Medieval Period Indian History Selected Questions and Answers Set 5

Q.1:- Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against of Mughal Empire from 1700 AD onwards ?

1. Ahalya Bai
2. Mukta Bai
3. Tara Bai
4. Rukmini Bai

Q.2:- Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh, the ruler of Jodhpur in the war of Dharmat of 1658. In which state Dharmat is situated ?

1. Rajasthan
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Uttar Pradesh

Q.3:- Who among the following deserves the credit for construction of Lal Quila ?

1. Sikandar Lodi
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan

Q.4:- Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in ?

1. 1590 AD
2. 1575 AD
3. 1576 AD
4. 1572 AD

Q.5:- Who among the following was defeated by Babur in the first Battle of Panipat ?

1. Bahlol Lodi
2. Daulat Khan Lodi
3. Ibrahim Lodi
4. Sikandar Lodi

Q.6:- in Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called Paragana was headed by an official known as ?

1. Shiqdar
2. Barid
3. Ariz
4. Amil

Q.7:- Amir Khusrau was a famous court poet of ?

1. Akbar
2. Alauddin Khilji
3. Mahmud Ghazanvi
4. None of these

Q.8:- Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title Gunarj Khan in the Sultanate period ?

1. Jnanadas
2. Gobindadasa
3. Maladhar Basu
4. Chandi Das

Q.9:- Where is the famous Virupaksha Temple located ?

1. Bhadrachalam
2. Chaidambaram
3. Hampi
4. Srikalahasti

Q.10:- The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which of the following centuries ?

1. 13^th Century
2. 14^th Century
3. 15^th Century
4. 16^th Century

Q.11:- The rulers of Vijaynagar promoted ?

1. Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
2. Malayalam, Tamil, and Sanskrit
3. Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
4. Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit

Q.12:- Where is the famous Vijaya Vithala Temple, having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located ?

1. Belur
2. Bhadrachalam
3. Hampi
4. Srirangam

Q.13:- The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of ?

1. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
2. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
3. Firoz Tughlaq
4. Akbar

Q.14:- Who was the Muslim General to have conquered Bengal in 13^th Century AD ?

1. Afzal Khan
2. Ikhtiaruddin Bin Bakhtiar Khalji
3. Chinghiz Khan
4. Temuchin

Q.15:- Who among the following was not a noble under Alauddin Khilji ?

1. Ainulmulk Multani
2. Zafar Khan
3. Nusrat Khan
4. Munim Khan

Q.16:- In the Sultanate period, the highest rural authority for land revenue was ?

1. Chaudhary
2. Rawat
3. Malik
4. Patwari

Q.17:- Who was the Delhi Sultan when the threat of invasion by Mongols under Ghingiz Khan loomed over India ?

1. Iltutmish
2. Balban
3. Jalaluddin Khilji
4. Alauddin Khilji

Q.18:- Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from ?

1. Morocco
2. Persia
3. Turkey
4. Central Asia

Q.19:- Who was the Chola King to have conquered Bengal ?

1. Rajraja
2. Rajendra I
3. Rajendra II
4. Rajadhiraj

Q.20:- Who of the following was the first woman ruler of medieval India ?

1. Razia Sultan
2. Chand Bibi
3. Durgavati
4. Noorjahan

Q.21:- Who introduced the Iqta system ?

1. Muhammad Gori
2. Qutubuddin Aibak
3. Iltutmish
4. Ghiyasuddin Balban

Q.22:- Which building built by Akbar was designed on the principles of Buddhist Vihara ?

1. Panch Mahal
2. Diwan-I-Khas
3. Jodhabai Mahal
4. Buland Darwaja

Q.23:- The Mughal Emperor who appointed maximum number of Hindu Officers was ?

1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Shahjahan
4. Aurangzeb

Q.24:- Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position, captured his territories and sent him off to a distant place ?

1. Wellesley
2. Cornwallis
3. Dalhousie
4. Hastings

Q.25:- Shivaji died in the year ?

1. 1676
2. 1677
3. 1678
4. 1680