This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the Mughal period the main source of Imperial revenue was A) Customs duties. B) Industry. C) Foreign trade. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 2. The Ashtadiggajas at the court of Krishnadeva Raya were A) Eight great ministers like the Maratha Astapradhans. B) Eight great musicians. C) Eight great Nayaks of the Empire of Vijayanagar. D) Eight great scholars of Telugu literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eight great scholars of Telugu literature. 3. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders. A) Ten. B) Eighteen. C) Seven. D) Only Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ten. 4. The first woman ruler of India was A) Rani of Jhansi. B) Razia Sultan. C) Indira Gandhi. D) Noorjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Razia Sultan. 5. Balram Khan was murdered at A) Anhilvad. B) Panipat. C) Chausa. D) Sirhind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anhilvad. 6. Prince Dara Shukoh was the son of A) Humayun. B) Shah Jahan. C) Jahangir. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shah Jahan. 7. Ibaadat Khana which was constructed by Akbar at fatehpur Sikri was basically for the purpose of.....? A) Discuss matters related to propagation of Islam. B) Discuss matters related to expansion of Din-i-Ilahi. C) Discuss matters related to all religions. D) Discuss matters related to Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discuss matters related to all religions. 8. The sun saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was A) Shah Alam Bukhari. B) Muin-ud-din Chishti. C) Baba Farid. D) Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muin-ud-din Chishti. 9. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was A) Iltutmish. B) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. C) Firuz Shah Tughluq. D) Sikandar Lodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firuz Shah Tughluq. 10. What did Ramanuja preach? A) Ahimsa. B) The Bhakti Cult. C) Gyan Marga. D) The nearing apocalypse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bhakti Cult. 11. 1526 AD is significant in India's History because of..... A) Arrival of Ibn batuta. B) Foundation of Mughal empire in North India. C) Arrival of Vasco Di Gama. D) Establishment of East India Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foundation of Mughal empire in North India. 12. Akbar married a bride from A) Jaipur. B) Jaisalmer. C) Udaipur. D) Bikaner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Udaipur. 13. The Mughal queen, whose name was inscribed on the coins and on all royal farmans as well as attached to the imperial signature was A) Nur Jahan. B) Mumtaz Mahal. C) Jodha Bai. D) Ladli Begum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nur Jahan. 14. The Indian ruler who had issued a royal edict forbidding anyone to laugh in his court was A) Iltutmish. B) Aurangzeb. C) Balban. D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balban. 15. Who among the following is said to be the pioneer of guerilla warfare in the Deccan region? A) Shivaji. B) Shah ji Bhosle. C) Malik Ambar. D) Maloji Bhosale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malik Ambar. 16. Shivaji maintained a fleet at A) Kolaba. B) Surat. C) Calicut. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kolaba. 17. Who is the author of the famous book Gita Gobinda? A) Mirabai. B) Kautilya. C) Jaydev. D) Kalidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jaydev. 18. The medieval Hindu ruler who was a contemporary of Akbar, and took the title of Vikramaditya was A) Rana Pratap (of Mewar). B) Sadasiva Raya (of Vijayanagar). C) Raja Man Singh (of Amber). D) Hemachandra (Hemu). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hemachandra (Hemu). 19. The Mughals imported fruits from A) Samarkand. B) Arabia. C) Kabul. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samarkand. 20. The founder of the Bahamani Kingdom was A) Alauddin Hasan Bahaman Shah. B) Mohammad Shah I. C) Ahmad Shah. D) Firuz Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin Hasan Bahaman Shah. 21. Akbar's nurse-in-chief was A) Mumtaj. B) Hamida Begum. C) Maham Anaga. D) Jahanara. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maham Anaga. 22. Who among the following introduced Kabuliyat and Patta? A) Shahjahan. B) Babur. C) Shershah. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shershah. 23. What does the Sangam age owe its name to? A) A literary guild. B) Confluence of rivers. C) Village assembly. D) Jain Influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A literary guild. 24. Razia Sultan acceded to the throne of Delhi in.....? A) 1226 A.D. B) 1236 A.D. C) 1220 A.D. D) 1235 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1236 A.D. 25. Out of Capital of Akbar's Kingdom, Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal and Akbar's Mausoleum, which are located at the same place? A) Panch Mahal and Akbar's Mausoleum. B) Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal and Akbar's Mausoleum. C) Capital of Akbar's Kingdom, Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal. D) Capital of Akbar's Kingdom and Akbar's Mausoleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capital of Akbar's Kingdom, Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal. 26. Who is the only women historian to have written a historical account of Mughal Period? A) Gulbadan Begum. B) Noorjahan Begum. C) Zebun-nissa Begum. D) Jahanara Begum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulbadan Begum. 27. Who among the following shifted the pillars from Topra and Meerut to New Delhi? A) Ghayasuddin Tughlaq. B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq. C) Ferozshah Tughlag. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferozshah Tughlag. 28. The rockcut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of the A) Chola Kings. B) Pallava Kings. C) Pandya Kings. D) Satavahana Kings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallava Kings. 29. The Treaty of Purandar was signed on June 11, 1665 between Mughals and Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Who represented Mughals in this treaty? A) Jai Singh III. B) Ram Singh II. C) Man Singh I. D) Jai Singh I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jai Singh I. 30. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of A) Akbar. B) Shah Jahan. C) Aurangzeb. D) Bahadur Shah I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aurangzeb. 