Q10. Which ruler succeeded Jalaluddin Khalji after having him assassinated?
[State PSC, 2003]
A. Alauddin Khalji
B. Mubarak Khalji
C. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
D. Khusrau Khan
Answer: A. Alauddin Khalji
Explanation: Alauddin arranged Jalaluddin’s assassination at Kara in 1296 and then seized Delhi, inaugurating the most powerful phase of Khalji rule.
Q9. Who founded the independent Delhi Sultanate after Muhammad Ghori’s death?
[UPPCS Prelims, 2002]
A. Qutbuddin Aibak
B. Iltutmish
C. Balban
D. Razia
Answer: A. Qutbuddin Aibak
Explanation: Ghori’s former Indian commander assumed independent authority in 1206, marking the conventional beginning of the Delhi Sultanate.
Q8. Who attempted to transfer the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
[UPPCS Prelims, 2002]
A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B. Firoz Tughlaq
C. Alauddin Khalji
D. Sikandar Lodi
Answer: A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: Muhammad sought a more centrally located imperial capital but the compulsory transfer produced great hardship and was eventually reversed.
Q7. Ibn Battuta’s observations of the Sultanate’s rapid communication and postal system belong principally to whose reign?
[Uttarakhand PCS Prelims, 2002]
A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B. Iltutmish
C. Balban
D. Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: Ibn Battuta’s eyewitness account records sophisticated relay communications that supported Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s vast but increasingly difficult-to-control empire.
Q6. Which statement about Sultanate military administration is correct?
[UPSC CSE Prelims, 2002]
A. Firoz Tughlaq maintained a separate department for slaves
B. Balban introduced Dagh and Chehra
C. Iltutmish abolished Iqtas
D. Ibrahim Lodi founded Diwan-i-Arz
Answer: A. Firoz Tughlaq maintained a separate department for slaves
Explanation: Firoz maintained a very large slave establishment administered separately; Dagh and Chehra are particularly associated with Alauddin Khalji.
Q5. Diwan-i-Bandagan, a department concerned with slaves, is associated with which Sultan?
[UPSC CSE Prelims, 2001]
A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Iltutmish
D. Bahlul Lodi
Answer: A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: Firoz maintained an exceptionally large body of slaves and created administrative machinery for their supervision, employment and maintenance.
Q4. Which Sultan is particularly noted for employing or supporting large numbers of dependants and slaves through the state?
[BPSC Prelims, 2001]
A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B. Balban
C. Razia
D. Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: Firoz’s state incorporated a huge slave establishment and various welfare and employment measures, reflecting his paternalistic but administratively burdensome approach.
Q3. The highly developed postal and intelligence arrangements described by Ibn Battuta belonged to the reign of:
[UPPCS Prelims, 2000]
A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B. Balban
C. Bahlul Lodi
D. Aibak
Answer: A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: Fast horse and foot relays enabled the Sultan’s government to transmit intelligence across an exceptionally extensive empire.
Q2. Diwan-i-Khairat, a charitable department, was established by:
[RAS/RTS Prelims, 1999]
A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C. Alauddin Khalji
D. Iltutmish
Answer: A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: Firoz used Diwan-i-Khairat for welfare and charitable functions, forming part of his broader policy of conciliation and social patronage.
Q1. Which Delhi Sultan is credited with creating the most extensive canal-irrigation network of the Sultanate period?
[UPSC CSE Prelims, 1998]
A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Balban
D. Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: Firoz constructed and restored major canals to increase cultivation, revenue and rural prosperity, making irrigation an important component of his administrative policy.
