Medival Indian History Part 2
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101- 200
101. The first known ruler to introduce canal irrigation in India was
(a) Krishnadevaraya
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Akbar
(d) Tipu Sultan
Ans: (b)
102. The diary of Athanasius (Afanasi) Nikitin, the first Russian traveller to India, is
entitled
(a) A passage to India
(b) The land of miracles
(c) The journey beyond the three seas
(d) Travel to the land of honey and gold
Ans: (c)
103. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
(a) Millet and Groundnut
(b) Potato and Mustard
(c) Tobacco and Maize
(d) Indigo and Maize
Ans: (c)
104. The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian and musician who called himself 'a parrot
of India' was
(a) Mulla Daud
(b) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(c) Tansen
(d) Amir Khusrau
Ans: (d)
105. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Bahadur Shah I
Ans: ©
106. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was
(a) Tarabai
(b) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Peshwa Bajirao
(d) Shahu
Ans: (b)
107. The Nawab of Awadh who permanently transferred his capital from Faizabad to
Lucknow was
(a) Safdar Jang
(b) Shuja-ud-Daula
(c) Asaf-ud-Daula
(d) Saadat Khan
Ans: (c)
108. Though endowed with extraordinary intellect and industry, he lacked practical
judgement and common sense. Who is referred to in the above statement.
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(a) Babar
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(c) Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Balban
Ans: (b)
109. The Sultanate of Delhi reached the height of its power during the reign of
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Raziya
Ans: (b)
110. The Brahmin minister of Shambhaji (Son and Successor of Shivaji) upon whom he
invested the title of 'Pinnacle of Poets' was
(a) Kavi Kalash
(b) Kavindra Acharya
(c) Kavi Bhusan
(d) Kavi Martanda
Ans: (a)
111. The. voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru)
are collectively known as
(a) Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
(b) Apni Katha
(c) Baichitra Natak
(d) Gyan Prabodh
Ans: (c)
112. Sundar Vilas is the work of a famous Bhakti Saint
(a) Ramananda
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Dadu
(d) Tukaram
Ans: (c)
113. The ruler of Gujarat, who formed an alliance with Egypt and Turkey against the
Portuguese in India, was
(a) Ahmad Shah I
(b) Mahmud (Shah I) Begarha
(c) Muzaffar Shah II
(d) Bahadur Shah
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Ans: (b)
114. Rana Kumbha built the famous 'Tower of Victory' or Kirtistambha at Chittoor in
commemoration of his victory against
(a) Gujarat
(b) Malwa
(c) Marwarj
(d) Nagaur
Ans: (b)
115. In medieval India the state derived the highest income from?
(a) Jeziah
(b) Land Revenue
(c) Trade and Transit Duties
(d) War Booty
Ans: (b)
116. The Sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi, who transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra,
was
(a) Khizr Khan
(b) Bahlul Lodi
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans: (c)
117. The oldest specimens of poetry in the Punjabi language are devotional compositions
attributed to
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Baba Farid
(c) Guru Angad
(d) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans: (b)
118. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the ____ century?
(a) 11th
(b) 12th
(c) 14th
(d) 13
th
Ans: (a)
119. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was
(a) Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti
(b) Sheikh Salim Chisti
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(c) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Baba Farid
Ans: (a)
120. Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as
(a) Khangahs
(b) Qalandars
(c) Silsilahs
(d) Darveshs
Ans: (c)
121. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was
(a) Chisti
(b) Suhrawardy
(c) Qadiri
(d) Naqshbandi
Ans: (a)
122. Sankardeva was a great bhakti saint of
(a) Bengal
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Assam
Ans: (d)
123. The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of
(a) Assam
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Bengal
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Ans: (b)
124. The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at
Satara and is said to have died in Punjab, was
(a) Jnanesvar
(b) Namadeva
(c) Tukaram
(d) Guru Ramdas
Ans: (b)
125. Kabir was contemporary of
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Sultan Sikandar Lodhi
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(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Babar
Ans: (c)
126. Harihara and Bukka, the founders of the empire of Vijayanagar, named their dynasty
as
(a) Sangama
(b) Saluva
(c) Tuluva
(d) Aravidu
Ans: (a)
127. The founder of the Bahamani Kingdom was
(a) Alauddin Hasan Bahaman Shah
(b) Mohammad Shah I
(c) Ahmad Shah
(d) Firuz Shah
Ans: (a)
128. The first capital of the Bahamani Kingdom was
(a) Gulbarga
(b) Bidar
(c) Daulatabad
(d) Golcunda
Ans: (a)
129. The Vijayanagar and the Bahamani Kingdoms fought relentlessly throughout the
period of their existence for the possession of
(a) Goa
(b) Goa, Dabhol and Chaul
(c) Telengana
(d) Raichur Doab
Ans: (d)
130. The city of Vijayanagar (Now known as Hampi) was situated on the northern bank of
the river
(a) Krishna
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Kaveri
(d) Godavari
Ans: (b)
