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Q1Which chronological order of Delhi Sultanate dynasties correctly places the line founded by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?

A Mamluk - Tughlaq - Khalji - Sayyid - Lodi

B Khalji - Mamluk - Tughlaq - Lodi - Sayyid

C Mamluk - Khalji - Tughlaq - Sayyid - Lodi

D Mamluk - Khalji - Sayyid - Tughlaq - Lodi

Explanation

The Delhi Sultanate passed through the Mamluk, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi lines between 1206 and 1526. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq line after the Khaljis, so any order that places it before the Khaljis or after the Sayyids is chronologically wrong.

Q2In the central administration of the Delhi Sultanate, which office is correctly identified as the finance department headed by the Wazir?

A Diwan-i-Wizarat

B Diwan-i-Arz

C Diwan-i-Insha

D Diwan-i-Risalat

Explanation

The Wazir headed the Diwan-i-Wizarat, the finance department of the Delhi Sultanate. Diwan-i-Arz handled the military, Diwan-i-Insha handled correspondence, and Diwan-i-Risalat was a separate central office, so those options confuse parallel departments.

Q3Balban's use of the title Zill-i-Ilahi in the Delhi Sultanate is best understood as an assertion of which political idea?

A Royal absolutism in which the Sultan was projected as the shadow of God

B Election of the Sultan by the corps of forty Turkish nobles

C Provincial revenue assignment in lieu of cash salary

D Religious exemption from jaziya for non-Muslim subjects

Explanation

Balban's Zill-i-Ilahi, or 'shadow of God', was part of his programme of royal absolutism in the Slave dynasty. The Chihalgani, iqta and jaziya belong to different institutional contexts and do not explain his exalted theory of kingship.

Q4Arrange the ruling lines of the Delhi Sultanate in their correct chronological order.

A Khalji, Mamluk, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi

B Mamluk, Tughlaq, Khalji, Sayyid, Lodi

C Mamluk, Khalji, Tughlaq, Lodi, Sayyid

D Mamluk, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi

Explanation

The Delhi Sultanate is conventionally dated from 1206 to 1526 and passed through the Mamluk or Slave, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi lines. The sequence ends with Ibrahim Lodi's defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.

Q5Consider the following statements about the iqta system under Iltutmish: 1. It functioned as a revenue assignment to nobles and officers in lieu of salary. 2. It made the assigned territory the private hereditary property of the holder. Which of the statements is/are correct?

A 1 only

B 2 only

C Both 1 and 2

D Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Iltutmish organised the iqta system, in which revenue assignments were granted to nobles or officers in lieu of salary and became the basis of provincial administration. The trap is to read iqta as outright hereditary ownership; standard accounts treat it primarily as an administrative and fiscal assignment.

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6Which combination best represents Firoz Shah Tughlaq's administrative and cultural profile within the Delhi Sultanate?

AQutb Minar, Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, and the foundation of the Slave dynasty

BIrrigation canals, new towns, Diwan-i-Khairat, revival of jaziya, and repair of older monuments

CMarket regulations, land tax at half the produce, dagh, chehra, and Malik Kafur's Deccan campaigns

DTransfer of capital to Daulatabad and issue of bronze token currency

7For a source-critical study of Firoz Shah Tughlaq's reign, which association is the most appropriate?

AShams-i Siraj Afif's Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi, focused on Firoz Shah Tughlaq's reign

BAmir Khusrau's poetry, composed to describe the First Battle of Panipat in 1526

CIbn Battuta's Rihla, used chiefly for the reign of Sikandar Lodi and the founding of Agra

DBabur's memoirs, used as a contemporary account of Firoz Shah Tughlaq's canal construction

8Which statement about Khizr Khan and the late Delhi Sultanate is correct?

AHe founded the Lodi dynasty after defeating Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat.

BHe was the Tughlaq ruler who transferred the capital to Daulatabad.

CHe founded the Sayyid dynasty after the Tughlaq phase of the Sultanate.

DHe was the Khalji general who led the Deccan campaigns under Alauddin Khalji.

9Consider the following statements about Iltutmish's consolidation of Sultanate authority: 1. He organised the iqta system. 2. He issued the silver tanka and copper jital. 3. He set up the Turkan-i-Chihalgani. Which of the statements are correct?

A1 and 2 only

B2 and 3 only

C1 and 3 only

D1, 2 and 3

10Which source-critical statement about Alauddin Khalji's market regulations is most defensible at graduate level?

AThey are known only from inscriptions issued by Alauddin at Siri

BThey are rejected by historians because no Sultanate chronicler mentions price control

CThey are mainly inferred from the coinage reforms of Iltutmish

DThey were described by Ziauddin Barani, but his account requires critical reading because it was written after Alauddin's reign

11Match the Sufi figure or order with its correct association in the Delhi Sultanate context: 1. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti 2. Nizamuddin Auliya 3. Suhrawardi order 4. Chishti order

A1-Ajmer, 2-Chishti saint of Delhi, 3-another major Sufi order, 4-key channel for the spread of Sufism

B1-Delhi court poet, 2-founder of Agra, 3-market department, 4-Afghan ruling house

C1-Daulatabad, 2-founder of the Sayyid dynasty, 3-coin standard, 4-military branding system

D1-Tughlaqabad, 2-reviver of jaziya, 3-true arch, 4-corps of forty nobles

12Assertion: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq line of the Delhi Sultanate. Reason: His son Muhammad bin Tughlaq attempted the transfer of the capital to Daulatabad and introduced a token bronze currency.

ABoth the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason explains the assertion.

BThe assertion is true, but the reason is false.

CThe assertion is false, but the reason is true.

DBoth the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason does not explain the assertion.

13Which statement best captures the institutional significance of the iqta in the Delhi Sultanate?

AIt was a devotional order that spread Sufism in Ajmer and Delhi.

BIt was the basic revenue assignment to nobles or officers in lieu of salary.

CIt was the corps of forty Turkish nobles organised by Iltutmish.

DIt was the royal ceremony of prostration before the Sultan.

14In the central administration of the Delhi Sultanate, which department was headed by the Wazir and dealt primarily with finance?

ADiwan-i-Arz

BDiwan-i-Insha

CDiwan-i-Wizarat

DDiwan-i-Risalat

15Which statement correctly identifies the numismatic reform associated with Iltutmish in the Delhi Sultanate?

AHe standardised the silver tanka and issued the copper jital.

BHe introduced bronze token currency during the Tughlaq period.

CHe abolished monetary payments and replaced them entirely with iqta grants.

DHe replaced the tanka with the gold dinar as the regular Sultanate coin.

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