This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Medieval Indian History – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Medieval Indian History Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following Pratiharas ruler defended western India from the Arab invasions? A) Mihir Bhoj. B) Nagabhatta I. C) Amoghavarsha. D) Mahendrapal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagabhatta I. 2. Who founded the Mughal Dynasty in India? A) Babur. B) Akbar. C) Genghis Khan. D) Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Babur. 3. A person who travels to religious holy sites. A) Pilgrim. B) Sultan. C) Chandra Gupta. D) Bodhisattva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrim. 4. What was one of the difficulties faced by the historians while understanding manuscripts? A) Not able to understand the unclear handwriting. B) Not having a printer. C) Not having a proper pen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not able to understand the unclear handwriting. 5. The Rashtrakuta dynasty was founded by: A) Prithvi Raj Chauhan. B) Muhammad watch. C) Danti Durga. D) Mahmud of Ghazni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Danti Durga. 6. What was the important state revenue??? A) Land revenue. B) Economical revenue. C) Political revenue. D) Zabt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land revenue. 7. Land for the maintenance of school A) Devdana. B) Vellanavagai. C) Shallabho. D) Hallucination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shallabho. 8. Mirabai's brilliant poetry is known as what? A) Bhajans. B) Phraseology. C) A lot of people. D) Word:. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phraseology. 9. Paper was not used extensively as it was expensive in the medieval period. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. The Delhi sultanates were replaced by the ..... A) British empire. B) Mughal rulers. C) Turkish rulers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mughal rulers. 11. Urdu was originally known as ..... ? A) Zaban-e-Hindavi. B) Zaban-e-Islami. C) Zaban-e-Marathi. D) Zaban-e-Mughli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zaban-e-Hindavi. 12. What is archaeology? A) The study of the past by examining artifacts and fossils. B) Reading history books. C) Studying dinosaurs. D) The study of the past by examining textbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of the past by examining artifacts and fossils. 13. Who wrote the Danasagara and Adbhuta Sagara? A) Hemanta Sena. B) Vijaya Sena. C) Ballal Sena. D) Lakshmana is a year old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballal Sena. 14. The Pala kingdom was founded by ..... A) Ramapala. B) Gopala. C) Mahendrapala. D) Dharmapala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gopala. 15. Which Veda has the reference to a name of a king named Bharat? A) Rigveda. B) Atharvaveda. C) Yajurveda. D) Samveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 16. Who was the chronicler during Raziya Sultan's regime? A) Bridle opened. B) Ibn Battuta. C) Minhaj-i Siraj. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minhaj-i Siraj. 17. Who is a 'Cartographer' A) A person who excavates. B) To chef. C) Someone who makes maps. D) A research scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who makes maps. 18. The Muslims during the medieval period called the subcontinent ..... A) Hindustan. B) India. C) Indians. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindustan. 19. During the era of the lord-vassal (Feudalism) society in Japan, which group of people actually ruled Japan and truly held power? A) The samurais. B) The artisans. C) The shoguns. D) The emperors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shoguns. 20. Who among the following had written Majma-ul-Bahrain? A) Muhammad Kzim. B) Dara Shikoh Show Answer. C) Abdur Hameed Lahori. D) Inayat Khan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dara Shikoh Show Answer. 21. WHO WAS IBN BATTUTA A) HE WAS AN MOORISH TRAVELER WHO CAME TO INDIA IN THE REIGN OF MAHUMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ. B) HE WAS AN ARAB TRAVELER WHO CAME TO INDIA IN THE REIGN OF JAHANGIR. C) HE WAS AN TURKISH TRAVELER WHO CAME TO INDIA IN THE REIGN OF KRISHNADEVARAYA OF VIJAYNAGARA EMPIRE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE WAS AN MOORISH TRAVELER WHO CAME TO INDIA IN THE REIGN OF MAHUMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ. 22. A type of archaeological source A) Monuments. B) Coins. C) Inscriptions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. Who was the court poet of Mahmud Ghazni A) Joke. B) Firdausi. C) Nizami. D) Utbi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firdausi. 24. When did the medieval period start? A) 700 A.D. B) 780 A.D. C) 1100 A.D. D) 900 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 700 A.D. 25. Tawarikh was written in which language? A) Persian. B) Sanskrit. C) Arabic. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persian. 26. How did isolationism impact China? A) China fell behind technologically. B) China created new technology faster than the rest of the world. C) China fell and no longer exists. D) China grew rich and powerful during isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China fell behind technologically. 27. Forest dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 28. The bhakti movement reached Maharastra for ..... A) Gujarat. B) Goa. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu. 29. What is the correct order of the dynasties from first to last? A) Yuan, tang, song, Ming. B) Tang, song, yuan, Ming. C) Tang, song, Ming, yuan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tang, song, yuan, Ming. 30. The Persian wheel was used in field of A) Education. B) Weaving. C) Irrigation. D) Combats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irrigation. 31. The samurai's role in Japanese culture was to follow the Code of ....., which emphasized honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty to one's lord. A) Haiku. B) Kamikaze. C) Samurai level. D) Seppuku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samurai level. 