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2. Qutb-ud-Dïn Aibak founded the Mamluk Dynasty in:

(a) 1204 (b) 1206 (c) 1208
3. Raziya was finally murdered in:
(a) 1240 (b) 1280 (c) 1250

4. After Bahram Shah, the ‘______________ ’ managed to make Masood Shah (1242-46), the
Sultan of Delhi.
(a) Corps of Sixty (b) Corps of Twenty (c) Corps of Forty
5. The second of the Delhi Sultanates, ____________ , was named after Jalal-ud-Dïn Khilji.

(a) Khilji Dynasty (b) Tughalaq Dynasty (c) both (a) & (b)

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. __________________ was a central Asian Turk and a former general for the crumbling
Ghurid Sultanate.
2. The reign of the Mamluk Dynasty passed to his son-in-law __________________ .

3. __________________ decided to nominate his daughter Raziya to the throne.
4. The economic regulations of __________________ were the greatest administrative
achievement of the Sultanate period.
5. _________________ was the first Delhi Sultan to maintain a well-equipped standing army.

6. __________________ Dynasty replaced the Sayyid Dynasty
7. __________________ provided the principal of inheritance to the armed force.

C. Complete the following table.
The Tughlaq Dynasty
Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq
Muhammad Tughlaq

1351-88 AD
1388 AD

Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq Shah-II
1389-90 AD
Nasir-ud-din Muhammad

Humayun
1395-1412 AD

D. Answer the following questions.
1. Why should Iltutmish be regarded as the real consolidator of the Delhi Sultanate? Give
two reasons.
2. How do we know that Raziya was a brave and independent minded ruler?

3. Why did Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s plan of token currency fail?
4. How did Timur’s invasion give a severe blow to Delhi Sultanate ? Give two reasons.

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