7. Which medieval king of India introduced the ‘Iqta system’?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Balban

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(A) Iltutmish

Question 8. Supreme rural officials of land revenue in Sultanate period?

(A) Patwari

(B) Malik

(C) Ravat

(D) Chaudhary

View Answer
(D) Chaudhary

Question 9. ‘Sharb’ was a tax levied on________.

(A) Industry

(B) Non-Muslims

(C) Irrigation

(D) Trade

View Answer
(C) Irrigation

Question 10. Zawabits were concerned with________.

(A) Agricultural taxes

(B) Laws regulating mint house

(C) Law regulating mansab system

(D) State laws

View Answer
(D) State laws

Question 11. Hadis is________.

(A) Mansabdar

(B) Tax of Sultanate period

(C) Settlement Law

(D) Islamic Law

View Answer
(D) Islamic Law

Question 12. Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant_______.

(A) Illegal exactions extracted from the peasants

(B) Excess amount paid to the exchequer by the Iqtadars

(C) Revenue assigned in lieu of salary

(D) Extra payment to the nobles

View Answer
(B) Excess amount paid to the exchequer by the Iqtadars

Question 13. Who among the following started ‘Tanka’ silver coin?

(A) Balban

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Qutbuddin Aybak

(D) Alauddin Khalji

View Answer
(B) Iltutmish

Question 14. Who was the medieval king responsible for introducing the silver coin called ‘Tanka’ in North India?

(A) Muhammad Tughluq

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Razia

(D) Iltutmish

View Answer
(D) Iltutmish

Question 15. Coins-Tanka, Shashgani and Jital of Sultanate period was made of which of the following metals?

(A) Gold, Zinc, Copper

(B) Silver, Zinc, Copper

(C) Gold, Silver, Copper

(D) Silver, Copper

View Answer
(D) Silver, Copper

Question 16. On whose coins the name of the last Caliph of Baghdad appeared for the first time? 

(A) Alauddin Masud Shah

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aybak

View Answer
(A) Alauddin Masud Shah

Question 17. Match List-I and List-II and choose your answer from the code given below.

List-I List-II
(a) Diwan-i-Arz1. Dealt with religious matters
(b) Diwan-i-Risalat2. Dealt with state’s correspondence
(c) Diwan-i-Insha3. Dealt with Finance Dept.
(d) Diwan-i-Wizarat4. Dealt with Military Dept.
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1243
(B)2314
(C)3421
(D)4123
View Answer
(D) 4 1 2 3

Question 18. Which of the following indicates taxes levied on the land product?

  1.  Kharaj
  2.  Khums
  3.  Ushr
  4.  Muktai

Select your answer from the following code.

(A) Only 1, 3 and 4

(B) Only 1, 2 and 3

(C) Only 2 and 3

(D) Only 1

View Answer
(A) Only 1, 3 and 4

Question 19. Find out the two main currencies of the Sultanate period from the code given below.

  1. Dam
  2. Jital
  3. Rupiya
  4. Tanka

(A) 2 and 4

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

View Answer
(A) 2 and 4