The Delhi Sultanate AFCAT Questions

The Delhi Sultanate MCQ Questions

7.
Which Delhi Sultan received the 'Mansur' (letter of investiture) from the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad?
A.
Balban
B.
Qutbuddin Aybak
C.
Iltutmish
D.
Raziyya
ANSWER :
C. Iltutmish
8.
Who was the first and only female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
A.
Nur Jahan
B.
Chand Bibi
C.
Didda
D.
Raziyya Sultan
ANSWER :
D. Raziyya Sultan
9.
Which contemporary chronicler wrote about Raziyya Sultan?
A.
Ziauddin Barani
B.
Amir Khusrau
C.
Minhaj-i-Siraj
D.
Ibn Battuta
ANSWER :
C. Minhaj-i-Siraj
10.
Raziyya Sultan was killed in a battle near:
A.
Delhi
B.
Multan
C.
Lahore
D.
Kaithal
ANSWER :
D. Kaithal
11.
The group of forty Turkish nobles known as 'Chahalgani' or 'Turkan-i-Chahalgani' was created by:
A.
Balban
B.
Raziyya
C.
Iltutmish
D.
Qutbuddin Aybak
ANSWER :
C. Iltutmish
12.
Which Delhi Sultan destroyed the power of the 'Chahalgani' (The Forty)?
A.
Ghiyasuddin Balban
B.
Iltutmish
C.
Alauddin Khalji
D.
Muhammad Tughluq
ANSWER :
A. Ghiyasuddin Balban