This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Mediaval India – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the council of 8 Ministers of Shivaji which was called as Ashtapradhan, who was known as chief Minister and was responsible for General Administration? A) Peshwa. B) Amatya. C) Sachiv or Shuru Navis. D) Majumdar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peshwa. 2. The Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila in Bihar were destroyed during the invasions of A) Mahmud of Ghazni. B) Muhammad Ghori. C) Bakhtiyar Khalji. D) All Mardan Khalji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bakhtiyar Khalji. 3. Hemu, whom Akbar defeated In the Second Battle of Panipat (1556), was A) Minister of Sikandar Shah Suri. B) Minister of Muhammad Adil Shah. C) Ruler of Rewari. D) Prime Minister of Rana Udai Singh of Mewar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minister of Muhammad Adil Shah. 4. Jammi Mosque was built at A) Sambhal. B) Delhi. C) Agra. D) Lahore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sambhal. 5. Pakistan Resolution or Lahore Resolution was a formal political statement adopted by the Muslim League in which year? A) 1940. B) 1942. C) 1945. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1940. 6. Vasco-da-Gama came to India in..... and landed at..... A) 1498, Cochin. B) 1496, Goa. C) 1498, Calicut. D) 1492, Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1498, Calicut. 7. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to A) Establish a national religion Which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus. B) Ensure racial and communal harmony. C) Found a religious institution. D) Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Establish a national religion Which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus. 8. In which year Akbar's reign ended? A) 1600. B) 1605. C) 1610. D) 1615. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1605. 9. Tarabai, who conducted the affairs of the Maratha government from 1700 to 1707 AD, was the widow of the Maratha King A) Shambhaji. B) Shivaji II. C) Raja Ram. D) Shivaji III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raja Ram. 10. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was A) Nizamuddin Ahmad. B) Abdur Qadir Badauni. C) Abul Fazl. D) Abdas Khan Arwani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abul Fazl. 11. Babar was originally the ruler of A) Kabul. B) Persia. C) Fargana. D) Khandahar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fargana. 12. Which among the following Mughal painters is credited for painting Siberian Crane and the Dodo for the first time? A) Abu al-Hasan. B) Bishandas. C) Farrukh Beg. D) Ustad Mansur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ustad Mansur. 13. During the reign of which among the following rulers, Malik Muhammad Jaisi completed his epic work 'Padmavat'? A) Shershah. B) Akbar. C) Jahangir. D) Shahjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shershah. 14. Khan Khanan rendered Babur's Memoires into A) Sanskrit. B) Persian. C) Urdu. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persian. 15. What are the sculptures of the Mathura School of Art made out of? A) Marble. B) Wood. C) Granite. D) Red Sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Sandstone. 16. Under the Mughals the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was A) The crown prince. B) Mansabdar. C) Emperor. D) Zamindar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emperor. 17. Original name of Mumtaj Mahal was A) Mihr-un-Nisa. B) Jagat Gosami. C) Arzumand Banu. D) Man Bai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arzumand Banu. 18. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans? A) Ziauddin Barani. B) Shams-I-Siraj Afif. C) Minhaj-us-Siraj. D) Amir Khusrau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amir Khusrau. 19. The English and the Dutch were firmly established in all the parts of the Coast from Sind to Bengal by the middle of the A) 17th Century. B) 18th Century. C) 16th Century. D) 15th Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17th Century. 20. Who among the following was considered as the "mixture of opposites" .? A) Firuz Tughlaq. B) Mohammed bin Tughlaq. C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. D) Kaiqubad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohammed bin Tughlaq. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMediaval India Quiz 1Mediaval India Quiz 2Mediaval India Quiz 3Mediaval India Quiz 4Mediaval India Quiz 5Mediaval India Quiz 6Mediaval India Quiz 7Mediaval India Quiz 8Mediaval India Quiz 9Mediaval India Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books