This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Medieval Indian History – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Medieval Indian History Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The scientific study of the material remains of the past known as?? A) Architectures. B) Anthropology. C) Literature. D) Archaeology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archaeology. 2. The chronicle Alamgirnama was written by A) Abdul Qadeer without. B) Mirza Muhammad Kazim. C) Minhaj-us-Siraj. D) Ziauddin Barani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mirza Muhammad Kazim. 3. Literary works are example of which sources A) Primary sources. B) Secondary sources. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary sources. 4. THE WORD MEDIUM AEVUM MEANS A) RELATING OR BEING FOR ANCIENT AGE. B) RELATING FOR PEOPLE. C) RELATING FOR EVERYONE. D) RELETAING OR BELONGING TO THE MIDDLE AGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RELETAING OR BELONGING TO THE MIDDLE AGE. 5. India received it's present day name from the A) Chinese. B) British. C) Turks. D) Persians. E) Greeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Greeks. 6. Which of the following Prathihara king adopted the title 'Adivarah'? A) A. Mahendrapala I. B) S. Rambhadra. C) B. Mihir Bhoja. D) D. Nagapatta I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. Mihir Bhoja. 7. Calicut became a site of encounter because A) The first explorers from the Americas discovered it. B) Sailors from many places shared their culture while they waited months for winds to change. C) It is where the Gupta, Chola, and Mughal emperors met. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sailors from many places shared their culture while they waited months for winds to change. 8. The first of the slave kings was? A) Alaudeen. B) Ilthutmish. C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak. D) Mahmoud Ghazni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak. 9. St. Francis was pronounced a saint by whom? A) Pope Gregory IX. B) Pope Stephen IX. C) Pope Clement XIV. D) Pope Gregory X. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pope Gregory IX. 10. WHO DECRIBE HINDUSTAN IN 13TH CENTURY IN AREAS OF MORDREN PUNJAB A) TABAQAT-I-NASIRI. B) MINHAJ-US-SIRAJ. C) RAMACHARITA MANASA. D) HISTORY-I-FIRUS SHAHI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MINHAJ-US-SIRAJ. 11. The Turks introduced new musical instruments such as the ..... ? A) Rabab, Sarangi. B) Tabla, torn. C) Thakil, Timila. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabab, Sarangi. 12. A PERSIAN WHEEL IS RELATED TO A) TRADE. B) COMMERCE. C) MAKING CLOTHES. D) IRRIGATION. E) TRAVEL. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IRRIGATION. 13. The Yuan Dynasty was able to create what things from tax money collected from the Chinese? A) Roads. B) Palaces. C) Postal System. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Transform yourself through moral conduct and meditation A) Mahayana Buddhism. B) Theravada Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theravada Buddhism. 15. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire? A) Humayun. B) Akbar. C) Babur. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Babur. 16. The Mughal Empire fell because Aurangzeb spent the empire's money on war and he showed no tolerance of other religions and tried to force Hindus to convert to the Muslim religion. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. Who founded Agra city? A) Bahlol Lodhi. B) Balban. C) Iltutmish. D) Sikandar Lodhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikandar Lodhi. 18. What is considered the medieval period in the world? A) 8th to 18th century. B) 10th to 14th century. C) 5th to 20th century. D) 5th to 15th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5th to 15th century. 19. Most literature written during the Gupta Empire was written in Sanskrit. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Feudalism is..... A) Electing officials to important government jobs. B) The exchange of land for labor and loyalty. C) How much money someone has. D) A traditional religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The exchange of land for labor and loyalty. 21. What is the word foreigner in Persian? A) Stranger. B) A foreigner. C) Anyadeshi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A foreigner. 22. What were samurai's given for payment? A) Gold. B) Homes. C) Land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land. 23. Buddha is a great teacher NOT a god A) Theravada Buddhism. B) Mahayana Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theravada Buddhism. 24. The Golden Temple was built on the arch and come principle of the ..... ? A) Islamic architecture. B) Persian Architecture. C) Mughal Architecture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Islamic architecture. 25. The greatest mughal emperor was ..... A) Jahangir. B) Akbar. C) Shah Alam. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akbar. 26. The Muslim rulers provided political stability for years. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. ..... are an old religious sect from the Middle east. A) Question. B) Sufis. C) Khanqas. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sufis. 28. Who built the Buddhist monastery at Odantapuri, Bihar? A) Gopala. B) Devpala. C) Dharmapala. D) Ramapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gopala. 29. Who wrote the 'Tarik-i-Firuz Shahi'? A) Apple is still. B) Gulbadan Begum. C) Ziauddin Barani. D) Alberuni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ziauddin Barani. 