Q30. Who ruled Devagiri during Alauddin Khalji’s early attack?
[BPSC Prelims, 2005]
A. Ramachandra Deva
B. Prataparudra
C. Ballala III
D. Bukka
Answer: A. Ramachandra Deva
Explanation: Alauddin’s profitable raid on Devagiri strengthened his finances and political position before he seized the Delhi throne.
Q29. Alauddin Khalji’s market regulations were primarily connected with:
[UPPCS Mains, 2005]
A. Maintaining a large army inexpensively
B. Encouraging merchant monopolies
C. Provincial independence
D. Ending military recruitment
Answer: A. Maintaining a large army inexpensively
Explanation: Controlled prices enabled soldiers to maintain themselves on fixed salaries and formed an essential component of Alauddin’s military-centralisation programme.
Q28. Which Lodi Sultan founded Agra?
[UPPCS Mains, 2005]
A. Bahlul
B. Sikandar
C. Ibrahim
D. Daulat Khan
Answer: B. Sikandar
Explanation: Sikandar founded Agra as a strategic political centre for administering the Gangetic territories and later used it as an important royal base.
Q27. Timur invaded Delhi in which year?
[MPPSC Prelims, 2005]
A. 1296
B. 1320
C. 1398
D. 1451
Answer: C. 1398
Explanation: Timur’s invasion devastated Delhi during Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq’s reign and hastened the final disintegration of Tughlaq authority.
Q26. Who was Alauddin Khalji’s principal commander in the later Deccan campaigns?
[PSC Examination, 2005]
A. Malik Kafur
B. Bughra Khan
C. Tughril Khan
D. Khizr Khan
Answer: A. Malik Kafur
Explanation: Malik Kafur’s campaigns extracted submission and tribute from powerful Deccan and South Indian states, greatly increasing the Sultanate’s political prestige.
Q25. Which was the first Afghan ruling house of the Delhi Sultanate?
[PSC Examination, 2005]
A. Lodi
B. Khalji
C. Mamluk
D. Tughlaq
Answer: A. Lodi
Explanation: Bahlul Lodi’s accession in 1451 introduced an Afghan tribal political element that distinguished Lodi kingship from earlier Turkish Sultanate traditions.
Q24. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty?
[UPSC CSE Prelims, 2004]
A. Firoz Shah
B. Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Answer: B. Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
Explanation: His weak reign witnessed Timur’s invasion and severe fragmentation; Tughlaq authority finally disappeared in the early fifteenth century.
Q23. Who established Delhi firmly as the capital after the early years of Turkish conquest?
[UPPCS Special Mains, 2004]
A. Iltutmish
B. Aibak
C. Balban
D. Alauddin Khalji
Answer: A. Iltutmish
Explanation: Iltutmish made Delhi the durable centre of Sultanate sovereignty and successfully consolidated the fragmented territories inherited from Aibak.
Q22. The experiment with token copper currency was undertaken by:
[UPPCS Special Mains, 2004]
A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Balban
D. Sikandar Lodi
Answer: A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: Muhammad attempted to substitute base-metal tokens for precious-metal currency, but widespread counterfeiting and weak enforcement caused the experiment to collapse.
Q21. Who established Diwan-i-Amir-Kohi?
[UPPCS Special Mains, 2004]
A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Firoz Tughlaq
D. Iltutmish
Answer: A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: The department reflected Muhammad’s attempt to expand cultivation through direct state intervention and agricultural development.
