This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As recorded by Abulfazl, Akbar, the great used to play which among the following music instruments? A) Nakkara. B) Dholak. C) Tabla. D) Mridang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nakkara. 2. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by A) Balban. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Iltutmish. D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alauddin Khalji. 3. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were A) Millet and Groundnut. B) Potato and Mustard. C) Tobacco and Maize. D) Indigo and Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tobacco and Maize. 4. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked A) Konkan. B) Gujarat. C) Surat. D) Poena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Konkan. 5. The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the "Immortal Homer of the East" was A) Firdausi. B) Baihaqi. C) Alberuni. D) Utbi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firdausi. 6. The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at Satara and is said to have died in Punjab, was A) Namadeva. B) Jnanesvar. C) Tukaram. D) Guru Ramdas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Namadeva. 7. During whose reign had the Mongols intruded into India for the first time? A) Iltutmish. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Firuz Shah Tughluq. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iltutmish. 8. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the..... to places ruled by Hindu Rajas. A) Middle Class. B) Poor. C) Nobles. D) Foreign residents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poor. 9. Minhaj-ua-Siraj was a A) Historian. B) Musician. C) Poet. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historian. 10. During the Mughal period Polaj was the A) Land annually cultivated. B) Land left fallow. C) Land uncultivated. D) Barren land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land annually cultivated. 11. The famous literary work Tahqiq-i-Hind was written by A) Zia-ud-din Barni. B) Raziya Sultan. C) Alberuni. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alberuni. 12. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was A) Chisti. B) Suhrawardy. C) Qadiri. D) Naqshbandi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chisti. 13. The first known ruler to introduce canal irrigation in India was A) Krishnadevaraya. B) Firuz Tughluq. C) Tipu Sultan. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firuz Tughluq. 14. Which among the following foreign travellers is not correctly paired with their respective period of visit in India? A) Ibn Batutta - Mughal Period. B) Fa Hien - Gupta Period. C) Hiuen Tsang - Post Gupta Period. D) Al Beruni - Early Medieval Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ibn Batutta - Mughal Period. 15. Token currency had been introduced for the first time in India by A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. B) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Firuz Shah Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. 16. Muhammad-bin Tughluq transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri ( Which he named Daulatabad) because A) Delhi was insecure on account of Mongol invasions. B) Devagiri was more centrally located. C) From Devagiri he wanted to complete the conquest of the South. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 17. A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor A) Akbar. B) Babar. C) Jahangir. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahangir. 18. Which among the following is a incorrect statement regarding market regulations by Ala-ud-din Khilji? A) The price controls were regulated on almost the entire market. B) They vanished immediately after the death of the sultan. C) The price controls were regulated on almost the entire market. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 19. Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as A) Khangahs. B) Qalandars. C) Silsilahs. D) Darveshs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silsilahs. 20. In India artillery was first used by A) Akbar. B) Babar. C) Balban. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babar. 21. Who among the following was the writer of Tarikh-i-Firozshahi? A) Ziauddin Barni. B) Abul Fazal. C) Firoz Tughlaq. D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ziauddin Barni. 22. Which Sultan of Delhi died while playing the chaugon (Polo)? A) Samsuddin Iltutmish. B) Nasiruddin Mahmood. C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. D) Ghiyasuddin Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. 23. The second Battle of Panipat was fought between Hemu and A) Humayun. B) Babar. C) Akbar. D) Ibrahim Lodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 24. Which of the following Mughal Emperors shifted his imperial court and residence from Agra to Sikri, later renamed as Fatehpur Sikri? A) Aurangzeb. B) Akbar. C) Jahangir. D) Shahjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahangir. 25. The earnings of the kings in the Medieval age were mostly derived from A) Offerings made at the temples. B) Trade. C) Land revenue. D) Industrial production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land revenue. 26. Who was the founder of Aravidu dynasty of the Vijayanagar Empire? A) Rama Raya. B) Bukka. C) Tirumala. D) Sadasiva Raya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tirumala. 27. Babar died on 26th December 1530 and was laid to rest at Arambagh in Agra. Afterwards, his body was taken to and buried at which among the following places (During the times of Sher Shah)? A) Delhi. B) Farghana. C) Kabul. D) Samarkand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kabul. 28. The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jahangir was of A) Guru Arjan. B) Guru Tegh Bahadur. C) Guru Angad. D) Guru Ram Das. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Arjan. 29. Who among the following was defeated by Mohammed Ghori in battle of Chandawar? A) Prthviraj Chauhan. B) Mularaja. C) Jaichandra. D) Jaypala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jaichandra. 30. In whose reign did the Mughal painting reach its zenith? A) Humayun. B) Jahangir. C) Akbar. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahangir. 