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History of Medieval India | Set 2

1. Krishnadevaraya (1509 -29) is considered as the greatest and the most famous kings of ……………. empire.

Correct : A. vijayanagara

2. Krishnadevaraya belonged the …………… dynasty.

Correct : A. tuluva

3. ………….. captured Krishna Tungabadra Doab, and the forts of Riachar and Bidar.

Correct : B. krishnadevaraya

4. The famous battle of Talikotta took place on 23 January …………...

Correct : D. 1565

5. The battle of Talikotta sounded the death knell of the ..…………. Empire.

Correct : B. vijayanagara

6. The …………… king kept of fixed number of soldiers known as amaranayakas to assist him in wars.

Correct : A. vijayanagara

7. The city of Vijayanagara, the capital of the empire was founded in 1336 on the banks of the river ……………...

Correct : C. thungabhadra

8. The temple of Vithala constructed by ……………, has been described as the finest buildings of its kinds in southern India.

Correct : A. krishnadevaraya

9. King …………….. encouraged Telungu literature and provided protection to a great Telungu poet Nachan soma.

Correct : A. bukka i

10. The Agrarian System of Mughal India is the work of ……………..

Correct : B. irfan habib

11. ‘Political Structure of Early Medieval South India’ is the work of ………

Correct : A. kesavan veluthat

12. About whose Kingdom is said ‘the dominion of the lord of the universe extended from Delhi to Palam’?

Correct : B. nasiruddmin mahmud tughlaq

13. Who was the first Muslim writer to make use of Hindi words and adopt Indian poetric imagery and themes?

Correct : B. amir khusaro

14. Who wrote Tarikh-ul-Hind?

Correct : B. alberuni

15. Which Bhakti Saint is known as the bridge between north and south?

Correct : A. chaitanya

16. Which of the following officers held the office of minister under the Mughals?

Correct : C. vakil

17. The King of Ceylon sent a ship carrying some gifts, some children and widow of Arab traders. This ship was going from Srilanka towards :

Correct : B. Damascus

18. When Mohammad Bin Qasim attacked Sindh his age was seventeen years. The strength of his army at that time was :

Correct : A. 9,000

19. Mohammad Bin Qasim established a new city in Sindh, the name of the city was :

Correct : B. Maysoora

20. Name the Wazir of Raja Dahir from whose custody those Arab women were recovered who were arrested by the pirates of Sindh.

Correct : B. Sussi Sagir

21. The name of Raja Dahir’s capital city was “

Correct : B. Brahmanabad

22. Who was the father of Mahmmud Ghazhavi ?

Correct : A. Sybuktgin

23. Who was the rules of Gujarat when Mahmud invaded the Somanath temple ?

Correct : D. Bhimdev

24. Which invasion of Mahmud appreciated by Calipn and called Mahmud as star of Islamic world ?

Correct : D. Invansion on Somanath

25. During Mahmud expedition of invasion, who got first defeat in Peshawar ?

Correct : B. Jaipal

26. Who had given Mahmud on investiture to rule as an independent rules ?

Correct : B. Caliph of Baghdad named Qadirbillah

27. Who among the following rules commit suicide after battle with Mahmued ?

Correct : C. Jaipal

28. What does the term Mameluq Signifies ?

Correct : A. Slave born to the free parents

29. Who among the following rules from the ibary dynasty died of injuries while playing chaugan at Labore ?

Correct : B. Qutub-ud-din Aibak

30. Who among the following rulers had stamped the Figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coums and had his name inscribed in Nagari Churactus ?

Correct : B. Muhammad Ghori

31. Which of the following ambassadors of Queen Elizabeth visited Akbar’s court to obtain a Firman for trade in Gujarat ?

