This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. For which of the following Shershah Suri is not known? A) Organization of the system of Civil Administration. B) Issuing first Rupiya which was in use till 20th century. C) Introducing the system of irrigation by canals. D) All are intiatives of shershah suri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introducing the system of irrigation by canals. 2. At the time, when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal Emperor was A) Ahmad Shah. B) Shah Alam. C) Bahadur Shah. D) Muhammad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad Shah. 3. Vaikuntaperumal Temple at kanchipuram was built by.....? A) Narsimhavarman II. B) Nandivarman II. C) Parmesvaravarman II. D) Parmesvaravarman I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nandivarman II. 4. Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message? A) Dadu. B) Kabir. C) Ramananda. D) Tulsidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramananda. 5. The glorious works in which among the following can be best credited for calling the Shahjahan's reign as '' Glorious Epoch '' in the history of Mughal Empire? A) Dance. B) Architecture. C) Trade & Commerce. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Architecture. 6. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against A) Shaji Bhonsle. B) Shivaji. C) Shahu. D) Sambaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sambaji. 7. First Portuguese factory was established in A) Calicut. B) Calcutta. C) Mangalore. D) Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calicut. 8. Who among the following laid the foundation of Shalimar & Nishaat Garden in Kashmir? A) Shahjahan. B) Nur Jahan. C) Jahangir. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahangir. 9. Who among the following changed the name of Tanna Mishra to Tansen? A) Raja Mansingh Tomar. B) Raja Vikramjit of Gwalior. C) Akbar. D) Swami Haridas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raja Vikramjit of Gwalior. 10. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system prevalent in A) Afghanistan. B) Persia. C) Mongolia. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mongolia. 11. Persian horses were obtained by Vijaya-nagar with the help of A) Portuguese. B) English. C) Mughals. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mughals. 12. Sankardeva was a great bhakti saint of A) Gujarat. B) Assam. C) Bengal. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assam. 13. Guru Gobind Singh was assassinated by a A) Sikh. B) Afghan Pathan. C) Hindu. D) Mughal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afghan Pathan. 14. During which of the following events Indians got the earliest contact with Islam? A) Arab invasion of Sindh in 7th Century. B) Turkish Invasion in 11th century. C) Arab merchants at the Malabar Coast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arab merchants at the Malabar Coast. 15. The art of painting in the Mughal age was..... in origin. A) Persian. B) Afghan. C) Hindu. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persian. 16. Of the following Which was not built by Shah Jahan? A) Taj Mahal. B) Moti Masjid. C) Fatehpur Sikri. D) Jami Masjid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fatehpur Sikri. 17. Which among the following terms precisely defines the loans given to cultivators for seeds, farm implements etc. in the Sultanate and Mughal period? A) Dahsala. B) Nasaq. C) Taqqavi. D) Dams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taqqavi. 18. Who were called the New Muslims? A) Persian converts to Islam. B) Hindu converts to Islam. C) Mongol converts to Islam. D) Turkish converts to Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mongol converts to Islam. 19. Who among the following written Manmaul Bahrain? A) Darashikoh. B) Akbar. C) Aurangzeb. D) Abu Fazal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Darashikoh. 20. Which among the following rulers is related to '' market regulatory measures '' in medieval India? A) Balban. B) Babur. C) Humayun. D) Alauddin Khilji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alauddin Khilji. 21. Ghazni was a small principality in A) Turkey. B) Mongolia. C) Persia. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afghanistan. 22. The Portuguese naval monopoly In the Indian waters was shattered by the A) Dutch. B) English. C) French. D) Both A and B above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dutch. 23. Ramanuja taught in which of the following temples? A) Madurai. B) Mamallapuram. C) Srirangam. D) Tirumala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Srirangam. 24. What was the capital of Bahmani Kingdom? A) Gulbarga. B) Devagiri. C) Ellichpur. D) Warangal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulbarga. 25. During his second voyage, Vasco-da-Gama strengthened the defence of A) Calicut. B) Connanore. C) Surat. D) Cochin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connanore. 26. Which among the following Mughal emperor had prohibited smoking use of tobacco in 1617 AD? A) Shahjahan. B) Jahanagir. C) Akbar. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahanagir. 27. Aurangzeb appointed his uncle Shayista Khan as Governor of A) Kashmir. B) Punjab. C) Deccan. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deccan. 28. The founder of the independent state of Bengal was A) Sarfaraz Khan. B) Alivardi Khan. C) Shuja-ud-Din. D) Murshid Quli Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Murshid Quli Khan. 29. The king was freed from his people and they from their king. On whose death did Badauni comment thus? A) Balban. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Muhammand-bin-Tughluq. D) Firuz Shah Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muhammand-bin-Tughluq. 30. Alauddin Khalji's commander who led the campaign to South India was A) Alpkhan. B) Nusarat Khan. C) Malik Kafur. D) Ulugh Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malik Kafur. 