Mediaval India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Humayun died in the year
2. During the Mughal rule, the police duties in the districts were entrusted to the officials known as?
3. All the early Mughal Emperors except..... were great builders
4. The ruler of Gujarat, who formed an alliance with Egypt and Turkey against the Portuguese in India, was
5. The last great royal patrons of Buddhism in India were the
6. Kondana was renamed Singarh by
7. The only Sultan of Delhi to conquer Chittor, the capital of Mewar was
8. The world's greatest traveller of pre-modern times, believed to have put behind him a distance of over 73000 miles and visited territories the equivalent of about 44 modern countries, is
9. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
10. Nadir Shah attacked India, at the time of which among the following later Mughals?
11. Amoghavarsha I was a famous king of.....?
12. The Jat king of Bharatpur who is known as the 'Plato of the Jat tribe' and the 'Jat Ulysses' was
13. The firat Sultan of Delhi to cross the Narmada and move to the south was
14. Who among the following is considered to be the teacher of Amir Khusro?
15. During the Aurangzeb's reign, Which of the following were not included in his government?
16. Which among the following Muslim writers has written the famous Hindi work "Padmavat" ?
17. What is meant by "The Forty" or "Chalisa"?
18. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
19. The first Mughal Garden in India had been laid out by
20. When Humayun was in exile Koh-i-noor Diamond was with
21. The discriminatory Jizya tax was abolished by
22. Amar Singh was ruler of
23. The original name of Balban was
24. In Which year was the Battle of PIassey fought?
25. Which among the following rulers belonged to Mamulak Dynasty?
26. Who built the tomb of itmad ud daula?
27. The Sikh Guru executed by Aurangzeb after cruel torture was
28. Akbar's concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means
29. Kalachuri Empire is related to which of the following modern area?
30. The purpose of Mahmud Ghaznavi's attack on India was
31. Which among the following sentence is INCORRECT?
32. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golcunda it was ruled by
33. Under Shivajl's rule of the produce were to be given by the peasant to the state.
34. Mir Bakshi was the officer in Akbar's reign with which of the following responsibilities?
35. Who among the following was the first to adopt the new religion propounded by Akbar called Din-i-Ilahi?
36. Babar summoned the pupils of the famous architect Sinan from
37. Rana Sanga was the ruler of
38. Under the Mughals, the Police duties in urban areas were entrusted to the officers known as
39. The first capital of the Bahamani Kingdom was
40. The city of Azimabad, which was abandoned since 7th century AD was revived by Shershah Suri and thus he founded the modern.....?
41. Shivaji submitted to Jai Singh and signed the treaty of
42. Two Sayid brothers Sayid Abdullah Khan and Sayid Hussan Ali Khan (who rose to become the king makers during the later Mughal period) met their downfall during the reign of
43. The most important aspect of Sultan Flruz Tughluq's constructive policy was
44. Maharaja Jaswant Singh died at
45. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
46. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to
47. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by Which of the following Sikh Gurus?
48. The term Iqta means
49. The Nawab of Awadh who permanently transferred his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow was
50. The Zamorin's neet was destroyed by the Protuguese Viceroy
51. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
52. Todarmal is associated with the revenue system known as
53. In which of the following forts Jahanagir Mahal is located?
54. Which among the following was prevalent in the Indian Society before the Muslim conquest?
55. During the last 25 years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against
56. Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad?
57. In which year, after defeating Jaypala, Mahmud of Ghazni proceeded to Gujarat where he destroyed the temple of Somnath?
58. With the help of Baghnuk (Tiger-claws) Shivaji killed
59. Timur invaded India and ordered a general massacre of the people of Delhi during the reign of
60. Indo-Persian style of architecture attained its supreme beauty in the reign of