Slave Dynasty

PYQs (1–20)

1. Who was the founder of the Delhi Sultanate?
   a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
   b) Muhammad Ghori
   c) Iltutmish
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
   👉 PYQ – BPSC. He established the Slave Dynasty in 1206 after Muhammad Ghori’s death.

2. Which dynasty ruled first in the Delhi Sultanate?
   a) Khalji
   b) Tughlaq
   c) Slave
   d) Lodhi
   ✅ Answer: c) Slave
   👉 PYQ – BPSC. Also known as Mamluk Dynasty, founded by Qutb-ud-din Aibak.

3. Who completed the construction of Qutub Minar?
   a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
   b) Iltutmish
   c) Alauddin Khalji
   d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   ✅ Answer: b) Iltutmish
   👉 PYQ – BPSC. Aibak began the tower; Iltutmish completed it.

4. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi?
   a) Razia Sultana
   b) Durgavati
   c) Rani Rudrama Devi
   d) Noor Jahan
   ✅ Answer: a) Razia Sultana
   👉 PYQ – BPSC. Daughter of Iltutmish, ruled 1236–1240.

5. Which Sultan introduced market reforms?
   a) Iltutmish
   b) Alauddin Khalji
   c) Balban
   d) Bahlol Lodhi
   ✅ Answer: b) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 PYQ – BPSC & UPPSC. He regulated prices, created granaries, and controlled markets.

6. Which Sultan shifted capital to Daulatabad?
   a) Alauddin Khalji
   b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   👉 PYQ – BPSC. His move failed due to harsh conditions and poor planning.

7. Who introduced token currency?
   a) Alauddin Khalji
   b) Balban
   c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   d) Sikandar Lodhi
   ✅ Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   👉 PYQ – SSC & BPSC. He introduced copper coins that led to forgery and failure.

8. Which Sultan enforced Jaziya on Brahmins?
   a) Iltutmish
   b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   c) Alauddin Khalji
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   👉 PYQ – BPSC. He imposed it on Brahmins, unlike earlier Sultans.

9. Who introduced horse branding (dagh)?
   a) Balban
   b) Alauddin Khalji
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   ✅ Answer: b) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 PYQ – UPPSC. For better military discipline and checking corruption.

10. Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between:
    a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
    b) Akbar and Hemu
    c) Humayun and Sher Shah
    d) Babur and Rana Sanga
    ✅ Answer: a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. Ended the Delhi Sultanate and started Mughal rule.

11. Which Sultan was called Zil-i-Ilahi?
    a) Balban
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Iltutmish
    d) Bahlol Lodhi
    ✅ Answer: a) Balban
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. Adopted divine kingship to enhance authority.

12. Who assumed title Sikandar-i-Sani?
    a) Sikandar Lodhi
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Balban
    d) Firoz Shah
    ✅ Answer: b) Alauddin Khalji
    👉 PYQ – SSC. He considered himself the second Alexander.

13. Who abolished Charai and Ghari taxes?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    d) Sikandar Lodhi
    ✅ Answer: b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. Reduced pressure on peasants.

14. Who founded the Lodhi Dynasty?
    a) Bahlol Lodhi
    b) Sikandar Lodhi
    c) Ibrahim Lodhi
    d) Khizr Khan
    ✅ Answer: a) Bahlol Lodhi
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. He was the first Afghan ruler of Delhi.

15. Who shifted the capital to Agra?
    a) Ibrahim Lodhi
    b) Sikandar Lodhi
    c) Balban
    d) Alauddin Khalji
    ✅ Answer: b) Sikandar Lodhi
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. Agra became a new center of power.

16. Who started Qutub Minar?
    a) Aibak
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Firoz Shah
    d) Alauddin
    ✅ Answer: a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. He started it; Iltutmish completed it.

17. Longest ruling Sultanate dynasty?
    a) Slave
    b) Khalji
    c) Tughlaq
    d) Lodhi
    ✅ Answer: c) Tughlaq
    👉 PYQ – UPPSC. Lasted almost a century (1320–1414).

18. Who built Siri Fort?
    a) Balban
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
    d) Firoz Shah
    ✅ Answer: b) Alauddin Khalji
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. Built for protection from Mongols.

19. Military dept. of Sultanate was called:
    a) Diwan-i-Arz
    b) Diwan-i-Insha
    c) Diwan-i-Riyasat
    d) Diwan-i-Wazarat
    ✅ Answer: a) Diwan-i-Arz
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. Managed army recruitment, payment, branding.

20. Who defeated Ibrahim Lodhi?
    a) Akbar
    b) Babur
    c) Rana Sanga
    d) Sher Shah
    ✅ Answer: b) Babur
    👉 PYQ – BPSC. First Battle of Panipat (1526).

NCERT-Based Questions (21–35)

1. Who introduced Iqta system?
   a) Iltutmish
   b) Alauddin Khalji
   c) Balban
   d) Firoz Shah
   ✅ Answer: a) Iltutmish
   👉 NCERT – Class 7. Land grants for military support.

2. Who completed Qutub Minar?
   a) Iltutmish
   b) Alauddin Khalji
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Iltutmish
   👉 NCERT. He completed construction started by Aibak.

3. Who founded Tughlaqabad?
   a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
   b) Muhammad Tughlaq
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Alauddin Khalji
   ✅ Answer: a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
   👉 NCERT. First Tughlaq ruler, founder of new city.