31. Which art did Jahangir patronise in particular? A) Sculpture. B) Architecture. C) Painting. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting. 32. The Shahnama had been written by A) Alberuni. B) Firdausi. C) Abul Fazl. D) Amir Khusrao. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firdausi. 33. Sambaji plundered the Mughal territories in A) Deccan. B) Bengal. C) Gujarat. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deccan. 34. Under the Mughal rule the main occupation of the people was A) Sea faring. B) Working in mines. C) Service in the army. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 35. Rajasekhara, the eminent Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic, who is best known for his work Kavyamimamsa was a court poet of which among the following kings of Gurjara Pratiharas? A) Mahendrapala I. B) Mihirbhoja I. C) Mahipala I. D) Bhoj II. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahendrapala I. 36. Under the Mughala, in urban area the judicial powers were exercised by A) Kotwal. B) Wazir. C) Faujdar. D) Kazis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kotwal. 37. The city of Vijayanagar (Now known as Hampi) was situated on the northern bank of the river A) Godavari. B) Kaveri. C) Krishna. D) Tungabhadra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tungabhadra. 38. Dwarasamudra was the capital of which of the following dynasties? A) Hoysala. B) Satavahana. C) Pandyas. D) Cholas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoysala. 39. During Shivaji's rule the Council of the State consisted of A) Eighteen Ministers. B) Twelve Ministers. C) Eight Ministers. D) Fifteen Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eight Ministers. 40. The well-known painting showing the arrival at the Mughal Court of the great singer Tansen exhibits A) The Persian Style. B) Gandhara Style. C) Hindu Style. D) The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fusion of the Mughal and Hindu Styles. 41. Guru Gobind Singh had sent Banda Bahadur to Punjab A) To propagate the Sikh religion. B) To show off his strength and valour. C) To crush the enemies of Khalsa. D) To establish a Sikh empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To crush the enemies of Khalsa. 42. In whose reign had Islam been abolished as the state religion? A) Ibrahim Lodi. B) Akbar. C) Firuz Shah Tughluq. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar. 43. Mahzarnama was declared by.....? A) Akbar. B) Babur. C) Humayun. D) Shahjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Akbar. 44. The famous poet Amir Khusrau, known as the 'parrot of India' was a contemporary of all of the following with the exception of A) Iltutmish. B) Ghiyasuddin Balban. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iltutmish. 45. The Mongols appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus during the rule of A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. B) Raziya. C) Iltutmish. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iltutmish. 46. Fatehpur Sikri had been founded by A) Jahangir. B) Humayun. C) Babar. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Akbar. 47. The Sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi, who transferred his capital from Delhi to Agra, was A) Khizr Khan. B) Bahlul Lodi. C) Sikandar Lodi. D) Ibrahim Lodi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sikandar Lodi. 48. Prince Khurram was given the title of A) Sher Afghan. B) Sher Khan. C) Kavi Rai. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shah Jahan. 49. After the devastation of the city of Vljayanagar In 1565, the capital of the empire was shifted to A) Penukonda. B) Chandragiri. C) Mysore. D) Gingee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penukonda. 50. The state-promoted canal irrigation system was initiated by A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. B) Firuz Tughluq. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. 51. Akbar had got constructed the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory of A) Gujarat. B) Bengal. C) Delhi. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gujarat. 52. Who was the Mughal Prince who was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanakrit? A) Prince Akbar. B) Prince Sulaiman Shukoh. C) Prince Salim. D) Prince Dara Shukoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prince Dara Shukoh. 53. The Dutch first established their hold in India in the year 1605 at A) Bombay. B) Goa. C) Masulipatanam. D) Surat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Masulipatanam. 54. Akbar had constructed several forts, Which did not include the one of A) Lahore. B) Agra. C) Allahabad. D) Delhi Red Fort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delhi Red Fort. 55. Which among the following dynasty is known to have constructed the temples at Khajuraho? A) Chandelas. B) Chauhans. C) Pratiharas. D) Rastrakutas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandelas. 56. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was A) Makaranda Pandey. B) Ramatanu Pande. C) Haridas. D) Lal Kalawant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramatanu Pande. 57. Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babar. A) Rana Sanga. B) Raja Jai Singh. C) Rana Pratap. D) Rana Man Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rana Sanga. 58. To whom does the Lingayat Movement owe its origin? A) Basava. B) Meerabai. C) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. D) Vidyaranya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basava. 59. Who from among the following was the founder of Bahmani kingdom in the Deccan? A) Mahmud Gawan. B) Hasan Gangu. C) Sikandar Shah. D) Malik Ambar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasan Gangu. 60. Who among the following had got the Upanishads translated into Persian? A) Abul Fazl. B) Jahangir. C) Dara Shukoh. D) Akbar. 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