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Who is known as the "slave of a slave"?

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  1. Muhammad bin Qasim

  2. Mahmud of Ghazni

  3. Iltutmish

  4. Qutbuddin Aibak

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Iltutmish is known as the "slave of a slave" as he succeeded Qutubuddin Aibak founder of slave dynasty in India. Iltutmish is called the real founder of the slave dynasty.

'Chahalghani' means _______________.

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  1.  Turkish nobles under Iltutmish

  2. Slaves inherited by him from his predecessors

  3. General cadre of slaves

  4. Thee elite cadre of slave officers under him

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Answer- (A) Turkish nobles under Iltutmish

Iltutmish the real founder of the slave dynasty founded 'Chalisha', Turk-i-Chahalghani and Chahalgani system. It was a group of 40 nobles who played an important role in the administration of Delhi Sultanate. It was a selected body of Turkish nobles.

During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India?

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  1. Aurangazeb

  2. Akbar

  3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

  4. Alauddin Khilji

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Answer - Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan traveller who widely travelled the medieval world. Ibn Battuta visited the court of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq who patronised various scholars.

Arrange the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate in chronological order of their reign and choose the correct answer.
$1$. Qutubuddin Aibak
$2$. Balban
$3$. Iltutmish
$4$. Nasiruddin.

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  1. $4, 1, 3, 2$

  2. $1, 3, 4, 2$

  3. $1, 2, 3, 4$

  4. $3, 1, 4, 2$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Qutubuddin Aibak - He was the first slave ruler of the slave dynasty He became the Sultan of Delhi in 1206 AD after the death of Muhammad Ghori
  • Ittutmish - He was the son-in-law of Qutubuddin Aibak. After Aibak's death, he became the Sultan of Delhi in 1210 AD.
  • Nasiruddin- After the death of Raziya Sultan he became the Sultan of Delhi in 1246 AD
  • Balban- He became the Sultan of Delhi in 1266AD.

Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of Silver ones?

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  1. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq

  3. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

  4. Mahumud Tughlaq

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Muhammad bin Tughlaq had imposed taxes on Doab region but the time was wrong and his plan got failed. Along with this his plan of shifting capital got failed. 

Due to the failure of these plans and his generosity, the shortage of silver was found in his kingdom so he decided to issue bronze and copper coins as a token currency.

Alauddin Khilji introduced market reforms.

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  1. To administer his subjects well

  2. To east the peasants living

  3. To maintain a large army economically

  4. To remove mediators

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Alauddin Khalji was an ambitious ruler. He needed a large army to complete his ambitious conquest. In order to maintain his large army, required money. For that, he fixed the prices of all commodities from the smallest to the biggest things. Besides price control, he kept an eye on prices or weight.

Which of the following generals of Alauddin Khilji conqured Deccan a number of times?

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  1. Ulugh Khan

  2. Nusrat Khan

  3. Malik Kafur

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

After conquering northern India Alauddin Khalji sent his army to conquer southern India under the leadership of Malik Kafur. Malik Kafur defeated Yadavas of Devagiri, Kakatiyas of Warangal, Hoyasalas of Dwarasamudra and the Pandayas of Madurai.

The extent of the Delhi Sultanate empire was the greatest during the reign of __________.

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  1. Alauddin Khilji

  2. Iltutmish

  3. Balban

  4. Mohammad bin Tughlaq

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alauddin Khilji was the only Muslim ruler who built the imperial empire in India. He extended the boundaries of Delhi sultanate beyond the Vindhyas up to the Deccan.  In the North, he conquered Gujarat, Malwa, Ranthambhore, Chittoor, and Jalore. In the south, his general Malik Kafur defeated rulers of Devagiri, Warangels, Hoysalas and Pandyas.

Which of the following statements are true regarding Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
$1$. He introduced measures to regulate markets.
$2$. He introduced monetary reforms.
$3$. He increases the taxes paid by the people of the doab region.
$4$. He invited leaders of different faiths for religious discussions.

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  1. $1$ and $2$

  2. $2$ and $3$

  3. $3$ and $4$

  4. $1, 2$ and $4$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Muhammad bin Tughlaq introduced monetary reforms. During his reign, there was a shortage of silver so he decided to issue bronze and copper coins as a token currency. Later it was proved a blunder of his ruler life.

The Doab region was the most fertile region. It yielded good quality crops. He raised the land tax in the Doab region for the increasing revenue collection.

Mohammad bin Tughlaq changed his capital from Delhi to Deogiri because he wanted to ______.

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  1. Improve trade in the Deccan

  2. Spread Islam in the Deccan

  3. Punish the people of Delhi

  4. Escape from the Mongol invasion

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mohammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Deogiri in 1327 and renamed it as Daulatabad. There were two reasons behind this step:-

(1) The centralised location of Daulatabad
(2) The threat of Mongol raid on Delhi.
Very soon he realised that it was difficult to keep an eye on northern frontiers from the new capital so he issued orders to reshift his capital to Delhi.