31. The Akbar of Kashmir who reconstructed and rehabilitated all the temples and asked Jonaraja to continue further Kalhana's Rajatarangini was A) Sikandar. B) Shah Mir Samsuddin. C) Zain-ul-Abidin. D) Saifuddin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zain-ul-Abidin. 32. Tobacco was introduced in India by the A) French. B) Arabs. C) Portuguese. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portuguese. 33. Under the Mughals the jizya was collected from A) Muhammadans. B) Hindus. C) Persians. D) Foreign visitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindus. 34. Under the Mughala the Governor was popularly known as A) Vakil. B) Wazir. C) Subahdar. D) Faujdar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subahdar. 35. Which of the following Sultans is known to have laid the foundation of Agra City? A) Bahlol Lodi. B) Sikandar Lodi. C) Ibrahim Lodi. D) Shershah Suri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sikandar Lodi. 36. The Sikh guru who had fought the Mughals was A) Guru Hargobind. B) Guru Tegh Bahadur. C) Guru Nanak Dev. D) Guru Gobind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guru Gobind Singh. 37. The authoritative treatise on Hindu law, Mitakshara, was written by A) Manu. B) Hemadri. C) Jimutavahana. D) Vigneswara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vigneswara. 38. The. voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as A) Gyan Prabodh. B) Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth. C) Baichitra Natak. D) Apni Katha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baichitra Natak. 39. "He can be attributed for the firm establishment of Mughal rule in India in the later part of 16th century" . Who was he? A) Ali Quli Khan. B) Bairam Khan. C) Mir Jafar. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bairam Khan. 40. Which of the following was defended by Chand Bibi against the Mughals? A) Bedar. B) Berar. C) Ahmednagar. D) Bijapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahmednagar. 41. The sculpture with the three faces of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh known as "Trimurti" appears in A) Kalva Caves. B) Ellora Caves. C) Ajanta Caves. D) Elephanta Caves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elephanta Caves. 42. The only Hindu noble at the court of Akbar to accept the Din-illahi was A) Bhagwan Das. B) Birbal. C) Man Singh. D) Todar Mal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birbal. 43. Shivaji founded the Maratha kingdom by annexing the territories of A) Bijapur. B) Mughals. C) Both A and B above. D) Bijapur, Golcunda and the Mughals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above. 44. The Sultanate of Delhi reached the height of its power during the reign of A) Balban. B) Firuz Tughluq. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Raziya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alauddin Khalji. 45. 'Sufi Sect' originated and developed in A) Christianity. B) Hinduism. C) Islam. D) Zoroastrianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Islam. 46. In whose times the Mughal Empire reached its territorial climax? A) Shah Jahan. B) Akbar. C) Bahadur Shah I. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 47. Deogiri was first of all subjugated by which Muslim invader? A) Jalal-ud-din Firoz. B) Qutubudin Aibak. C) Malik Kafur. D) Ala-ud-din Khilji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ala-ud-din Khilji. 48. The first medieval ruler to propound the divine theory of Kingship was A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Raziya. C) Balban. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balban. 49. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of A) Nanak. B) Tegh Bahadur. C) Har Gobind. D) Arjan Dev. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tegh Bahadur. 50. Guru Arjan Dev transferred the headquarters to A) Agra. B) Amritsar. C) Karachi. D) Allahabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amritsar. 51. The Sikh Guru who fought in the Mughal ranks during the reign of Aurangazeb was A) Angad. B) Tegh Bahadur. C) Har Rai. D) Amar Das. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tegh Bahadur. 52. The Chandella's Kingdom was annexed by which of the following rulers? A) Alauddin Khilji. B) Qutubuddin Aibak. C) Mohammed Ghori. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin Khilji. 53. Which of the following Mughal emperors was famous as Shah-i-Bekhabar? A) Shah Alam. B) Shahjahan. C) Jahangir. D) Bahadur Shah I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bahadur Shah I. 54. Shivaji crowned himself at A) Poona. B) Rajgarh. C) Konkan. D) Bijapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajgarh. 55. Haziya (the daughter of IItutmish) the only woman ruler in the history of Medieval India ascended the throne with the support of A) The army. B) The nobility. C) The people of Delhi. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 56. Mokhadaji Gohil, a Gohil Rajput ruler of Ghogha, near Bhavnagar was a contemporary of which of the following Sultans? A) Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah I. B) Qutubudin Aibak. C) Muhammad bin Tughluq. D) Illtumish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muhammad bin Tughluq. 57. The Sultan who had truly mixed religion with politics by calling himself Naib-i-Khudai or 'the deputy of God' was A) Balban. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Iltutmish. D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balban. 58. Which among the following is incorrect regarding Buland darwaja? A) It was built by Akbar in 1602. B) It was built in Fatehpur Sikri. C) It was built to commemorate Akbar's victory on Gujarat only. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 59. What was the term used in the medieval India for the land directly ruled by the Central Government? A) Inam. B) Muqtis. C) Khalisa. D) Inam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khalisa. 60. The only known ruler in the history of India to have fixed the prices of different commodities, rigidly enforced quality control and ensured easy availability of essential commodities was A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. C) Iltutmish. D) Raziya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin Khalji. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMediaval India Quiz 1Mediaval India Quiz 3Mediaval India Quiz 4Mediaval India Quiz 5Mediaval India Quiz 6Mediaval India Quiz 7Mediaval India Quiz 8Mediaval India Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books