This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Mediaval India – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mediaval India Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the important reason for fall of Vijayanagar Empire? A) Unity among the Muslim rulers. B) Internal instability and weakness of Princes. C) Moplah's rebellion. D) Economic bankruptcy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unity among the Muslim rulers. 2. To Which race did Mahmud of Ghazni belong? A) Arab. B) Afghan. C) Mongol. D) Turk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afghan. 3. Sakambhari near Ajmer is a place related to emergence of which of the following dynasties? A) Gahadwals. B) Parmaras. C) Pratiharas. D) Chauhanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chauhanas. 4. Two women who, while conducting the affairs of their states faced Akbar's wars of conquest were Rani Durgawati and Chand Bibi (or Sultana), respectively of A) Jaisalmer and Khandesh. B) Malwa and Gujarat. C) Gondwana and Ahmadnagar. D) Ranathambhor and Khandesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gondwana and Ahmadnagar. 5. The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote A) Outcastes among the Rajputas. B) Deviations from Vedic rituals. C) Early forms of some of the modern Indian languages. D) Non-Sanskrit verse metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Early forms of some of the modern Indian languages. 6. Who, among the following Muslim scholars, contributed most significantly to Hindi Literature? A) Abul Fazl. B) Faizi Namaz. C) Abdur-Rahim Khan-i-Khanah. D) Abdul Qadir Bandaoni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abdur-Rahim Khan-i-Khanah. 7. During the period 1000-1026 AD, how many plundering raids did Mahmud of Ghaznavi carry out in India? A) 8. B) 12. C) 17. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17. 8. The oldest specimens of poetry in the Punjabi language are devotional compositions attributed to A) Guru Nanak. B) Baba Farid. C) Guru Angad. D) Guru Tegh Bahadur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baba Farid. 9. Tansen was originally in the service of A) Raja of Rewa. B) Krishnadeva Raya. C) Akbar. D) Sher Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja of Rewa. 10. Under the Mughals..... was administered as a department of the household. A) Infantry. B) Cavalry. C) Artillery. D) Navy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artillery. 11. Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of A) Akbar. B) Jahangir. C) Both (a) and (b) above. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahangir. 12. Who among the following are considered to be the first owners of Koh-i-noor diamond? A) Kakatiyas. B) Khiljis. C) Tughlaqs. D) Mughals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kakatiyas. 13. Akbar had adopted the 'Ray' System of revenue assessment which he had abolished later on as part of his land revenue reforms. Who among the following had introduced the ray system? A) Alauddin Khilji. B) Balban. C) Iltutmish. D) Sher Shah Suri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alauddin Khilji. 14. The Peacock throne was bunt by A) Babar. B) Humayun. C) Akbar. D) Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shah Jahan. 15. During the reign of which among the following Mughal rulers, maximum number of books on classical music were written? A) Akbar. B) Jahanagir. C) Shahjahan. D) Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aurangzeb. 16. Which Mugal emperor was a great musician, a great patron of Hindustani Music and was popularly known as Rangila? A) Bahdur Shah I. B) Bahadur Shah II. C) Muhammad Shah. D) Ahmad Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muhammad Shah. 17. On the wall of Which building built by Shah Jahan, is the following Persian couplet inscribed "if there is paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this"? A) Jasmine Palace. B) Moti Masjid. C) Diwan-i-Aam, Delhi. D) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi. 18. Mir Jumla was a/an A) Soldier. B) Amir. C) Diamond Merchant. D) Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diamond Merchant. 19. Who was the first Indian Ruler who could bring Kabul and Kandhar under Indian Empire only after Kushanas? A) Alauddin Khilji. B) Ibrahim Lodi. C) Babur. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Babur. 20. Which among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate declared himself as Sikandar-I-Sani? A) Balban. B) Kaiqubad. C) Alauddin Khilji. D) Firoz Tughlaq. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alauddin Khilji. ← 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