131. The greatest ruler in the history of Vijayanagar was?
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(a) Deva Raya II
(b) Saluva Narsimha
(c) Krishnadeva Raya
(d) Achyutdeva Raya
Ans: (c)
132. The Vijayanagar king who wrote a work 'Amuktamalayada' on the lines of kautilya's
Arthashastra, was
(a) Deva Raya II
(b) Vira Narsimha
(c) Sri Ranga II
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
Ans: (d)
133. The Ashtadiggajas at the court of Krishnadeva Raya were
(a) eight great ministers like the Maratha Astapradhans
(b) eight great musicians
(c) eight great scholars of Telugu literature
(d) eight great Nayaks of the Empire of Vijayanagar
Ans: (c)
134. Babar's autobiography, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnaman, which is reckoned
among "the most enthralling and romantic works in the literature of all times" is
written in
(a) Arabic
(b) Persian
(c) Turki
(d) Urdu
Ans: (c)
135. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally In the battle of
(a) Chunar
(b) Chausa
(c) Ghagra
(d) Kannauj
Ans: (d)
136. Which of the following measures of Sher Shah Suri greatly helped in the promotion of
trade and commerce?
(a) He got many important roads built
(b) The roads were very safe
(c) He abolished all internal duties and taxes were levied only at the points of import and
sales
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(d) He built several sarais on the highways
Ans: (c)
137. The longest road built by Sher Shah, known as Sarak-I-Azam (currently known as GT
Road or Sher Shah Suri Road) ran from the Indus in the North-West to
(a) Calcutta
(b) Dacca
(c) Malda
(d) Sonargaon
Ans: (d)
138. Sher Shah's mausoleum is at Sahaaaram in Blhar but he died at
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Chunar
(d) Kalanjar
Ans: (d)
139. Hemu, whom Akbar defeated In the Second Battle of Panipat (1556), was
(a) Minister of Sikandar Shah Suri
(b) Minister of Muhammad Adil Shah
(c) Ruler of Rewari
(d) Prime Minister of Rana Udai Singh of Mewar
Ans: (b)
140. After the devastation of the city of Vljayanagar In 1565, the capital of the empire was
shifted to
(a) Penukonda
(b) Chandragiri
(c) Mysore
(d) Gingee
Ans: (a)
141. The Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama in 1498 first landed at
(a) Cochin
(b) Calicut
(c) Quilon
(d) Pulicut
Ans: (b)
142. The Portuguese gained a stronghold in India after defeating the Zamorln of Calicut.
The word Zamorin stands for
(a) King
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(b) Warlord
(c) Sealord
(d) Admiral
Ans: (c)
143. Who of the following Portuguese Is regarded as a 'monster in human disguise' and the
one who had no bowels of compassion?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Albuquerque
(c) Almeida
(d) Joao de Castro
Ans: (a)
144. Who of the following Portuguese Viceroys in India captured Goa (1510) from the Adil
Shahi Sultan of Bijapur and made it the headquarters of the Protuguese government in
India?
(a) Albuquerque
(b) Almeida
(c) Joao De Castro
(d) Dom Luiz De Atayde
Ans: (a)
145. The Portuguese naval monopoly In the Indian waters was shattered by the
(a) Dutch
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Both (a) and (b) above
Ans: (a)
146. When Chittor was captured by Akbar (1558), the Rana of Mewar was
(a) Rana Udai Singh
(b) Rana Pratap
(c) Rana Kumbha
(d) Rana Amar Singh
Ans: (a)
147. In the Battle of Haldighati the Mughal troops were commanded by
(a) Asaf khan
(b) Raja Man Singh of Amber
(c) Qazi Khan
(d) Todar Mal
Ans: (b)
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148. After the Call of Chittor, the city which became the capital of Mewar was
(a) Merta
(b) Kumbhalgarh
(c) Mandalgarh
(d) Udaipur
Ans: (d)
149. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar's wars of
conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of
(a) Jaisalmer and Khandesh
(b) Malwa and Gujarat
(c) Gondwana and Ahmadnagar
(d) Ranathambhor and Khandesh
Ans: (c)
150. Akbar's concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
(a) friendship and goodwill to all
(b) common brotherhood
(c) fraternity and friendship
(d) harmony and peace to all
Ans: (d)
