This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Mediaval India – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama in 1498 first landed at A) Cochin. B) Calicut. C) Quilon. D) Pulicut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calicut. 2. Who was the patron deity of Vijayanagar? A) Virupaksha. B) Narasimha. C) Vittalaswamy. D) Venugoplal swamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virupaksha. 3. The famous Sikh leader Banda Bahadur was captured and executed during the reign of the Mughal emperor? A) Aurangzeb. B) Bahadur Shah I. C) Jahandar Shah. D) Farrukhsiyar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahandar Shah. 4. In Which year did Mahmud of Ghaznavi perform the infamous plunder of the Somnath temple? A) 1008. B) 1017. C) 1022. D) 1026. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1026. 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 A) Qutb Shahi. B) Asafjahi. C) Adil Shahi. D) Muhajamjahi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asafjahi. 6. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in A) Madras. B) Gujarat. C) Delhi. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gujarat. 7. In which among the following battles, Jaichandra was defeated and killed by Mohammad Ghori? A) Battle of Kannauj. B) Battle of Chandawar. C) Battle of Tarain III. D) Battle of Talikota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Battle of Chandawar. 8. Though endowed with extraordinary intellect and industry, he lacked practical judgement and common sense. Who is referred to in the above statement. A) Babar. B) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. C) Ibrahim Lodi. D) Balban. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. 9. The Jahangir Mahal at Agra was bunt by A) Jahangir. B) Shah Jahan. C) Akbar. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Akbar. 10. Goa had been first colonized by the A) British. B) Dutch. C) Portuguese. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portuguese. 11. Guru Nanak was born at A) Talwandi. B) Purandhar. C) Amritsar. D) Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talwandi. 12. .....built by Shah Jahan is one of the unrivalled beauties of the world. A) Pearl Mosque. B) Jama Masjid. C) Taj Mahal. D) The Palace at Kabul. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taj Mahal. 13. The Sultan of Delhi who transferred two monolithic Mauryan pillars to Delhi to beautify his capital, was A) Iltutmish. B) Alauddin Khalji. C) Firuz Tughluq. D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firuz Tughluq. 14. The Lilavati was a treatise on A) Arithmetic. B) Astronomy. C) Philosophy. D) Medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arithmetic. 15. The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian and musician who called himself 'a parrot of India' was A) Mulla Daud. B) Malik Muhammad Jayasi. C) Tansen. D) Amir Khusrau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amir Khusrau. 16. When Mahmud was Ghazni invaded Somnath, the ruler of Gujarata was A) Mularaja. B) Bhima I. C) Jayasimha Siddharaja. D) Bhima II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhima II. 17. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by A) Kotwal. B) Qanungo. C) Amin. D) Krori. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qanungo. 18. Karkota Dynasty was confined to which of the following areas? A) Kannuj. B) Kashmir. C) Deccan. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kashmir. 19. The Gandhara School of Art had been established in.....India. A) Central. B) North-eastern. C) Southern. D) North-western. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North-western. 20. Defeat in the Battle of Talikota saw the downfall of Which empire A) Ahmednagar. B) Vijaynagar. C) Chola. D) Rashtrakuta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vijaynagar. ← 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