The Delhi Sultans quiz

Delhi first became a capital under the:

Raziyya was the daughter of:

The garrison town of Siri was built by:

Muhammad Tughluq shifted the capital to:

Tawarikh were written in:

The last Sultan of Delhi defeated by Babur was:

Military commanders who were given iqtas were called:

The Khalji dynasty ruled from:

The first battle of Panipat was fought in:

Alauddin Khalji controlled prices mainly to:

Why did Raziyya face opposition? (2 marks)

What were the main sources of information about the Delhi Sultans? (2 marks)

Why did Muhammad Tughluq shift his capital? (2 marks)

What was the role of a muqti? (2 marks)

Why did the Sultans build mosques? (2 marks)

Name the five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate. (2 marks)

What was the kharaj? (2 marks)

Why were the Mongols a threat to the Sultanate? (2 marks)

Why did Alauddin pay his soldiers in cash? (2 marks)

What did Ibn Battuta write about? (2 marks)

Muhammad Tughluq ruled from 1324 to 1351. How many years did he rule? How many years after the founding of the Sultanate in 1206 did his reign begin? (3 marks)

The Tughluq dynasty ruled from 1320 to 1414 and the Lodi dynasty from 1451 to 1526. Find the length of each. Which ruled longer and by how many years? (3 marks)

Alauddin Khalji's army was said to be about 4,75,000 horsemen. If each was paid 234 tankas a year, what was the yearly cost in tankas? (3 marks)

The distance from Delhi to Daulatabad is about 1100 km. If people travelled about 20 km a day, how many days would the journey take? (3 marks)

How many years ago from 2026 was (i) the Sultanate founded in 1206 (ii) the first battle of Panipat in 1526? What is the gap between them? (3 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. In 1236, Raziyya became Sultan. The chronicler Minhaj-i Siraj admitted she was more able than her brothers, but nobles were unhappy with a woman ruler. She was removed in 1240. (i) How many years did she rule? (ii) Why did the nobles oppose her? (iii) What does this show about society then? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Alauddin Khalji fixed the prices of grain, cloth and horses in Delhi, and officers checked that merchants followed them. (i) Why did he fix prices? (ii) How did this help his army? (iii) What problem might merchants face? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Muhammad Tughluq ordered the people of Delhi to move to Daulatabad. Many died on the way, and later the capital was shifted back. (i) Why did he shift the capital? (ii) Why did the plan fail? (iii) What does it tell us about his rule? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The Quwwat al-Islam mosque was built in Delhi at the end of the twelfth century and enlarged by Iltutmish and Alauddin. (i) Why did Sultans build mosques? (ii) Name a famous tower near the mosque. (iii) Who began the tower? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The iqtadars collected taxes from peasants in their iqtas, kept part for their soldiers and sent the rest to the Sultan. Accountants checked their records. (i) What was an iqta? (ii) Why were accountants appointed? (iii) Why could iqtas not be inherited at first? (5 marks)

Describe the expansion of the Delhi Sultanate from the hinterland to the frontier, with a map. (6 marks)

Compare the administrative and military measures of Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughluq. (6 marks)

Explain the iqta system with a flowchart and discuss how the Sultans controlled the muqtis. (6 marks)

Draw a timeline of the five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate and name two rulers of each with their contributions. (6 marks)

Explain the life and reign of Raziyya Sultan and discuss the challenges faced by women rulers in medieval times. (6 marks)