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History of Medieval India | Set 3
1. Who wrote Sur Sarawali ?
A. Mirabai
B. Chaitanya
C. Tulasidas
D. Surdas
Correct : D. Surdas
2. Whom did Sikandar Lodhi, the sultan of Delhi try to kill various means, according to a legend ?
A. Nanak
B. Mirabai
C. Kabir
D. Chaitanya
Correct : C. Kabir
3. After Kabir’s death his tomb was built at
A. Gorakhpry
B. Varanasi
C. Magahar
D. Basti
Correct : C. Magahar
4. Nikitin, a Russian traveler, visited the Bahmani Kingdom during the region of
A. Firoz Shah
B. Muhammad Shah I
C. Ahmad Shah Wali
D. Muhammad Shah II
Correct : D. Muhammad Shah II
5. Amuktamalyada is a book on
A. Poetry
B. Dance
C. Polity
D. Music
Correct : C. Polity
6. Which bakti saint’s oral teaching are collected in the Bijaka and the Sukhnida ?
A. Kabir
B. Nanak
C. Tulasidas
D. Namadeva
Correct : A. Kabir
7. Who wrote Gitwali, Kavitawali and Vinaya patrika ?
A. Tulsidas
B. Surdas
C. Chaitanya
D. Namadeva
Correct : A. Tulsidas
8. Name the Sufi saint whose philosophy greatly influenced Aurabgazeb
A. Shaikah Qadri
B. Shaikh Ahmad
C. Shah Peer
D. Khwaja Bagi
Correct : B. Shaikh Ahmad
9. What is the meaning of the Sufi concept known as tark-e-duniya ?
A. The enlightened world
B. The tolerant world
C. The renunciation of the world
D. The unity of the being
Correct : C. The renunciation of the world
10. Which sufi saint adopted Yogic breathing exercises and was called sidh or perfect ?
A. Nizam-ud-din auliya
B. Farid
C. Salim Chisti
D. Muhammad Tilani
Correct : A. Nizam-ud-din auliya
11. Who among the following was a worshipper of Rama ?
A. Surdas
B. Mirabai
C. Chaitanya
D. Tulasidas
Correct : D. Tulasidas
12. Prince Dara Shikoh was a follower of which of the following sufi orders ?
A. Naqshbandi
B. Qadri
C. Shattari
D. Subrowagdi
Correct : B. Qadri
13. “The Hindu and Muslim are two wares made out of the same soil”– whose words are given above ?
