1. Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Saheb has been preserved ?
(a) Ajmer (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Srinagar (d) Mecca
Ans: (c)
2. Which is the correct chronolo-gical order of following ‘Acharyas’?
(a) Shankara–Ramanuja– Madhav–Chaitanya
(b) Chaitanya–Ramanuj a– Madhav–Shankara
(c) Ramanjua–Shankara–Chaitanya– Madhav
(d) Madhav–Chaitanya–Ramanuja– Shankara
Ans: (a)
3. The capital city ‘Daydo’ established by Kublai Khan is situated at—
(a) Samar qand(b) Beijing
(c) Ulan Battor(d) Alma Atta
Ans: (b)
4. The Mughal painting reaches its/ zenith during the reign of :
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (b)
5. The capital of the Yadava rulers was :
(a) Dwarasamudra
(b) Warangal
(c) Kalyani (d) Devagiri
Ans: (d)
6. The Bahmani kingdom was founded by
(a) Ahmad Shah I
(b) Alauddin Hasan
(c) Mahmud Gavan
(d) Firuz Shah Bahmani
Ans: (b)
7. The Dilwara temple at Mount Abu in Rajasthan were built by the followers of
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism
(c) Hinduism (d) Sikhism
Ans: (b)
8. Alberuni came to India with
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Alexander
(c) Babur (d) Timur )
Ans: (a)
9. Which of the following is in the World Heritage list ?
(a) Khajuraho
(b) Nalanda ruins
(c) Hampi ruins
(d) Tajmahal
Ans: (c)
10. Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from ?
(a) Morocco (b) Persia
(c) Turkey (d) Central Asia
Ans: (a)
11. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
(a) Holkars
(b) Scindias
(c) Bundela Rajputs
(d) Chandela Rajputs
Ans: (d)
12. The ‘Kirti Stambha’ (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by—
(a) Rana Pratap(b) Rana Kumbha
(c) Rana Sanga (d) Bappa Raval and
Ans: (b)
13. Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’ in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruv-annamalai, Chidambaram, Srirangam, Tirupati, etc., constructed?
(a) Vidyaranya
(b) Krishnadevaraya
(c) Harihara
(d) Rajaraja
Ans: (b)
14. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?
(a) Sun-temple of Konark
(b) Temple of Khajuraho
(c) Ankorvat
(d) Notre Dam, the Paris
Ans: (a)
15. Where was saint Kabir born ?
(a) Delhi (b) Varanasi
(c) Mathura (d) Hyderabad
Ans: (b)
16. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India ?
(a) French (b) Persian
(c) Portugese (d) Arabic
Ans: (b)
17. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler ?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Nawab Vajid Ali Sah
(c) Harsha (d) Akbar
Ans: (d)
18. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
(a) Baba Farid
(b) Qutb-din Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) Moinuddin Chisti
(d) Khwaja Bahuddin
Ans: (c)
19. Who was the architect who designed ‘Taj Mahal’ ?
(a) Mohammad Hussain
(b) Ustad-Isa
(c) Shah Abbas
(d) Ismail
Ans: (b)
20. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from ?
(a) Tibet (b) Mongolia
(c) Burma (now Myanmar)
(d) Siam (now Thailand)
Ans: (d)
21. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
(a) Delhi (b) Jaipur
(c) Agra (d) Amarkot
Ans: (c)
22. Select the incorrectly matched pair of philosophers and their philosophies :
(a) Sankaracharya Advaita
(b) Ballabhacharya-Pure-Advaita
(c) Chaitanya-Vishistha-Advaita
(d) Charvak—Lokayat
Ans: (c)
23. Who got constructed ‘Grand Trunk Road’ ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Ashoka
(c) Shershah Suri
(d) Samudra Gupta
Ans: (c)
24. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir ?
