Mediaval India Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama in 1498 first landed at
2. Who was the patron deity of Vijayanagar?
3. The famous Sikh leader Banda Bahadur was captured and executed during the reign of the Mughal emperor?
4. In Which year did Mahmud of Ghaznavi perform the infamous plunder of the Somnath temple?
5. During the second decade of the 18th century numerous independent dynasties were founded in different parts of India. The dynasty founded by Chin Qulich Khan (popularly known as Nizam-u1-mulk) in the Deccan was known as
6. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
7. In which among the following battles, Jaichandra was defeated and killed by Mohammad Ghori?
8. Though endowed with extraordinary intellect and industry, he lacked practical judgement and common sense. Who is referred to in the above statement.
9. The Jahangir Mahal at Agra was bunt by
10. Goa had been first colonized by the
11. Guru Nanak was born at
12. .....built by Shah Jahan is one of the unrivalled beauties of the world.
13. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was
14. The Lilavati was a treatise on
15. The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian and musician who called himself 'a parrot of India' was
16. When Mahmud was Ghazni invaded Somnath, the ruler of Gujarata was
17. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by
18. Karkota Dynasty was confined to which of the following areas?
19. The Gandhara School of Art had been established in.....India.
20. Defeat in the Battle of Talikota saw the downfall of Which empire