Capital Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Sarnath's Lion Capital is attributed to
2. Gangaikondacholapuram became the capital of the Chola empire from the time of
3. The Second Capital of Gupta ruler Chandragupta II was?
4. Kanishka's capital was at
5. What was the capital of Chandelas?
6. Kanchi was the capital of
7. Which was first capital of Magdha?
8. During muslim rule was the capital of Spain
9. What city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
10. The capital of Magadha was shifted from Rajgriha to
11. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
12. Consider the following passage : "His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III. He was his capitals at Talakad in the South and Bankpura in the North. It was in A. D. 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha." The above passage refers to
13. By which ruler Pataliputra was chosen for the first time as a capital?
14. The planning of the capital in the Arthashastra indicates that the industrial and commercial classes were
15. The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was
16. Which Nawab of Bengal shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Monghyr?
17. An Indian ruler of the 18th century who planted "the Tree of liberty" at his capital, enrolled himself as a member of the Jacobin club of France and loved himself to be called 'Citizen', was
18. Four major provinces of the Mauryan empire were the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern provinces, each under the vice-royalty of a prince or a member of the royal family. Which of the following provincial capitals of the Mauryan empire was the capital of the Northern province?
19. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the per capital income of India?
20. What was the capital of Paramaras?
21. The ancient kingdom of Avanti had its capital at
22. In sixth century BC, Suktimati was the capital of
23. The capital of Gupta Empire was
24. Which one of the following was the capital of Kosala?
25. The first capital of Abbasid Caliphate was
26. What was the name of the capital of Anga (a mahajanpada)?
27. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was-
28. With the emergence of Abbasids the Capital was transfer from Syria to
29. Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?
30. The Chalukya capital was shifted from Manyakheta to Kalyani by
31. Why did Mohammad-bin Tughlaq shift his capital from Delhi to Deogiri?
32. After 1099, the capital of Vietnam (Hoa-la) was moved to the site of present-day:
33. The capital of Umayyad dynasty was:
34. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by?
35. "So complete was the ruin that not a cat or dog was left among the buildings of the city, in its palace or its suburbs." The above statement about the transfer of capital by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq was made by
36. In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was at?
37. Foreign capitalists were attracted by Indian industry for a variety of reasons. Which one of the following reasons was not one of them?
38. Who was the viceroy of India when British Indias capital was shifted from Culcutta to Delhi?
39. What was the capital of Gurjara Pratiharas?
40. Who was the only converted Indian muslim to become the head of the Delhi Sultanate?
41. In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by
42. General policy of the Delhi Sultanate toward the native religions of India became:
43. Sultan Ala-ud-din Khalji:
44. Which sultan had a dispute with Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya?
45. Which of the dynasties ruled for the shortest period of time during of course of the Delhi Sultanate?
46. Who among the following officers held highest stature in the central government of the Sultanate?
47. The Bahmani Sultanate came into being during the reign of which Sultan?
48. Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed in the Fourth Anglo- Mysore War (1799). Who of the following did not give a share in Tipu's territories?
49. What was the main objective of Sultan Mahmud's Indian conquests?
50. Who of the following Sultans of Delhi had abolished the tax on grain (also called Zakat on grain)?
51. Which one of the following Sufi Saints saw the rule of seven Sultans but visited the court of none?
52. Qismat-i- khote in the Delhi Sultanate was
53. Tax on plunder during war in the Sultanate period was known as
54. The title Sultan-us-Sharq was assumed by the ruler of
55. What was Iqta in sultanate period?
56. Sultan Balban was devoted to
57. Tipu Sultan was ahead of his contemporaries in many respect because
58. "Every pearl in the Royal Crown is but the crystallized drop of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant." The above remark about the poverty of the Indian peasant during the Delhi sultanate was made by
59. The Sultan Ganj Buddha Statue in Bronze belongs to
60. Which one of the followin sufi saint refused to meet sultan alauddin Khalji?