Mediaval India Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. During the reign of which among the following Mughal rulers, maximum number of books on classical music were written?
2. Which Mugal emperor was a great musician, a great patron of Hindustani Music and was popularly known as Rangila?
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"?
4. Mir Jumla was a/an
5. Who was the first Indian Ruler who could bring Kabul and Kandhar under Indian Empire only after Kushanas?
6. Which among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate declared himself as Sikandar-I-Sani?
7. Vljayanagar was founded on the southern bank of the river
8. Shivaji crowned himself as King in the year
9. Akbar'a son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of
10. Of the following sons or Aurangzeb who rebelled against Aurangzeb?
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
12. Udai Singh was ruler of
13. Which among the following is not a work of Amir Khusrau?
14. Humayunnama was written by
15. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was
16. Of the so-called 'Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar' the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was
17. Who invaded India in 1398 AD during the reign of Nasiruddin Mahmud of Tughlaq Dynasty?
18. Hindi poet Jagannath Pandit Raj was the most favorite poet of which of the following Emperors?
19. Jizya was abolished by the Mughal ruler
20. Who among the following built the mosque Quwal-ul-lslam at Delhi?
21. The Pearl Mosque was built by
22. Dantidurga also known as Dantivarman was the founder of which of the following dynasty?
23. The Pandharpur Movement is associated with the Bhakti Movement of
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?
25. Who among the following poets used to write the Urdu Ghazals with the pen name "Asad" ?
26. The Peshwa's Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as
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?
28. Timur's invasion has taken place during the reign of
29. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival of NAUROJ in India?
30. Akbar defeated Durgawati and captured
31. Under Shivaji's rule, the head of a unit of 25 in the Cavalry was known as
32. Sher Shah defeated Humayun at
33. The famous Mughal General who conquered Assam, Chittagong, etc. in the north-east was
34. Who among the following forbade the inscription of kalma on Coins?
35. Jujhar Singh, who was a Bundela Chief had revolted against:
36. Who among the following are known as King Makers in Indian History?
37. Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak?
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?
39. Who among the following wrote Astangasangraha.?
40. To bring Hindu-Muslim unity, Akbar
41. Which Indian ruler had requested Napoleon for help in driving the British away from India?
42. The Mongols attacked India, for the first time, during the period of
43. In medieval India the state derived the highest income from?
44. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying
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.....?
46. 'Gita Govinda' as written in the 12th century by
47. The troops provided by the Mansabdars was chiefly
48. Which of the following invaders is wrongly paired with the year of his invasion?
49. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the..... century?
50. From the point of view of the Turkish rule, the most important contribution of IItutmish was
51. The first Sultan of Delhi who had introduced the Practice of Sijda was
52. Under Shivaji each province was under a
53. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following?
54. During the reign of Krishnadev Raya which of the following famous temples were built in Vijaynagar empire?
55. Which Mughal Emperor had put a ban on killing of animals in certain days?
56. "Sur Sagar ", a treatise on music was written during the reign of which of the following Mughal emperors?
57. Sri Harsha was a court poet of which among the following Gahadwala Kings?
58. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar's reign was the port of
59. Of the following who did not revolt against Aurangzeb?
60. The area around which among the following modern cities of India, a Hindu Silhara dynasty ruled from 9th to 13th century AD?