31. Which was the language adopted by the Bhakti saints to preach their ideas to the masses? A) Regional vernacular languages. B) Sanskrit. C) Ardh-Magadhi. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regional vernacular languages. 32. Which of the following statements correctly describes the real spirit of Din-i-illahi? A) It was an attempt towards founding a universal religion. B) It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none. C) It was a concept of common citizenship of the people of common faith. D) It was founded to instil intense loyalty to the emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none. 33. Alauddin Khalji rigidly enforced 'market control' or economic regulations for A) Building up a large and contented army with small salaries. B) The general welfare of the people. C) Both A and B above. D) Curbing dishonest merchants and traders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above. 34. Akbar's teacher was A) Kabir. B) Abul Fazl. C) Bairam Khan. D) Abdul Latif. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abdul Latif. 35. Who among the following translated Baburnama from chagtai to Persian A) Abul Fazal. B) Khawaja Reazuddin Atash. C) Humayun. D) Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana. 36. In India artillery was first used in the battle of A) Khanwa. B) Talikot. C) Sialkot. D) Panipat in 1526. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Panipat in 1526. 37. The Mughala aubdued the Pathans by following the policy of A) Annexation. B) Association. C) Divide and rule. D) Co-existence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divide and rule. 38. Humayun Nama was written by which of the following authors? A) Humayun. B) Khwand Amir. C) Gulbadan Beghum. D) Abu Faza;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulbadan Beghum. 39. Who had preached "Rama and Rahim are two different names of the same God"? A) Chaitanya. B) Sant Kabir. C) Ramanuja. D) Ramananda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sant Kabir. 40. The Nobility of the Delhi Sultanate was largely composed of A) Turks. B) Composite elements. C) Arabs. D) Afghans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turks. 41. The longest road built by Sher Shah, known as Sarak-I-Azam (currently known as GT Road or Sher Shah Suri Road) ran from the Indus in the North-West to A) Calcutta. B) Malda. C) Sonargaon. D) Dacca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonargaon. 42. Permission to the British to establish their trading centre at Surat had been given by the Mughal emperor A) Babar. B) Jahangir. C) Akbar. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahangir. 43. In the light of events which occurred during the reign of Shahjahan, select the statement which is NOT correct: A) The capital of the mughal empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi. B) Monthly scale was introduced in Mansabdari system. C) Foreign travelers Bernier, Travernier and Manucci visited the Mughal court. D) Jats and Satnamis raised the banner of rebellion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jats and Satnamis raised the banner of rebellion. 44. Which one of the following was the cause of disintegration of the Mughal Empire? A) War of succession among sons of Aurangzeb. B) Attacks of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali. C) Revolts of various communities like Jats, Sikhs, Rajputs etc. D) All of the above mentioned factors contributed to the downfall of the Mughal Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above mentioned factors contributed to the downfall of the Mughal Empire. 45. What was the bone of contention between Vijayanagar and the Bahmani Kingdoms? A) Krishna Delta. B) Telangana. C) Godavari Delta. D) Raichur Doab. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raichur Doab. 46. The Mughal troops were largely drawn from A) Mansabdars. B) The Rajput Chiefs. C) Tributary Chiefs. D) Central Contingents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mansabdars. 47. The leader of the Afridis clan was A) Bhagu. B) Afzul Khan. C) Sher Khan. D) Ajmal Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ajmal Khan. 48. Who among the following composed Ananga? A) Kabir. B) Gyaneshwar. C) Tukaram. D) Raidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gyaneshwar. 49. Who is the author of Padmawat? A) Faizi. B) Amir Khusrau. C) Malik Mohammad Jaysai. D) Abul Fazl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malik Mohammad Jaysai. 50. Shayista Khan escaped with the loss of three fingers from A) Afzalkhan. B) Sambhaji. C) Aurangzeb. D) Shivaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shivaji. 51. Which of the following Mughal emperor is famous for his golden chain of justice? A) Shahjahan. B) Babur. C) Akbar. D) Jahanagir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahanagir. 52. Which Rajput dynasty had not surrendered to Akbar? A) Rathor. B) Sisodiya. C) Pratihara. D) Parmar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sisodiya. 53. Which of the following Mughal emperor was known as Prince Khurram? A) Shahjahan. B) Jahanagir. C) Aurangazeb. D) Shah Alam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shahjahan. 54. Sri Perumbudur, a temple town in southern India, is the birthplace of A) Madhavacharya. B) Ramanuja. C) Adi Shankaracharya. D) Vidyaranya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramanuja. 55. Which among the following was a unit of Mughal Empire for the purpose of Administration and Revenue Collection? A) Grama. B) Parautis. C) Subahs. D) Paraganas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subahs. 56. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at A) Samugarh. B) Deorai. C) Khajwa. D) Dharmat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samugarh. 57. Tower of Victory '' or Vijay stambh in Rajasthan is located in A) Udaipur. B) Chittorgarh. C) Ajmer. D) Jaipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chittorgarh. 58. The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden call from the staircase was A) Shah Jahan. B) Humayun. C) Aurangzeb. D) Babar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humayun. 59. Aurangzeb died in the year A) 1707. B) 1764. C) 1700. D) 1760. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1707. 60. Under the Mughal rule the judicial service was formed by A) Vakil. B) Mansabdars. C) Diwan. D) Kazis. 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