Which dynasty ruled Delhi immediately after the Khilji dynasty?
- A.Tughlaq dynasty
- B.Rajput dynasty
- C.Sayyid dynasty
- D.Lodi dynasty
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Tughlaq dynasty. The Khalji dynasty ended in 1320 when Khusrau Khan, who had seized the throne after Mubarak Shah Khalji, was defeated by Ghazi Malik, the governor of Dipalpur. Ghazi Malik took the title Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and founded the Tughlaq dynasty, which ruled until 1414 and was the longest-lived of the five. Option B is wrong because no Rajput dynasty ruled Delhi after 1192; the Chahamana or Chauhan rule under Prithviraj III ended before the Sultanate began. Option C is wrong because the Sayyid dynasty came later, founded by Khizr Khan in 1414 after Timur's invasion had broken Tughlaq power. Option D is wrong because the Lodi dynasty, founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi in 1451, was the last of the five and followed the Sayyids, not the Khaljis.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest time?
- A.Khilji
- B.Tughlaq
- C.Sayyid
- D.Lodi
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The Khalji or Khilji dynasty held the throne of Delhi only from 1290, when Jalaluddin Khalji seized power, to 1320, when Khusrau Khan was overthrown by Ghazi Malik.
Read the full explanation →Which Sultan shifted the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from Lahore to Delhi and completed the Qutb Minar?
- A.Qutbuddin Aibak
- B.Iltutmish
- C.Balban
- D.Jalaluddin Khalji
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Shamsuddin Iltutmish, who ruled from 1211 to 1236, moved the seat of government from Lahore to Delhi, completed the Qutb Minar that his father-in-law had begun, issued the silver tanka and the copper jital, organised the iqta system of land assignments and formed the Turkan-i-Chihalgani, the corps of forty Turkish…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following rulers built the mosque called 'Adhai-din-ka-Jhopra'?
- A.Balban
- B.Abraham Lodi
- C.Iltutmish
- D.Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
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The Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra stands at Ajmer in Rajasthan and was raised on the site of an earlier Sanskrit college by Qutbuddin Aibak, the founder of the Slave dynasty and the first Sultan of Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The dagh (branding of horses) and chehra (descriptive roll of soldiers) systems were introduced by which Sultan?
- A.Balban
- B.Iltutmish
- C.Alauddin Khalji
- D.Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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Alauddin Khalji, who ruled from 1296 to 1316, wanted a standing army paid directly by the state and under his own eye.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following type of tax was collected during the Delhi Sultanate?
- A.Ryotwari Tax
- B.Income tax
- C.Mahalwari tax
- D.Kharaj tax
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Kharaj was the land tax on agricultural produce and the single largest source of revenue for the Delhi Sultanate. Alauddin Khalji raised the demand to half the produce in the doab and had land measured for assessment.
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