Quiz 1910 (Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban)

Q1. When was he born?

Q2. What was his original name?

Q3. He was an -----
(A) Mongol
(B) Kurd
(C) Sadat
(D) Ilbari Turk

Q4. When he was young he was captured by the Mongols. Who purchased him?
(A) Muhammad Ghauri
(B) Qutbuddin Aibak
(C) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(D) Razia Sultana

Q5. Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud being pleased with his loyalty and devotion, bestowed on him with the title of Ulugh khan and made him
(A) Amir- i-Shikar (Lord of the Hunt)
(B) Diwan- i-Ariz (minister of war)
(C) Kingmaker
(D) Naib-i-Mamlikat (Deputy Sultan)

Q6. He ascended the throne in -----
(A) 1250
(B) 1255
(C) 1260
(D) 1266

Q7. He ascended the throne at the age of -----
(A) 55
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 70

Q8. He was the ----- sultan of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi.
(A) 1st
(B) 5th
(C) 9th
(D) last

Q9. He reduced the power of the treacherous nobility and heightened the stature of the sultan.
(A) True
(B) False

Q10. In spite of having only few military achievements, he was the most powerful ruler of the sultanate between Shamsuddin Iltutmish and -----
(A) Razia Sultana
(B) Firoze Tughluq
(C) Sikandar Lodhi
(D) Alauddin Khilji

Q11. He ordered for Sajda (prostration) and Paibos (feet- kissing) as the normal form of Salutation for the King.
(A) True
(B) False

Q12. Balban was the first who introduced the famous Persian Festival of Nauroz.
(A) True
(B) False

Q13. Who was his predecessor?

Q14. Who was his successor?

Q15. How many years he reigned?

Q16. When he died?

Q17. What was his total age?

Q18. Where is Tomb of Balban?

Q19. After how many years of his death, Mamluk Dynasty collapsed?
(A) 2 years
(B) 3 years
(C) 4 years
(D) 5 years

Q20. How many sons he had?

Q21. What is the meaning of his name?
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