4. Who established Diwan-i-Riyasat?
   a) Iltutmish
   b) Alauddin Khalji
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: b) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 NCERT. Controlled prices and supply chain.

5. Who shifted Ashokan pillars to Delhi?
   a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   b) Balban
   c) Sikandar Lodhi
   d) Bahlol Lodhi
   ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   👉 NCERT. Brought pillars from Topra and Meerut.

6. Who created Diwan-i-Bandagan?
   a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   b) Iltutmish
   c) Alauddin
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   👉 NCERT. Trained and employed thousands of slaves.

7. Which Sultan wrote Futuhat-i-Firozshahi?
   a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   b) Muhammad Tughlaq
   c) Bahlol Lodhi
   d) Alauddin
   ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   👉 NCERT. Autobiographical account of his reign.

8. Who introduced Diwan-i-Kohi (agriculture dept)?
   a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   b) Firoz Shah
   c) Alauddin Khalji
   d) Iltutmish
   ✅ Answer: a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   👉 NCERT. Focused on reclaiming wastelands.

9. Who started postal system?
   a) Muhammad Tughlaq
   b) Alauddin
   c) Balban
   d) Qutbuddin
   ✅ Answer: a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
   👉 NCERT. Horse relay system for administration.

10. Which Sultan was known for learning and experiments?
    a) Muhammad Tughlaq
    b) Alauddin
    c) Firoz Shah
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    👉 NCERT. Known for bold yet failed reforms.

11. Who banned wine and gambling?
    a) Firoz Shah
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Iltutmish
    d) Muhammad Tughlaq
    ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    👉 NCERT. Enforced orthodox Islamic laws.

12. Who re-established agriculture in Doab?
    a) Firoz Shah
    b) Alauddin Khalji
    c) Muhammad Tughlaq
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    👉 NCERT. Reclaimed land through irrigation and incentives.

13. Who called Delhi 'Dar-ul-Islam'?
    a) Balban
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Alauddin
    d) Bahlol
    ✅ Answer: b) Iltutmish
    👉 NCERT. Delhi became an Islamic administrative capital.

14. Who built Hauz Khas?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Firoz Shah
    c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji
    👉 NCERT. Large reservoir built near Siri Fort.

15. Who abolished hereditary Iqtas?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Firoz Shah
    c) Iltutmish
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji
    👉 NCERT. Ensured loyalty through appointments based on merit.

Predicted Questions (36–50)

1. Who built Jaunpur city?
   a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   b) Bahlol Lodhi
   c) Iltutmish
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   👉 From Drishti/Expected. Built in memory of his son.

2. Who founded Siri Fort?
   a) Alauddin Khalji
   b) Muhammad Tughlaq
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Ghiyasuddin
   ✅ Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 From Lucent. For Mongol defense and administration.

3. Who introduced Barids (spy system)?
   a) Alauddin Khalji
   b) Iltutmish
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 Predicted. Used for surveillance and governance control.

4. Which Sultan was poet and author?
   a) Sikandar Lodhi
   b) Muhammad Tughlaq
   c) Alauddin
   d) Firoz Shah
   ✅ Answer: a) Sikandar Lodhi
   👉 He composed under pen name ‘Gulrukhi’.

5. What were Amirs?
   a) Military generals
   b) Merchants
   c) Nobles
   d) Tax collectors
   ✅ Answer: c) Nobles
   👉 Aristocrats holding land and privileges.

6. Which Sultan had the largest standing army?
   a) Alauddin Khalji
   b) Iltutmish
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 As per expected MCQs. Well-organized and disciplined army.

7. What is 'Ghari' tax?
   a) House tax
   b) Grazing tax
   c) Land tax
   d) Inheritance tax
   ✅ Answer: a) House tax
   👉 Introduced by Alauddin Khalji.

8. Who imposed 'Charai' (cattle tax)?
   a) Alauddin Khalji
   b) Firoz Shah
   c) Muhammad Tughlaq
   d) Balban
   ✅ Answer: a) Alauddin Khalji
   👉 Alongside Ghari, to boost revenue.

9. Which ruler wrote on medicine?
   a) Sikandar Lodhi
   b) Muhammad Tughlaq
   c) Firoz Shah
   d) Iltutmish
   ✅ Answer: a) Sikandar Lodhi
   👉 Wrote Tibb-i-Sikandari and promoted Unani medicine.

10. Who invited scholars from Persia?
    a) Bahlol Lodhi
    b) Iltutmish
    c) Balban
    d) Muhammad Tughlaq
    ✅ Answer: d) Muhammad Tughlaq
    👉 Sought intellectuals and religious leaders.

11. Which Sultan was master of astronomy?
    a) Muhammad Tughlaq
    b) Firoz Shah
    c) Alauddin
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    👉 Known for scientific knowledge.

12. Who introduced salary in cash?
    a) Alauddin Khalji
    b) Firoz Shah
    c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    👉 Salaries paid through token or cash currency.

13. Who introduced crop rotation policy?
    a) Firoz Shah
    b) Muhammad Tughlaq
    c) Alauddin
    d) Balban
    ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    👉 For improving agricultural productivity.

14. Who started irrigation canals?
    a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    b) Alauddin
    c) Muhammad Tughlaq
    d) Iltutmish
    ✅ Answer: a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    👉 Built canals from Yamuna and Ghaggar.

15. Who ended Delhi Sultanate?
    a) Humayun
    b) Sher Shah
    c) Babur
    d) Akbar
    ✅ Answer: c) Babur
    👉 1526 Battle of Panipat ended Sultanate rule.