This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hamim Humam who was the chief of Royal School (Pathshala) adorned the court of which Mughal Emperor? A) Shahjahan. B) Jahanagir. C) Akbar. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 2. Who were the Yaminis? A) Tughluqs. B) Khaljis. C) Ghaznavids. D) Ghurids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ghaznavids. 3. Which among the following Mughal Emperor was also known as "Ali Gauhar" ? A) Shah Aalam II. B) Aurangzeb. C) Muhammad shah. D) Bahadur Shah Zafar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shah Aalam II. 4. The great religious thinker and philosopher Shankaracharya was born in Kerala at A) Keladi. B) Quilon. C) Trivandrum. D) Calicut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keladi. 5. Who among the following assumed the title of Islam Shah Suri, ? A) Firuz Shah Suri. B) Shershah Suri. C) Jalal Khan. D) Ibrahim Khan Suri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jalal Khan. 6. Goa was captured by A) Albuquerque. B) D'Almedia. C) Cabral. D) Mildenhall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albuquerque. 7. During the Mughal rule in the field of agriculture Parauti was the land A) Annually cultivated. B) Left fallow. C) Uncultivated. D) Barren land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left fallow. 8. Under Sher Shah the largest administrative unit was administered by a Chief namely A) Mansabdar. B) Kasi. C) Faujdar. D) Shikadar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shikadar. 9. The revenue system initiated by Sher Shah influenced the revenue system of A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Akbar. C) Babar. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar. 10. Which Mughal King sat on the throne with title of '' Padshah Gazi" ? A) Shah Jahan. B) Mohammad Shah. C) Jahangir. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahangir. 11. Who among the following died in consequence of falling from his horse playing chaugan? A) Humayun. B) Qutub Ud Din Aibak. C) Mohd Ghori. D) Alludin Khilji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qutub Ud Din Aibak. 12. Who of the following Portuguese Is regarded as a 'monster in human disguise' and the one who had no bowels of compassion? A) Albuquerque. B) Vasco da Gama. C) Almeida. D) Joao de Castro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vasco da Gama. 13. The eighth-century tripartite power struggle was among which of the following? A) Cholas, Rastrakutas and Yadavas,. B) Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas. C) Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas. D) Cholas, Pandyas and Chalukyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chalukyas, Pallavas and Pandyas. 14. The original name of Sher Shah was A) Sikandar. B) Akbar. C) Farid. D) Tahmasp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farid. 15. Maritime power was a distinct character of which of the following dynasties? A) Chalukyas. B) Cholas. C) Pandyas. D) Rasthrakutas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rasthrakutas. 16. Babarnama was written by A) Akbar. B) Abul Fazl. C) Humayun. D) Babar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Babar. 17. The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was A) A loose federation. B) A military State. C) A confederacy (Mandala or Sangha). D) A regency of the Peshwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A confederacy (Mandala or Sangha). 18. Before the rise of Ranjit Singh to power, the Punjab was under the control of various A) Chiefs of Abmad Shah Abdali. B) Sikh Misls (military brotherhoods). C) Maratha commanders. D) Sikh Sardars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sikh Misls (military brotherhoods). 19. The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was A) Shahu. B) Peshwa Bajirao. C) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath. D) Tarabai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath. 20. The leader of the Yusufzai Pathans was A) Farid. B) Bhagu. C) Khan Jahan. D) Chingis Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhagu. 21. Malik Amber, Commander of forces of Ahmadnagar was a/an A) Persian. B) Afghan. C) Iranian. D) Abyssinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abyssinian. 22. The peacock throne was constructed by the Mughal Emperor A) Akbar. B) Jahangir. C) Shah Jahan. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shah Jahan. 23. An ambassador of the British King James I, who secured favourable privileges for the East India Company from Emperor Jahangir, was A) Thomas Roe. B) Hawkins. C) Josiah Child. D) Henry Middleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Roe. 24. The following Chalukya king performed an ashwamedha yajna? A) Pulkesin V. B) Vikramaditya I. C) Pulkesin II. D) Pulkesin I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulkesin I. 25. Hakim Mirza, the younger brother of Akbar was the viceroy of A) Kabul. B) Agra. C) Herat. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kabul. 26. The Sikh Guru who had been killed at the instance of Aurangzeb was A) Guru Hargobind. B) Guru Atjan Dev. C) Guru Tegh Bahadur. D) Guru Gobind Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guru Tegh Bahadur. 27. Dadaji was the guardian of A) Shivaji. B) Shahu. C) Sambaji. D) Shaji Bhonsle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivaji. 28. Hazi Ibrahim Sarhindi is known to be a Persian Writer during the reign of Akbar was translated the following Sanskrit work in Persian? A) Ramayana. B) Atharva Veda. C) Rigveda. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atharva Veda. 29. The Mughals have been made immortal by their achievements in the field. A) Military. B) Architectural. C) Political. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Architectural. 