Aurangzeb sent which Mughal governor of the Deccan to Shivaji?
1. Mir Jumla
2. Shaista Khan
3.Sharza Khan
4. None of the above
Battle of Pratapgarh was fought between Shivaji and __?
1.Afzal Khan
2. Adil Shah
3. Shah Alam II
4. Akbar II
Cambay in Gujarat was famous for which of the following during the Sultanate period? 1. Textiles 2. Gold and silver work 3. Muslin Select the correct option from the codes given below:
1. Only 1
2. Only 1 & 2
3.Only 2 & 3
4. 1, 2 & 3
Consider the following pairs: Amir Khusru – Parrot of India Baba Farid – Zinda Pir Hazar Dinari – Malik Kafur Which of the above is/are correct?
1.1 & 3 Only
2. 1 Only
3. 2 & 3 Only
4. 1, 2 & 3
During the early medieval period, the individual plots or entire villages given to the Brahmans were called as?
1. Devadana
2.Brahmadans
3. Devadeya
4. Brahmadeya
During the rule of which of the following kings the tarafdars were deputed to collect revenue, command the army and make civil and military appointments in their provinces?
1.Mahmud Gawan
2.Mujahid Shah Bahmani
3. Humayun Shah
4.Muhammad Shah I
Ekambarantha temple was built by which of the following rulers of Vijaynagara?
1.Deva Raya I
2.Deva Raya II
3. Krishna Deva Raya
4.Achyuta Deva Raya
Ghiyasuddin Muhammad wrote which of the following sheds light on many aspects of the social and cultural life of the age?
1.Tarik-e-Sher
2.Humayun-Nama
3.Akbarnama
4.Qunum-i-Humayuni
Ghori defeated which of the following rulers in Battle of Chandwar?
1.Jaichandra
2.Prithviraj Chauhan
3.Mahmud of Ghazni
4.Sawai Man Singh
Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi was written by which of the following poets?
1.Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
2.Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah
3. Udayaratna
4. None of the above
How old was Sher Shah Suri when he declared himself as Emperor of Hindustan?
1.44 Years
2. 54 Years
3. 35 Years
4. 24 Years
Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, was built by:
1. Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah.
2.Abrahim Quil Qutb Shah
3.Sher Shah Suri
4.Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali
In the early medieval society, which of the following was considered to be the best gift given to Brahmins?
1.Ploughshare
2.Cows and Oxens
3. Donation/Gift of land
4.Punch-marked coins
Mir Bakshi was the officer in Akbar’s reign with which of the following responsibilities?
1.Revenue Collection
2.Payment of salaries
3.Head of the military administration
4.Head of Nobility
Mir Muhammad Ibrahim was the commander in chief of which of the following?
1. Abul Hasan
2.Aurangzeb
3. Muazzam
4.None of the above
Nirun was under the charge of which of the following when success, Muhammad-bin-Qasim marched towards it?
1.Jai Sindh
2. Dahir
3.Bajhra
4.None of the above
Out of Capital of Akbar’s Kingdom, Buland Darwaja , Panch Mahal and Akbar’s Mausoleum , which are located at the same place?
1. Panch Mahal and Akbar’s Mausoleum
2. Buland Darwaja , Panch Mahal and Akbar’s Mausoleum
3. Capital of Akbar’s Kingdom, Buland Darwaja , Panch Mahal
4.Capital of Akbar’s Kingdom and Akbar’s Mausoleum
Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near ____:
1.Nizamabad
2.Aurangabad
3.Mysore
4.Bhopal
Raziyya Sultan was the daughter of which ruler?
1.Shamsuddin Iltutmish
2.Qutbuddin Aibak
3.Jalaluddin Khalji
4. Ghiyasuddin Balban
Rihla†was a work of which of the following?
1. Mir Hasan Dehlvi
2.Ibn Battuta
3.Malik Murtaza
4. Muhammad al-Idrisi
Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of Mughal ruler ____ as the ambassador of the King of England:
1.Akbar
2.Humayun
3.Shah Jahan
4.Jahangir
The military architecture of the Bahmanis was influenced by which of the following?
1. Europeans
2.Persians
3.Iranians
4. None of the above
The queen Rani Bai is associated with which of these kingdoms during early medieval India?
1.Kabulshahi
2. Zabul
3. Sindh
4. Gujarat
The temples of Halebid and Belur were built by which among the following dynasties?
1. Kalabhras
2. Hoyasalas
3. Rastrakutas
4.Kadambas
Todarmal was ___ at Emperor Akbar’s Court:
1.Minister of Education
2. Minister of Culture
3.Finance Minister
4. Chief of Staff
Vittalaswamy and Hazara Ramaswamy temples at Vijayanagar were built by which of the following?
1. Deva Raya I
2.Krishna Deva Raya
3. Deva Raya II
4.Achyuta Deva Raya
Where did the first example of agriculture come from?
