1. Who wrote An Introduction to the Study of Indian History?
Correct : B. d.d. kosambi
2. The famous paper entitled “Was There Feudalism in Indian History? belongs to
Correct : C. harbans mukhia
3. Which among the following is/are the structural models related to the early Indian society?
Correct : D. all the above
4. What is Samanta system
Correct : B. a political system based on hierarchy of vassals
5. With which dynasty did Indian Muslims start entering into positions of power?
Correct : C. khaljis
6. Which tax was not permitted by the shariat?
Correct : D. marriage tax
7. Which was not true about jizya?
Correct : C. the first ruler to collect it in india was firoz tughluq.
8. The iqtadars during the period of the Delhi sultanate were also known as
Correct : B. muqtis
9. How many jitals made up a tanka?
Correct : C. 48
10. Who is identified as Tamerlane?
Correct : C. timur
11. Diwan-i-kohi, created by Muhammad Tughluq, looked after
Correct : B. agriculture
12. Who was the first Sultan to pay soldiers in cash instead of through iqtas?
Correct : D. ala-ud-din khalji
13. Who introduced token currency in China before Muhammad Tughluq
introduced it in India?
Correct : A. qublai khan
14. Who was a shahna?
Correct : D. market superintendent
15. Who completed Qutub Minar?
Correct : D. balban
16. What was araghatta?
Correct : C. a device to lift water
17. Charai was a tax on
Correct : C. milch cattle
18. Who among the following medieval historians commented that death liberated
Muhammad Tughluq from his people and freed them from him?
Correct : D. ibn battutah
19. What was kharaj?
Correct : C. land tax
20. Who were the rais and ranas?
Correct : C. local chiefs who opposed sultans
21. Who were barids?
Correct : A. secret agents
22. Under whose reign did diwan-i-arz become a separate department?
Correct : D. balban
23. What was the correct chronology of the Delhi sultanate?
Correct : B. slave, khalji, tughluq, sayyid, lodi
24. Who was known as ‘Lakh Baksh’?
Correct : A. aibak
25. Who introduced chahra for the first time?
Correct : D. ala-ud-din khalji
26. The term ghanima in the Delhi Sultanate stands for
Correct : C. war booty
27. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a
charitable hospital?
Correct : A. firoz tughluq
28. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz?
Correct : C. balban
29. Who was appointed as the envoy of Muhammad Tughluq in the court of the Chinese
emperor?
Correct : B. ibn battutah
30. Which one of the cities was not founded by Firoz Tughluq?
Correct : C. tughluqabad
31. What was khidamati?
Correct : C. a tribute realised from the subjugated indian chiefs
32. The Hindu ruler of Sind who was defeated and deposed by the Arab invaders was
Correct : C. dahar
33. Whom did Mahmud of Ghazni defeat to conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab?
Correct : A. hindu shahis
34. Who was the court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and author of Shah Namah?
Correct : D. firdausi
35. Who was the first Indian ruler to defeat Muhammad of Ghur?
Correct : D. mularaja ii, the solanki ruler of gujarat
36. Diwan-i-khairat was a separate department of
Correct : A. public works and welfare
37. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
Correct : D. sikandar lodi
38. Arrange the following Delhi Sultans of the Mamluk dynasty in chronological order
(i) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
(ii) Kaiqubad
(iii) Iltutmish
(iv) Raziya
(v) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(vi) Balban
Select the answer from the codes given below:
Correct : B. v, iii, iv, i, vi and ii
39. Match List I with List II and select the answer from the codes given below.
List I List II
(i) Dagh (A) Kissing the Sultan’s feet
(ii) Chahra (B) Branding of horses
(iii) Paibos (C)Prostration in front of the Sultan
(iv) Nauroz (D) Persian New Year
(v) Sijada (E) Descriptive roll of a soldier
Correct : B. i-b, ii-e, iii-a, iv-d, v-c
40. Which of the following constituted the tax-collecting officials?
(i) Rais (ii) Khuts (iii) Chaudharis (iv) Muqaddams
Choose the answer from the codes below:
Correct : D. ii, iii and iv
41. Which Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’ (The Second Alexander)?
Correct : A. ala-ud-din khalji
42. Nicolo de Conti, an Italian visitor, came to Vijayanagar during the reign of
Correct : B. deva raya i
43. Who bore the title Gajabentakara?
Correct : B. deva raya ii
44. Which Vijayanagar ruler sent an embassy to China?
Correct : C. bukka i
45. What is the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayanagar?
Correct : D. sangama, saluva, tuluva, aravidu
46. Which Bahmani ruler shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?
Correct : B. ahmad shah wali
47. When was the Bahmani kingdom founded?
Correct : C. 1347
48. Which was the second capital of Vijayanagar empire?
Correct : C. penukonda
49. What was the largest administrative division in Vijayanagar?
Correct : D. mandalam
50. Who founded the Varakari sect in Maharashtra?
Correct : B. tukaram
51. Who established the Chisti order in India?
Correct : C. shaikh moin-ud-in chisti
52. Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in the
Deccan?
