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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 66 of 200

Q66
History of IndiaDelhi Sultanate
Who was the general and successor of Muhammad Ghori?
  1. a.Muhammad-ibn-Bakhtyar
  2. b.Qutub-Uddin Aibak
  3. c.Tajuddin Yaldiz
  4. d.Nasiruddin

Answer: (B) Qutub-Uddin Aibak

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Muhammad Ghori's slave-general, took charge of his Indian conquests after Ghori's death in 1206 and founded the Delhi Sultanate. Bakhtiyar Khalji conquered Bihar and Bengal under Aibak, while Yildiz and Qabacha ruled Ghazni and Multan.