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51.

The police chief of a city was called

A. qazi
B. faujdar
C. kotwal
D. qilahdar
Answer» D. qilahdar
52.

Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of sulh-i-kul whichmeant

A. universal tolerance
B. universal peace
C. enlightened benevolence
D. unity of godhead
Answer» C. enlightened benevolence
53.

Which of the following varieties of land during Mughal period did not yield any landrevenue to the state?

A. khalisa
B. jagir
C. sayur ghal
D. raiyati
Answer» D. raiyati
54.

What portion of actual produce was fixed as the demand of the state under the zabti?

A. one-half
B. one-third
C. one-fourth
D. one-fifth
Answer» C. one-fourth
55.

Who wrote Tabaqat-i-Akbari?

A. abul fazl
B. badauni
C. munim khan
D. nizam-ud-din ahmad
Answer» E.
56.

Who translated Tuzuk-i-Baburi into Persian?

A. abul fazl
B. amir khusrau
C. abdur rahim
D. daulat khan
Answer» D. daulat khan
57.

Which of the following revenue systems were Akbar’s own innovations?(i) Batai (ii) Kankut (iii) Nasaq (iv) Zabti (v) Dahsala Select the answer from the codes below:

A. i and iv
B. ii and v
C. iii and iv
D. iv and v
Answer» E.
58.

During Akbar’s reign, a group of scholars translated Mahabharata into Persian fromSanskrit. What is this Persian version called?

A. sakinat-ul-auliya
B. razm namah
C. iqbal namah
D. akbar namah
Answer» C. iqbal namah
59.

What was Jajmani system of the Mughal period?

A. a revenue system in which revenues of different units of land were assigned to officials in lieu of salaries.
B. an administrative system in which ranks in terms of numbers were assigned to nobles, military commanders and other prominent people for placing them in the official hierarchy.
C. a reciprocal system that existed in rural india between the peasantry and other occupational groups.
D. a commercial system that developed in urban india for facilitating commercial transactions on a large scale.
Answer» D. a commercial system that developed in urban india for facilitating commercial transactions on a large scale.
60.

Who were the harkaras of the Mughal period?

A. enforcers of public morals
B. news writers and reporters
C. secret letter writers and informers
D. spies and special couriers
Answer» E.
61.

Who among the following Mughal ministers was the paymaster-general as well?

A. diwan
B. mir bakshi
C. khan-i-saman
D. vakil
Answer» C. khan-i-saman
62.

What was duaspa-sihaspa and who introduced it?

A. a revenue system introduced by akbar
B. a decorative method introduced by shah jahan
C. a special rank having higher sawar than zat introduced by aurangzeb
D. a sub rank of sawar introduced by jahangir.
Answer» E.
63.

Who among the following Englishmen was given the title of ‘Khan’ by Jahangir?

A. thomas roe
B. ralph fitch
C. hawkins
D. newbery
Answer» D. newbery
64.

Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting sati unless the widow herself, of her own freewill, persistently desired it?

A. akbar
B. babur
C. humayun
D. jahangir
Answer» B. babur
65.

In which language did Babur write his memoirs, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi?

A. persian
B. arabic
C. mongol
D. turkish
Answer» E.
66.

The term senabova or sanbhoga was an official designation under Vijayanagar kingdom.It refers to the

A. chief judicial officer of the mandalam.
B. chief of the military staff.
C. village accountant.
D. head of the accounts department.
Answer» D. head of the accounts department.
67.

What is asthavana?

A. land revenue department
B. a type of rice
C. one-third of the produce of land
D. house tax
Answer» B. a type of rice
68.

What is kuttagari?

A. grant of land to the brahmins
B. lease system of cultivation
C. service tenures for military
D. revenue farming
Answer» C. service tenures for military
69.

According to Abdur Razzaq, the pay of the policemen of Vijayanagar was paid from theproceeds of

A. brothels
B. taxes on goods
C. land revenue
D. wine shops
Answer» B. taxes on goods
70.

Which one of the following rulers of Kashmir has been described as the Akbar ofKashmir?

A. azam shah
B. zain-ul abidin
C. shihab-ud-din shah
D. shah mir
Answer» C. shihab-ud-din shah
71.

Which one of the following places was known as the ‘Shiraz-i-Hind’?

A. malwa
B. khandesh
C. sonargaon
D. jaunpur
Answer» E.
72.

Who wrote Sur Sarawali?

A. mirabai
B. chaitanya
C. tulsidas
D. surdas
Answer» E.
73.

Who started the Khalsa in Sikh religion?

A. guru angad
B. guru gobind singh
C. guru tegh bahadur
D. guru arjun
Answer» C. guru tegh bahadur
74.

Who wrote Dasabodha?

A. kabir
B. nanak
C. ramdas
D. tukaram
Answer» D. tukaram
75.

Suddhadvaita was propounded by

A. ramanuja
B. namadeva
C. tukaram
D. vallabhacharya
Answer» E.
76.

A silsilah was a

A. tomb
B. shrine
C. a sufi order
D. hospice
Answer» D. hospice
77.

Who was murid?

A. sufi saint
B. sufi teacher
C. a disciple
D. hospice
Answer» D. hospice
78.

Who was responsible for developing the Gurumukhi script?

A. guru arjun
B. gobind singh
C. nanak
D. guru angad
Answer» E.
79.

Sangama brothers, who founded Vijayanagar, were originally in the service of

A. kampili kingdom
B. hoyasala kingdom
C. kakatiya kingdom
D. yadava kingdom
Answer» D. yadava kingdom
80.

City of Nagalapura was built by

A. bukka i
B. deva raya i
C. krishna deva raya
D. virupaksa
Answer» D. virupaksa
81.

Amuktamalyada was written in

A. sanskrit
B. tamil
C. telugu
D. kannada
Answer» D. kannada
82.

What were varahas?

A. couplets of poetry
B. gold coins
C. guilds
D. assembly
Answer» C. guilds
83.

Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam?

A. allasani peddana
B. tenali ramakrishna
C. ramabhadrudu
D. gangadhara
Answer» E.
84.

Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes

A. battle of bannihatti
B. sri krishna deva raya’s conquests
C. capture of madura by kampana
D. court of harihara-i
Answer» D. court of harihara-i
85.

Amuktamalyada is a book on

A. poetry
B. dance
C. polity
D. music
Answer» D. music
86.

Guru Nanak was born in

A. 1469
B. 1450
C. 1470
D. 1445
Answer» B. 1450
87.

Dohas were

A. religious teachings of sufis.
B. a group of merchants who sent large caravans.
C. the muslim devotees who emphasised the personal devotion of man to god through love.
D. couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers.
Answer» E.
88.

Who said ‘God is the breath of all breath.’?

A. nanak
B. kabir
C. mirabai
D. chaitanya
Answer» C. mirabai
89.

Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in theDeccan?

A. muhammad shah i
B. ahmad shah wali
C. ali barid
D. mahmud gawan
Answer» E.
90.

Who founded the Varakari sect in Maharashtra?

A. namadeva
B. tukaram
C. eknatha
D. ramdas
Answer» C. eknatha
91.

Who established the Chisti order in India?

A. nizam-ud-din auliya
B. salim chisti
C. shaikh moin-ud-in chisti
D. hamid-ud-din nagauri
Answer» D. hamid-ud-din nagauri
92.

What was the largest administrative division in Vijayanagar?

A. kottam
B. nadu
C. kurram
D. mandalam
Answer» E.
93.

Which was the second capital of Vijayanagar empire?

A. kampili
B. kondavidu
C. penukonda
D. addanki
Answer» D. addanki
94.

When was the Bahmani kingdom founded?

A. 1325
B. 1437
C. 1347
D. 1341
Answer» D. 1341
95.

Which Bahmani ruler shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?

A. ala-ud-din ii
B. ahmad shah wali
C. muhammad shah i
D. muhammad iii
Answer» C. muhammad shah i
96.

What is the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayanagar?

A. sangama, tuluva, saluva, aravidu
B. tuluva, sangama, saluva, aravidu
C. aravidu, sangama, tuluva, saluva
D. sangama, saluva, tuluva, aravidu
Answer» E.
97.

Which Vijayanagar ruler sent an embassy to China?

A. harihara i
B. krishna deva raya
C. bukka i
D. saluva narasimha
Answer» D. saluva narasimha
98.

Nicolo de Conti, an Italian visitor, came to Vijayanagar during the reign of

A. deva raya ii
B. deva raya i
C. harihara i
D. bukka i
Answer» C. harihara i
99.

Who bore the title Gajabentakara?

A. krishna deva raya
B. deva raya ii
C. deva raya i
D. rama raya
Answer» C. deva raya i
100.

Which Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’ (The Second Alexander)?

A. ala-ud-din khalji
B. muhammad tughluq
C. sikandar lodhi
D. khizr khan
Answer» B. muhammad tughluq