A. Surdas
B. Meerabai
C. Kabir
D. Thulasidas
Correct : C. Kabir
14. Which Tughlaq fled from Delhi when Timing captured it ?
A. Ghiyas-ud-din II
B. Abubakar
C. Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
D. Muhammad Firoz
Correct : C. Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
15. Who were the rais and ranas ?
A. Intelligence officers
B. Poets under Sultanate
C. Local chiefs who opposed sultans
D. Police officers
Correct : C. Local chiefs who opposed sultans
16. Which dynasty marked the end of Turkish nobility from positions of power ?
A. Khalji
B. Tughluq
C. Lodi
D. Sayyid
Correct : C. Lodi
17. Who among the following was greatly influenced by Islam ?
A. Namadeva
B. Chaitanya
C. Ramananda
D. Ramanuja
Correct : A. Namadeva
18. In which language did Babur write his memories called Tuzuk-i-Baburi ?
A. Persian
B. Arabic
C. Mangol
D. Turkish
Correct : D. Turkish
19. Who led the Mughal forces in the battle of Haldighati against Pratap Singh Rana of Mewas ?
A. Akbar
B. Prince Salim
C. Pir Muhammad
D. Man Singh
Correct : D. Man Singh
20. Which revenue system among the following is also known as the bandobast system ?
A. Zabti
B. Dahsala
C. Nasaq
D. Kankut
Correct : A. Zabti
21. What was the original name of Nur Jahan ?
A. Zeb-un-nisa
B. Fatima Begam
C. Mihr-un-nis
D. Jahanara
Correct : A. Zeb-un-nisa
22. During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in india.
A. Aurangazeb
B. Jahangir
C. Akbar
D. Shah Jahan
Correct : C. Akbar
23. Who among the following Englishmen was given the title of ‘khan’ by Jahangir ?
A. Thomas Roe
B. Ralph Fitch
C. Hawkins
D. Newbery
Correct : B. Ralph Fitch
24. Jagir of the Mughals is equal to which one of the Delhi sultanys ?
A. Khalisa
B. Inam
C. Waqf
D. Iqta
Correct : D. Iqta
25. Who among the following Mughal Ministers was the paymaster – general as well ?
A. Diwan
B. Mir Bakshi
C. Khab-i-Saman
D. Vakil
Correct : B. Mir Bakshi
26. Which of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth ?
A. Ried fort
B. Taj Mahal
C. Buland Barwaza
D. Agra Fort
Correct : B. Taj Mahal
27. What was the ancestral principality of Babur ?
A. Samarkhand
B. Kabul
C. Farghana
D. Persia
Correct : C. Farghana
28. After which battle did Hymayun go into exile ?
A. Jaunpur
B. Chausa
C. Mandasor
D. Bilgram
Correct : D. Bilgram
29. Who translated Tuzuki-Buburi into Persian ?
A. Abul Fazal
B. Amir khusray
C. Abdu Rahim
D. Daulat Khan
Correct : C. Abdu Rahim
30. Who was the Persian rules who helped humayun with 12,000 troops ?
A. Chengiz Khan
B. Timna
C. Nadir Shah
D. Shah Tahmasp
Correct : D. Shah Tahmasp
31. Who wrote Tabaqut-1-Akbari ?
A. Abul Fazal
B. Badauni
C. Munim Khan
D. Nizam-ud-din Ahmad
Correct : D. Nizam-ud-din Ahmad
32. The Persian rules who besiegned Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was
A. Shah Ruza
B. Shah Abbas
C. Shah Muhammad
D. Shah Parwez
Correct : B. Shah Abbas
33. Who was a great poet among the following ?
A. Babur
B. Humayun
C. Akbar
D. Jahangir
Correct : B. Humayun
34. What was the first English ship that come to India ?
A. May Flower
B. Red Dargon
C. Bengal
D. Elizabeth
Correct : B. Red Dargon
35. The Persian ruler who besiyed Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was
A. Shah Muhammad
B. Shah Abbas
C. Shah Raza
D. Shah Parwez
Correct : B. Shah Abbas
36. Which of the following branches of the wing was wholly state paid
A. Infantry
B. Cavalry
C. Elephant
D. Artillery
Correct : D. Artillery
37. Under Aurangazeb, the amin collected
A. Grazing tax
B. Jezyu
C. Kharaj
D. Zakat
Correct : B. Jezyu
38. The promulgation of ‘twelve edicts’ is associated with the reign of
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangazeb
Correct : B. Jahangir
39. The Police chief of a city was called
A. Qazi
B. Faugdar
C. Kotwal
D. Qilahdar
Correct : C. Kotwal
40. Certain mansabdars were paid in cash. They were called
A. Naqdis
B. Jagirdars
C. Amirs
D. Mirzas
Correct : A. Naqdis
41. Toder mal was a brilliant revenue officer who first served under
A. Bhagawan Das
B. Sher Shah
C. Humayun
D. Baz Bahadry
Correct : B. Sher Shah
42. The Land grants made to the scholarly men were known as
A. Inam
B. Waqal
C. Sayni Ghal
D. Madad-1-Maush
Correct : C. Sayni Ghal
43. Who was the in-charge of a paryana ?
A. Amil
B. Pattidur
C. Shiqdar
D. Qanungo
Correct : C. Shiqdar
44. Akbar laid the foundation of the new city at Fatehpur sikri in honour of
A. Babur
B. Moin-ud-in chisti
C. Salim Chisti
D. Nizam-ud-din auliya
Correct : C. Salim Chisti
45. Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of sulh-i-kul which meant