30. During the medieval period many ..... tried to make maps of the Indian subcontinent in different ways. A) Photographers. B) Pictographs. C) Artists. D) Cartographers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartographers. 31. Who is known as the second founder of the Palas Dynasty? A) Dharmapala. B) Devapala. C) Mahipala I. D) Gopala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahipala I. 32. Who was Mirabai married to? A) Bhoj Raj. B) Namdev. C) Rana song. D) Tipu Sultan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhoj Raj. 33. The Gupta Empire was most powerful under Samudra Gupta A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 34. Through these wars, the English had made other Europeans countries not to challenge them in India. A) Carnatic wars. B) Anglo Maratha war. C) Anglo Mysore war. D) Plassey and Buxar war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnatic wars. 35. Many new dynasties emerged after which century? A) 7th Century. B) 12th Century. C) 11th Century. D) 15th Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7th Century. 36. Some changes were brought about in our country from the 8th century up to the 18th country, Le. the ..... period.: A) Historic. B) Modern. C) Stone. D) Medieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medieval. 37. Bhakti movement was started by A) Sankara. B) Sudra. C) Sufis. D) Alwars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alwars. 38. Rashtrakutas were subordinate to whom? A) Cheras. B) Cholas. C) Chalukyas. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chalukyas. 39. Archaeological and Literary sources were the two main sources of Medieval History A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. ....used the term Hindustan to denote the geography, the natural vegetation and the culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent. A) British Raj. B) Minhaj Us Siraj. C) Akbar. D) Babur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Babur. 41. 4-Autobiographies are account of people written by whom? A) Historians. B) Calligraphists. C) By other people. D) Themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Themselves. 42. Medieval period of Indian history extends from ..... to ..... century CE A) 6 to 16. B) 7 to 17. C) 8 to 18. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 to 18. 43. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in ..... in 15 th century CE A) Kerala. B) Bengal. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bengal. 44. Ain-I-akbari is written by??? A) Kalhan. B) Abu Fazal. C) Gulbadan begum. D) Chand bardai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abu Fazal. 45. ..... built the Kailash temple at Ellora. A) Krishna I. B) Mahendrapala. C) Amoghavarsha. D) Mihir Bhoj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Krishna I. 46. An individual who delays reaching nirvana in order to help others get there A) Mughal. B) Sultan. C) Bhodisatva. D) Pilgrim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhodisatva. 47. What is one way the Gupta emperors benefited from trade? A) By collecting Taxes on all Imports & Exports. B) By forcing everyone to build a great wall. C) By invading and conquering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By collecting Taxes on all Imports & Exports. 48. What is Shahi history? A) On the continent. B) Hasan Nizami. C) Marking. D) Minhaj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the continent. 49. ..... was the another art form that was encouraged by the medieval kings. A) Paintings. B) Scripts. C) Sculptures. D) Indigenous literatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paintings. 50. Who founded Chalisa Dal? A) Alauddin Khilji. B) Firozshah Tughlaq. C) Iltutmish. D) Qutubuddin Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iltutmish. 51. The last significant ruler of Sena Dynasty Lakshmana Sena was defeated by ..... A) Palas. B) Mauryas. C) Khiljis. D) Pratiharas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khiljis. 52. In feudal Japan, who was granted land in exchange for pledging to fight for their lords? A) Emperor. B) The first myo. C) Farmers. D) Samurai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samurai. 53. The dynasty founded by Kublai Khan, a Mongol. A) Yuan. B) He. C) Song. D) Tang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yuan. 54. Loyal devotion to your chosen Hindu god A) Bhakti. B) Mughal. C) Buddhism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhakti. 55. What religion was popular during the middle ages in China? A) Song. B) Tang. C) Christianity. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 56. Who has written futuhat-I-firoz shahi??? A) Minhaj-us-saraj. B) Firuz Shah. C) Ziauddin brave. D) Chand bardai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firuz Shah. 57. Spread along trade routes and is primary Buddhism practiced in Tibet, China, Japan & Vietnam A) Mahayana Buddhism. B) Theravada Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahayana Buddhism. 58. Who is the chronincal of "RAJATARANGINI" A) Kalhan. B) Mirza Muhammad. C) Firuz Shah. D) Begum gulbadan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalhan. 59. Bhoja I of Paramara dynasty started a Sanskrit college at ..... A) Malwa. B) Earth. C) Kanauj. D) Jaipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 60. The land to the east of Indus came to be called Hindustan by the A) Greeks. B) Persians. C) Arabs. D) Both 2 and 3. 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