Mahmud of Ghazni and Muhammad Ghori

Q.

Write a short note on Alauddin Khilji and his war achievements in south India?

Q. Mahmud of Ghazni belonged to ____________ dynasty and became Sultan in _________.

1. Lahore, 999 CE
2. Ghaznavid, 999 CE
3. Kabul, 998 CE
4. Delhi, 998 CE

Q. Select the statements which are true regarding Qutub-ud-din Aibak:

1. He was a slave from the Aibak tribe.
2. He was given the title of Malik.
3. His dynasty was known as the Mamluk dynasty.
4. He started his reign with Delhi as the capital.

Q. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by X.
Aibak was the commander of X, and established the Mamluk Dynasty in India. Y was the slave of Aibak. Y made Delhi a fitting seat for the Sultanate by constructing several monuments. Y also protected his kingdom from invasions, and built a complex administrative machinery. Identify X and Y.

1. X - Alauddin Khilji
   Y - Malik Kafur
2. X - Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
   Y - Firoz Shah Tughluq
3. X - Muhammed Ghori
   Y - Iltumish
4. X - Alauddin Khilji
   Y - Ghiyasuddin Balban

Q. With reference to the Delhi Sultanate answer the following-

Why is it called the Delhi Sultanate?
Which was the first dynasty to rule the Sultanate?
Name three great kings of this dynasty and the years they ruled.

Q. ___________ and __________ met in battle twice at Tarain.

1. Mahmud of Ghazni and Muhammed-bin-Quasim
2. Mahmud of Ghazni and Prithviraj Chauhan II
3. Muhammed Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan II
4. Muhammed-bin-Quasim and Prithviraj Chauhan II

Q. Among the following rulers, who was the first to invade the Indian subcontinent?

1. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
2. Mahmud of Ghazni
3. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
4. Muhammed-bin-Quasim