A. Universal tolerance
B. Enlightened benevolence
C. universal peace
D. unity of godhead
Correct : B. Enlightened benevolence
46. ‘The chain of justice’ is associated with
A. Humayun
B. Akbar
C. Jahangir
D. Shah Jahan
Correct : C. Jahangir
47. Who among the following was an illiterate ?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangazeb
Correct : A. Akbar
48. Villages with no Zamindari right were called
A. Raiyati
B. Milkiyat
C. Peshkashi
D. Bisni
Correct : A. Raiyati
49. The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was the
A. Khidmati Jagir
B. Watan Jagir
C. Milkiyat Jagir
D. Tan jagir
Correct : B. Watan Jagir
50. Taj Mahal was designed by
A. Ustad Isa
B. Ustad Mansry
C. Ustad Rahim
D. Ustad Shansher
Correct : A. Ustad Isa
51. Of the buildings built during the time of shah Jahan, which one had the famous peacock throne ?
A. Rang Mahal
B. Diwan-1-Khas
C. Diwan-i-Am
D. Jama Masjid
Correct : C. Diwan-i-Am
52. The master of portrait painting was
A. Mansur
B. Sannad Beg
C. Mir Hussain
D. Daswant
Correct : A. Mansur
53. Surdas, Baiju Baura and Ramdas were famous singers during the time of
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangazeb
Correct : A. Akbar
54. The subject matter of Hamza Namah is
A. Architecture
B. Painting
C. Music
D. Philosophy
Correct : B. Painting
55. The French traveler Francois Bemier served as physician to
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Aurangazeb
Correct : D. Aurangazeb
56. During the reign of which one of the following Mugal emperors were the Marathas admitted to the nobility ?
A. Akbar
B. Humayun
C. Jahangir
D. Shah Jahan
Correct : C. Jahangir
57. Which one of the following Mughal emperors in credited with the composition of many Hindi songs ?
A. Humayun
B. Babur
C. Akbar
D. Jahangir
Correct : D. Jahangir
58. Babur came to India originally from ?
A. Ferhana
B. Khiva
C. Khorasam
D. Serstan
Correct : A. Ferhana
59. Babur laid the foundation of Mugal empire in 1526 by defeating.
A. Daurat Khan Lode
B. Ibrahim Lodi
C. Rana Sanga
D. Alanddin Khilji
Correct : B. Ibrahim Lodi
60. Who translated the Babarnama in Persian language ?
A. Abdulla Khan
B. Atani Khan
C. Abdur rahim Khan
D. Nota
Correct : C. Abdur rahim Khan
61. Which city was called “Gardens of Babur”
A. Kabul
B. Delhi
C. Agra
D. Nota
Correct : A. Kabul
62. Which Mughal King died by a sudden fall from the staircase ?
A. Babur
B. Jahangir
C. Akbar
D. Humayun
Correct : D. Humayun
63. Akbar created ?
A. Agra Fort
B. Daulatabad City
C. Red Fort
D. Firozabad
Correct : A. Agra Fort
64. The Ruler of Gwalior gives the Kohinoor Diamond to which mughal Badsha ?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Humayun
D. Shajahan
Correct : C. Humayun
65. A great Mughal ruler who wrote his own memories
A. Akbar
B. Babur
C. Humayun
D. Shajahan
Correct : B. Babur
66. The tomb of Babur is at ?
A. Agra
B. Kabul
C. Lahore
D. Delhi
Correct : B. Kabul
67. Who invited Babur to attack India ?
A. Ibrahim Lodi
B. Daulat Khan Lodi
C. Chengez Khan
D. Timna Langa
Correct : B. Daulat Khan Lodi
68. Where was fought the first battle of Panipat ?
A. Haryana
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Nota
Correct : A. Haryana
69. Who gave the slogan of “Jihad” against Rana Sanga ?
A. Akbar
B. Babur
C. Humayun
D. Shajahan
Correct : B. Babur
70. What is Tuzuk-e Babari ?
A. Biography
B. Autobiography
C. Noval
D. Nota
Correct : B. Autobiography
71. Who is known as the “slave of a slave” ?
A. Muhammad Bin Qasim
B. Mahmud of Gazni
C. Iltumish
D. Qutbuddin Aibak
Correct : C. Iltumish
72. Who was the first sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire ?
A. Balban
B. Aram Shah
C. Nasiruddin Mahmud
D. Iltumish
Correct : D. Iltumish
73. Who among the following came to India at the instance of sultan Mahmud of Gazni ?
A. Al-masudi
B. Al-Bauni
C. Sulaiman
D. Abdul Haq
Correct : B. Al-Bauni
74. Which sultan of Delhi died while playing the Chaugan ?
A. Qutbuddin Aibak
B. Ghiyasuddin Balban
C. Shamsuddin Iltumish
D. Nasiruddin Mahmud
Correct : A. Qutbuddin Aibak
75. The most learned Medival Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
A. Sikandar Lodi
B. Iltumish
C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D. Alauddin Khalji
Correct : C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
76. Who was the head of the military department of Akbar’s reign ?
A. Mir Bakshi
B. Diwan
C. Amir Khsru
D. Sridar
Correct : A. Mir Bakshi
77. Ibadat Khana, during the region of Akbar, is a famous structure in
A. Fathepur Sikri
B. Agra Fort
C. Sikandarabad
D. Delhi
Correct : A. Fathepur Sikri
78. In the Mansabdari system, the word stand ‘Mansab’ stand for
A. A rank
B. tax
C. Agricultural land
D. priest
Correct : A. A rank
79. Among which of the following oppositions, shet shah was well-known ?
A. Land Revenue System
B. Market Control
C. Mansabdari System
D. War technique
Correct : A. Land Revenue System
80. Ghazni was a small principality in ?
A. Mongolia
B. Turkey
C. Persia
D. Afganistan
Correct : D. Afganistan
81. Who was the author of Kitab-ne-Hind ?
A. Abu Said
B. Abul Fazl
C. Firdausi
D. Al-Beruni
Correct : D. Al-Beruni
82. The Bhakti movements were popularized in south India by the efforts of................... and........................
