Mediaval India Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. Etti, Kavidi and Eradi are names of which among the following in sangam age?

Correct Answer: B) Titles.

2. During the Mughal rule the finance minister was known as

Correct Answer: B) Diwan.

3. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at

Correct Answer: B) Agra.

4. Which among the following was not an Independent Kingdom?

Correct Answer: D) Qutub Shahi of Golconda.

5. Which Sultan had been named Lakh Baksh, or the giver of lakhs, for his unbounded generosity?

Correct Answer: B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak.

6. The Zamindars were known by several names in different parts of India, Which did not include being called a

Correct Answer: B) Deshmukh.

7. The stone railing Which Aurangzeb ordered to remove was presented to Keshav Rai Temple by

Correct Answer: C) Dara Shukoh.

8. The Sultan who completed the conquest of the South and broke the political barriers between the North and the South was

Correct Answer: C) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq.

9. Shivaji attacked Shayista Khan in the night at

Correct Answer: D) Poona.

10. During whose reign Changez Khan invaded India?

Correct Answer: B) Iltutmish.

11. The real founder of the Sultanate of Delhi and its first dynasty was

Correct Answer: C) Iltutmish.

12. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Correct Answer: D) Shams-i-Siraj Afif - Tarikh-i-Feroze Shahi.

13. Name the religious personality who exercised a great influence over Shivaji

Correct Answer: D) Guru Ram Das.

14. The Vijayanagar and the Bahamani Kingdoms fought relentlessly throughout the period of their existence for the possession of

Correct Answer: D) Raichur Doab.

15. Who among the following founded the principality of Ghazani in AD 962?

Correct Answer: C) Alptigin.

16. Many details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided by the inscriptions at

Correct Answer: C) Uttiramerur.

17. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?

Correct Answer: B) Hinduism.

18. Defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj (1540) also constructed the Purana Qila of New Delhi

Correct Answer: D) Sher Shah Suri.

19. The most important political gain to the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan was

Correct Answer: C) Both A and B above.

20. The Sufi Saint, contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan, was

Correct Answer: A) Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti.