MCQ
Q.
The Mosque of Moth was constructed during whose reign?
Correct Answer: A
The correct answer is Sikandar Lodhi.
- The Mosque of Moth was constructed during the reign of Sikandar Lodi.
Key Points
- Moth Ki Masjid was built in 1505 by Wazir Miya Bhoiya who was a Prime Minister at the Royal Courts of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi.
- Sikandar Lodhi (1489 AD-1517 AD):
- Sikandar Lodhi was the son of Bahlol Lodhi who conquered Bihar and western Bengal.
- Noblest of the three Lodhi rulers, real name was Nizam Khan (son of Bahalul Lodhi).
- He conquered Bihar and Bengal in 1504 AD. He built a new city named Agra and made it his capital.
- He shifted his capital from Delhi to Agra, a city founded by him.
- He broke the sacred images of the Jwalamukhi Temple at Nagarkot and ordered the temples of Mathura to be destroyed.
- He introduced the Gaz-i-Sikandari (Sikandar’s yard) of 32 digits for measuring cultivated fields.
- He was a poet and wrote verses in Persian under the pet name Gularukh.
- He repaired Qutub Minar.
Additional Information
- Muhammad Tughlaq set up a new department of agriculture Diwani-
Kohi. - Alauddin is credited to have built many forts and the most important of them is Ali Fort.
- He also constructed the Alai Darwaja, the entrance gate of Qutub Minar.
- Qutbuddin Aibak constructed two mosques, Quwwat-ul- Islam in Delhi and Adhai din ka Jhonpra in Ajmer.
- He also began the construction of Qutub Minar.