A. Saiva Nayanars
B. The Vaishava Alvars
C. Nirguna saints
D. Both A & B
Correct : D. Both A & B
83. Which of the following concept of Bakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine.
A. Nirguna and Saguna
B. Shaivism
C. Sikkhism
D. Jainism
Correct : A. Nirguna and Saguna
84. Who among the following sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency ?
A. Balban
B. Alauddin Khalji
C. Muhammad bin tughlaq
D. Firoz Tughlaq
Correct : C. Muhammad bin tughlaq
85. Tax on plunder during war in the sultanate period was known as
A. Kharaj
B. Jizya
C. Khums
D. Zakat
Correct : C. Khums
86. ‘Chaharghani’ under Iltumish represented
A. His Turkish slaves
B. Slaves inheritend by him By him from his predecessors
C. General cadre of slaves
D. the elite carde of slaves Officers under him
Correct : A. His Turkish slaves
87. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the sultanate period ?
A. Nasiruddin Mahmud
B. Ghiyasuddin Balban
C. Ibrahim Lodi
D. Firuz shah Tughluq
Correct : D. Firuz shah Tughluq
88. Who among the following was responsible for making “Sikhism” a militant force ?
A. Guru Har Govind Singh
B. Guru Teg Bahadur
C. Guru Govind Singh
D. Guru Arjun Singh
Correct : A. Guru Har Govind Singh
89. The term “Khalisa” in the sultanate and Mugals period was used for
A. Crown lands
B. Lands Owned by the Sufi establishment
C. Land Revenue which was
D. Land Revenue which Directly deposited in the was assigned to the Imperial treasury nobles for maintaining troops
Correct : D. Land Revenue which Directly deposited in the was assigned to the Imperial treasury nobles for maintaining troops
90. Famous mosque Adhi Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
A. Qutab-ud-din Aibak
B. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
C. Alauddhin Khilji
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Qutab-ud-din Aibak
91. Who brought the famous Persian painter named khwja Abdus samed to India ?
A. Humayan
B. Muhammed bin Tuglaq
C. Akbar
D. Alauddin Khiljio
Correct : A. Humayan
92. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
A. Guru Nanak
B. Guru Govind Singh
C. Guru Arjun Dev
D. Guru Har rai
Correct : C. Guru Arjun Dev
93. Who was the founder of Advaita Vadu or the doctrine of non- dualism?
A. Adi Shankaravharya
B. Surdas
C. Ramanuja
D. Kapil
Correct : A. Adi Shankaravharya
94. Which one of the following method of revenue assessment is related to the vijayanagara empire
A. Chanth
B. Ryolwari
C. Rae Rekho
D. Sardeshmukhi
Correct : D. Sardeshmukhi
95. Who was the another of the books Kitab-1 Yamini?
A. Abdul Fazl
B. Abu nasr utbi
C. Ami Khusro
D. Firdansi
Correct : B. Abu nasr utbi
96. Who was the Author of the book Taj-Ul-Massir ?
A. Abul Fazal
B. Jahangir
C. Hassan Nizami
D. None of the above
Correct : C. Hassan Nizami
97. Which book described the arab invasion of sindh for th every first time ?
A. Sahnama
B. Baburnama
C. Akbarnama
D. Chachnama
Correct : D. Chachnama
98. Kandariya Mahadev Temple of the medieval India is dedicated To which Lord ?
A. Shiva
B. Brahma
C. Vishnu
D. Ram
Correct : A. Shiva
99. During the reign of which ruler Moraccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India ?
A. Aurangazeb
B. Akbar
C. Muhammad Bin tughlaq
D. Alanddhin Khilji
Correct : C. Muhammad Bin tughlaq
100. Who wrote Tughlaqnama ?
A. Abu Nasl Utbi
B. Amir Kbrusruay
C. Abdul Fazal
D. Hassan Nizami
Correct : B. Amir Kbrusruay