Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites'?
A. Balban
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D. Ibrahim Lodi
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Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was proficient in
A. Art
B. Music
C. Calligraphy
D. Philosophy
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Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?
A. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
C. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D. Mahmud Tughlaq
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Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
A. Firoz Tughlaq
B. Mohammad Tughlaq
C. Alauddin Khalji
D. Balban
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Arrange the following Tughlaqs in the chronological sequence:
I. Firuz Tughlaq
II. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
III. Abu Bakr
IV. Nasiruddin Mahmud
V. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
A. II,V,I,III,IV
B. I,II,V,IV,III
C. II,V,I,IV,III
D. IV,II,I,V,III
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Assertion (A): Firuz Shah Tughlaq did not leavy jizya tax.
Reason (R): His influential minister Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul was a converted Hindu.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Assertion (A): Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued currency of copper coins and declared them as legal tender. Reason (R): Sultan's treasury was empty because of his short-sighted projects.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Who issued a token currency in copper coins between AD 1329 and 1330?
A. Alauddin Khilzi
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D. Feroz Tughlaq
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Muhammad BinTughlaq transferred his capital from
A. Delhi to Warangal
B. Delhi to Devagiri
C. Delhi to Madurai
D. Delhi to Vijayanagar
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Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from?
A. Morocco
B. Persia
C. Turkey
D. Central Asia
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Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
A. Mysore
B. Nizamabad
C. Aurangabad
D. Bhopal
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Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
A. Aurangzeb
B. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
C. Sher Shah Suri
D. Genghis Khan
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Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
A. Iltutmish
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D. Balban
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Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jiziya on Brahmans?
A. Alauddin Khalji
B. Firoz Tughlaq
C. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D. Balban
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Assertion (A): The nobility under Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a highly homogeneous one.
Reason (R): Royal intervention in the iqta system was as its peak under Muhammad Tughlaq.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was a failure because
A. He was mad
B. He was not a practical states man
C. He transferred the capital
D. He waged war with China
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