The Sultanate Period
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. The period from 1206 to __________ is known as the age of the Delhi Sultanate
a. 1256
b. 1526
c. 1625
d. 1525
2. The first ruler of the Slave Dynasty was
a. Muhammad Ghori
b. Ala-ud-din Khalij
c. Raziya Sultan
d.Qutb-ud-din Aibak
3. _________ was the most trusted general of Ala-ud-din Khalji
a. Malik Kafu
b. Jalal Kafur
c. Firoz Malik
d. Kaikubad Kafur
4. Ibn Batuta gives a lot of information about the reign of
a. Ala-ud-din Khalji
c. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
b. Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughluq
d. Firoz Shah Tughluq
5. Firoz Shah Tughluq founded the new town of
a. Jaunpur and Firozpur
c. Delhi and Jaunpur
b. Dai;atanad amd Firozabad
d. Gulbarga and Firozpur
6. This ruler tried to curb the power of the ulemas
a. Firoz Shah Tughluq
c. Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
b. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
d. Khizr Khan
7. During the Sultanate period the nobles were given land grants called
a. jagirs
b. iqtas
c. mansabs
d. zamin
II.Fill in the blanks.
1._____________was the most powerful ruler of the Slave Dynasty.
2.The land tax was called________
3.____________invaded India in 1398.
4.The ______advised the sultan on religious issues.
5.The First Battle of Panipat was fought between____________and______________
III. Answer the following questions.(1M)
1.Between whom was the First Battle of Panipat fought?
2. Who advised the sultan on religious issues?
3.When did Timur invade India?
4.How was the land tax called in sultanate period?
5.Who was the most powerful ruler of the Slave Dynasty?
6.Who was Raziya Sultan?
7.Name the two Persian customs introduced by Balban.
8.Who succeeded Qutb-ud-din Aibak ?
9.Where was the first Battle of panipet take place?
10. Who shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
11.How was the land tax called during sultanate period?
12.Who said that the Agra was his capital?
13.What was land grant given to nobles during the sultanate period?
14.Which ruler tried to curb the power of the ulemas ?
15. What were the two new towns founded by Firoz Shah Tughluq?
16.About whom did Ibn Batuta give lot of information?
17.Who was the most trusted general of Ala-ud-din khalji?
18. Qutb-ud-din Aibak was the first ruler of which dynasty?
19.Which period was known as the age of the Delhi sultanate?
20.Who said, let me join Timur?
IV. Answer the following questions.(2M)
1.Who was Raziya sultan? Why did the nobles oppose Raziya?
2.Name the two Persian customs introduced by Balban. Why were people against these customs?
3.What were ‘dagh’ and ‘chehra’? who introduced them?
4.Write one reason that prompted Muhammad-bin Tughluq to shift the capital to Daulatabad?
5.Give two reasons to show that the court of the Delhi sultans was a ‘ceremonial’ court?
V. Answer the following questions.(4M)
1.Explain the importance of literary sources for the Sultanate period. Which other sources tell us
about this period?
2.Who succeeded Qutb-ud-din Aibak? Why is that person called the real founder of the Sultanate?
3.Why did Ala-ud-din Khalji introduce the market control policy? How did he enforce it?
4.Muhammad-bin-Taughlug’s schemes were well-conceived but poorly executed. Discuss this
statement with reference to his taken currency experiment?