Medieval Indian History Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which Veda has the reference to a name of a king named Bharat?

Correct Answer: D) Rigveda.

2. Who was the chronicler during Raziya Sultan's regime?

Correct Answer: C) Minhaj-i Siraj.

3. Who is a 'Cartographer'

Correct Answer: B) Someone who makes maps.

4. The Muslims during the medieval period called the subcontinent .....

Correct Answer: A) Hindustan.

5. During the era of the lord-vassal (Feudalism) society in Japan, which group of people actually ruled Japan and truly held power?

Correct Answer: C) The shoguns.

6. Who among the following had written Majma-ul-Bahrain?

Correct Answer: A) Dara Shikoh Show Answer.

7. WHO WAS IBN BATTUTA

Correct Answer: A) HE WAS AN MOORISH TRAVELER WHO CAME TO INDIA IN THE REIGN OF MAHUMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ.

8. A type of archaeological source

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

9. Jital

Correct Answer: C) A coin.

10. Who was the court poet of Mahmud Ghazni

Correct Answer: B) Firdausi.

11. When did the medieval period start?

Correct Answer: C) 700 A.D.

12. Tawarikh was written in which language?

Correct Answer: C) Persian.

13. How did isolationism impact China?

Correct Answer: A) China fell behind technologically.

14. Forest dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

15. The bhakti movement reached Maharastra for .....

Correct Answer: B) Tamil Nadu.

16. What is the correct order of the dynasties from first to last?

Correct Answer: B) Tang, song, yuan, Ming.

17. The Persian wheel was used in field of

Correct Answer: C) Irrigation.

18. The samurai's role in Japanese culture was to follow the Code of ....., which emphasized honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty to one's lord.

Correct Answer: D) Samurai level.

19. Mahayana Buddhists

Correct Answer: B) Worship Buddha as a god; believed the 8-fold path was too hard to do before reaching nirvana.

20. Satavahana kingdom reached its zenith between A.D. 106-130 A.D. and declined in the third century, Under whose rule was the zenith reached?

Correct Answer: D) Gautamiputra Satakarni.