This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Humayun died in the year A) 1536. B) 1556. C) 1566. D) 1546. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1556. 2. During the Mughal rule, the police duties in the districts were entrusted to the officials known as? A) Kotwal. B) Amin. C) Faujdar. D) Mansabdar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faujdar. 3. All the early Mughal Emperors except..... were great builders A) Babar. B) Humayun. C) Jahangir. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 4. The ruler of Gujarat, who formed an alliance with Egypt and Turkey against the Portuguese in India, was A) Mahmud (Shah I) Begarha. B) Muzaffar Shah II. C) Ahmad Shah I. D) Bahadur Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahmud (Shah I) Begarha. 5. The last great royal patrons of Buddhism in India were the A) Senas. B) Gurjar Pratiharas. C) Palas. D) Paramaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palas. 6. Kondana was renamed Singarh by A) Shivaji. B) Sambaji. C) Jijabai. D) Shaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivaji. 7. The only Sultan of Delhi to conquer Chittor, the capital of Mewar was A) Iltutmish. B) Balban. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Sikandar Lodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alauddin Khalji. 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 A) Hiuen Tsang. B) Marco Polo. C) Ibn-Batuta. D) Fahien. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marco Polo. 9. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi? A) Shah Jahan. B) Jahangir. C) Aurangzeb. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shah Jahan. 10. Nadir Shah attacked India, at the time of which among the following later Mughals? A) Jahandar Shah. B) Shah Alam. C) Akbar II. D) Mohammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohammad Shah. 11. Amoghavarsha I was a famous king of.....? A) Solanki Dynasty. B) Pratihara Dynasty. C) Chalukya Dynasty. D) Rashtrakuta Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rashtrakuta Dynasty. 12. The Jat king of Bharatpur who is known as the 'Plato of the Jat tribe' and the 'Jat Ulysses' was A) Gokula. B) Badan Singh. C) Churaman. D) Suraj Mal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suraj Mal. 13. The firat Sultan of Delhi to cross the Narmada and move to the south was A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Balban. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alauddin Khalji. 14. Who among the following is considered to be the teacher of Amir Khusro? A) Baba Farid. B) Nizamuddin Auliya. C) Bakhtiyar Kaki. D) Moinuddin Chishti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nizamuddin Auliya. 15. During the Aurangzeb's reign, Which of the following were not included in his government? A) Rajputs. B) Marathas. C) Pathans. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marathas. 16. Which among the following Muslim writers has written the famous Hindi work "Padmavat" ? A) Amir Khusro. B) Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana. C) Bulleh Shah. D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi. 17. What is meant by "The Forty" or "Chalisa"? A) The cream of Afghan nobles. B) The select body of the Turkish Aristocracy. C) The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis. D) The ulema or the Muslim divines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The select body of the Turkish Aristocracy. 18. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of A) Bengal. B) Gujarat. C) Mewar. D) Bijapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bijapur. 19. The first Mughal Garden in India had been laid out by A) Shah Jahan. B) Babur. C) Jahangir. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babur. 20. When Humayun was in exile Koh-i-noor Diamond was with A) Sher Shah. B) Sultan of Bijapur. C) Shah Tahmasp of Persia. D) The Raja Bikramajid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shah Tahmasp of Persia. 21. The discriminatory Jizya tax was abolished by A) Sher Shah. B) Babar. C) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Akbar. 22. Amar Singh was ruler of A) Mankat. B) Malwa. C) Meerut. D) Mewar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mewar. 23. The original name of Balban was A) Muhammad. B) Zia-ud-Din. C) Ala-ud-Din. D) Ulugh Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ulugh Khan. 24. In Which year was the Battle of PIassey fought? A) 1426. B) 1764. C) 1757. D) 1778. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1757. 25. Which among the following rulers belonged to Mamulak Dynasty? A) Mohammed Ghori. B) Alauddin Khilji. C) Balban. D) Ibrahim Lodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balban. 26. Who built the tomb of itmad ud daula? A) Shershah. B) Akbar. C) Jahanagir. D) Nur Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nur Jahan. 27. The Sikh Guru executed by Aurangzeb after cruel torture was A) Har Rai. B) Hargobind. C) Tegh Bahadur. D) Har Krishan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tegh Bahadur. 28. Akbar's concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means A) Friendship and goodwill to all. B) Common brotherhood. C) Fraternity and friendship. D) Harmony and peace to all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harmony and peace to all. 29. Kalachuri Empire is related to which of the following modern area? A) Karnataka. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh. 30. The purpose of Mahmud Ghaznavi's attack on India was A) To plunder the wealth of India. B) To spread Islam in India. C) To rule over the territories of India. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To plunder the wealth of India. 31. Which among the following sentence is INCORRECT? A) Sikandar Lodhi founded Agra. B) Harihar I founded the Vijaynagar Dynasty of South. C) Balban completed the construction of Qutub Minar. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balban completed the construction of Qutub Minar. 