This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Mediaval India – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the reign of which among the following Mughal rulers, maximum number of books on classical music were written? A) Akbar. B) Jahanagir. C) Shahjahan. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 2. Which Mugal emperor was a great musician, a great patron of Hindustani Music and was popularly known as Rangila? A) Ahmad Shah. B) Muhammad Shah. C) Bahdur Shah I. D) Bahadur Shah II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad Shah. 3. On the wall of Which building built by Shah Jahan, is the following Persian couplet inscribed "if there is paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this"? A) Jasmine Palace. B) Moti Masjid. C) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi. D) Diwan-i-Aam, Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi. 4. Mir Jumla was a/an A) Prince. B) Diamond Merchant. C) Amir. D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diamond Merchant. 5. Who was the first Indian Ruler who could bring Kabul and Kandhar under Indian Empire only after Kushanas? A) Akbar. B) Alauddin Khilji. C) Babur. D) Ibrahim Lodi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Babur. 6. Which among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate declared himself as Sikandar-I-Sani? A) Kaiqubad. B) Firoz Tughlaq. C) Alauddin Khilji. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alauddin Khilji. 7. Vljayanagar was founded on the southern bank of the river A) Narmada. B) Tungabhadra. C) Krishna. D) Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tungabhadra. 8. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year A) 1670. B) 1674. C) 1664. D) 1660. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1674. 9. Akbar'a son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of A) Jahangir Alamgir. B) Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir. C) Jahangir Alampanah. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir. 10. Of the following sons or Aurangzeb who rebelled against Aurangzeb? A) Kam Baksh. B) Muazzam. C) Akbar. D) Azam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 11. The son of Shah Jahan, who studied the New Testament, the writings of the Muslim suns, the Vedanta philosophy, Upaniahadas, etc. and sought to find a meeting point between Hinduism and Islam, was A) Shuja. B) Aurangzeb. C) Murad. D) Dara Shukoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dara Shukoh. 12. Udai Singh was ruler of A) Mewar. B) Malwa. C) Bijapur. D) Golkonda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mewar. 13. Which among the following is not a work of Amir Khusrau? A) Tughluq Nama. B) Tarik-i-Alai. C) Khazyan-ul-Futuh. D) Tabqat-i-Naisiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tabqat-i-Naisiri. 14. Humayunnama was written by A) Salima Sultan. B) Princess Gulbadan Begum. C) Jahanara Begum. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Princess Gulbadan Begum. 15. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was A) Land Tax. B) Currency System. C) Surplus Revenue. D) Revenue from Seaports. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revenue from Seaports. 16. Of the so-called 'Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar' the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was A) Faizi. B) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana. C) Abul Fazl. D) Birbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana. 17. Who invaded India in 1398 AD during the reign of Nasiruddin Mahmud of Tughlaq Dynasty? A) Chegiz khan. B) Timur. C) Babur. D) Khijr Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timur. 18. Hindi poet Jagannath Pandit Raj was the most favorite poet of which of the following Emperors? A) Jahangir. B) Shahjahan. C) Humayun. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shahjahan. 19. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler A) Humayun. B) Aurangzeb. C) Akbar. D) Babar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 20. Who among the following built the mosque Quwal-ul-lslam at Delhi? A) Alauddin Khilji. B) Qutubuddin Aiabak. C) Iltutmish. D) Babur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qutubuddin Aiabak. 21. The Pearl Mosque was built by A) Humayun. B) Akbar. C) Shah Jahan. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shah Jahan. 22. Dantidurga also known as Dantivarman was the founder of which of the following dynasty? A) Rasthrakutas. B) Pallavas. C) Cholas. D) Cheras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rasthrakutas. 23. The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of A) Assam. B) Maharashtra. C) Bengal. D) Both (a) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 24. 'Padshah-nama' (Chronicle of the Emperor) written by Abdul Hamid Lahori, is the official visual history giving a detailed account of the reign of which of the following Mughal Emperor? A) Aurangzeb. B) Shah Jahan. C) Babur. D) Jahanagir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shah Jahan. 25. Who among the following poets used to write the Urdu Ghazals with the pen name "Asad" ? A) Amir Khusrow. B) Mirza Ghalib. C) Dushyant. D) Mir Taqi Mir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mirza Ghalib. 26. The Peshwa's Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as A) Peshwa Dafter. B) El Beriz Daftar. C) Chalte Dafter. D) Huzur Daftar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Huzur Daftar. 27. Raja Todar Mal introduced standard weights and measures, a land survey and settlement system, revenue districts and officers during Akbar's reign. In whose reign as a finance minister Raja Todarmal developed his expertise? A) Babur. B) Shershah Suri. C) Humayun. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shershah Suri. 28. Timur's invasion has taken place during the reign of A) Abu Bakr Tughluq. B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq. C) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughluq. D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughluq. 29. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival of NAUROJ in India? A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Iltutmish. C) Firuz Tughluq. