Medival Indian History Part 5
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401. The Char Minar had been constructed by
(a) Ali Adil Shah
(b) Kanishka
(c) Quli Qutb Shah
(d) Jahangir
Ans: (c)
402. Of the following European nations, only the ______ did not attempt to establish
trading centres in India.
(a) Britishers
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Italians
Ans: (d)
403. Akbar had constructed several forts, which did not include the one of
(a) Lahore
(b) Agra
(c) Allahabad
(d) Delhi Red Fort
Ans: (d)
404. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji
(a) Tukaram
(b) Guru Nanak Dev
(c) Mirabai
(d) Guru Ram Das
Ans: (d)
405. Whom did the Lingayats worship?
(a) Ganesha
(b) Surya
(c) Vishnu
(d) Shiva
Ans: (d)
406. In whose reign had Islam been abolished as the state religion?
(a) Balban
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Akbar
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
Ans: (c)
407. Name the famous Sufi saint whose mausoleum was erected at Fatehpur Sikri.
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(a) Nizamuddin Auliya
(b) Sheikh Muin-ud-din Chisti
(c) Baba Farid-ud-din
(d) Sheikh Salim Chisti
Ans: (d)
408. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by
the Mughal emperor
(a) Babar
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Humayun
Ans: (c)
409. Who was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khalji attacked and conquered it in 1303
AD?
(a) Rana Kumbha
(b) Rana Ratan Singh
(c) Rana Hammir
(d) Rana Sanga
Ans: (b)
410. Market control had been first introduced in Medieval India by
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
Ans: (c)
411. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama at
Khana Masjid – were constructed at
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Fatehpur Sikri
(d) Gulbarga
Ans: (b)
412. Token currency had been introduced for the first time in India by
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(b) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
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Ans: (d)
413. To whom had Mohammad Ghuri assigned the first Iqta in India?
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(c) Nasiruddin Qubacha
(d) Tajuddin Yalduz
Ans: (a)
414. Sri Perumbudur, a temple town in southern India, is the birthplace of
(a) Ramanuja
(b) Adi Shankaracharya
(c) Vidyaranya
(d) Madhavacharya
Ans: (a)
415. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was
(a) Land Tax
(b) Currency System
(c) Surplus Revenue
(d) Revenue from Seaports
Ans: (d)
416. Which Rajput dynasty had not surrendered to Akbar?
(a) Pratihara
(b) Sisodiya
(c) Rathor
(d) Parmar
Ans: (b)
417. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system prevalent
in
(a) Persia
(b) Mongolia
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Turkey
Ans: (b)
418. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
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Ans: (c)
419. The discriminatory Jizya tax was abolished by
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (a)
420. Vasco-da-Gama came to India in _____ and landed at _____.
(a) 1498, Cochin
(b) 1496, Goa
(c) 1498, Calicut
(d) 1492, Goa
Ans: (c)
421. What was the capital of Shivaji's Kingdom?
(a) Pune
(b) Raigarh
(c) Karwar
(d) Purandhar
Ans: (b)
422. The island of Bombay had been given to the British Prince Charles II as dowry by the
(a) Dutch
(b) Portuguese
(c) Danish
(d) French
Ans: (b)
423. The Dutch first established their hold in India in the year 1605 at
(a) Masulipatanam
(b) Surat
(c) Bombay
(d) Goa
Ans: (a)
424. Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from
India?
(a) Shivaji
(b) Jai Singh
(c) Tipu Sultan
(d) Rani of Jhansi
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Ans: (c)
425. Amir Khusrau's name is associated with the invention of the
(a) Sarod
(b) Sitar
(c) Shehnai
(d) Tabla
Ans: (b)
426. Fatehpur Sikri had been founded by
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Babar
(d) Humayun
Ans: (a)
427. The Khajuraho shrines built by the Chandella rulers are dedicated to
(a) Brahma and Vishnu
(b) Vishnu and Laxmi
(c) Shiva and Surya
(d) Shiva and Parvati
Ans: (d)
428. Who is the only women historian to have written a historical account of Mughal
Period?
