Consider the following events: 1. I. Reign of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara. 2. II. Construction of Qutab Minar. 3. III. Arrival of Portuguese in India. 4. IV. Death of Firoz Tughlaq.

1. The question requires arranging the given historical events in the correct chronological sequence. 2. Event II: The construction of the Qutab Minar began in the late 12th/early 13th century under the Delhi Sultanate. 3. Event IV: Firoz Tughlaq, a later ruler of the Delhi Sultanate (Tughlaq Dynasty), died in 1388. 4. Event III: The Portuguese, led by Vasco da Gama, first arrived in India in 1498. 5. Event I: Krishna Deva Raya, the prominent ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, reigned from 1509 to 1529. 6. Therefore, the correct chronological order is II - IV - III - I. This sequence corresponds to option (A).