1.Adamgarh
2.Koldihwa
3.Mehrgarh (in the Neolithic period)
4.none of the above
Which among the following buildings or monuments employed Islamic principles of construction and ornamentation in India?
1.Qutub Minar
2. Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
3.Alai Darwaza
4. The tomb of Ilutmish
Which among the following empire was known as “Mulk-e-Khadim�
1.Mysore Sultanate
2. Madurai Sultanate
3.Maratha Kingdom
4. Bijapur Kingdom
Which among the following empires was located on the banks of Tungabhadra River?
1.Vijayanagar Empire
2.Chalukyas of Vatapi
3.Chalukyas of Badami
4. Bahmani Kingdom
Which among the following statement is INCORRECT?
1.Vijay sen was the most famous and powerful king of Sen Dynasty
2.Samanta Sen was the founder of Sen Dynasty
3. Samanta Sen was the son of Hemanta Sen
4. Adbhutta Sagara was a work of Ballal Sen
Which among the following was the single biggest item of import to the Vijayanagar empire?
1. Precious stones
2.Horses
3. Luxury goods
4. Raw Silk
Which of the following foreign travellers mentions the beautiful houses of the rich and a large number of their household servants during the rule of the Vijayanagar empire?
1. Nicolo de Conti
2. Abdur Razzaq
3. Paes
4. Athanasius Nikitin
Which of the following held the fort after the death of Saluva Narasimha for a brief period?
1.Narasa Nayaka
2. Immadi Narasimha
3. Qasim Barid
4. Saiuva Gunda
Which of the following is an account of the life and reign of Sher Shah between 1539 and 1545?
1.Rajatarangini
2.Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi
3.Sher-e-Sultin
4.Miftah-ul-Futuh
Which of the following is true regarding officials of state given land grants during the early medieval period? (i.) The donation of land to officials of the administrative departments is already mentioned in c. 200 AD, but the practice accelerated in the post-Gupta period. (ii.) Starting in the 4th century, officials were also rewarded with land grants. (iii.) Available evidence suggests that Bengal had more service grants than Assam, Orissa, and Bihar combined.
1. Only i
2.Both ii and iii
3.Only iii
4. Both i and iii
Which of the following laid out a new city near Gulbarga, named as Firuzabad?
1.Muhammad Shah I
2.Firuz Shah
3. Ahmah Shah Wali
4. Humayun Shah
Which of the following modernised the army of Vijayanagar by improving the cavalry, employing Turkic archers, and procuring horses from Arabia and Persia?
1.Harihara and Bukka
2.Harihara II
3.Deva Raya I
4. Deva Raya II
Which of the following Mughal emperor captured Bijapur?
1.Akbar
2. Shah Jahan
3. Jahangir
4.Aurangzeb
Which of the following organised turkan-i-chahalgani or the forty?
1.Qutbuddin Aibak
2.Razia Sultan
3.Nasiruddin Mahmud
4.Iltutmish
Which of the following was granted the title of Malik-ul- Tujjar, i.e., ‘Chief of the Merchants’?
1. Nizam Shah
2.Hasan Gangu
3.Mahmud Gawan
4.None of the above
Which of the following was the governor of Bengal during the reign of Balban?
1. Bughra Khan
2.Tughril Beg
3. Malik Baqbaq
4. None of the above
Which of the following was the main objective of the ‘Double Dome’ introduced in Indo-Islamic architecture during the medieval times?
1.To provide adequate strength to the monument
2.To provide cooling effect inside the building
3.To provide appropriate height to the monuments without losing aesthetic value
4. None of the objectives mentioned in the statement A, B and C is correct
Which of the following was the Qazi-ul-Quzat during the Akbar’s reign?
1. Abdullah Sultanpuri
2. Abdun Nabi
3. Muhammad Fakhrul Islam
4. Abul Fazl
Which of the following was the spiritual successor of Nur Qutb i Alam?
1. Shah Manjhan
2.Abdul Quddus Gangohi
3. Muhibbullah Allahabadi
4.Salim Chishti
Who among the following Mughal rulers took measures against the practice of “Sati�
1.Jahanagir
2. Akbar
3. Shahjahan
4. Humayun
Who constructed Humayun’s tomb in Delhi?
1.Humayun
2. Babar
3.Akbar
4. Haji Begam
Who discovered the sea-route from Europe to India?
1.Christopher Columbus
2.Marco Polo
3.Magellan
4.Vasco-da-Gama
Who led the expedition against the Ahoms in 1662 CE?
1.Sharza Khan
2. Shaista Khan
3. Mir Jumla
4.Dara Shikoh
Who was Adil Shahi ruler when independent Maratha State was founded?
1. Ibrahim Adil Shah II
2. Malik Hasan Bahri
3.Muhammad Adil Shah
4. Ali Adil Shah I