Best SSC MCQ Set on Medieval Indian History – Practice Now

Here are some very important question and answers for the students who are preparing for the SSC exam. After reading these questions, you can click on the link below to take the exam. By taking this exam, you will know how much preparation you have done. And these questions are taken from the Medieval Indian History topic.

Medieval Indian History Set:- 2

• Q1: ______ organized his trusted nobles into a group of forty known as Turkan-i-Chahalgani.
  • a) Qutb ud-din Aibak
  • b) Iltutmish
  • c) Razia Sultan
  • d) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • Answer: b) Iltutmish
• Q2: Who was the first and last woman ruler of Delhi Sultanate?
  • a) Chand Bibi
  • b) Nur Jahan
  • c) Razia Sultan
  • d) Mumtaz Mahal
  • Answer: c) Razia Sultan
• Q3: How many storeys does Qutub Minar have in Delhi?
  • a) 4
  • b) 5
  • c) 6
  • d) 7
  • Answer: b) 5
• Q4: To ensure adequate supply of goods, which officer under Alauddin Khilji was required to maintain a register of traders?
  • a) Diwan-i-Riyasat
  • b) Shahna-i-Mandi
  • c) Barid-i-Mandi
  • d) Sarai-i-Adl
  • Answer: a) Diwan-i-Riyasat
• Q5: Zafar Khan was a famous general of which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • c) Alauddin Khilji
  • d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji
• Q6: Who was the first Sultan of Delhi Sultanate to launch a military campaign in Southern India?
  • a) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • b) Alauddin Khilji
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: b) Alauddin Khilji
• Q7: During the reign of Alauddin Khilji, the textile market was known as……..
  • a) Mandi
  • b) Sarai-i-Adl
  • c) Diwan-i-Riyasat
  • d) Daftar
  • Answer: b) Sarai-i-Adl
• Q8: Who among the following introduced the Daag and Hulia system and cash payment system for soldiers in the Delhi Sultanate?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • c) Alauddin Khilji
  • d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji
• Q9: Who among the following was the founder of Khilji dynasty?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Khilji
  • c) Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji
  • d) Mubarak Shah Khilji
  • Answer: c) Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji
• Q10: Which of the medieval Indian rulers is known for his policies of market control?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • c) Alauddin Khilji
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji
• Q11: Who among the following was one of the Governors during the reign of Alauddin Khilji?
  • a) Malik Kafur
  • b) Khizr Khan
  • c) Alp Khan
  • d) Zafar Khan
  • Answer: a) Malik Kafur
• Q12: ____ was the first Muslim ruler whose empire covered almost the whole of India up to its extreme south.
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • d) Sikandar Lodi
  • Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q13: Who was the last ruler of the Vaghela Dynasty of Gujarat after whose defeat the kingdom was passed to Alauddin Khilji?
  • a) Karna I
  • b) Karna II
  • c) Arjun Dev
  • d) Sarang Dev
  • Answer: b) Karna II
• Q14: ‘Siri’, the second city of Delhi, was built by ___.
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • c) Alauddin Khilji
  • d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji
• Q15: Muhammad bin Tughlaq introduced a copper coin called __________ in place of the silver coin.
  • a) Tanka
  • b) Jital
  • c) Adl
  • d) Token currency
  • Answer: d) Token currency
• Q16: During the rule of which of the following dynasties, Timur or Tamerlane attacked India in 1398 AD?
  • a) Khilji dynasty
  • b) Tughlaq dynasty
  • c) Sayyid dynasty
  • d) Lodi dynasty
  • Answer: b) Tughlaq dynasty
• Q17: Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the rulers of the Tughlaq dynasty, who ruled Delhi from the year 1320 to 1414?
  • a) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq, Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq, Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq, Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: a) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Firuz Shah Tughlaq
• Q18: Which Delhi Sultan planned for a Mongol region for the first time in the Sultanate?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q19: Fatehabad district derives its name from the eponymous headquarters town founded by ______ in the 14th century, who named it after his son Fateh Khan.
  • a) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • d) Alauddin Khalji
  • Answer: c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
• Q20: Foreign traveler Ibn Battuta who came to India during the medieval period, had come from:
  • a) Persia
  • b) Morocco
  • c) Turkey
  • d) Uzbekistan
  • Answer: b) Morocco
• Q21: Ibn Battuta was a…………….who wrote about his travels to India in the fourteenth century.
  • a) Merchant
  • b) Scholar
  • c) Traveller
  • d) Ambassador
  • Answer: c) Traveller
• Q22: Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q23: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq changed his capital from Delhi to:
  • a) Agra