Correct : C. John Mildenhall

32. When did Muhammad Gori invade India ?

Correct : C. 1175 An

33. Who was appointed as ambassador to China during the time of Mohammad Bin Tuglaq ?

Correct : C. Ibn Batuta

34. The battle of Tarain was fought between Muhammad Gori and

Correct : D. Prithviraj Chauhan

35. With which dynasty did Indian Muslims start entering into position of power ?

Correct : C. Khaljis

36. Which sulthan received a robe of honory from the caliphs ?

Correct : C. Balban

37. The Iqtadar during the period of the Delhi Sulthanate were also known as ?

Correct : B. Muqtil

38. Which tax was not permitted by the Shariath ?

Correct : D. Marriage tax

39. How many Litars madeup a tanka ?

Correct : C. 48

40. Who destroyed the Jaganatha temple of puri ?

Correct : C. Giyas-ud-din Tuglaq

41. Which dynasty marked the end of Turkish nobility from position of power ?

Correct : C. Lodi

42. Who is identified as Tamerlane ?

Correct : C. Timur

43. Diwani-1-Kohi, created by Muhammad Tuglaq, looked after

Correct : B. Agriculture

44. Who was the 1st Sultan to provide relief to famin affected people ?

Correct : D. Muhammed Bin Tuglaq

45. Who completed the conquest and annexation of South India.

Correct : C. Jauna Khan

46. Who was the 1st Sulthan to pay Soldiers in cash instead of through Iqtas.

Correct : D. Ala-ud-din Khalji

47. Who introduced token currency in china before Muhammad Tughlaq introduced it in India ?

Correct : A. Qublai Khan

48. Who was a Shahna ?

Correct : D. Market superintendent

49. Who completed Qutab Minar ?

Correct : D. Balban

50. Charai was a tax on

Correct : B. Yakut Khan

51. What was Kharaj ?

Correct : C. Land tax

52. During whose regin was Jizya collected even from Brahmins ?

Correct : C. Firoz Tughluq

53. Which class was hit hard by Ala-ud-din’s measures?

Correct : C. Mugaddams and Traders

54. Which commander of Ala-ud-din defeated Yadava King Ramchandra ?

Correct : C. Malik Kafur

55. Muhammad Tughluq lived in a camp called ‘Svargadvari’ for 2 ½ years on the bank of which river was it located ?

Correct : D. Ganges

56. Who introduced ‘Chahra’ for the first time ?

Correct : D. Ala-ud-din Khalji

57. Paibos, introduced by Balban in the court entiquette, was

Correct : D. A custom of kissing the feet of the Sultan

58. Who were barids ?

Correct : C. Revenue collectors

59. Who was the Indian Muslims that replaced Barban as Malik Naib to Nasir-ud-din Mahmud ?

Correct : C. Imad-ud-din Rayhan

60. ‘Balahars’ in the Villege were

Correct : C. Menials

61. Minhaj Siraj was the poet laureate of

Correct : C. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

62. After which Sufi saint was Qutub Minar named ?

Correct : B. Moin-ud-din Chisti

63. During the reign of which Delhi Sultan did the Chahalgant or Chalisa come into existence ?

Correct : C. Iltumish

64. Who was the Abhasid Caiph that probably conferred on Mahmud of Gazni the title of ‘sultan’ for the just time in Islamic history ?

Correct : B. Qadir

65. Who was known as ‘Nakh Buksh’ ?

Correct : A. Aibak

66. The most serious sectarian conflict between the Sunnis and the shias occurred during the region of –

Correct : A. Raziya

67. The Muslim incursion on Deccan occurred during the region of –

Correct : A. Jalal-dd-din Khalji

68. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nanroz ?

Correct : C. Balban

69. Who was appointed as the envoy of Muhammed Tughluq in the court of the Chinese emperor ?

Correct : B. Ibn Batutah

70. Which one of the cities was not founded by Firoz Tughluq ?

Correct : C. Tughluqabad

71. Which one of the following Sultans tried to organize the army on the decimal system after the Mongol pattern ?

Correct : D. Muhammad Tughluq

72. Which one of the following terms were used for measurement of land in the Sultanate period ?

Correct : B. Masahat

73. The Hindu rules of sind who was defeated and deposed by the arab invackers was

Correct : C. Dahar

74. Whom did Mahmud of Ghazni defeat to conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab ?

Correct : A. Hindu Shahis

75. Who was the first Indian rules to defeat Muhammad of Ghur ?

Correct : D. Mukraj 2nd, the Solanki rules of Gujarat

76. Which commander of Muhammad of Ghur was responsible for defeating the senas and establishing Muslim rule in eastern India ?

Correct : C. Bakhtiyar Khalji

77. During the region of which Delhi Sultans was the power of the chargani destroyed ?

Correct : B. Balban

78. Diwan – 1 Khairat was a separate department of

Correct : A. Public works and welfare

79. During whose region did Chengiz khan, the famous Mangol, attack India’s borders in pug suit of Jalal-ud-din, the fugitive khwarazmi prince ?

Correct : D. Iltumish

80. Who among the following Delhi Sultans did not go for any fresh conquests ?

Correct : A. Balban

81. Who was the founder of the city of Agra ?

Correct : D. Sikandar Lodi

82. Which sultan wanted to found a new religion, but was advised against it by the Ulama ?

Correct : B. Ala-ud-din Khalji

83. According to Islamic practice, one used to expound the law and the other used to deliver judgment who were they respectively ?

Correct : A. Mufti and Qazi

84. Which one of the following schools of Muslims law allowed idolatus to live as Zimmis subject to payment of Liziya ?

Correct : A. Hanafi

85. Which sultan represented himself as Isikandur Sani (the second Alexander) ?

Correct : A. Ala-ud-din Khalji

86. The term Ghanima in the Delhi Sultanate stands for

Correct : C. war booty

87. Which sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital ?

Correct : A. Firoz tughluq

88. Which Delhi Sultan received an embassy from Mangol Monarch of China for seeking his permission to visit certain Buddhist temples?

Correct : C. Muhammad tugluq

89. Who was the court poet of Mahmud of Gaxni and Author of Shah Namah ?

Correct : D. Firdousi

90. The Quwwat-ul-islam Mosque in Delhi of the period of the slave dynasty was originally a

Correct : D. Jaina temple

91. Which Bahmani rules shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar ?

Correct : B. Ahmad Shah Wali

92. When was the Bahmani Kingdom founded ?

Correct : C. 1347

93. How many years did the Bahmani Kingdom last ?

Correct : C. 175 years

94. Which was the second capital of Vijaya Nagar empire ?

Correct : C. Penukonda

95. Policeman of Vijayanagar were paid out of taxes collected from

Correct : D. Prostitutes

96. Who established the chisti order in India ?

Correct : C. Shaikh moin-ud-in chisti

97. Who said “God is the breath of all breath” ?

Correct : B. Kabir

98. Who was Murid ?

Correct : C. A disciple

99. A Silsilah was a ?

Correct : C. Sufi Order

100. Who wrote Desabodha ?

Correct : C. Ramdas