MCQs on Medieval Indian History
MCQs on Medieval Indian History
Q. Choose the correct alternative from the option given below each question:
1. Abdur Razzak came from which of the following places?
(a) Morocco
(b) Italy
(c) Persia
(d) Rome
Ans: (c)
2. Anandapala organized a confederacy with which of the following kings against Mahmud of Ghazni?
1. Rajas of Ujjain
2. Rajas of Gwalior
3. Rajas of Kalanjar
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) Only 1 & 2
(b) Only 2 & 3
(c) Only 1 & 3
(d) 1, 2, & 3
Ans: (a)
3. Which of the following Rajput clan does not belong to the Agnikula?
(a) Parmara
(b) Pratihara
(c) Chalukya
(d) Kachwaha
Ans: (d)
4. Which of the following was the viceroy of Muhammad Ghori?
(a) Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji
(b) Alauddin Hussain
(c) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
(d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
Ans: (c)
5. Which of the following rulers killed Dahir, the Rajput ruler of Sind?
(a) Muhammad bin Qasim
(b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(c) Muhammad Ghori
(d) Mahmud Ghaznavi
Ans: (a)
6. Elizabeth-I was contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
Ans: (c)
7. During the reign of which among the following Mughal Emperors, Mughal Architecture reached its zenith?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangazeb
Ans: (c)
8. Who wrote famous Hindi work “Padmavati”?
(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(b) Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
(c) Amir Khusro
(d) Bulleh Shah
Ans: (a)
9. Which of the following was the capital of the first Muslim empire of Afghanistan?
(a) Khurasan
(b) Ghazni
(c) Kabul
(d) Delhi
Ans: (b)
10. Which among the following was the real name of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah ?
(a) Khujasta Akhtar
(b) Shahriyar Shah Bahadur
(c) Nadir Shah
(d) Raushan Akhtar
Ans: (d)
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11.Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Lingayatism?
(a) It was founded by the 12th-century philosopher and statesman Basava.
(b) It is a distinct Shaivite religious tradition in India.
(c) Lingayat thinkers rejected the custodial hold of Brahmins over the Vedas and the shastras.
(d) Contemporary Lingayatism is influential in North India, especially in the state of Jammu & Kashmir
Ans: (d)
12. Who translated ‘Baburnama’ from Chagtai to Persian?
(a) Abdul Rahim Khan-I
(b) Abul Fazal
(c) Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
(d) Humayun
Ans: (a)
13. Which of the following Mughal emperor is famous for his golden chain of justice?
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Jahanagir
(d) Babur
Ans: (c)
14. Chandradeva, was the founder of which of the following dynasty?
(a) Chauhans
(b) Gahadwalas
(c) Chalukyas
(d) Chandellas
Ans: (b)
15. Consider the following statements:
1. Neither the arch nor the dome was a Turkish or Muslim invention.
2. The Turkish rulers employed not only the arch & Dome method, but also slab & beam method on wide scale in India
Which among the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (c)
16. The Nathpanthis, Siddhacharas and Yogi advocated salvation through ……..?
(a) Meditation
(b) Knowledge
(c) Sacrifices
(d) Self-effort
Ans: (a)
17. Who among the following conquered Sind in 712 AD?
(a) Arabs
(b) French
(c) Greeks
(d) Mongols
Ans: (a)
18. Which of the following Muslim rulers enforced price control system?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Mohd. Tughlaq
(c) lltutmish
(d) Balban
Ans: (a)
19. Which of the following was a contemporary of the Saiyid Sultans of Delhi?
(a) Ibn-e-Batuta
(b) Tavernier
(c) Khwaja Abd Malik Isami
(d) Yahya Bin Ahmed Bin Abdullah Sarhindi
Ans: (d)
20. What was the name of the silver coin of Iltutmish?
(a) Tanka
(b) Tamrupa
(c) Karshapanas
(d) Jital
Ans: (a)
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21. Which of the following poets completed his epic ‘Shah Namah’ at the court of Mahmud?