(a) Noorjahan Begum
(b) Zebun-nissa Begum
(c) Gulbadan Begum
(d) Jahanara Begum
Ans: (c)
429. Who is the author of the famous book Gita Gobinda?
(a) Kalidas
(b) Jaydev
(c) Mirabai
(d) Kautilya
Ans: (b)
430. The authoritative treatise on Hindu law, Mitakshara, was written by
(a) Manu
(b) Jimutavahana
(c) Vigneswara
(d) Hemadri
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Ans: (c)
431. Rajatarangini by Kalhan is a history of
(a) Harsha's reign
(b) Delhi
(c) Chandragupta's reign
(d) Kashmir
Ans: (d)
432. During whose reign did Malik Mohammad Jaisi complete the notable work in Hindi,
Padmavat?
(a) Babar
(b) Sher Shah
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar
Ans: (b)
433. The famous literary work Tahqiq-i-Hind was written by
(a) Alberuni
(b) Zia-ud-din Barni
(c) Balban
(d) Raziya Sultan
Ans: (a)
434. Which of the following invaders is wrongly paired with the year of his invasion?
(a) Timurlane, 1398 AD
(b) Mahmud of Ghaznavi, 1000 AD
(c) Ahmad Shah Abdali, 1716 AD
(d) Nadir Shah, 1738 AD
Ans: (c)
435. During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right. to
trade in Mughal ports?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
Ans: (d)
436. The Zamindars were known by several names in different parts of India, which did not
include being called a
(a) Patil
(b) Deshmukh
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(c) Nayak
(d) Rajuka
Ans: (b)
437. The first woman ruler of India was
(a) Rani of Jhansi
(b) Razia Sultan
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Noorjahan
Ans: (b)
438. Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
(a) Sant Kabir
(b) Surdas
(c) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(d) Tulsidas
Ans: (a)
439. The Indian ruler who had issued a royal edict forbidding anyone to laugh in his court
was
(a) Balban
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (a)
440. The first Mughal Garden in India had been laid out by
(a) Babur
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
Ans: (a)
441. The first time in India that land was divided into different categories for the purpose of
revenue, taking into account the quality of land and its productive capacity, was during
the reign of
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(d) Akbar
Ans: (b)
442. The first Muslim ruler to conquer southern India was
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(a) Babar
(b) Mohammad Ghuri
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Alaudd'in Khalji
Ans: (d)
443. The famous poet Amir Khusrau, known as the 'parrot of India' was a contemporary of
all of the following with the exception of
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Ans: (a)
444. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by _____ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj
Mahal.
(a) Jahangir
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
445. The Sultan who had truly mixed religion with politics by calling himself Naib-i-Khudai
or 'the deputy of God' was
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Iltutmish
Ans: (b)
446. Which Sultan had been named Lakh Baksh, or the giver of lakhs, for his unbounded
generosity?
(a) Balban
(b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Ans: (b)
447. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in
Medieval times
(a) Tukaram
(b) Ramananda
(c) Dadu
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(d) Raghunandan
Ans: (c)
448. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to
Delhi?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Jahangir
(d) Humayun
Ans: (a)
449. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
(a) Kotwal
(b) Bakhshi
(c) Wazir
(d) Diwan
Ans: (b)
450. Goa had been first colonized by the
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese
(d) French
Ans: (c)
451. The Gandhara School of Art had been established in ______India.
(a) Central
(b) North-eastern
(c) Southern
(d) North-western
Ans: (d)
452. The architectural raw material generally used in Akbar's period was
(a) Marble
(b) Brick
(c) Limestone
(d) Redstone
Ans: (d)
453. Where had Qutub-ud-din Aibak eot conatructed the Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra (Hut of
Two-and-a-half- Days)?