(a) providing rent free land
(b) zamindar’s property
(c) giving officer a right to revenue
(d) giving cash salary to Mansabdar
Ans: (c)
25. Which among the following fort was known as the ‘Key of Deccan’?
(a) Kalinjar (b) Ajaygarh
(c) Asirgarh (d) Gulbarga
Ans: (c)
26. Select the correct order–
(a) Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas
(b) Mirabai, Kabir, Niza-muddin Auliya, Tulsidas
(c) Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas, Mirabai
(d) Tulsidas, Mirabai, Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya
Ans: (a)
27. In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers the Prime Minister was called
(a) Peshwa (b) Sachiv
(c) Mantri (d) Samanta
Ans: (a)
28. Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq was proficient in
(a) Art (b) Music
(c) Calligraphy (d) Philosophy
Ans: (d)
29. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
(a) The first battle of Tarain
(b) The second battle of Tarain
(c) The first battle of Panipat
(d) The second battle of Panipat
Ans: (b)
30. The most important Sufi shrine in India is at
(a) Pandua
(b) Bidar
(c) Ajmer
(d) Shahjahanabad
Ans: (c)
31. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints ?
(a) Tripitaka (b) Dakhma
(c) Khanqah (d) Synagogue
Ans: (c)
32. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab ?
(a) Pallavas and Chalukyas
(b) Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
(c) Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates
(d) Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms
Ans: (c)
33. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
(a) Personal love for God
(b) Worship of idols
(c) Mysticism
(d) Visit to holy shrines
Ans: (b)
34. Ranthambhor was
(a) a Mughal palace
(b) a Rajput fort
(c) capital of the Khaljis
(d) a Buddhist pilgrimage centre
Ans: (b)
35. ‘Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to the ruler
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Raziya
(d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Ans: (d)
36. Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?
(a) Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Vira Narasimha
(c) Sadasiva Raya
(d) Rama Raya
Ans: (a)
37. Mughal presence in the Red Ford ceased with the fall of
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Shah Alam
(d) Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
Ans: (d)
38. ‘Khalsa’ was founded by
(a) Guru Gobind Singh
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Nanak
(d) Arjun Dev
Ans: (a)
39. The Delhi General who successfully advanced up to Madurai was
(a) Khizr Khan
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Malik Kafur
(d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ans: (c)
40. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra ?
(a) Ramdas (b) Tukaram
(c) Namdeva (d) Eknath
Ans: (b)
41. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal period and who left us an expert’s description of the Peacock Throne, was
(a) Geronimo Verroneo
(b) ‘Omrah’ Danishmand Khan
(c) Travernier
(d) Austin of Bordeaux
Ans: (c)
42. The dead body of Babar by his own choice lies buried in
(a) Agra (b) Farghana
(c) Samarqand(d) Kabul
Ans: (d)
43. Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year—
(a) 1508 (b) 1608
(c) 1510 (d) 1610
Ans: (c)
44. Who was the Guru of Shivaji ?
(a) Namdev (b) Ramdas
(c) Eknath (d) Tukaram
Ans: (b)
45. Amir Khusrau was a musician and
(a) Sufi saint
(b) Persian and Hindi writer, and scholar
(c) historian
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
46. A new coin called the ‘Rupia’ was issued for the first time by
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Mohammed Shah Tughluq
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar
Ans: (c)
47. The world famous ‘Peacock Throne’ was kept in which of the following Mughal buildings ?
(a) Diwan-r-Khasa-Fatehpur Sikri
(b) New Agra Fort
(c) The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi
(d) The Diwan–i–Am of the Red Fort at Delhi
Ans: (*)
48. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak ?
(a) Gurdaspur (b) Amritsar
(c) Lahore (d) Talwandi
Ans: (d)
49. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
(a) Orissa (b) Chhota Nagpur
(c) Bijapur (d) Golconda
Ans: (d)
50. Which of the following was not ordered by Alauddin Khalji to control black-marketing and hoarding ?
(a) Land revenue should be collected in kind
(b) Cultivators should sell the harvested crops on the field only
(c) Merchants should sell all commodities in the open
(d) More privileges should be given to Khuts and Muqaddams
Ans: (d)
51. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
(a) Chandragiri (b) Halebidu
(c) Hampi (d) Kondavidu
Ans: (c)
52. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of breing exactly equal in length and beadth?