(a) Faruqi
(b) Firdausi
(c) Unsuri
(d) Asjadi
Ans: (b)
22. On which of the following ‘Bhakti Cult’ laid emphasis?
(a) Idol worship
(b) Universal brotherhood
(c) Devotion to God
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)
23. Who was the Ghaznavid ruler in Punjab when it was attacked by Mohammad Ghori?
(a) Khusrau Shah
(b) Khusrau Malik
(c) Bahram Shah
(d) Shirzad
Ans: (b)
24. After the attack of Mahmud of Ghazanavi, who among the following reconstructed the Somnath Temple?
(a) Bhimraja -I
(b) Bhimdev
(c) Mularaj I
(d) Jay Singh Siddharaaj
Ans: (b)
25. In medieval era , the term ‘Kotwal’ stood for which of the following?
(a) Agents of intelligence
(b) Head of city administration
(c) Chief justice
(d) Inspected public eating houses
Ans: (b)
26. Which of the following was the author of ‘Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri’?
(a) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Jahangir
(d) Abdul Hamid Lahori
Ans: (c)
27. The Turkish chiefs of Delhi invited which of the following to ascend the throne in place of Aram Shah?
(a) Ruknuddin Firuz Shah
(b) Bahram Shah
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Alauddin Masud Shah
Ans: (c)
28. Qutubuddin Aibak was the slave of which of the following?
(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Muhammad Ghori
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
29. Which of the following built the first mosque in India, the ‘Quwwat-ul-Islam’ (Delhi)?
(a) Illtutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(d) Kaiqubad
Ans: (c)
30.Which of the following was the author of ‘Alhakhand’?
(a) Chand Bardoi
(b) Baba Gorakhnath
(c) Amir Khusrau
(d) Jagnayak
Ans: (d)
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31. ‘Ashta diggajas’ adorned the court of which of the following Vijayanagar ruler?
(a) Harihara II
(b) Deva Raya I
(c) Achyuta Deva Raya
(d) Krishna Deva Raya
Ans: (d)
32. Which of the following Kannada poet was patronized by Achyuta Deva Raya?
(a) Chikkupadhyaya
(b) Chatu Vittalanatha
(c) Devanur Mahadeva
(d) Kumara Vyasa
Ans: (b)
33. Who among the following changed the name of ‘Tanna Mishra’ to Tansen?
(a) Akbar
(b) Raja Vikramjit of Gwalior
(c) Raja Mansingh Tomar
(d) Swami Haridas
Ans: (b)
34. Which among the following wrote Persian verses under the name ‘Gulrakhi’?
(a) Sikander Lodhi
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Daulat Khan Lodhi
Ans: (a)
35. The chief items of imports during the rule of the Vijayanagar empire consisted of which of the following?
1. Horses
2. Copper
3. Sugar
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) Only 1 & 2
(b) Only 2 & 3
(c) Only 1 & 3
(d) 1, 2 & 3
Ans: (a)
36. After the defeat of Baz Bahadur, he fled towards which of the following places?
(a) Malwa
(b) Burhanpur
(c) Gujarat
(d) Bengal
Ans: (a)
37. Which of the following is true regarding trade and commerce during the first phase of the early medieval period?
(a) When the Byzantine people learned the art of silk in the 6th century, Indian merchants lost an important market from which they received large quantities of gold.
(b) Friendly stance of Arab merchants towards Indian merchants in the earlier phase made overland travel safe for Indian merchants.
(c) Indian traders traded with Southeast Asia and made up for losses in trade with the west.
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
38. In the early medieval society, which of the following was considered to be the best gift given to Brahmins?
(a) Ploughshare
(b) Cows and Oxens
(c) Donation/Gift of land
(d) Punch-marked coins
Ans: (c)
39. In which year the ‘Battle of Chaul’ took place?
(a) January 1508
(b) March 1508
(c) January 1580
(d) March 1580
Ans: (a)
40. In which year, Akbar abolished the pilgrim tax?
(a) 1561
(b) 1563
(c) 1569
(d) 1572
Ans: (b)
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41. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Vijaynagara empire?
