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101.

Not satisfied with the account of his reign in the Tarikh-i Alfi, Akbarordered …………… to compile the history of his reign, beginning with an account of Babur and Humayun.

A. nizamuddin ahmad
B. abdul qadir badauni
C. abul fazl
D. kahana
Answer» D. kahana
102.

Babur’s autobiography Tuzuk-i Baburi, written in …………. is aliterary masterpiece, containing the history of the decline and fall of the Timurid power in central Asia.

A. indian
B. persian
C. turkish
D. afghani
Answer» D. afghani
103.

………… constituted a board of seven scholars to compile Taikh-i Alfi.

A. akbar
B. muhammad tughluq
C. sher shah sur
D. islam shah
Answer» B. muhammad tughluq
104.

……………. invaded India and supplanted the Lodi rule by his own in1526, was a prolific writer.

A. babur
B. adil shah sur
C. bahadur shah ii
D. shah jahan
Answer» B. adil shah sur
105.

Tuzuk-i Jahangiri was written by Jahangir in ……………..

A. persian
B. turkish
C. indian
D. afghani
Answer» B. turkish
106.

Tuzuk-i Baburi was written by Babur in …………..

A. turkish
B. persian
C. indian
D. afghani
Answer» B. persian
107.

In 1857, Sepoy Mutiny rose up and Indian soldiers crowned MughalEmperor ………….. as an emperor, but the mutiny was repressed in two years and the Mughal Empire went out of existence.

A. shah jahan
B. bahadur shah ii
C. humayun
D. akbar
Answer» C. humayun
108.

The Taj Mahal was built by ……………..

A. bahadur shah ii
B. shah jahan
C. adil shah sur
D. akbar
Answer» C. adil shah sur
109.

…………….. announced Din-i-Ilahi, a syncretic religion which derivesprimarily from Islam and Hinduism, as the court religion.

A. akbar
B. jahangir
C. bahadur shah ii
D. shah jahan
Answer» B. jahangir
110.

……………. was beaten by Sher Shah of Suri dynasty of Afghan originand fled for Persia in 1540.

A. humayun
B. akbar
C. jahangir
D. shah jahan
Answer» B. akbar
111.

The Mughal Empire was founded in …………… when Babur defeatedand superceded Delhi Sultanate.

A. 1506
B. 1518
C. 1520
D. 1526
Answer» E.
112.

The …………….. Empire ruled the South Asian region includingcurrent northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the early 16th century to the 19th century.

A. mughal
B. mauryan
C. harsha
D. sultanate
Answer» B. mauryan
113.

…………….., the progenitor of the Mughal Empire, is a directdescendant of Timur who descended from Genghis Khan.

A. akbar
B. babur
C. jahangir
D. shah jahan
Answer» C. jahangir
114.

………….. who has worked for 40 years in Tamil Nadu says that at anytime in history not more than 1/5 of the total land was given to Brahmanas as grants.

A. yellava subbarayalu
B. prof. mohammad habib
C. ibn batuta
D. chattopadhyaya
Answer» B. prof. mohammad habib
115.

…………. in his book "The Making of Early Medieval India" (1994)questions the very basis and thinking of feudalism school.

A. chattopadhyaya
B. burton stein
C. n.jha d) mgs narayanan
Answer» B. burton stein
116.

Another big blow to …………….. theory came from Hermann Kulke andBrajadulal Chattopadhyaya in 1980s and 1990s.

A. mercantalism
B. capitalism
C. socialism
D. feudalism
Answer» E.
117.

…………. arguments are compiled in his book "Early Medieval IndiaSociety: A Study in Feudalization" (2001).

A. r.s.sharma's
B. burton stein
C. chattopadhyaya
D. d.n. jha
Answer» B. burton stein
118.

…………… invented the kali age crisis theory to explain the cause landgrants.

A. r.s. sharma
B. burton stein
C. chattopadhyaya
D. bns yadava
Answer» B. burton stein
119.

In 1965, …………… proposed that decline of foreign trade is the causeof feudalism.

A. r.s. sharma
B. dineshchandra sircar
C. burton stein
D. chattopadhyaya
Answer» B. dineshchandra sircar
120.

In 1980s, …………… proposed the segmentary state theory which wasanother blow to the Indian feudalism model.

A. burton stein
B. chattopadhyaya
C. bns yadava
D. d.n. jha
Answer» B. chattopadhyaya
121.

In 1979, ……… wrote a paper titled, "Was There Feudalism in India?"

A. harbans mukhia
B. burton stein
C. chattopadhyaya
D. mgs narayanan
Answer» B. burton stein
122.

……………. explained his theory taking into account both "feudalismfrom above" and "feudalism from below".

A. kosambi
B. burton stein
C. chattopadhyaya
D. mgs narayanan
Answer» B. burton stein
123.

The religious intellectual group of ……………. was collectively referredas Ulema.

A. parsis
B. hindus
C. christains
D. muslims
Answer» E.
124.

The group of chahalgan (group of 40 nobles), which was created by ………….., emerged very powerful.

A. iltutmish
B. balban
C. qutubuddin aibak
D. alauddhin khalji
Answer» B. balban
125.

…………… was the first Sultan to bring the nobility firmly under hiscontrol.