30. Which among the following religion is related to Dilwada temples at Mount Abu? A) Shaiv Sect of Hindus. B) Buddhism. C) Jainism. D) Vaishnav sect of Hindus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism. 31. According to Guru Nanak Salvation could be obtained A) In the service of God. B) Taking the Brahmans and Mullahs as their guides. C) In fighting for the country. D) In fighting against Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the service of God. 32. Which of the following Sultanate Rulers made Delhi as capital in place of Lahore? A) Akbar. B) Qutubuddin Aibak. C) Razia Sultana. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iltutmish. 33. Vasucharita is a work of which of the following? A) Vitthalantha. B) Kalidasa. C) Ram raja. D) Krishndev rai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ram raja. 34. The medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture was A) Alatiddin Khalji. B) Mohammad-bin Tughluq. C) Akbar. D) Sher Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sher Shah. 35. In Mansabdari system the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was A) Mansabdar. B) Emperor. C) Dah Hazari. D) Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emperor. 36. The main aim of the attacks of Muhammad-bin-Tughluq in south India was A) To compel the rulers of South India to accept the sovereignty of the Delhi Sultanate. B) Plunder of wealth. C) Extension of the empire. D) Propagation of the Muslim culture in South India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extension of the empire. 37. Shivaji's administration owed its origin to the principles laid down by A) Kautilya. B) Akbar. C) Adi Granth. D) Sher Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kautilya. 38. In 1542 Akbar was born at A) Kabul. B) Amarkot. C) Herat. D) Agra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amarkot. 39. Mumtaj Mahal was the daughter of A) Daniyal. B) Gheyas Beg. C) Sher Afghan. D) Abul Hasan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abul Hasan. 40. Etti, Kavidi and Eradi are names of which among the following in sangam age? A) Places. B) Crops. C) Taxes. D) Titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Titles. 41. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as A) Amin. B) Diwan. C) Vakil. D) Kotwal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diwan. 42. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at A) Daulatabad. B) Delhi. C) Agra. D) Ajmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agra. 43. Which among the following was not an Independent Kingdom? A) Vijayanagar Empire. B) Bahamani Kingdom. C) Qutub Shahi of Golconda. D) Madurai Sultanate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qutub Shahi of Golconda. 44. Which Sultan had been named Lakh Baksh, or the giver of lakhs, for his unbounded generosity? A) Iltutmish. B) Nasiruddin Mahmud. C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. 45. The Zamindars were known by several names in different parts of India, Which did not include being called a A) Nayak. B) Patil. C) Rajuka. D) Deshmukh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deshmukh. 46. The stone railing Which Aurangzeb ordered to remove was presented to Keshav Rai Temple by A) Dadaji. B) Shivaji. C) Dara Shukoh. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dara Shukoh. 47. The Sultan who completed the conquest of the South and broke the political barriers between the North and the South was A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. B) Firuz Tughluq. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. 48. Shivaji attacked Shayista Khan in the night at A) Poona. B) Agra. C) Bijapur. D) Konkan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poona. 49. During whose reign Changez Khan invaded India? A) Balban. B) Alauddin Khilji. C) Iltutmish. D) Razia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iltutmish. 50. The real founder of the Sultanate of Delhi and its first dynasty was A) Muhammad Ghuri. B) Balban. C) Iltutmish. D) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iltutmish. 51. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji A) Guru Ram Das. B) Mirabai. C) Guru Nanak Dev. D) Tukaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guru Ram Das. 52. The Vijayanagar and the Bahamani Kingdoms fought relentlessly throughout the period of their existence for the possession of A) Goa. B) Goa, Dabhol and Chaul. C) Telengana. D) Raichur Doab. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raichur Doab. 53. Who among the following founded the principality of Ghazani in AD 962? A) Shah Mahmoud. B) Mahmood Ghazani. C) Alptigin. D) Subuktgeen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alptigin. 54. Many details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at A) Kanchipuram. B) Woriyur. C) Uttiramerur. D) Thanjavur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uttiramerur. 55. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin? A) Buddhism. B) Jainism. C) Hinduism. D) Zoroastrianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinduism. 56. Defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj (1540) also constructed the Purana Qila of New Delhi A) Adil Shah. B) Bin-Kasim. C) Sher Shah Suri. D) Malik Kafur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sher Shah Suri. 57. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was A) Annexation of Ahmadnagar. B) Treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda. C) Both A and B above. D) Expulsion of the Portuguese from Hughli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above. 58. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was A) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya. B) Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti. C) Sheikh Salim Chisti. D) Baba Farid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti. 59. During Mughal rule, excellent cotton goods were woven in Which one of the following centres? A) Delhi. B) Calcutta. C) Agra. D) Surat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agra. 60. Which monarch called himself as the second Alexander? A) Akbar. B) Samudra Gupta. C) Alauddin Khalji. D) Chandra Gupta II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alauddin Khalji. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMediaval India Quiz 1Mediaval India Quiz 2Mediaval 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