1. Sati was honoured in the Vijaynagara empire.
2. Polygamy was prevalent among the royal families.
3. Devadasi system was prevalent.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) Only 1 & 2
(b) Only 2 & 3
(c) Only 1 & 3
(d) 1, 2 & 3
Ans: (d)
42. Which of the following kings built an observatory near Daultabad?
(a) Humayun Shah
(b) Ahmah Shah Wali
(c) Taj-ud-din Firoz Shah
(d) Hasan Gangu
Ans: (c)
43. Aurangzeb ascended the throne in which of the following year?
(a) 1658 CE
(b) 1568 CE
(c) 1707 CE
(d) 1690 CE
Ans: (a)
44. In which year, Shivaji sacked port of Surat?
(a) 1660
(b) 1664
(c) 1666
(d) 1667
Ans: (b)
45. Which of the following was called the Prime minister during the administration of the Bahamani kingdom?
(a) Wazir Ashraf
(b) Amir-i-kul
(c) Wazir-i-kul
(d) Sadar-i-jahan
Ans: (c)
46. Whose verses are found in the Sikh holy scripture, ‘Adi Granth’?
(a) Ramananda
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Tulsidas
(d) Kabir
Ans: (d)
47. Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the compositions of which of the following bhakti saints?
(a) Ramananda
(b) Tulsidas
(c) Guru Nanak
(d) Kabir
Ans: (d)
48. Which of the following is the author of ‘Sursagar’?
(a) Jayadeva
(b) Surdas
(c) Tulsidas
(d) Firdausi
Ans: (b)
49. Which of the following was the spiritual successor of Nur Qutb-i-Alam?
(a) Shah Manjhan
(b) Abdul Quddus Gangohi
(c) Muhibbullah Allahabadi
(d) Salim Chishti
Ans: (a)
50. Who built Hawa Mahal?
(a) Guru Ramdas
(b) Maharaja Pratap Singh
(c) Shivaji
(d) British Govt
Ans: (b)
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51. What is meant by Mughalai?
(a) Infantry of the Mughals
(b) Very rich food
(c) Royal household
(d) Mughal territories from which ‘Chauth’ was claimed
Ans: (d)
52. What is meant by ‘The Forty’?
(a) The cream of Afghan nobles
(b) The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis
(c) The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
(d) The Ulema or the Muslim divines
Ans: (c)
53. What is ‘pietra dura’?
(a) A form of music
(b) Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
(c) Armour
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
54. Akbar defeated Hemu in which of the following battle?
(a) Battle of Haldighati
(b) Second Battle of Panipat
(c) Battle of Talikota
(d) Third Battle of Panipat
Ans: (b)
55. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
(a) Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
56. Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?
(a) Humayun’s Tomb
(b) Mahabodhi Temple Complex
(c) Qutub Minar
(d) Agra Fort
Ans: (d)
57. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Dev Raya II : Sangama
(b) Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
(c) Venkata II : Aravidu
(d) Narsimha : Chalukya
Ans: (d)
58. In which of the following towns is ‘Moti Masjid’ situated?
(a) Agra
(b) Jaipur
(c) Lahore
(d) Ahmedabad
Ans: (a)
59. Humayun restored his Indian kingdom with the help of the ruler of
(a) Arabia
(b) Kabul
(c) Persia
(d) Turkey
Ans: (c)
60. Who built Jama Masjid?
(a) Guru Ramdas
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Rao Jodhaji
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (b)
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61. Who built Jodhpur Fort?
(a) Guru Ramdas
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Rao Jodhaji
(d) Ram Singh
Ans: (c)
62. Who founded the Pala Empire?
(a) Devapala
(b) Dharmapala
(c) Dhruva
(d) Gopala
Ans: (d)
63. Who wrote ‘Akbarnama’?
(a) Akbar
(b) Bhagavan Das
(c) Abul Fazal
(d) Birbal
Ans: (c)
64. Who among the following witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
(a) Ziauddin Barani
(b) Shams-i-siraj Afif
(c) Minhaj-us-siraj
(d) Amir Khusrau
Ans: (d)
65. Which Sanskrit poet wrote famous book ‘Geet Govinda’?
(a) Jayadeva
(b) Kalidas
(c) Panini
(d) Abul Fazal
Ans: (a)
67. Who was the founder of ‘Advaita vada’ or the doctrine of non-dualism?
(a) Adi Shankaracharya
(b) Surdas
(c) Ramanuj
(d) Kapil
Ans: (a)
68. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
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69. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(b) Abdur Rahim
(c) Mulla Wajhi
(d) Chand Bardai
Ans: (a)
70. Which noted scholar wrote ‘Vikramankadeva Charita’?
(a) Kalhan
(b) Bilhana
(c) Kalidas
(d) Jaydeva
Ans: (b)
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71. Which Mughal ruler constructed a new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
(a) Humayun
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (a)
72. Who was the author of the book ‘Taj-ul-Maasir’?
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Jahangir
(c) Hasan Nizami
(d) Jaydev
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73. Who said ‘Hanooz Dilli Door Ast’?
