Kerala PSC History Question and Answers Part-53

1. Which Arab conqueror is said to have made 17 raids into India?
Mahmud of Gazni
2. Which Arab conqueror had the nickname of 'Destroyer of the Images'?
Mahmud of Gazni
3. What was the original name of Muhammed Ghuri?
Muizzuddin Muhammed
4. Who was known as 'Indian Homer'?
Al Firdausi
5. How many Sultan Dynasties ruled Delhi?
Five
6. What is the descending order of Delhi Sultan Dynasties?
Slave Dynasty, Khiljis, Tughlaqs, Sayyid Dynasty, Lodis
7. How many years the Sultanates ruled Delhi?
320 Years (I206-1526)
8. Who was the founder of Slave (Mamluk) Dynasty?
Qutub ud din Aibak
9. Which ruler of Slave Dynasty known as 'Lakh Baksh'?
Qutub ud din Aibak
10. Who completed the construction of Qutub Minar?
Ilthumish
11. The- Mongol conqueror Jengizkhan attacked India during the reign of?
Ilthumish (1221)
12. Who was the first Sultan to make Delhi his capital?
Ilthumish
13. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to get recognition of the Khalif of Bagdad?
Ilthumish
14. Who was the only woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
Sulthana Razia (1236-40)
15. Razia Sulthana was the daughter of _____?
Ilthumish
16. Which Slave Sultan described him-self as 'the Shadow of God (Zil-i-illahi)'?
Balban
17. Who was the last Slave Sultan?
Kayqubad
18. Name the founder of Khilji Dynasty?
Jalaluddhin Khilji
19. Ali Gurushap was the original name of?
Alauddhin Khilji
20. Who was known as 'the Second Alexander (Sikhander-i-sani)’?
Alauddhin Khilji