151. Which of the following statements correctly describes the real spirit of Din-i-illahi?
(a) It was an attempt towards founding a universal religion
(b) It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none
(c) It was a concept of common citizenship of the people of common faith
(d) It was founded to instil intense loyalty to the emperor
Ans: (b)
152. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of
the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi?
(a) Remarriage of widows
(b) Prohibition of child marriage
(c) Monogamy
(d) Rejection of seclusion of women
Ans: (d)
153. Akbar'a son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of
(a) Jahangir
(b) Jahangir Alampanah
(c) Jahangir Alamgir
(d) Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir
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Ans: (d)
154. The Mughal queen, whose name was inscribed on the coins and on all royal farmans as
well as attached to the imperial signature was
(a) Jodha Bai
(b) Nur Jahan
(c) Mumtaz Mahal
(d) Ladli Begum
Ans: (b)
155. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of
(a) Guru Ram Das
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Angad
(d) Guru Arjan
Ans: (d)
156. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the
East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was
(a) Hawkins
(b) Henry Middleton
(c) Thomas Roe
(d) Josiah Child
Ans: (c)
157. Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Shah Jahan
Ans: (b)
158. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was
(a) annexation of Ahmadnagar
(b) treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda
(c) both (a) and (b) above
(d) expulsion of the Portuguese from Hughli
Ans: (c)
159. The son of Shah Jahan , who studied the New Testament, the writings of the Muslim
suns, the Vedanta philosophy, Upaniahadas, etc. and sought to find a meeting point
between Hinduism and Islam, was
(a) Dara Shukoh
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(b) Murad
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Shuja
Ans: (a)
160. The only Hindu noble at the court of Akbar to accept the Din-illahi was
(a) Man Singh
(b) Todar Mal
(c) Birbal
(d) Bhagwan Das
Ans: (c)
161. The last great royal patrons of Buddhism in India were the
(a) Palas
(b) Gurjar Pratiharas
(c) Paramaras
(d) Senas
Ans: (a)
162. The Pallava ruler who built the famous Kailash temple at Kanchi and the Shore temple
at Mahabalipuram was
(a) Narsimhavarman II
(b) Parmesvarvarman I
(c) Mahendra Varman I
(d) Narsimhavarman
Ans: (a)
163. The great religious thinker and philosopher Shankaracharya was born in Kerala at
(a) Keladi
(b) Quilon
(c) Trivandrum
(d) Calicut
Ans: (a)
164. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals?
(a) Bijapur
(b) Berar
(c) Ahmednagar
(d) Bedar
Ans: (c)
165. Who was the Mughal Prince who was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanakrit?
(a) Prince Akbar
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(b) Prince Salim
(c) Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
(d) Prince Dara Shukoh
Ans: (d)
166. In whose reign did the Mughal painting reach its zenith?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Humayun
Ans: (a)
167. What is the correct chronological sequence of the later Mughal emperors?
1. Bahadur Shah-I
2. Farrukhsiyar
3. Muhammad Shah
4. Jahandar Shah
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1. 2; 3, 4
(b) 1, 4, 2, 3
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2
(d) 4, 1, 2, 3
Ans: (b)
168. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer
Tansen exhibits
(a) The Persian Style
(b) Gandhara Style
(c) Hindu Style
(d) The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles
Ans: (d)
169. The original name of Balban was
(a) Zia-ud-Din
(b) Ala-ud-Din
(c) Muhammad
(d) Ulugh Khan
Ans: (d)
170. Ghazni was a small principality in
(a) Mongolia
(b) Turkey
(c) Persia
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(d) Afghanistan
Ans: (d)
171. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind?
