Question

What was the last dynasty of Delhi Sultanate?
A. Slave Dynasty
B. Lodhi dynasty
C. Khilji Dynasty
D. Tughlaq dynasty

Answer 1

Hint: The Delhi Sultanate was a Delhi-based Islamic Empire that spanned 320 years across large parts of the Indian Subcontinent. The Sultanate of Delhi occupied significant portions of Northern India.

Complete answer:
Option A) Slave Dynasty - This is not the correct option because The Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) (also called the Slave Dynasty or the Gulham dynasty) was a dynasty founded by Qutb ud-Din Aibak in Northern India. He was Muhammad of Ghor, a Turkish slave. North India was ruled from 1206 to 1290 by the Mamluk dynasty. It was the first of the Delhi Sultanate's five dynasties, which lasted until 1526. Thus, it is an incorrect option.

Option B) Lodhi Dynasty – This is a correct option because The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan dynasty that from 1451 to 1526 ruled the Delhi Sultanate. It was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and when it succeeded in the Sayyid dynasty, Bahlul Khan Lodi founded it. Thus, it is the correct option.

Option C) Khilji Dynasty – This is not the correct option because The Khilji dynasty was a Turko-Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for almost three decades between 1290 and 1320. Established as the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate of India by Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji, it came to power through a revolution marking the transition of power from the monopoly of Turkish nobles. Thus, it is an incorrect option.

Option D) Tughlaq Dynasty - This is not the correct option because The Tughlaq dynasty, also known as the Tughluq or Tughluk dynasty, was a Turko-Indian Muslim dynasty that ruled over the sultanate of Delhi in medieval India.[8] Its reign began in Delhi in 1320 when Ghazi Malik assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. In 1413, the dynasty died. Thus, it is an incorrect option.

Therefore the answer is B.

Note:
The Delhi Sultanate was governed sequentially by five dynasties, the first four of which were of Turkish origin: the Mamluk dynasty (1206-90), the Khilji dynasty (1290-1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414-51), and the Afghan Lodi dynasty (1451-1526).