A. balban
B. qutubuddin aibak
C. iltutmish
D. aurangzeb
Answer» B. qutubuddin aibak
126.

The ………… was appointed to keep a record of the income of theIqtas.

A. khwaja
B. diwan-i –waqoof
C. diwan-imustakharaj
D. diwan-i-amir kohi
Answer» B. diwan-i –waqoof
127.

From the time of ………… the muqti was expected to send the balance(fawazil) of the income to the centre after meeting his and the army’s expenses.

A. feroze shah tughlaq
B. alauddhin khalji
C. muhmmad-bin-thughlaq
D. balban
Answer» E.
128.

The institution of the …………… had been in force in early Islamicworld as a form of reward for services to the state.

A. iqta
B. muqti
C. feudalism
D. serfdom
Answer» B. muqti
129.

The last ruler of the Sena dynasty was Lakshmana Sena who wasdefeated by the Khiljis in …………..

A. 1149
B. 1159
C. 1179
D. 1199 ad
Answer» E.
130.

The famous Mahabodhi temple of Buddha Gaya was built by ……………...

A. changez khan
B. shashanka
C. dharmapala
D. devapala
Answer» E.
131.

Dharmapala was defeated by Nagabhata II, the Prathihara King at ……………...

A. monghyr
B. kanauj
C. bundelkhand
D. bengal
Answer» B. kanauj
132.

The founder of the Pala dynasty of …….. was Adisiva, a Hindu raja.

A. bengal
B. bihar
C. orissa
D. kerala
Answer» B. bihar
133.

The Gurjara –Pratiharas were a tribe of foreigners closely allied to the ………….

A. chandelas
B. pushyabhutis
C. huns
D. paramars
Answer» D. paramars
134.

The Sangeeta Ratnakar composed by ………… was an encyclopedia onIndian music.

A. vagbhata
B. dharmapala
C. sarangadara
D. bhavabhuti
Answer» D. bhavabhuti
135.

…………., the author of Gitagovindam was a gifted poet and musician.

A. bhavabhuti
B. vagbhata
C. jayadeva
D. sarangadara
Answer» D. sarangadara
136.

A famous treatise on Hindu law the Mitakshara was written by ……………..

A. vijneswara
B. vagbhata
C. bhavabhuti
D. athula
Answer» B. vagbhata
137.

In the realm of music, Sangh Ratnakar was written by ……………...

A. saranga deva
B. vagbhata
C. bhavabhuti
D. kalhana
Answer» B. vagbhata
138.

………… wrote Astanga Samgraha enriched the field of medicine.

A. vagbhata
B. bhavabhuti
C. athula
D. vijneswara
Answer» B. bhavabhuti
139.

……………, the author of Siddharta Siromani was the greatestastronomer.

A. bhavabhuti
B. vagbhata
C. bhaskaracharya
D. kalhana
Answer» D. kalhana
140.

Chand Bardoi, the court poet of …………. wrote Prithviraja Raso.

A. prithviraj
B. changez khan
C. akbar
D. baber
Answer» B. changez khan
141.

……………… wrote the Bhoja-Prabandha, a biography of the ParamaraKing Bhoja.

A. ballala
B. bhavabhuti
C. shashanka
D. dharmapala
Answer» B. bhavabhuti
142.

………………. famous work Rajatarangani threw light on the history ofthe Kings of Kashmir.

A. kalhana’s
B. atula
C. bhavabhuti
D. cherussery
Answer» B. atula
143.

The famous collection of stories Kathasaritsagara was written by ………….. in the Rajput age.

A. dandin
B. somendra
C. dhanapal
D. subandhu
Answer» C. dhanapal
144.

Jayadeva was the poet laureate of King Lakhsmana Sena of ………….

A. bihar
B. bengal
C. madras
D. orissa
Answer» C. madras
145.

Rajasekhara who enjoyed the patronage of the …………. emperors,wrote Karpuramanjari and Bala Ramayana.

A. prathihara
B. rajasekhara
C. kalhana
D. athula
Answer» B. rajasekhara
146.

…………… was the celebrated author of two Sanskrit worksUttararamacharita and Malati Madhava.

A. rajasekhara
B. bhavabhuti
C. kalhana
D. kabir
Answer» C. kalhana
147.

The ………….. age produced eminent writers like Bhavabhuti,Rajasekhara and Jayadeva.

A. gupta
B. rajput
C. harsha
D. bahmini
Answer» C. harsha
148.

…………., the author of the famous Annals of Rajastan says that theRajputs were the descendants of the tribes of foreign scythians and the sakas who had come and settled in India.

A. col. todd
B. dr. smith
C. k.a.nilakanda sastri
D. sathish chandra
Answer» B. dr. smith
149.

According to tradition the …………… were the descendants of theancient Kshatriyas belonging to solar and lunar dynasties.

A. rajputs
B. mughals
C. sultanates
D. guptas
Answer» B. mughals
150.

The …………. pilgrim Hiuen Tsang’s of work ‘Si Yu Ki’ gives anaccurate account of the political religious and social condition of India in the first half of the seventh century AD.

A. chinese
B. british
C. portuguese
D. spanish
Answer» B. british