(a) Abu Said
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Firadausi
(d) AI-Beruni
Ans: (d)
172. In 1206 AD Muhammad of Ghuri was killed at
(a) Kabul
(b) Damayak
(c) Ajmer
(d) Tarain
Ans: (b)
173. Who is known as the "Slave of a slave"?
(a) MUhammad-bin-Qasim
(b) Mahmud of Ghazni
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
Ans: (c)
174. 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 Mahmood
(d) Iltutmish
Ans: (d)
175. Who among the following came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni?
(a) Al-Masudi
(b) Al-Beruni
(c) SuIaiman
(d) Abdul Haq
Ans: (b)
176. Timur's invasion has taken place during the reign of
(a) Abu Bakr Tughluq
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(c) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
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(d) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughluq
Ans: (d)
177. Which Sultan of Delhi died while playing the chaugon (Polo)?
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(c) Samsuddin Iltutmish
(d) Nasiruddin Mahmood
Ans: (a)
178. Ayagara in Vijayanagar were
(a) Adiministrators of Nadus
(b) Governors of Provinces
(c) Administrators of Kottams
(d) Village functionaries
Ans: (d)
179. Who was the author of Amuktamalyada?
(a) Bhoja
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Krishnadeva Raya
(d) Amoghavarsha
Ans: (c)
180. Which monarch called himself as the second Alexander?
(a) Akbar
(b) Samudra Gupta
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Chandra Gupta II
Ans: (c)
181. The state-promoted canal irrigation system was initiated by
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(d) Firuz Tughluq
Ans: (b)
182. The most learned medieval Muslim ruler who was well versed in various, branches of
learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was
(a) Sikandar Lodhi
(b) IItutmish
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
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(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (c)
183. The largest administrative division in the Vijayanagar empire was
(a) Nadu
(b) Mandalam
(c) Rajya
(d) Kottam
Ans: (b)
184. The term Iqta means
(a) assignments of land as reward of pension
(b) revenue assignment of a particular area in lieu of cash salary
(c) an administrative grant or relief
(d) a unit of local government
Ans: (b)
185. The first Sultan to adopt the principle of measurement of cultivable land for
determining the land revenue was
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Balban
Ans: (c)
186. Who from among the following was the founder of Bahmani kingdom in the Deccan?
(a) Mahmud Gawan
(b) Hasan Gangu
(c) Sikandar Shah
(d) Malik Ambar
Ans: (b)
187. The rulers of the Lodhi dynasty were
(a) Turks settled in Afghanistan
(b) Pure Turks
(c) Pure Afghan
(d) Timurid Turks
Ans: (c)
188. The Nobility of the Delhi Sultanate was largely composed of
(a) Afghans
(b) Arabs
(c) Turks
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(d) Composite elements
Ans: (c)
189. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was
created by
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (d)
190. The Mongols appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus during the rule of
(a) Raziya
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Ans: (c)
191. The main aim of the attacks of Muhammad-bin-Tughluq in south India was
(a) extension of the empire
(b) plunder of wealth
(c) propagation of the Muslim culture in South India
(d) to compel the rulers of South India to accept the sovereignty of the Delhi Sultanate
Ans: (a)
192. Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad?
(a) Muzaffar Shah II
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Qutub-ud-din Ahmad Shah
(d) Muhammad I Begarha
Ans: (b)
193. Vljayanagar was founded on the southern bank of the river
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Narmada
(d) Tungabhadra
Ans: (d)
194. Who was the founder of Aravidu dynasty of the Vijayanagar Empire?
(a) Tirumala
(b) Sadasiva Raya
(c) Rama Raya
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(d) Bukka
Ans: (a)
195. What was the capital of Bahmani Kingdom?
(a) Warangal
(b) Gulbarga
(c) Devagiri
(d) Ellichpur
Ans: (b)
196. Minhaj-ua-Siraj was a
(a) poet
(b) musician
(c) historian
(d) merchant
Ans: (c)
197. The city of Ajmer was founded by
(a) Sindhuraja
(b) Ajayaraja
(c) Bhoja
(d) Vigraharaja
Ans: (b)
198. Who was the patron deity of Vijayanagar?
(a) Virupaksha
(b) Narasimha
(c) Vittalaswamy
(d) Venugoplal swamy
Ans: (a)
199. What was the bone of contention between Vijayanagar and the Bahmani Kingdoms?
(a) Krishna Delta
(b) Raichur Doab
(c) Godavari Delta
(d) Telangana
Ans: (b)
200. Which among the following was the most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya?
(a) Her sex
(b) Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact
(c) Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi
(d) Her incompetence
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Ans B
