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Medieval Indian History | Set 1

1. Where did the traveler 'Ibn Batuta' come from?

Correct : A. Morocco

2. Who built the Khajuraho temples?

Correct : D. Chandela Rajputs

3. Who was the architect who designed 'Taj Mahal'?

Correct : B. Ustad-Isa

4. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?

Correct : D. Siam (now Thailand)

5. Mughal presence in the Red Ford ceased with the fall of -

Correct : D. Bahadur Shah 'Zafar

6. 'Khalsa' was founded by -

Correct : A. Guru Gobind Singh

7. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted -

Correct : C. Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit

8. The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was -

Correct : C. Ramatanu Pande

9. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda Univers was -

Correct : C. Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar

10. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of -

Correct : C. Jahangir

11. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of -

Correct : C. Army organization

12. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?

Correct : B. Raigarh

13. Whoamong the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites'?

Correct : C. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

14. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?

Correct : B. Ibrahim Lodi

15. The guerilla warfare was pioneered by

Correct : C. Shivaji

16. "Quwwat-ul-Islam' Mosque was built by -

Correct : A. Qutub-ud-din Aibak

17. Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the daughter of Sultan -

Correct : C. Iltutmish

18. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond.

Correct : A. Nadir Shah

19. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?

Correct : B. Second Battle of Tarain

20. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?

Correct : B. Tughluq dynasty

21. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of

Correct : A. Karnataka

22. Who among the following was the last Delhi Sultan?

Correct : D. Ibrahim Lodi

23. Who among the following was defeated by Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the first battle of Tarain?

Correct : B. Muhammad Ghori

24. Rajatarangini was written by -

Correct : A. Kalhana

25. Who is regarded as the second Alexander?

Correct : D. Ala-ud-din Khilji

26. Who among the following was nown as the Parrot of India?

Correct : B. Amir Khusrau

27. Who introduced leather token currency in India?

Correct : B. Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq

28. When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end?

Correct : B. 1526 A.D.

29. Who of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of 'blood and iron'?

Correct : C. Balban

30. The greatness of Shershah lies in his:

Correct : D. Administrative reforms

31. The token currency using copper and brass coins was modeled after which country's example by Muhammedbin Tuglaq?

Correct : C. China

32. Who founded the City of Delhi?

Correct : C. Tamara

33. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?

Correct : B. Guru Ram Das

34. Which of the following writers has called Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?

Correct : B. Vincent Smith

35. The first woman ruler in Indian history was:

Correct : A. Razia Sultan

36. Mohammed Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital from -

Correct : B. Delhi to Devagiri

37. Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?

Correct : B. Mian Tansen

38. The city of Vijayanagar is also known as -

Correct : C. Hampi

39. Which Turkish ruler invaded India 14 times between 1000 and 1026 AD?

Correct : A. Mahamud of Ghazni

40. Tulsidas wrote Ram- charitmanas in the reign of -

Correct : B. Akbar

41. Pesently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near -

Correct : B. Aurangabad

42. Who discovered the sea-route to India?

Correct : A. Vasco da Gama

43. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by:

Correct : C. Humayun

44. Qutab Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by -

Correct : D. Firoz Tughluq

45. The Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of which ruler?

Correct : A. Shershah Suri

46. Krishnadevaraya main-tained freindly relations with the -

Correct : C. Portuguese

47. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc., in his diary?

Correct : C. Babur

48. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?

Correct : A. Firoz Tughlaq

49. Who translated Ramayana into Persian?

Correct : B. Badauni

50. Who got constructed 'Grand Trunk Road?

Correct : C. Shershah Suri

51. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?

Correct : B. Tukaram

52. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal period and who left us an expert's description of the Peacock Throne, was -

Correct : C. Travernier

53. Which of the following are incorrectly paired?

Correct : D. Visakhadatta Kiratarjuniyam

54. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of -

Correct : C. Muhammad bin Tughluq

55. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between -

Correct : C. Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh

56. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by -

Correct : B. Persian invader Nadir Shah

57. The Chalukyas established their empire in -

Correct : C. The Deccan

58. Who made the monumental 'Rayagopurams' in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruv-annamalai, Chidambaram, Srirangam, Tirupati, etc., constructed?

Correct : B. Krishnadevaraya

59. Which of the following architec tural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?

Correct : A. Sun-temple of Konark

60. Select the incorrectly matched pair of philosophers and their philosophies.

Correct : C. Chaitanya-Vishistha-Advaita

61. During Akbar's reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as -

Correct : B. Razm Namah

62. The greatness of Sher Shah lies in his -

Correct : C. administrative reforms

63. The temple built in 1 100 A. D and dominating all other temples in Bhubaneshwar is -

Correct : C. Tribhuvaneswara Lingaraja

64. The second Battle of Panipat was fought between -

Correct : A. Akbar and Hemu

65. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was - (1)

Correct : B. (2) Baba Farid

66. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was:

Correct : D. Ranjit Singh

67. What was the official language of the Sultanate?

Correct : A. Persian

68. What is meant by a 'pir' in the Sufi tradition?

Correct : B. The Guru of the Sufis

69. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?

Correct : D. Jantar Mantar

70. Who got the Gita translated into Persian?

Correct : D. Dara Shikoh

71. The first Mughal emperor of India was

Correct : C. Babar

72. Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when helanded at Calicut.

Correct : C. Zamorin

73. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?

Correct : D. Guru Granth Sahib

74. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?

Correct : A. Gwalior Fort

75. Who among the following rulers abolished Jaziya?

Correct : C. Akbar

76. Which of the following monuments is the oldest?

Correct : C. Ajanta Caves

77. Who was the elder brother of Shah Shuja and Murad Baksh?

Correct : D. Dara Shikoh

78. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?

Correct : B. Battle of Talikota

79. Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?

Correct : B. Muhammad bin Tughlaq

80. Akbar's tomb is located at which of the following places?

Correct : A. Sikandara

81. Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year

Correct : B. 1643

82. Which of the following Alberuni's account of India?

Correct : D. Kitab-ul-Hind

83. Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan?

Correct : A. The Sayyids

84. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at                 .

Correct : B. Allahabad

85. Which of the following was the founder of the house of Peshawar?

Correct : B. Balaji Vishwanath

86. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal Capital from Agra to Delhi?

Correct : C. Shahjahan

87. The saviour of the Delhi Sultan ate was

Correct : D. Ghias-ud-din Balban

88. Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of

Correct : C. Haldighati

89. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?

Correct : C. 1699

90. The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was-

Correct : C. Raja Todarmal

91. Name the language that was designated as the Camp Language during the Medieval Period

Correct : D. Urdu

92. The Sikh Guru who wrote "Zafar Namah” in Persian was -

Correct : C. Guru Gobind Singh

93. Who defeated whom in the Seсond Battle of Tarain?

Correct : D. Mohammad Ghauri defeated Prithviraj

94. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?

Correct : A. Anangapal

95. The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was -

Correct : C. Meerabai

96. The dead body of Babar by his own choice lies buried in -

Correct : D. Kabul

97. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?

Correct : C. giving officer a right to reve nue

98. Where was saint Kabir born?

Correct : B. Varanasi

99. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler -

Correct : B. Iltutmish

100. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at -

Correct : B. Agra