Correct : D. mahmud gawan
53. Who said ‘God is the breath of all breath.’?
Correct : B. kabir
54. Dohas were
Correct : D. couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers.
55. Guru Nanak was born in
Correct : A. 1469
56. Amuktamalyada is a book on
Correct : C. polity
57. Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes
Correct : C. capture of madura by kampana
58. Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam?
Correct : D. gangadhara
59. What were varahas?
Correct : B. gold coins
60. Amuktamalyada was written in
Correct : C. telugu
61. City of Nagalapura was built by
Correct : C. krishna deva raya
62. Sangama brothers, who founded Vijayanagar, were originally in the service of
Correct : C. kakatiya kingdom
63. Who was responsible for developing the Gurumukhi script?
Correct : D. guru angad
64. Who was murid?
Correct : C. a disciple
65. A silsilah was a
Correct : C. a sufi order
66. Suddhadvaita was propounded by
Correct : D. vallabhacharya
67. Who wrote Dasabodha?
Correct : C. ramdas
68. Who started the Khalsa in Sikh religion?
Correct : B. guru gobind singh
69. Who wrote Sur Sarawali?
Correct : D. surdas
70. Which one of the following places was known as the ‘Shiraz-i-Hind’?
Correct : D. jaunpur
71. Which one of the following rulers of Kashmir has been described as the Akbar of
Kashmir?
Correct : B. zain-ul abidin
72. According to Abdur Razzaq, the pay of the policemen of Vijayanagar was paid from the
proceeds of
Correct : A. brothels
73. What is kuttagari?
Correct : B. lease system of cultivation
74. What is asthavana?
Correct : A. land revenue department
75. The term senabova or sanbhoga was an official designation under Vijayanagar kingdom.
It refers to the
Correct : C. village accountant.
76. In which language did Babur write his memoirs, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi?
Correct : D. turkish
77. Which revenue system among the following is also known as the bandobast system?
Correct : A. zabti
78. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
Correct : C. mihr-un-nisa
79. Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting sati unless the widow herself, of her own free
will, persistently desired it?
Correct : A. akbar
80. Who among the following Englishmen was given the title of ‘Khan’ by Jahangir?
Correct : C. hawkins
81. What was duaspa-sihaspa and who introduced it?
Correct : D. a sub rank of sawar introduced by jahangir.
82. Who among the following Mughal ministers was the paymaster-general as well?
Correct : B. mir bakshi
83. Who were the harkaras of the Mughal period?
Correct : D. spies and special couriers
84. What was Jajmani system of the Mughal period?
Correct : C. a reciprocal system that existed in rural india between the peasantry and other occupational groups.
85. During Akbar’s reign, a group of scholars translated Mahabharata into Persian from
Sanskrit. What is this Persian version called?
Correct : B. razm namah
86. Which of the following revenue systems were Akbar’s own innovations?
(i) Batai (ii) Kankut (iii) Nasaq (iv) Zabti (v) Dahsala
Select the answer from the codes below:
Correct : D. iv and v
87. Who translated Tuzuk-i-Baburi into Persian?
Correct : C. abdur rahim
88. Who wrote Tabaqat-i-Akbari?
Correct : D. nizam-ud-din ahmad
89. Who was the in-charge of a pargana?
Correct : C. shiqdar
90. Which of the following varieties of land during Mughal period did not yield any land
revenue to the state?
Correct : C. sayur ghal
91. What portion of actual produce was fixed as the demand of the state under the zabti?
Correct : B. one-third
92. Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of sulh-i-kul which
meant
Correct : B. universal peace
93. The police chief of a city was called
Correct : C. kotwal
94. To assist the Maratha king, there was a council of state ministers known as
Correct : C. ashtapradhaan
95. Under Maratha administration who was Dabir?
Correct : C. foreign secretary
96. Shivaji was born at
Correct : D. shivneri
97. Dalals were
Correct : B. brokers
98. Who wrote Ta’arikh-i-Firuzshahi
Correct : B. ziauddin barani
99. During the Mughal period the Karwanis or Nayakas were