Mediaval India Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. As recorded by Abulfazl, Akbar, the great used to play which among the following music instruments?

Correct Answer: C) Nakkara.

2. The largest standing army of the Delhi Sultanate directly paid by the State was created by

Correct Answer: D) Alauddin Khalji.

3. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were

Correct Answer: C) Tobacco and Maize.

4. On behalf of Aurangzeb Shivaji attacked

Correct Answer: B) Konkan.

5. The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the "Immortal Homer of the East" was

Correct Answer: B) Firdausi.

6. The most important saint of the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra who was born at Satara and is said to have died in Punjab, was

Correct Answer: B) Namadeva.

7. During whose reign had the Mongols intruded into India for the first time?

Correct Answer: D) Iltutmish.

8. During the Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the..... to places ruled by Hindu Rajas.

Correct Answer: B) Poor.

9. Minhaj-ua-Siraj was a

Correct Answer: C) Historian.

10. During the Mughal period Polaj was the

Correct Answer: A) Land annually cultivated.

11. The famous literary work Tahqiq-i-Hind was written by

Correct Answer: A) Alberuni.

12. The earliest Sufi order to arrive in India was

Correct Answer: A) Chisti.

13. The first known ruler to introduce canal irrigation in India was

Correct Answer: B) Firuz Tughluq.

14. Which among the following foreign travellers is not correctly paired with their respective period of visit in India?

Correct Answer: D) Ibn Batutta - Mughal Period.

15. Token currency had been introduced for the first time in India by

Correct Answer: D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq.

16. Muhammad-bin Tughluq transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri ( Which he named Daulatabad) because

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

17. A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor

Correct Answer: D) Jahangir.

18. Which among the following is a incorrect statement regarding market regulations by Ala-ud-din Khilji?

Correct Answer: D) All are correct.

19. Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as

Correct Answer: C) Silsilahs.

20. In India artillery was first used by

Correct Answer: B) Babar.