(a) Nizamuddin Aulia
(b) Farid
(c) Todarmal
(d) Firdausi
Ans: (a)
74. During the reign of which ruler use of Halo or Divine Lights were started in paintings?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Aurangazeb
(c) Jahangir
(d) Akbar
Ans: (c)
75. Who wrote ‘Tughlaqnama’?
(a) Abu Nasr Utbi
(b) Amir Khusrau
(c) Abul Fazl
(d) Hasan Nizami
Ans: (b)
76. Who brought the famous Persian painter named Khwaja Abdus Samad to India?
(a) Humayun
(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Akbar
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (a)
77. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (b)
78. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th Century A. D.?
(a) Suntemple of Konark
(b) Temple of Khajuraho
(c) Angkor Vat
(d) Notre Darn the Paris
Ans: (a)
79. Who founded the Vikramashila University?
(a) Devapala
(b) Dharmapala
(c) Dhruva
(d) Gopala
Ans: (b)
80. Which one of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
(a) Shahji Shivaji Rajaram Sambhaji
(b) Shahji Shivaji Sambhaji Rajaram
(c) Shahji Sambhaji Shivaji Rajaram
(d) Sambhaji Shivaji Shahji Rajaram
Ans: (b)
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81. The number of provinces or mandalams in the Chola Empire was
(a) Nine
(b) Ten
(c) Twelve
(d) Six
Ans: (a) MCQs on Medieval Indian History
82. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by
(a) Balban
(b) IIitutmish
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ans: (d)
83. The Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limits during the reign of …………. .
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khalji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Tughlaq
Ans: (c)
84. The foreign traveller who visited India during Vijayanagara period was
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Yuan Chawng
(c) Fa-Hien
(d) Nicolo Conti
Ans: (d)
85. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?
(a) Tibet
(b) Mongolia
(c) Burma (Now Myarnmar)
(d) Siam (now Thailand)
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86. Who was the first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (c)
87. Who was the founder of the Sena dynasty?
(a) Ballal Sena
(b) Hemanta Sen
(c) Lakshman Sen
(d) Vijay Sen
Ans: (b)
88. Which of the following revolts during Aurangzeb’s period had a peasant agrarian background?
(a) Rajputs
(b) Jats and Satnamis
(c) Marathas
(d) Sikhs
Ans: (b)
89. Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort, built in the 11th century. It is located in
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (d)
90. 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 Tughlaq
Ans: (d)
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91. The Biography of Humayun was written by
(a) Nur Jahan
(b) Jodha
(c) Anarkali
(d) Gulbadan Begum
Ans: (d) MCQs on Medieval Indian History
92. Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?
(a) Kabir
(b) Surdas
(c) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(d) Tulsidas
Ans: (a)
93. Akbar established ‘Ibadat Khana’ at
(a) Lahore
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
Ans: (d)
94. Tulsi Das composed his ‘Ramacharita Manas’ during the reign of
(a) Harsha
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Akbar
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
Ans: (c)
95. From where the Mansabdari system was borrowed?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Turkey
(c) Mongolia
(d) Persia
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96. Sakhi, Sabad and Ramaini were the notable work of?
(a) Tansen
(b) Rahim
(c) Kabir
(d) Tulsidas
Ans: (c)
97. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord?
(a) Shiva
(b) Brahma
(c) Vishnu
(d) Ram
Ans: (a)
98. Who was the author of ‘Gita Govinda’?
(a) Jayadeva
(b) Kalhana
(c) Kalidasa
(d) Raja Rao
Ans: (a) MCQs on Medieval Indian History
99. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
(a) Urdu
(b) Persian
(c) Hindi
(d) Arabic
Ans: (b)
100. Agra Fort was built by
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Babur
Ans: (b). 0 0 0.
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