Match each ruler listed in Column A with their respective period of reign given in Column B: Column A: Ruler | Column B: Reign Period A. Qutbuddin Aybak | 1. 1175–1192 B. Prithviraj Chauhan | 2. 1206–1210 C. Alauddin Khalji | 3. 1296–1316 D. Muhammad Tughluq | 4. 1324–1351

Correct — D. Anchor each ruler by the year his reign ended.

Aybak (A) died in 1210 → 2 (1206–1210)
Prithviraj (B) lost the Second Battle of Tarain, 1192 → 1 (1175–1192)
Alauddin Khalji (C) died in 1316 → 3 (1296–1316)

That leaves Muhammad Tughluq (D) → 4 (1324–1351).
A → 2, B → 1, C → 3, D → 4 → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  A → 1, B → 2, C → 3, D → 4 — A → 1 puts Aybak on the throne in 1175, three decades before the Delhi Sultanate began. His reign was 1206–1210, and 1175–1192 is Prithviraj's.
• (b)
  A → 4, B → 1, C → 3, D → 2 — A → 4 swaps Aybak and Muhammad Tughluq. Aybak ruled 1206–1210, more than a century before Tughluq's 1324–1351, so D → 2 is just as wrong.
• (c)
  A → 3, B → 1, C → 2, D → 4 — A → 3 gives Aybak Alauddin Khalji's 1296–1316, and C → 2 gives Alauddin Aybak's. Aybak died in 1210, long before the Khaljis held Delhi.

Prithviraj Chauhan of the Chahamanas defeated Muhammad of Ghor at the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 and lost to him at the second, in 1192.

Aybak, a slave-general of Muhammad of Ghor, became the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in 1206 and died after a fall while playing chaugan at Lahore in 1210. The Khaljis and then the Tughluqs followed. Alauddin Khalji died in 1316, and Muhammad bin Tughluq in 1351.

Key facts

• Qutbuddin Aybak ruled 1206–1210 and died after a fall while playing chaugan at Lahore.
• Prithviraj Chauhan won the First Battle of Tarain (1191) and lost the Second (1192) to Muhammad of Ghor.
• Alauddin Khalji ruled 1296–1316.
• Muhammad bin Tughluq died in 1351 while campaigning in Sindh.

Common traps

• Matching by start years, which vary between books. End years such as 1192, 1210 and 1316 are the firmer anchors.
• Placing Prithviraj after Aybak because both are linked with Delhi. Prithviraj's reign ended in 1192, before the Sultanate began in 1206.

No directly related past PYQ was found.