(a) Agra Fort
(b) Red Fort
(c) Taj Mahal
(d) Buland Darwaza
Ans: (c)
53. Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James 1, the then king of England?
(a) John Hawkins
(b) William Todd
(c) Sir Thomas Roe
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh
Ans: (a)
54. The Khilji Sultans of Delhi were
(a) Mongols (b) Afghans
(c) Turks (d) A Jat tribe
Ans: (c)
55. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted
(a) Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
(b) Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
(c) Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
(d) Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
Ans: (c)
56. The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was
(a) Lal Kalwant
(b) Banda Bahadur
(c) Ramatanu Pande
(d) Markandey Pande
Ans: (c)
57. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans: (b)
58. Which of the following are incorrectly paired ?
(a) Krishnadeva Raya — Amukta Malyada
(b) Harshavardhana — Nagananda
(c) Kalidasa — Ritusamhara
(d) Visakhadatta — Kiratarjuniyam
Ans: (d)
59. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Balban
Ans: (c)
60. Match the following :
I II
(a) Tughlaqabad (a) Alauddin Fort Khilji
(b) Red Fort (b) Shah
(at Delhi) Jahan
(c) Hauz Khas (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) The City of Siri(d) Ghiyasud-
din-Tughlaq a b c d
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 1 4 2
Ans: (*)
61. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal in not correct?
(a) It is a magnificent mausoleum
(b) It was built by Shah Jahan
(c) It is situated outside Agra Fort
(d) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it?
Ans: (d)
62. Where did Babar die?
(a) Agra (b) Kabul
(c) Lahore (d) Delhi
Ans: (a)
63. Who wrote Akbarnama ?
(a) Akbar (b) Birbal
(c) Abul Fazal (d) Bhagavan Das
Ans: (c)
64. Arrange the following in chronological order :
a. Tughlaqs b. Lodis
c. Sayyids d. Ilbari Turks
e. Khiljis
(a) a, b, c, d, e (b) e, d, c, b, a
(c) b, d, e, c, a (d) d, e, a, c, b
Ans: (d)
65. The Lodi dynasty was founded by
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Bahlol Lodi
(d) Khizr Khan
Ans: (c)
66. Who among the following was an illiterate?
(a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb
Ans: (c)
67. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
(a) Malik Muhammed Jayasi
(b) Abdur Rahim
(c) Mulla Wajhi
(d) Chand Bardai
Ans: (a)
68. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
(a) Mayma-ul-Bahrain
(b) Sirr-i-Akbar
(c) Al-Fihrist
(d) Kitabul Bayan
Ans: (b)
69. After the death of Rajaram in 1700 A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
(a) Tarabai (b) Lakshmibai
(c) Ramabai (d) Jijabai
Ans: (a)
70. Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’?
(a) Guru Gobind Singh
(b) Guru Hargovind
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(d) Guru Arjan Dev
Ans: (c)
71. Coronation of Shivaji took place in
(a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D.
(c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D.
Ans: (b)
72. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition :
(a) The French
(b) The Portuguese
(c) The Dutch
(d) The English
Ans: (b)
73. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
(a) Alla-ud-din Khilji
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
(c) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
(d) Muhammad-bin-Quasim
Ans: (c)
74. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
(a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb
(c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
Ans: (c)
75. Who translated Ramayana into Persian ?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Badauni
(c) Abdul Latif (d) Isar Das
Ans: (b)
76. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
(a) Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
(b) Akbar and Medini Rai
(c) Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
(d) Akbar and Uday Singh
Ans: (c)
77. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by
(a) Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali
(b) Persian invader Nadir Shah
(c) Mongol invader Chengiz Khan
(d) British East India Company
Ans: (b)
78. The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was
(a) Chaitanya (b) Andal
(c) Meerabai (d) Ramabai
Ans: (c)
