Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Bahlol Lodhi.

Key Points

Bahlol Lodhi

• He was the chief of Pashtun Lodhi Tribe.
• He was the founder of the Lodhi Dynasty.
• He became sultan in 1451.
• He was the first Afghani King.
• He introduced new copper coins called Bahloli Coins.
• He ruled over Delhi till 1489.

Ibrahim Lodhi

•  He was the last ruler of Lodhi as well as Delhi Sultanate who ruled from 1517 to 1526.
• He was the son of the second ruler of the Lodhi dynasty Sikander Lodhi.
• He was defeated by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.

Sikander Lodhi

• He was the son of Bahlol Lodhi who conquered Bihar and Western Bengal.
• He founded the city of Agra and moved his capital from Delhi to Agra.
• He introduced the Gaz-i-Sikandari of 32 digits for measuring cultivated fields.

The correct answer is Iltutmish​.

Key Points

• Iltutmish (1211-1236):
  • He succeeded to the throne after Qutub-ud-din-Aibak.
  • He was the third ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, belonging to the Mamluk dynasty.
  • He constituted corp of forty loyal slave Amirs known as Turkan-i-Chihalgani also called Chalisa.
  • He introduced the silver coin (tanka) and cooper coin (jittal).
  • He made Delhi the capital in place of Lahore.

​Additional Information

• Firoz Shah Tughlaq:
  • He was the third ruler of Tughlaq dynasty that ruled over Delhi from 1351 to 1388 AD.
  • He established the Diwan-i-Khairat - office for charity
  • He established the Diwan-i-Bundagan -- department of slave
  • He is known to establish four new towns, Firozabad, Fatehabad, Jaunpur and Hissar.
  • He appointed Khan-i-Jahan Maqbal, a Telugu Brahmin convert as wazir (prime minister). 
    • The wazir helped the Sultan in his administration and maintained the prestige of the Sultanate during this period.
• Mohammad bin Tughlaq (1325-1351):
  • He shifted his capital from Delhi to Deogir and renamed it as Daulatabad.
  • Daulatabad is situated in Maharashtra. 
  • He built a road from Delhi to Deogir and also set up rest houses for the people.
  • He introduced bronze coins of the same value as Silver coins.
  • He established a new department of agriculture known as “Diwan-i-Kohi".
  • He also provided agricultural loan “Takavi” to the farmers.
• Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah (1580-1612):
  • He was the fifth sultan of the Qutub Shahi dynasty of Golkonda
  • He founded the city of Hyderabad, in South-central India and built its architectural centrepiece, the Charminar. 
  • He founded the city of Hyderabad and named it as Bhagyanagar after his Hindu mistress Bhagamati.​

• Razmnama is a Persian translation of Mahabharata.
• Razmnama means “book of war.” It was completed by the maktab khana, a translation bureau set up by Akbar to translate important Sanskrit texts into Persian.
• It was Akbar’s intention that the empire be Persian-speaking, and translating the Hindu epics (including the Ramayana, the epic narrating the life of Ram) was a way to encourage a sense of belonging and inclusion amongst Hindu subjects

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• ​Akbar was born as Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar on October 15, 1542.
• Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, in 1556 when he was 13 years old.
• Akbar was given the nickname 'the Great' because of his many accomplishments.
• Akbar had nine ministers in his court, who were called his Navratnas or '9 gems'.
• He died in 1605.

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. Ibn Battuta.

Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.

• He was a Moroccan scholar and traveller and travelled widely in the medieval world.
• He travelled most of the Islamic world and many non-Islamic countries in Central Asia, India and China.
• He travelled more than any other explorer covering the distance more than 100000 km.
• He wrote the book named Rihla.
• He composed his journey under the title ‘A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling’.

The correct answer is Hyderabad.

Key Points

• The Golconda Fort is situated at Hyderabad, Telangana.
• This fort was built by the Qutb shahi dynasty near 1143.
• Golconda is a fortified citadel and an early capital city of the Qutb Shahi dynasty.
• Golconda has many mines where many diamonds like Kohinoor, Nassak Diamond, Hope Diamond and many other diamonds were produced.
• The historic Golconda Fort derives its name from a Telugu word ‘Golla Konda’ which means Shepherds.