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VII T1 SS U4 H THE DELHI SULTANATE - TEXTBOOK SOLUTIONS
Unit -4
THE DELHI SULTANATE
I Choose the correct answer
1. ____________laid the foundation of ‘Mamluk’ dynasty.
a) Mohammad Ghori
b) Jalal-ud-din
c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d) Iltutmish
Ans: c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
2. Qutb-ud-in shifted his capital to Delhi from_____________.
a) Lahore
b) Poona
c) Daulatabad
d) Agra
Ans: a) Lahore
3. ______________ completed the construction of the Qutb-Minar.
a) Razia
b) Qutb-ud-din -Aibak
c) Iltutmish
d) Balban
Ans: c) Iltutmish
4. _________laid the foundation of the city Tughluqabad near Delhi.
a) Muhammad-bin -Tughluq
b) Firoz shah Tughluq
c) Jalal –ud-din
d) Ghiyas –ud-din
Ans: d) Ghiyas –ud-din
II Fill in the Blanks
1. ___________ was the founder of Tughluq dynasty.
Ans: d) Ghiyas –ud-din
2. Muhammad–bin-Tughluq shifted his capital from Delhi to___________.
Ans: Devagiri (Later changed the name as Daulatabad)
3. ____________ patronized the famous Persian poet Amir Khusru.
Ans: Balban
4. Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid in Delhi was built by______________ .
Ans: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
5. The threat of Mongols under Chengizkhan to India was during the reign of_________________________.
Ans: Iltutmish
III Match the following
1. Tughril Khan - Governor of Bengal
2. Ala-ud-din - Governor of Kara
3. Bahlol Lodi - Governor of Sirhind
4. Razia - Jalal-ud-din Yakut
IV State true or false
1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak died of mysterious fever.
Ans: False
Aibak
Qutb-ud-din Aibak died of injuries received during an accidental fall from a horse, while playing polo in 1210.
2. Razia was an able and brave fighter.
Ans:True
3. The Turkish nobles chose Iltutmish, son of Aibak, as Sultan after the death of Aibak.
Ans: False
The Turkish nobles chose Iltutmish, son-in-law of Aibak, as Sultan after the death of Aibak.
4. FirozShah Tughluq refused to accept an invitation from a Bahmani Prince to intervene in the affairs of the Deccan
Ans: True
V. Match the statement with the reason.Tick the appropriate answer
1) Assertion (A):Balban maintained cordial relationship with Mongols
Reason (R): The Mongol ruler, a grandson of Chengiz Khan, assured that Mongols would not advance beyond Sutlej.
a) R is the correct explanation of A.
b) R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A and R are wrong.
d) A is wrong and R is the correct.
Ans: a) R is the correct explanation of A.
2) Find out the correct pair
a) Hoysala - Devagiri
b) Yadavas - Dwarasamudra
c) Kakatias - Warrangal
d) Pallavas - Madurai
Ans:c) Kakatias - Warrangal
3) Find out the wrong statement
a) After Ghori’s death in 1206, his slave Qutbud-din Aibak proclaimed him self the ruler of the Turkish territories in India.
b) Razia established the department of spies to gather intelligence about the conspirators and the trouble makers against her rule.
c) Balban built forts to guard his empire against the Mongol attack.
d) Ibrahim Lodi was defeated by Babur in 1526.
Ans: b) Razia established the department of spies to gather intelligence about the conspirators and the trouble makers against her rule.
VI Answer the following in one or two sentences
1. Name the land granted to army officials in lieu of a regular wage.
Iqta is the land granted to army officials in lieu of a regular wage.
2. Who founded the city of Agra?
Sikandar Lodi founded the city Agra.
3. Name the ruler who established Muslim rule in India in 12th century A.D (CE).
Muslim rule in India was established by Muhammad Ghori in 12th century A.D. (CE).
4. Write a note on chahalgani.
To counter the possible attack of the Mongols, Iltutmish organised Turkish nobility into a select group of 40 nobles known as chahalgani or The Forty.
5. How did Ala-ud-din Khalji consolidate the Delhi Sultanate?
The range of his conquests is impressive: in the Punjab (against the Mongols), in Rajasthan and in Gujarat.
The Yadavas of Devagiri, the Kakatias of Warangal, the Hoysalas of Dwarasamudra and the Pandyas of Madurai accepted Ala-ud-din’s suzerainty.
Ala-ud-din’s political and administrative reforms were as impressive as his military conquests.
6. List out the contributions of Firoz Shah Tughluq.
Firoz, the son of Ghiyas-ud-din’s younger brother, succeeded Muhammad-bin-Tughluq.
Firoz rewarded Sufis and other religious leaders generously and listened to their advice.
He banned inhuman punishments and abolished taxes not recognised by Muslim law.
He promoted agriculture by waiving off the debts of the agriculturalists.
He had built new towns such as Firozabad, Jaunpur, Hissar and Firozpur.
VIIAnswer the following
1. Write about the invasion of Timur in 1398.
Timur’s Invasion (1398)
The sacking and massacre by Tamerlane or Timur of Delhi came a decade after Firuz Shah Tughluq died.
As a ruler, Timur had occupied some parts in the north-west of India.
Taking advantage of India’s weakness, he entered India in December 1398 and plundered Delhi.
Punjab, besides the Delhi city, was the province that suffered most by Timur’s raid.
Timur, apart from carrying huge wealth in the form of gold, silver, jewels, also took along Indian artisans like carpenters and masons to work on monuments in Samarkand.
VIIIHOTs
1. How would you evaluate Muhammad-binTughluq as Sultan of Delhi?
Muhammad-bin-Tughluq was a learned man.
Muhammad Tughluq dreamt of making the whole of the subcontinent his domain.
He shifted his capital from Delhi to the centre of the kingdom, namely Devagiri. He also changed its name to Daulatabad.
As he felt the move of the capital was a mistake,he ordered a return to Delhi as the capital again.
Tughluq changed the Ala-ud-din’s system of revenue collections in grain and ordered that land revenue, which was increased, should henceforward be collected in money.
