MCQ on Khalji Dynasty

Question 1. Which Sultan wanted to launch a new religion but Ulemas opposed the move?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Muhammad Tughluq

(C) Alauddin

(D) Balban

Question 2. Which Sultan of Delhi assumed the title of Alexander the Great?

(A) Sikandar Lodi

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Balban

Question 3. ‘When he attained Kingship, he was fully independent of from rules and orders of Shariat’. For which Sultan Barani made this statement?

(A) Muhammad Tughluq

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Balban

(D) Iltutmish

Question 4. Which dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest period?

(A) Lodi

(B) Sayyid

(C) Tughlaq

(D) Khilji

Question 5. Who among army-commanders of Alauddin Khalji died fighting against Mongols?

(A) Ulugh Khan

(B) Alp Khan

(C) Nusrat Khan

(D) Zafar Khan

Question 6. Padmini is associated with Ala-udDin’s conquest of Chittor. She was the wife of_______.

(A) Rana Ratan Singh

(B) Raja Man Singh

(C) Ranjit Singh

(D) Maharana Pratap Singh

Question 7. Who was the ruler of Devagiri at the time of Alauddin Khalji’s invasion?

(A) Rana Ratan Singh

(B) Malik Kafur

(C) Prataprudra Dev

(D) Ramachandra Dev

Question 8. Whose army was defeated by the army of Kakatiya rulers in 1303 at Warangal?

(A) of Muhammad Tughluq

(B) of Alauddin Khalji

(C) of Balban

(D) of Iltutmish

Question 9. During the regime of which Sultan was the Khalisa land developed on a large scale? 

(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

Question 10. The Sultan who is said to have raised the land revenue to one-half of the produce was________.

(A) Firuz Tughluq

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Balban

Question 11. Which of the following Sultans introduced ‘Market Reforms’?

(A) Balban

(B) Muhammad Tughluq

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Jalaluddin Khalji

Question 12. Who of the following Muslim rulers enforced a strict price control system during his time?

(A) Sher Shah Suri

(B) Muhammad Tughluq

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Alauddin Khalji

Question 13. The market control system was introduced by________.

(A) Balban

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Jalaluddin Khalji

(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

Question 14. Which one of the following Kings of the medieval India began the ‘Public Distribution System’?

(A) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(B) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(C) Balban

(D) Alauddin Khalji

Question 15. Which Sultan of Delhi was the first to charge ‘Ghari’ or House-tax?

(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Balban

Question 16. What was the boundary between the Delhi Sultan and Mongols during the period of Alauddin Khalji after 1306 A.D.?

(A) Sutlej

(B) Indus

(C) Ravi

(D) Byas

Question 17. Consider the following statement with Alauddin Khalji.

1. He collected revenue by measuring the cultivated land.
2. He enforced revenue measures in his entire empire.
3. He abolished the powers of provincial Governors.

Select the correct answer from the coding scheme given below.

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 18.

• Assertion (A): Alauddin’s Deccan expeditions were financial ventures.
• Reason (R): He wanted to annex the Deccan States.

(A) (A) is false, 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)

Question 19.

• Assertion (A): Alauddin Khalji introduced price control in Delhi.
• Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages to the artisans building his palaces in Delhi.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

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

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

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

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