The Delhi Sultanate
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The Delhi Sultanate
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1. Which one of the following Sufi Saints of the Chistiya order was called the Chirag-i-Dehalvi?
2. Which Muslim ruler played Holi for the first time in Medieval India?
3. Who was the founder of Sayyid dynasty?
4. Which Sultan of Delhi had established a separate agriculture department and had planned the rotation of crops?
5. Amir Khusro wrote his famous masanavi 'Ashiqa’ on the order of
6. Who was the Muslim General to have conquered Bengal in 13th century AD?
7. The first capital of Vijayanagar empire was Hampi. Where was its second capital?
8. What was Khanqah?
9. Who among the following Vijayanagar kings started to recruit Muslim fighters in the army?
10. The foreign traveller who visited and described Vijayanagar soon after its fall in the battle of Talikota - was
11. Which one of the following Sultans is credited with the appointment of 'Amir-Sadah’ in the provinces?
12. Which of the following was not established by Firoz Tughlaq?
13. 'Important aspect of the Turkish conquest of North India was the Urban revolution.’ Who said this statement?
14. Which one of the following sons of Alauddin Khilji was born of his wife Jhatyapali - the daughter of Raja Ramchandra Dev of Devagiri?
15. The term used for the measurement of land in the Delhi Sultanate period was
16. Who has been described by Elliot as the Akbar of Sultanate?
17. Who among the following Sultans invoked Persian monarchical traditions and adjusted them to Indian milieu?
18. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of
19. Which one of the following places has been referred to by Arab travellers as the “House of Gold”?
20. The old capital of Vijayanagar is now represented by the extensive ruins of
21. What was the nationality of Marcopolo who visited India in the last decade of 13th century?
22. The Sufi saint who was supposed to be the greatest musician of the age was
23. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Chengiz Khan?
24. Which type of work was looked after by the department of Diwan-i-Kohi under Muhammad Tughlaq?
25. Who amongst the following Sultans built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar?