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This section includes 304 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Medieval History knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 251. |
Arrange the dynasties of Delhi Sultanate given below in chronological order : |
| A. | d, a, c, b |
| B. | a, d, b, c |
| C. | a, b, c, d |
| D. | d, a, b, c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 252. |
The Sun Temple of Konark is in the State of |
| A. | Odisha |
| B. | Jharkhand |
| C. | Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Answer» B. Jharkhand | |
| 253. |
Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohd. Ghori in the battle of |
| A. | Tarain in 1191 A.D. |
| B. | Tarain in 1192 A.D. |
| C. | Chandawar in 1193 A.D. |
| D. | Ranthambhor in 1195 A.D. |
| Answer» C. Chandawar in 1193 A.D. | |
| 254. |
Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple ? |
| A. | Mahmud of Ghazni |
| B. | Muhammad Ghori |
| C. | Iltutmish |
| D. | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| Answer» B. Muhammad Ghori | |
| 255. |
Who got the Gita translated into Persian ? |
| A. | Shah Jahan |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Murad |
| D. | Dara Shikoh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 256. |
Who discovered the sea-route to India ? |
| A. | Vasco da Gama |
| B. | Columbus |
| C. | Magellan |
| D. | Henry the Navigator |
| Answer» B. Columbus | |
| 257. |
Arrange the following in chronological order : |
| A. | a, b, c, d, e |
| B. | e, d, c, b, a |
| C. | b, d, e, c, a |
| D. | d, e, a, c, b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 258. |
Who is regarded as the second Alexander ? |
| A. | Jalal-ud-din Khilji |
| B. | Mubarak Khilji |
| C. | Khusru Khan |
| D. | Ala-ud-din Khilji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 259. |
Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year |
| A. | 1508 |
| B. | 1608 |
| C. | 1510 |
| D. | 1610 |
| Answer» D. 1610 | |
| 260. |
The dead body of Babar by his own choice lies buried in |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Farghana |
| C. | Samarqand |
| D. | Kabul |
| Answer» E. | |
| 261. |
The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal period and who left us an expert s description of the Peacock Throne, was |
| A. | Geronimo Verroneo |
| B. | Omrah Danishmand Khan |
| C. | Travernier |
| D. | Austin of Bordeaux |
| Answer» D. Austin of Bordeaux | |
| 262. |
Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra ? |
| A. | Ramdas |
| B. | Tukaram |
| C. | Namdeva |
| D. | Eknath |
| Answer» C. Namdeva | |
| 263. |
The world famous Peacock Throne was kept in which of the following Mughal buildings ? |
| A. | Diwan-r-Khasa-Fatehpur Sikri |
| B. | New Agra Fort |
| C. | The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi |
| D. | The Diwan i Am of the Red Fort at Delhi |
| Answer» F. | |
| 264. |
Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James 1, the then king of England? |
| A. | John Hawkins |
| B. | William Todd |
| C. | Sir Thomas Roe |
| D. | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Answer» B. William Todd | |
| 265. |
Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of breing exactly equal in length and beadth? |
| A. | Agra Fort |
| B. | Red Fort |
| C. | Taj Mahal |
| D. | Buland Darwaza |
| Answer» C. Taj Mahal | |
| 266. |
Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan |
| A. | Nasir-ud-din |
| B. | Qutub-ud-din-Aibak |
| C. | Bahram Shah |
| D. | Aram Shah |
| Answer» B. Qutub-ud-din-Aibak | |
| 267. |
Which of the following was not ordered by Alauddin Khalji to control black-marketing and hoarding ? |
| A. | Land revenue should be collected in kind |
| B. | Cultivators should sell the harvested crops on the field only |
| C. | Merchants should sell all commodities in the open |
| D. | More privileges should be given to Khuts and Muqaddams |
| Answer» E. | |
| 268. |
Which of the following are incorrectly paired ? |
| A. | Krishnadeva Raya Amukta Malyada |
| B. | Harshavardhana Nagananda |
| C. | Kalidasa Ritusamhara |
| D. | Visakhadatta Kiratarjuniyam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 269. |
Which of the following Mughal Emperors wrote their own auto-biographies ? |
| A. | Shah Alam and Farukh Siyar |
| B. | Babur and Jahangir |
| C. | Jahangir and Shah Jahan |
| D. | Akbar and Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Jahangir and Shah Jahan | |
| 270. |
The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was |
| A. | Lal Kalwant |
| B. | Banda Bahadur |
| C. | Ramatanu Pande |
| D. | Markandey Pande |
| Answer» D. Markandey Pande | |
| 271. |
The Khilji Sultans of Delhi were |
| A. | Mongols |
| B. | Afghans |
| C. | Turks |
| D. | A Jat tribe |
| Answer» D. A Jat tribe | |
| 272. |
The Dilwara temple at Mount Abuin Rajasthan were built by the followers of |
| A. | Buddhism |
| B. | Jainism |
| C. | Hinduism |
| D. | Sikhism |
| Answer» C. Hinduism | |
| 273. |
The capital of the Yadava rulerswas : |
| A. | Dwarasamudra |
| B. | Warangal |
| C. | Kalyani |
| D. | Devagiri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 274. |
The Mughal painting reaches its/zenith during the reign of : |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shahjahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Shahjahan | |
| 275. |
Which Sufi s dargah is at Ajmer? |
| A. | Baba Farid |
| B. | Qutb-din Bakhtiyar Kaki |
| C. | Moinuddin Chisti |
| D. | Khwaja Bahuddin |
| Answer» D. Khwaja Bahuddin | |
| 276. |
The writer of Ram Charit Manas,Tulsidas, was related to which ruler ? |
| A. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| B. | Nawab Vajid Ali Sah |
| C. | Harsha |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 277. |
Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India ? |
| A. | French |
| B. | Persian |
| C. | Portugese |
| D. | Arabic |
| Answer» C. Portugese | |
| 278. |
Where was saint Kabir born ? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Mathura |
| D. | Hyderabad |
| Answer» C. Mathura | |
| 279. |
Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.? |
| A. | Sun-temple of Konark |
| B. | Temple of Khajuraho |
| C. | Ankorvat |
| D. | Notre Dam, the Paris |
| Answer» B. Temple of Khajuraho | |
| 280. |
Who got constructed Grand Trunk Road ? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Ashoka |
| C. | Shershah Suri |
| D. | Samudra Gupta |
| Answer» D. Samudra Gupta | |
| 281. |
Select the incorrectly matched pair of philosophers and their philosophies : |
| A. | Sankaracharya Advaita |
| B. | Ballabhacharya-Pure-Advaita |
| C. | Chaitanya-Vishistha-Advaita |
| D. | Charvak Lokayat |
| Answer» D. Charvak Lokayat | |
| 282. |
The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from ? |
| A. | Tibet |
| B. | Mongolia |
| C. | Burma (now Myanmar) |
| D. | Siam (now Thailand) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 283. |
Who was the architect who designed Taj Mahal ? |
| A. | Mohammad Hussain |
| B. | Ustad-Isa |
| C. | Shah Abbas |
| D. | Ismail |
| Answer» C. Shah Abbas | |
| 284. |
In Shivaji s Council of Ministers the Prime Minister was called |
| A. | Peshwa |
| B. | Sachiv |
| C. | Mantri |
| D. | Samanta |
| Answer» B. Sachiv | |
| 285. |
Which among the following fort was known as the Key of Deccan ? |
| A. | Kalinjar |
| B. | Ajaygarh |
| C. | Asirgarh |
| D. | Gulbarga |
| Answer» D. Gulbarga | |
| 286. |
What do you mean by Mughal Zagir ? |
| A. | providing rent free land |
| B. | zamindar s property |
| C. | giving officer a right to revenue |
| D. | giving cash salary to Man-sabdar |
| Answer» D. giving cash salary to Man-sabdar | |
| 287. |
Khalsa was founded by |
| A. | Guru Gobind Singh |
| B. | Guru Ramdas |
| C. | Guru Nanak |
| D. | Arjun Dev |
| Answer» B. Guru Ramdas | |
| 288. |
Mughal presence in the Red Ford ceased with the fall of |
| A. | Aurangzeb |
| B. | Muhammad Shah |
| C. | Shah Alam |
| D. | Bahadur Shah Zafar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 289. |
Lakh Baksh was a title given to the ruler |
| A. | Iltutmish |
| B. | Balban |
| C. | Raziya |
| D. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 290. |
Who got the monumental Raya-gopurams in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruv-annamalai, Chidambaram, Srirangam, Tirupati, etc., constructed? |
| A. | Vidyaranya |
| B. | Krishnadevaraya |
| C. | Harihara |
| D. | Rajaraja |
| Answer» C. Harihara | |
| 291. |
The Kirti Stambha (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by |
| A. | Rana Pratap |
| B. | Rana Kumbha |
| C. | Rana Sanga |
| D. | Bappa Raval |
| Answer» C. Rana Sanga | |
| 292. |
Which of the following is in the World Heritage list ? |
| A. | Khajuraho |
| B. | Nalanda ruins |
| C. | Hampi ruins |
| D. | Tajmahal |
| Answer» D. Tajmahal | |
| 293. |
Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of: |
| A. | Karnataka |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» B. Calcutta | |
| 294. |
Who among the following introduced the Mansabdari system? |
| A. | Shah Jashan |
| B. | Sher Shah |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» D. Jahangir | |
| 295. |
Which Sultan received a robe of honour from the caliph ? |
| A. | Ala-ud-din Khilji |
| B. | Iltutmish |
| C. | Balban |
| D. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
| Answer» C. Balban | |
| 296. |
Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab ? |
| A. | Pallavas and Chalukyas |
| B. | Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana |
| C. | Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates |
| D. | Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms |
| Answer» D. Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms | |
| 297. |
Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints ? |
| A. | Tripitaka |
| B. | Dakhma |
| C. | Khanqah |
| D. | Synagogue |
| Answer» D. Synagogue | |
| 298. |
The most important Sufi shrine in India is at |
| A. | Pandua |
| B. | Bidar |
| C. | Ajmer |
| D. | Shahjahanabad |
| Answer» D. Shahjahanabad | |
| 299. |
The capital city Daydo established by Kublai Khan is situated at |
| A. | Samar qand |
| B. | Beijing |
| C. | Ulan Battor |
| D. | Alma Atta |
| Answer» C. Ulan Battor | |
| 300. |
Which is the correct chronological order of following Acharyas ? |
| A. | Shankara Ramanuja Madhav Chaitanya |
| B. | Chaitanya Ramanuja Madhav Shankara |
| C. | Ramanjua Shankara Chaitanya Madhav |
| D. | Madhav Chaitanya Ramanuja Shankara |
| Answer» B. Chaitanya Ramanuja Madhav Shankara | |