Delhi Sultanate Quiz

Which of the following is an example of how the Delhi Sultanate changed society in India?

• Many lower caste Hindus converted to Islam because Islam did not recognize a caste system.

• Hindu rajahs were completely excluded from having any social influence in their territories.

• Traditional Hindu marriage and inheritance laws became illegal.

• The government was decentralized, with Muslim sultans ruling their own territories.

What is the BEST description of the relationship between Muslims and Hindus during the Delhi Sultanate?

• harmonious throughout the time of the Sultanate

• violent throughout the period

• harmonious until the Muslim rulers began forced conversions among Hindus

• violent, then relatively peaceful

Sikhism was founded in

• Persia and brought to India by Persian scholars during the reign of Akbar.

• the Punjab area of India by Guru Nanak.

• northern China, but flourished in Delhi, India.

• Delhi, during the early years of the Delhi Sultanate.

Akbar is called "the Great" because

• he conquered all of India and brought it completely under Mughal rule.

• his works of poetry and literature were considered to be as powerful as his armies.

• his wise trade policies brought enormous wealth to his family and government appointees.

• his policies of religious tolerance and diversity contributed to a strong central government.

Which of the following is one of the key policies Akbar put in place to strengthen his government?

• He appointed trusted advisors and made government posts hereditary so they could pass from father to son.

• Officials in Akbar’s government were paid employees and could not automatically pass on their positions to relatives.

• Akbar brought in his most successful generals to ensure peace in the largest cities of his empire.

• He called in scholars from different religions to blend their beliefs into a single state religion.