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balban. 30. Akbar defeated Durgawati and captured A) Bijapur. B) Jhansi. C) Surat. D) Gondwana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gondwana. 31. Under Shivaji's rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as A) Hazari. B) Faujdar. C) Jumadar. D) Havaldar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Havaldar. 32. Sher Shah defeated Humayun at A) Agra. B) Gaur. C) Chausa. D) Chunar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chausa. 33. The famous Mughal General who conquered Assam, Chittagong, etc. in the north-east was A) Shaista Khan. B) Jaswant Singh. C) Mir Jumla. D) Mirza Raja Jai Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mir Jumla. 34. Who among the following forbade the inscription of kalma on Coins? A) Aurangzeb. B) Akbar. C) Shahjahan. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangzeb. 35. Jujhar Singh, who was a Bundela Chief had revolted against: A) Shahjahan. B) Akbar. C) Aurangzeb. D) Jahanagir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shahjahan. 36. Who among the following are known as King Makers in Indian History? A) Sayyid Brothers. B) Hussain Brothers. C) Hassan Family. D) Tardi Begh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sayyid Brothers. 37. Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak? A) Kalidasa. B) Harisena. C) Tulsidas. D) Sant Kabir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sant Kabir. 38. Who among the following Sultana wall advised by Qazi Mughiauddin to act according to the laws of Shariat, but the Sultan rejected his advice? A) Alauddin Khalji. B) Jalaluddin Khalji. C) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. D) Firuz Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin Khalji. 39. Who among the following wrote Astangasangraha.? A) Kalhana. B) Aryabhatta. C) Banabhatta. D) Vagabhatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vagabhatta. 40. To bring Hindu-Muslim unity, Akbar A) Encouraged cow-killing. B) Remained silent to cow-killing. C) Taxed cow-killing. D) Prohibited cow-killing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prohibited cow-killing. 41. Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India? A) Rani of Jhansi. B) Tipu Sultan. C) Shivaji. D) Jai Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tipu Sultan. 42. The Mongols attacked India, for the first time, during the period of A) Balban. B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. C) Alauddin. D) Iltutmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iltutmish. 43. In medieval India the state derived the highest income from? A) Jeziah. B) Land Revenue. C) Trade and Transit Duties. D) War Booty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land Revenue. 44. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying A) Mughal court. B) Domestic subjects. C) Scenes from the Indian classics. D) The scenes of their motherland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mughal court. 45. The ryotwari system which was instituted in some parts of British India, was one of the two main systems used to collect revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land. It was originally introduced by.....? A) Jahanagir. B) Humayun. C) Shershah Suri. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shershah Suri. 46. 'Gita Govinda' as written in the 12th century by A) Bana. B) Ramanuja. C) Bhartruhari. D) Jayadeva. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jayadeva. 47. The troops provided by the Mansabdars was chiefly A) Artillery. B) Navy. C) Infantry. D) Cavalry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cavalry. 48. Which of the following invaders is wrongly paired with the year of his invasion? A) Mahmud of Ghaznavi, 1000 AD. B) Ahmad Shah Abdali, 1716 AD. C) Timurlane, 1398 AD. D) Nadir Shah, 1738 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ahmad Shah Abdali, 1716 AD. 49. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the..... century? A) 14th. B) 11th. C) 13th. D) 12th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11th. 50. From the point of view of the Turkish rule, the most important contribution of IItutmish was A) He organised the Iqta System. B) Establishment of dynastic rule. C) He made Delhi the capital of the Sultanate. D) He was the first Muslim ruler in India to issue coins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He organised the Iqta System. 51. The first Sultan of Delhi who had introduced the Practice of Sijda was A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Iltutmish. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balban. 52. Under Shivaji each province was under a A) Viceroy. B) Diwan. C) Zamindar. D) Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viceroy. 53. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following? A) Ramanujacharya. B) Ramananda. C) Vallabhacharya. D) Gyaneshwar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vallabhacharya. 54. During the reign of Krishnadev Raya which of the following famous temples were built in Vijaynagar empire? A) Hampi. B) Hazura. C) Belgaum. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazura. 55. Which Mughal Emperor had put a ban on killing of animals in certain days? A) Jahangir. B) Darashikoh. C) Shahjahan. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Akbar. 56. "Sur Sagar ", a treatise on music was written during the reign of which of the following Mughal emperors? A) Shahjahan. B) Akbar. C) Humayun. D) Jahanagir. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar. 57. Sri Harsha was a court poet of which among the following Gahadwala Kings? A) Govindchandra. B) Jayachandra. C) Chandradev. D) Virachandra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jayachandra. 58. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar's reign was the port of A) Karachi. B) Surat. C) Bombay. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surat. 59. Of the following who did not revolt against Aurangzeb? A) Shayista Khan. B) Prince Akbar. C) Satnamis. D) Jats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shayista Khan. 60. 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