  • b) Lahore
  • c) Daulatabad
  • d) Kannauj
  • Answer: c) Daulatabad
• Q24: Which Indian ruler appointed Ibn Battuta as the qazi or judge of Delhi?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q25: Who was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Ibn Battuta came in India?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q26: Which of the following was a travel book written by Ibn Battuta in Arabic in the 14th century?
  • a) Kitab-ul-Hind
  • b) Ain-i-Akbari
  • c) Rihla
  • d) Humayun-nama
  • Answer: c) Rihla
• Q27: During whose reign did the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visit India in the 14th century?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q28: In which year did Timur Lang invade India?
  • a) 1303 AD
  • b) 1398 AD
  • c) 1414 AD
  • d) 1526 AD
  • Answer: b) 1398 AD
• Q29: During the rule of which of the following dynasties did Timur or Tamerlane invade India in 1398 AD?
  • a) Khilji dynasty
  • b) Tughlaq dynasty
  • c) Sayyid dynasty
  • d) Lodi dynasty
  • Answer: b) Tughlaq dynasty
• Q30: The invasion of Delhi by Timur in_____A.D marked the end of the Tughlaq empire.
  • a) 1396
  • b) 1398
  • c) 1400
  • d) 1414
  • Answer: b) 1398
• Q31: The ______ sultanate was ruled by the Sharqi dynasty.
  • a) Bengal
  • b) Jaunpur
  • c) Malwa
  • d) Gujarat
  • Answer: b) Jaunpur
• Q32: Which Sultan established a separate department (Diwan-i-Amir Kohi) to take care of agriculture?
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q33: Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan?
  • a) Tughlaq dynasty
  • b) Sayyid dynasty
  • c) Lodi dynasty
  • d) Mughal dynasty
  • Answer: b) Sayyid dynasty
• Q34: Who founded the Sayyid dynasty?
  • a) Muhammad Shah
  • b) Alauddin Alam Shah
  • c) Mubarak Shah
  • d) Khizr Khan
  • Answer: d) Khizr Khan
• Q35: Who among the following was the last ruler of Lodi dynasty of Delhi?
  • a) Bahlul Lodi
  • b) Sikandar Lodi
  • c) Ibrahim Lodi
  • d) Daulat Khan Lodi
  • Answer: c) Ibrahim Lodi
• Q36: _____ made Agra the capital of his empire.
  • a) Bahlul Lodi
  • b) Sikandar Lodi
  • c) Ibrahim Lodi
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: b) Sikandar Lodi
• Q37: Which of the following Sultans of the Sultanate of Delhi transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra?
  • a) Bahlul Lodi
  • b) Sikandar Lodi
  • c) Ibrahim Lodi
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: b) Sikandar Lodi
• Q38: When did Ibrahim Lodi become the Sultan of Delhi?
  • a) 1517 AD
  • b) 1526 AD
  • c) 1489 AD
  • d) 1451 AD
  • Answer: a) 1517 AD
• Q39: Who among the following was the head of the Diwan-i-Insha department under the Delhi Sultanate?
  • a) Ariz-i-Mumalik
  • b) Dabir-i-Khas
  • c) Barid-i-Mumalik
  • d) Qazi-ul-Quzat
  • Answer: b) Dabir-i-Khas
• Q40: In the context of the Delhi Sultanate administration, the State Correspondence Department was known by which of the following names?
  • a) Diwan-i-Arz
  • b) Diwan-i-Risalat
  • c) Diwan-i-Insha
  • d) Diwan-i-Wizarat
  • Answer: c) Diwan-i-Insha
• Q41: With reference to the administration of Delhi Sultanate, which of the following was the department of State Correspondence?
  • a) Diwan-i-Risalat
  • b) Diwan-i-Arz
  • c) Diwan-i-Insha
  • d) Diwan-i-Wizarat
  • Answer: c) Diwan-i-Insha
• Q42: The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was?
  • a) Urdu
  • b) Hindi
  • c) Persian
  • d) Arabic
  • Answer: c) Persian
• Q43: An agricultural department known as ‘Diwan-i-Kohi’ was created by:
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q44: Who among the following sultans of the Delhi Sultanate appointed Ghiyasuddin Balban as his/her Prime Minister?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Razia Sultan
  • c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
  • d) Alauddin Masud Shah
  • Answer: c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
• Q45: Which of the following Sultans of Tughluq issued copper coins instead of silver ones?
  • a) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • d) Abu Bakr Shah
  • Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• Q46: The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by………
  • a) Qutb ud-din Aibak
  • b) Iltutmish
  • c) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • d) Alauddin Khilji
  • Answer: b) Iltutmish
• Q47: In the context of state and administration in the Delhi Sultanate, the term ‘muqti’ means :
  • a) A tax collector
  • b) A military commander and landholder
  • c) A judicial officer
  • d) A religious scholar
  • Answer: b) A military commander and landholder
• Q48: During the reign of Iltutmish, special slaves were bought for military service, known as––.
  • a) Iqtadars
  • b) Muqtis
  • c) Bandagan
  • d) Sipah salar
  • Answer: c) Bandagan
• Q49: In which of the following cities is the Quwwat al-Islam Mosque located?
  • a) Agra
  • b) Lahore
  • c) Delhi
  • d) Ajmer
  • Answer: c) Delhi
• Q50: In which monument of Khilji dynasty of Delhi, red sandstone has been used?
  • a) Alai Darwaza
  • b) Qutub Minar
  • c) Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
  • d) Siri Fort
  • Answer: a) Alai Darwaza