Medieval Period Indian History Selected Questions and Answers Set 2

Q.1:- Which one among the following religions was patronised by Rashtrakutas ?

1. Jainism
2. Buddhism
3. Saivism
4. Vaishnavism

Ans:- (a) Jainism

Q.2:- Yahya bin Ahmed Sirhindi, the author of “Tarikh – I – Mubaraqshahi” lived in the period of ?

1. Khalji
2. Tughlaq
3. Sayyid
4. Lodi

Ans:- (c) Sayyid

Q.3:- In India, the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves around the sun was ?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Brahmagupta
3. Bana
4. Kalhana

Ans:- (a) Aryabhatta

Q.4:- Who among the following is well known for his contribution in the field of Algebra ?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Brahmagupta
3. Bhaskara
4. Lalla

Ans:- (c) Bhaskara

Q.5:- The contemporary chronicle of Sayyid period is ?

1. Tarikh-I-Mubaraqshahi
2. Waqiat-I-Mushtaqi
3. Futuh-US-Salatin
4. Musalik-Ul-Absar

Ans:- (a) Tarikh-I-Mubaraqshahi

Q.6:- The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were ?

1. Mongols
2. Afghans
3. Turks
4. A Jat Tribe

Ans:- (c) Turks

Q.7:- Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate ?

1. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
2. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II
3. Mahmud Shah Tughlaq
4. Nasarat Shah

Ans:- (c) Mahmud Shah Tughlaq

Q.8:- The battle of Tarain (1191 AD) was fought between Muhammad Gauri and ?

1. Rana Sanga
2. Rana Pratap
3. Prithviraj Chauhan
4. Rana Hammirdeva

Ans:- (c) Prithviraj Chauhan

Q.9:- Which one of the following dynasties ruled over India after the invasion of Timur ?

1. Lodi Dynasty
2. Sayyid Dynasty
3. Tughlaq Dynasty
4. Khalji Dynasty

Ans:- (b) Sayyid Dynasty

Q.10:- Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi ?

1. Qutubuddin Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Razia
4. Balban

Ans:- (a) Qutubuddin Aibak

Q.11:- Who was the first real king of Sultanate ?

1. Qutubuddin Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Balban

Ans:- (b) Iltutmish

Q.12:- Sufi Kalam, a type of devotional music is the characteristic of ?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Kashmir
4. None of these

Ans:- (c) Kashmir

Q.13:- When Raja Wodeyar founded the kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler of Vijay Nagar Empire ?

1. Sadasiva
2. Tirumala
3. Ranga II
4. Venkata II

Ans:- (d) Venkata II

Q.14:- Who was called the Akbar of Kashmir ?

1. Zainul Abidin
2. Hussain Shah
3. Balban
4. Sujauddaulla

Ans:- (a) Zainul Abidin

Q.15:- Which Sufi Saint’s dargah is at Ajmer ?

1. Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya
2. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
3. Khwaja Salim Chisti
4. Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Ans:- (b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

Q.16:- Bhakt Tukaram was contemporary of which Mughal emperor ?

1. Babur
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Aurangzeb

Ans:- (c) Jahangir

Q.17:- Kabir was the disciple of ?

1. Nanak
2. Ramanuj
3. Shankaracharya
4. Ramananda

Ans:- (d) Ramananda

Q.18:- Who is believed to have created the raga Miyan Ki Malhar ?

1. Tansen
2. Baiju Bawara
3. Amir Khusrau
4. Swami Haridasa

Ans:- (a) Tansen

Q.19:- Which one of the following territories was outside the boundaries of the Mughal during the reign of Akbar ?

1. Khandesh
2. Kabul
3. Bijapur
4. Kashmir

Ans:- (c) Bijapur

Q.20:- Who among the following was an illiterate ?

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

Ans:- (c) Akbar

Q.21:- During the Mughal rule, the copper coin was known as ?

1. Rupee
2. Dam
3. Tanka
4. Shamsi

Ans:- (b) Dam

Q.22:- The first matrimonial alliance with the Rajputs was established by Akbar with the house of ?

1. Bundelas
2. Kachhwahas
3. Rathaurs
4. Sisodiyas

Ans:- (b) Kachhwahas

Q.23:- When did Humayun first attacked Chunar fort ?

1. 1531 AD
2. 1532 AD
3. 1533 AD
4. 1536 AD

Ans:- (b) 1532 AD

Q.24:- Shivaji was crowned in the year ?

1. 1664
2. 1666
3. 1670
4. 1674

Ans:- (d) 1674

Q.25:- Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb ?

1. Gobind Singh
2. Teg Bahadur
3. Arjundev
4. Ramdas

Ans:- (b) Teg Bahadur