Q110. Malik Kafur was the general of:
[WBCS Prelims, 2019]
A. Firoz Tughlaq
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Iltutmish
D. Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: B. Alauddin Khalji
Explanation: Malik Kafur became Alauddin’s leading commander and directed the Sultanate’s celebrated expeditions into the Deccan and far south.
Q109. Which Delhi Sultan is credited with constructing the largest network of canals among Sultanate rulers?
[65th BPSC Prelims, 2019]
A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B. Balban
C. Ibrahim Lodi
D. Alauddin Khalji
Answer: A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: Firoz undertook extensive irrigation works and canals as part of a broader programme of agrarian development and administrative stabilisation.
Q108. Who assumed the title Sikandar-i-Sani or “Second Alexander”?
[UPTET, 2019]
A. Alauddin Khalji
B. Sikandar Lodi
C. Balban
D. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: A. Alauddin Khalji
Explanation: Alauddin adopted the title to project himself as a world-conquering monarch during the most expansionist phase of Khalji political power.
Q107. Which was the final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
[RPF Constable, 2019]
A. Khalji
B. Sayyid
C. Tughlaq
D. Lodi
Answer: D. Lodi
Explanation: Lodi rule lasted from 1451 until Babur’s victory over Ibrahim Lodi in 1526 ended the Sultanate.
Q106. Who founded the Tughlaq dynasty?
[RPF SI, 2019]
A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C. Firoz Tughlaq
D. Mubarak Shah
Answer: B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Explanation: Ghazi Malik seized power after defeating Khusrau Khan and assumed the royal title Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in 1320.
Q105. Which dynasty ruled from roughly 1320 to 1414?
[DSSSB JE, 2019]
A. Lodi
B. Khalji
C. Tughlaq
D. Mamluk
Answer: C. Tughlaq
Explanation: The Tughlaq dynasty was founded by Ghiyasuddin and endured nominally until the emergence of the Sayyids in 1414.
Q104. Which Sultanate dynasty ruled for the longest period among the Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Sayyids and Lodis?
[BPSC Assistant, 2019]
A. Khalji
B. Tughlaq
C. Sayyid
D. Lodi
Answer: B. Tughlaq
Explanation: Tughlaq rule lasted approximately ninety-four years, from 1320 to 1414, longer than the Khalji, Sayyid or Lodi dynasties.
Q103. Who founded the Khalji dynasty?
[DSSSB Patwari, 2019]
A. Alauddin Khalji
B. Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji
C. Mubarak Shah
D. Malik Kafur
Answer: B. Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji
Explanation: Jalaluddin seized power in 1290, ending Mamluk rule and inaugurating the Khalji dynasty before being assassinated by Alauddin in 1296.
Q102. Who established or reorganised the Diwan-i-Arz as an important military department?
[RAS/RTS Prelims, 2018]
A. Balban
B. Iltutmish
C. Firoz Tughlaq
D. Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: A. Balban
Explanation: Balban strengthened the central military establishment through Diwan-i-Arz to reduce dependence on noble contingents and defend the empire effectively.
Q101. Who founded the Lodi dynasty?
[RRB Group D, 2018]
A. Bahlul Lodi
B. Sikandar Lodi
C. Ibrahim Lodi
D. Alam Shah
Answer: A. Bahlul Lodi
Explanation: Bahlul seized Delhi in 1451 and established the Afghan Lodi dynasty after the decline of the Sayyids.
