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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The kingdom to be established in the Ganges valley after the invasion of Timur (1398 AD) was- |
| A. | jaunpur |
| B. | Rampur |
| C. | Khandesh |
| D. | Bundelkhand |
| Answer» B. Rampur | |
| 2. |
Who founded Ahmedabad? |
| A. | Ahmad Shah - the first |
| B. | Muhammad Shah |
| C. | Mahmood Begda |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Muhammad Shah | |
| 3. |
By what name was the military department known in the Vijayagan Empire? |
| A. | misconduct |
| B. | Remember |
| C. | ve - velocity |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Remember | |
| 4. |
The poet in Telugu was not included in - |
| A. | nannay |
| B. | Tikanna |
| C. | Yerapragad |
| D. | thiruvalluvar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which ruler of Kashmir is remembered by Kashmiri asBadshah(Great Sultan) - |
| A. | Zain-ul-Abidin |
| B. | Sultan Alexander Butshikan |
| C. | sultan shihabuddin |
| D. | sultan qutubuddin |
| Answer» B. Sultan Alexander Butshikan | |
| 6. |
Which Sultan of Bengal got the Mahabharata translated into Bengali? |
| A. | Alauddin Hussain Shah |
| B. | Nusrat Shah |
| C. | Raja Ganesh |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Raja Ganesh | |
| 7. |
Who brought the Bahmani kingdom to its climax? |
| A. | Alauddin Hassan |
| B. | Tajuddin Firoz |
| C. | Mahmud Gawan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 8. |
In which language did the famous ruler of Kashmir get the translation of Sanskrit texts like KashmiriBadshahRatranginietc.? |
| A. | in Urdu |
| B. | in Arabic |
| C. | in Farsi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 9. |
The early exponents of Bhakti movement were |
| A. | Ramanuj Acharya |
| B. | Gyandev / Dnyaneshwar |
| C. | Vallabh Acharya |
| D. | nimbarkacharya |
| Answer» B. Gyandev / Dnyaneshwar | |
| 10. |
Which historian called Krishnadev Raj's campaign against Prataparudra Gajapati, the ruler of Orissa, as the most spectacular military event of 16th century Indian history? |
| A. | V. a . smith |
| B. | lanepool |
| C. | Neelkanth Shastri |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 11. |
Which was the first state to become independent from the Bahmani kingdom? |
| A. | Berar |
| B. | bijapur |
| C. | Ahmednagar |
| D. | golkonda |
| Answer» B. bijapur | |
| 12. |
Who among the following was the first Muslim ruler of India who ordered not to collectJizyatax from Hindus? |
| A. | Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah |
| B. | Muhammad Shah I |
| C. | daud - the first |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Muhammad Shah I | |
| 13. |
The Bhakti sect in Maharashtra was spread by the teachings of which of the following? |
| A. | Sant Tukaram |
| B. | Sant Dnyaneshwar |
| C. | Samarth Guru Ramdas |
| D. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| Answer» C. Samarth Guru Ramdas | |
| 14. |
Which state became independent last in the Bahmani kingdom? |
| A. | bijapur |
| B. | Ahmednagar |
| C. | Roundabout |
| D. | Bidar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
To which sect did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu belong? |
| A. | Sri Sampradaya |
| B. | Warkari sect |
| C. | Gaudiya sect |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 16. |
Who is credited with bringing the Bhakti movement from South India to North India? |
| A. | Shankaracharya |
| B. | ramanuja |
| C. | Ramanand |
| D. | Kabir |
| Answer» D. Kabir | |
| 17. |
Where is Adina Mosque located? |
| A. | in jaunpur |
| B. | in bengal |
| C. | in Gujarat |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. in Gujarat | |
| 18. |
Which saint made the medium of dance and songs (Kirtan) to experience God near him? |
| A. | shankardev |
| B. | Chandi Das |
| C. | Gyandev |
| D. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Who represented this movement in Assam during the Bhakti movement? |
| A. | shankardev |
| B. | Tukaram |
| C. | Narsingh Mehta |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Tukaram | |
| 20. |
The pioneers of Bhakti movement in Punjab were |
| A. | Nanak |
| B. | Arjun Dev |
| C. | tegh bahadur |
| D. | Guru Gobind Singh |
| Answer» B. Arjun Dev | |
| 21. |
Guru Nanak's teachings are - |
| A. | of human fraternity |
| B. | to form a fighting organization of the Sikhs |
| C. | of Sikhism as a religion |
| D. | of the unity of the Sikhs |
| Answer» B. to form a fighting organization of the Sikhs | |
| 22. |
The first Acharya to give philosophical basis to Bhakti was- |
| A. | Ramanuj Acharya |
| B. | Shankaracharya |
| C. | Madhvacharya |
| D. | Vallabhacharya |
| Answer» B. Shankaracharya | |
| 23. |
The founder ofMahapurushiya Dharma(a refuge sect) was- |
| A. | Ramanuj Acharya |
| B. | Vallabh Acharya |
| C. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| D. | shankardev |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
The poet Chandidas contributed to the popularization of which of the following languages? |
| A. | Bengali |
| B. | Hindi |
| C. | Marathi |
| D. | Gujarati |
| Answer» B. Hindi | |
| 25. |
The author ofGeet Govindis - |
| A. | banabhatta |
| B. | Jaydev |
| C. | surdas |
| D. | Chaitanya |
| Answer» C. surdas | |
| 26. |
The followers of Ramanuja are called - |
| A. | Shaiva |
| B. | Vaishnava |
| C. | monism |
| D. | Avadhut |
| Answer» C. monism | |
| 27. |
There was a common feature among all the Bhakti saints that they - |
| A. | Write your speech in that language which was understood by his devotees. |
| B. | Denying the power of the priestly class |
| C. | women were encouraged to go to the temple |
| D. | encourage idol worship |
| Answer» B. Denying the power of the priestly class | |
| 28. |
Bhakti Rasa poetess Mirabai was - |
| A. | a noble woman who never married |
| B. | Belonging to a Gujarati royal family, married to a Rajput |
| C. | Daughter of a priest from Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | wife of a Rajput ruler |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Shankaracharya was born in 788 AD. I happened in which village of Kerala? |
| A. | Kaladi / Kaladi |
| B. | nimbapur |
| C. | Udipi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. nimbapur | |
| 30. |
The main similarity in the life philosophy of Buddha and Mirabai was - |
| A. | observance of non-violence |
| B. | penance for nirvana |
| C. | the world is sad |
| D. | telling the truth |
| Answer» D. telling the truth | |
| 31. |
Ramanujacharya was successful in making Vititga, a Jain religious ruler of the Hoysala dynasty, a Vaishnavite. What did Chittig change its name to? |
| A. | Vishnuvardhana |
| B. | Vishnuswamy |
| C. | Ramaswamy |
| D. | vithalaswami |
| Answer» B. Vishnuswamy | |
| 32. |
Ramanujacharya had to leave Trichanapalli and go to Mysore due to the threat of which staunch Shaivite Chola ruler? |
| A. | Rajaraja I |
| B. | Rajendra - I |
| C. | Kulotuge I |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 33. |
Who was the saint of South India who spent most of his life in Vrindavan in North India? |
| A. | Ramanujacharya |
| B. | Nimbark Acharya |
| C. | Madhvacharya |
| D. | Vishnu Swami |
| Answer» C. Madhvacharya | |
| 34. |
The name of the husband of famous bhakt poetess Meerabai was - |
| A. | Rana Ratan Singh |
| B. | prince bhojraj |
| C. | Rana Udai Singh |
| D. | Tell Rana |
| Answer» C. Rana Udai Singh | |
| 35. |
Adishankar, who later became Shankaracharya, was born in- |
| A. | in Kashmir |
| B. | in West Bengal |
| C. | in Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | in Kerala |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Bhakti movement was started by - |
| A. | Alvar - by Nayanar saints |
| B. | Sufi - by saints |
| C. | by surdas |
| D. | by Tulsidas |
| Answer» B. Sufi - by saints | |
| 37. |
The center of the Vithoba or Vitthal (a name for Vishnu) movement in Maharashtra was |
| A. | pandharpur |
| B. | Paithan |
| C. | Carly |
| D. | elephanta |
| Answer» B. Paithan | |
| 38. |
In the field of devotion, who stopped theShudrasfrom accepting Islam by giving them the right of Bhagvat Darshan and salvation? |
| A. | Ramanujacharya |
| B. | Vallabhacharya |
| C. | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| D. | Madhvacharya |
| Answer» B. Vallabhacharya | |
| 39. |
Brahma is the truth and the world is false (illusion or maya) - whose statement is this? |
| A. | Shankaracharya |
| B. | Ramanujacharya |
| C. | Vallabhacharya |
| D. | Chaitanya |
| Answer» B. Ramanujacharya | |
| 40. |
f Sanskrit is the deity, then is my mother tongue (Marathi) the Dasyu language, - Whose quote is this? |
| A. | Gyandev |
| B. | Eknath |
| C. | Tukaram |
| D. | Ramdas |
| Answer» C. Tukaram | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order - |
| A. | Shankaracharya - Ramanuja - Chaitanya |
| B. | Ramanuja - Shankaracharya - Chaitanya |
| C. | Ramanuja - Chaitanya - Shankaracharya |
| D. | Shankaracharya - Chaitanya - Ramanuja |
| Answer» B. Ramanuja - Shankaracharya - Chaitanya | |
| 42. |
The birth place of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is - |
| A. | Nadia / Navadweep |
| B. | Talwandi |
| C. | nimbapur |
| D. | Maghar |
| Answer» B. Talwandi | |
| 43. |
Which Vaishnava saint was a disciple of the Orissa king Pratparudra? |
| A. | Chaitanya |
| B. | shankardev |
| C. | Kabir |
| D. | Chandidas |
| Answer» B. shankardev | |
| 44. |
Who is considered the founder of Sikhism / Sikhism? |
| A. | Guru Nanak |
| B. | Arjun Dev |
| C. | tegh bahadur |
| D. | Guru Gobind Singh |
| Answer» B. Arjun Dev | |
| 45. |
Who was the spiritual teacher of Shivaji? |
| A. | Ramdas |
| B. | Tukaram |
| C. | Eknath |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Tukaram | |
| 46. |
Who is credited for popularizing Vaishnavism in Bengal and Orissa? |
| A. | Chaitanya |
| B. | Kabir |
| C. | Ramanujacharya |
| D. | Nanak |
| Answer» B. Kabir | |
| 47. |
he caste-line does not ask anyone / Hari's bhaje who is so Hari's - whose lines are these - |
| A. | Ramanand |
| B. | Kabir |
| C. | Basil |
| D. | Sur |
| Answer» B. Kabir | |
| 48. |
Guru Nanak was born in 1469 AD. I was told - |
| A. | Talwandi / Nankana |
| B. | Multan |
| C. | Amritsar |
| D. | Ropar |
| Answer» B. Multan | |
| 49. |
Who among the following was not a proponent of Bhakti movement? |
| A. | Nagarjuna |
| B. | Tukaram |
| C. | Tyagaraja |
| D. | Vallabhacharya |
| Answer» B. Tukaram | |
| 50. |
The author ofDas Bodhwas- |
| A. | Eknath |
| B. | Tukaram |
| C. | Ramdas |
| D. | Tulsidas |
| Answer» D. Tulsidas | |