(a) Agra
(b) Ajmer
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(c) Delhi
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
Ans: (b)
454. Who is the author of Padmawat?
(a) Faizi
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Malik Mohammad Jaysai
(d) Amir Khusrau
Ans: (c)
455. The world's greatest traveller of pre-modern times, believed to have put behind him a
distance of over 73000 miles and visited territories the equivalent of about 44 modern
countries, is
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Fahien
(c) Ibn-Batuta
(d) Hiuen Tsang
Ans: (a)
456. The first Sultan of Delhi who had introduced the Practice of Sijda was
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (a)
457. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden call from the staircase was
(a) Babar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (c)
458. Who among the following had got the Upanishads translated into Persian?
(a) Akbar
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Jahangir
(d) Dara Shukoh
Ans: (d)
459. Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak?
(a) Sant Kabir
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(b) Kalidasa
(c) Harisena
(d) Tulsidas
Ans: (a)
460. Which literary figure of the Gupta period is referred to as the Indian Shakespeare?
(a) Vishakhadatta
(b) Harisena
(c) Kalidasa
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
461. Between whom among the following had the battle of Kanwah been fought?
(a) Babar and Hemu
(b) Akbar and Rana Pratap
(c) Babar and Rana Sanga
(d) Akbar and Rana Shngram Singh
Ans: (c)
462. During whose reign had the Mongols intruded into India for the first time?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(d) Iltutmish
Ans: (d)
463. In which year was the Battle of PIassey fought?
(a) 1778
(b) 1764
(c) 1757
(d) 1426
Ans: (c)
464. Who was the spiritual leader associated with the founding of the Vijayanagara
Kingdom?
(a) Ramdas
(b) Vidyaranya
(c) Purandaradas
(d) Appayya Dikshitar
Ans: (b)
465. The Sikh guru who had fought the Mughals was
(a) Guru Nanak Dev
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(b) Guru Hargobind
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans: (d)
466. The Sikh Guru who had been killed at the instance of Aurangzeb was
(a) Guru Atjan Dev
(b) Guru Hargobind
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans: (c)
467. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to
(a) Andman and Nicobar
(b) Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Mandalay
(d) Rangoon
Ans: (d)
468. The designation 'amil’ during Akbar's reign denoted a
(a) Policeman
(b) Retail trader
(c) Postman
(d) Revenue official
Ans: (d)
469. Guru Gobind Singh had sent Banda Bahadur to Punjab
(a) To propagate the Sikh religion
(b) To show off his strength and valour
(c) To crush the enemies of Khalsa
(d) To establish a Sikh empire
Ans: (c)
470. Akbar had got constructed the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory of
(a) Gujarat
(b) Delhi
(c) Bengal
(d) Odisha
Ans: (a)
471. Who, among the following Muslim scholars, contributed most significantly to Hindi
Literature?
(a) Abul Fazl
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(b) Faizi Namaz
(c) Abdur-Rahim Khan-i-Khanah
(d) Abdul Qadir Bandaoni
Ans: (c)
472. Many details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the
inscriptions at
(a) Kanchipuram
(b) Thanjavur
(c) Uttiramerur
(d) Woriyur
Ans: (c)
473. 'Gita Govinda' as written in the 12th century by
(a) Bana
(b) Bhartruhari
(c) Jayadeva
(d) Ramanuja
Ans: (c)
474. Who, among the following is remembered to this day by the Rajputas as a model of
chivalry and courage and is he hero of many folk ballads?
(a) Jaichand
(b) Prithviraj
(c) Vidyadhara
(d) Parmal
Ans: (b)
475. The term 'Apabhramsa' was used in Medieval Sanskrit texts to denote
(a) outcastes among the Rajputs
(b) deviations from Vedic rituals
(c) early forms of some of the modern Indian languages
(d) non-Sanskrit verse metres
Ans: (c)
476. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj Pilgrimage at State expense was
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (b)
477. "Nitivakymitra" (nectar of Aphorisms on Politics) was written by a Jains writer of the
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10th century His name?
(a) Charudutta
(b) Sukra
(c) Kamandaka
(d) Somadeva Suri
Ans: (b)
478. "Manisha Panchakam" was composed by
(a) Sri Ramanuja
(b) Swami Chinmayananda
(c) Adi Sankara
(d) Swami Tejomayananda
Ans: (c)
479. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind?
(a) Abu Said
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Firadausi
(d) Al-Beruni
Ans: (d)
480. 'Mattavllasa-Pradhasana' was written by
(a) Mahendra Varman I
(b) Narasimha Varman I
(c) Narasimha Varman II
(d) Simhavishnu
Ans: (a)
481. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh
Gurus?
(a) Hari Rai
(b) Arjan Dev
(c) Tegh Bahadur
(d) Gobind Singh
Ans: (d)
482. The Mongols under Chengez Khan invaded India during the reign of
(a) Balban
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (c)
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483. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Dewan-i-Bandagani : Tughluq
(b) Dewan-i-Mustakhraj : Balban
(c) Dewan-i-Kohi : Alauddin Khalji
(d) Dewan-i-Arz : Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (a)
484. Consider the following events:
1. Reign of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara
2. Construction of Qutub Minar
3. Arrival of Portugese in India
4. Death of Firuz Tughluq
The correct chronological sequence of these events is:
(a) 2, 4, 3, 1
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3
(c) 4, 2, 1, 3
(d) 4, 2, 3, 1
Ans: (a)
485. The king was freed from his people and they from their king. On whose death did
Badauni comment thus?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammand-bin-Tughluq
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
Ans: (c)
486. Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant
(a) Extra payment made to the nobles
(b) Revenue assigned in lieu of salary
(c) Excess amount paid to the exchequer by the iqtadars
(d) Illegal exactions extracted from the peasants
Ans: (c)
487. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India
was
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(d) Sikandar Lodhi
Ans: (c)
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488. Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of
his message?
(a) Dadu
(b) Kabir
(c) Ramananda
(d) Tulsidas
Ans: (c)
489. Match List-I with List-U and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
lists:
List-I List-II
(Bhakti Saint) (Profession)
A. Namdev 1. Barber
B. Kabir 2. Weaver
C. Ravidas 3. Tailor
D. Sena 4. Cobbler
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 2 3 4 1
Ans: (b)
490. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Mirza Ghalib
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Faiz
Ans: (a)
491. Consider the following:
1. Tughluqabad Fort
2. Lodhi Garden
3. Qutub Minar
4. Fatehpur Sikri
The correct chronological order in which they were built is:
(a) 3, 1, 4, 2 ..
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(b) 3, 1, 2, 4
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4
(d) 1, 3, 4, 2
Ans: (b)
492. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of
(a) Tuti-e-Hind
(b) Kaiser-i-Hind
(c) Zil-i-IIahi
(d) Din-i-IIahi
Ans: (c)
493. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by
(a) Bihari
(b) Surdas
(c) Raskhan
(d) Kabir
Ans: (c)
494. The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote
(a) outcastes among the Rajputas
(b) deviations from Vedic rituals
(c) early forms of some of the modern Indian languages
(d) non-Sanskrit verse metres
Ans: (c)
495. The sun saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to
God was
(a) Muin-ud-din Chishti
(b) Baba Farid
(c) Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
(d) Shah Alam Bukhari
Ans: (a)
496. Nastaliq was
(a) a Persian script used in Medieval India
(b) a raga composed by Tansen
(c) a cess levied by the Mughal rulers
(d) a manual of code of conduct for the Ulemas
Ans: (a)
497. Who among the following were famous jurists of medieval India?
1. Vijanesvara
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2. Hemadri
3. Rajasekhara
4. Jiroutavahana
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
Ans: (c)
498. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
(a) Ziauddin Barani
(b) Shams-I-Siraj Afif
(c) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(d) Amir Khusrau
Ans: (d)
499. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Krishandevaraya : Samaranganasutradhara
(b) Mahendravarman : Mattavilasaprahasana
(c) Bhojadeva : Manasollasa
(d) Somesvara : Amuktyamalyada
Ans: (b)
500. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival of NAUROJ in India?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (a)