32. When Aurangzeb proceeded against Golcunda it was ruled by A) Sikandar. B) Durga Devi. C) Abul Hasan. D) Afzal Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abul Hasan. 33. Under Shivajl's rule of the produce were to be given by the peasant to the state. A) Four-fifths. B) Two-fifths. C) One-fifth. D) Three-fifths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-fifths. 34. Mir Bakshi was the officer in Akbar's reign with which of the following responsibilities? A) Head of the military administration. B) Head of Nobility. C) Payment of salaries. D) Revenue Collection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Head of the military administration. 35. Who among the following was the first to adopt the new religion propounded by Akbar called Din-i-Ilahi? A) Abul Fazal. B) Birbal. C) Faizi. D) Raja Todarmal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birbal. 36. Babar summoned the pupils of the famous architect Sinan from A) Kabul. B) Constantinople. C) Egypt. D) Syria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constantinople. 37. Rana Sanga was the ruler of A) Marwar. B) Punjab. C) Bijapur. D) Mewar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mewar. 38. Under the Mughals, the Police duties in urban areas were entrusted to the officers known as A) Kazi. B) Kotwal. C) Vakil. D) Amin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kotwal. 39. The first capital of the Bahamani Kingdom was A) Gulbarga. B) Daulatabad. C) Golcunda. D) Bidar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulbarga. 40. The city of Azimabad, which was abandoned since 7th century AD was revived by Shershah Suri and thus he founded the modern.....? A) Shergarh (Pakistan ). B) Sasaram. C) Patna. D) Lothal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patna. 41. Shivaji submitted to Jai Singh and signed the treaty of A) Poona. B) Purandhar. C) Konkan. D) Surat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purandhar. 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 A) Rafi-ud-DaIjat. B) Muhammad Shah. C) Farrukhsiyar. D) Rafi-ud-Daula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad Shah. 43. The most important aspect of Sultan Flruz Tughluq's constructive policy was A) Opening of a large number of Karkhanas. B) The digging of canals and wells. C) Foundation of cities and construction of colleges, mosques, hospitals, etc. D) Promotion of horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The digging of canals and wells. 44. Maharaja Jaswant Singh died at A) Behrampur. B) Ajmer. C) Jamrud. D) Jaunpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jamrud. 45. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was A) Bahadur Shah Zafar. B) Amir Khusrau. C) Faiz. D) Mirza Ghalib. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amir Khusrau. 46. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to A) Andman and Nicobar. B) Fatehpur Sikri. C) Mandalay. D) Rangoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rangoon. 47. Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by Which of the following Sikh Gurus? A) Gobind Singh. B) Tegh Bahadur. C) Hari Rai. D) Arjan Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gobind Singh. 48. The term Iqta means A) Assignments of land as reward of pension. B) Revenue assignment of a particular area in lieu of cash salary. C) An administrative grant or relief. D) A unit of local government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revenue assignment of a particular area in lieu of cash salary. 49. The Nawab of Awadh who permanently transferred his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow was A) Shuja-ud-Daula. B) Asaf-ud-Daula. C) Safdar Jang. D) Saadat Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asaf-ud-Daula. 50. The Zamorin's neet was destroyed by the Protuguese Viceroy A) Albuquerque. B) Cabral. C) Vasco-da-Gama. D) D'Almeida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D'Almeida. 51. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the A) Arch. B) The narrow columns. C) Corbel brackets. D) Dome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dome. 52. Todarmal is associated with the revenue system known as A) Kankut. B) Ghalla Bakshi. C) Zabti or Zabt. D) Nasaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zabti or Zabt. 53. In which of the following forts Jahanagir Mahal is located? A) Lahore Fort. B) Golconda Fort. C) Red Fort. D) Agra Fort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agra Fort. 54. Which among the following was prevalent in the Indian Society before the Muslim conquest? A) Slavery. B) Child Marriage. C) Sati System. D) Purdah System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slavery. 55. During the last 25 years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against A) Bijapur. B) Golcunda. C) Marathas. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marathas. 56. Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad? A) Ahmad Shah. B) Qutub-ud-din Ahmad Shah. C) Muzaffar Shah II. D) Muhammad I Begarha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ahmad Shah. 57. In which year, after defeating Jaypala, Mahmud of Ghazni proceeded to Gujarat where he destroyed the temple of Somnath? A) 810 A.D. B) 900 A.D. C) 1025 A.D. D) 935 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1025 A.D. 58. With the help of Baghnuk (Tiger-claws) Shivaji killed A) Aurangzeb. B) Muhamad Khan. C) Afzalkhan. D) Shayistakhan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Afzalkhan. 59. Timur invaded India and ordered a general massacre of the people of Delhi during the reign of A) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud. B) Ghiyasuddin II. C) Abu Bakr. D) Alauddin Sikandar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud. 60. Indo-Persian style of architecture attained its supreme beauty in the reign of A) Babar. B) Jahangir. C) Akbar. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shah Jahan. 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