32. Mahayana Buddhists A) View Buddha as a teacher, but not a god; focused on meditation and good behavior. B) Worship Buddha as a god; believed the 8-fold path was too hard to do before reaching nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worship Buddha as a god; believed the 8-fold path was too hard to do before reaching nirvana. 33. Satavahana kingdom reached its zenith between A.D. 106-130 A.D. and declined in the third century, Under whose rule was the zenith reached? A) Get up. B) Gautamiputra Satakarni. C) Satakarni . D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gautamiputra Satakarni. 34. Which of the following empires was involved in the Tripartite Struggle for Northern India? 1. Rashtrakutas2. Pratiharas3. PalasChoose the correct option from the codes listed below: A) 1 and 2. B) 1 and 3. C) 2 and 3. D) 1, 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 2 and 3. 35. What was the head of the military department under the Mughal known as? A) Mir Bakshi. B) Qazi. C) Vakil. D) Wazir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mir Bakshi. 36. What is the meaning of correspondence A) Letters especially of official or business letters. B) Something we use. C) Its a thing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Letters especially of official or business letters. 37. The traveller who wrote detailed information of his travels under the title Rihla (The Travelogue). A) Abdur Razzak. B) Sunday Paes. C) Ibn Batutah. D) Nico Conti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ibn Batutah. 38. ..... is a science of systematic collection and study of coins A) Epigraphy. B) Numismatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Numismatics. 39. The chronicle Tabaqat-i-Nasiri was written by A) Ziauddin Barani. B) Minhaj-us-Siraj. C) Mirza Muhammad Kazim. D) Abdul Qadeer without. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minhaj-us-Siraj. 40. Preserver of the World A) Ganesh. B) Vishnu. C) Buddha. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vishnu. 41. In feudal Japan, who was at the top of the social structure, but in reality had little power? A) Shoguns. B) The first myo. C) Farmers. D) Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emperor. 42. St. Francis Xavier was born in ..... ? A) Germany. B) England. C) Spain. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 43. What great project connected major rivers in China? A) Grand Canal. B) Great Wall. C) Great River. D) The Chinese Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grand Canal. 44. Overthrew the Mongol leaders. A) Yuan. B) Tang. C) Song. D) Ming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ming. 45. Cholas gained importance in A) West India. B) North India. C) East India. D) South India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South India. 46. Who is Marco Polo? A) A European that visited and lived in China during the Yuan dynasty. B) Emperor of the Sui dynasty, reuniting China after the Han dynasty. C) Ruthless leader of the Mongols, creating the largest land empire. D) Key engineer in building the Forbidden City of the Ming dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A European that visited and lived in China during the Yuan dynasty. 47. Theravada Buddhists A) View Buddha as a teacher, but not a god; focused on meditation and good behavior. B) Worship Buddha as a god; believed the 8-fold path was too hard to do before reaching nirvana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) View Buddha as a teacher, but not a god; focused on meditation and good behavior. 48. Kabir was the disciple of? A) Sankaran. B) Ramananda. C) Ramanuja. D) Meera bhai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramananda. 49. Which of these was NOT a reason the Mughal Empire was successful A) Technology and manufacturing grew. B) Tolerance of Hindus. C) Peace and prosperity. D) Winning a war against the Mongols. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winning a war against the Mongols. 50. Which country heavily influenced Japanese culture? A) China. B) India. C) Russia. D) Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 51. What is an artifact? A) A dinosaur bone. B) A preserved leaf. C) The physical remains of something that was once alive. D) A manmade object of historical interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A manmade object of historical interest. 52. A religious way of life that rejects worldly pursuits A) Bhakti. B) Structure. C) Monasticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monasticism. 53. The British called the dyed cotton clothes ..... A) Just dyed cotton clothes. B) Chimp. C) Clammaker. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chimp. 54. Kabir Mate..... Bhakti Sant and Dohas from Home A) Mirbahi. B) Tulsidas. C) Shankaracharya. D) Remaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remaining. 55. Which Mughal Emperor was defeated by Sher Shah Suri? A) Humayun. B) Aurangzeb. C) Akbar. D) Babur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humayun. 56. After the decline of the Palas, which dynasty established its rule in Bengal? A) Sena Dynasty. B) Ilyas Dynasty. C) Ganesh Dynasty. D) Gaur Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sena Dynasty. 57. The Name Bharatavarsha is also mentioned in A) Rig Veda. B) Sama Veda. C) Atharva Veda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rig Veda. 58. The last invasion of Mahmud of Ghazi was to the temple city of ..... A) Dehli. B) Somnath. C) Banaras. D) Multan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somnath. 59. Masulipatnam was known for its ..... A) Cotton clothes. B) Dyed cotton clothes. C) Dyed silk clothes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dyed cotton clothes. 60. 8 Fold Path is too tough, therefore you can just worship Buddha, to access Nirvana. A) Theravada Buddhism. B) Mahayana Buddhism. 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