79. What does Jahangir mean ?
(a) National Monarch
(b) The Grand Monarch
(c) Conqueror of the world
(d) Hero of hundred battles
Ans: (c)
80. Humayun Nama was written by
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Abul Fazl
(d) Gulbadan Begum
Ans: (d)
81. The French East India Company was founded in
(a) 1600 (b) 1620
(c) 1664 (d) 1604
Ans: (c)
82. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
(a) Diwan-e-Khas
(b) Diwan-e-Aam
(c) Ibadat Khana
(d) Buland Darwaza
Ans: (c)
83. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
(a) Shershah (b) Humayun
(c) Babur (d) Akbar
Ans: (c)
84. The first muslim women who ruled Northern India was
(a) Razia Sultana
(b) Mumtaz
(c) Nurjahan
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
85. The Sikh military sect ‘the Khalsa’ was introduced by—
(a) Har Rai
(b) Harkishan
(c) Gobind Singh
(d) Tegh Bahadur
Ans: (c)
86. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of—
(a) Chittor (b) Pune
(c) Purandar (d) Torna
Ans: (c)
87. The first Sultan of Delhi, who attempted the conquest of South India was
(a) Qutb-ud-din Mubarak
(b) Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah
(c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(d) Jala-ud-din Firoz
Ans: (c)
88. Who was the Guru of Kabir?
(a) Ramanuja
(b) Ramananda
(c) Vallabhacharya
(d) Namadeva
Ans: (b)
89. The reputed musician duo, Tansen and Baiju Bawra, flourished during the reign of—
(a) Jahangir
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan
Ans: (c)
90. The first Bhakti Movement was organised by
(a) Nanak (b) Meera
(c) Ramdas
(d) Ramanujacharya
Ans: (d)
91. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
(a) Intelligence
(b) Foreign affairs
(c) Army organisation
(d) Finance
Ans: (c)
92. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
(a) Poona (b) Raigarh
(c) Singhgarh (d) Panhala
Ans: (b)
93. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq
(b) Mohammad Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Balban
Ans: (a)
94. The Chalukyas established their empire in
(a) The Far South (b) Malwa
(c) The Deccan (d) Gujarat
Ans: (c)
95. During Akbar’s reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as
(a) Iqbal Namah
(b) Razm Namah
(c) Akbar Namah
(d) Sakinat-ul-Auliya
Ans: (b)
96. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
(a) Anangapal (b) Vajrata
(c) Rudrane (d) Devraja
Ans: (a)
97. Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers?
(a) Bahadur Shah I
(b) Rafi-ud-daulah
(c) Shah Jahan II
(d) Muhammad Shah
Ans: (d)
98. Where is the Bada Imambara located?
(a) Agra (b) Lucknow
(c) Patna (d) Allahabad
Ans: (b)
99. Who among the following was the last Mughal emperor?
(a) Alamgir II
(b) Shah Alam II
(c) Bahadur Shah II
(d) Akbar II
Ans: (c)
100. The Inam land was one which was assigned to
(a) scholars and religious persons
(b) Mansabdars
(c) hereditary revenue collectors
(d) nobles
Ans: (a)
101. Which Rajput ruler drew up a set of tables called Zij Muhammadshuhi to enable the people to make astronomical observations?
(a) Ajit Singh
(b) Raja Sawai Jai Singh
(c) Bhara Mal
(d) Man Singh
Ans: (b)
102. Who built the ‘Gol Gumbaj’ at Bijapur, famous for the world’s second largest dome and the whispering gallery?
(a) Mahmud Gawan
(b) Yusuf Adil Shah
(c) Ismail Adil Shah
(d) Muhammad Adil Shah )
Ans: (b)
103. Match the capitals of the ruling dynasties of early Medieval India :
I II
A. Pratiharas 1. Kannauj
B. Chandellas 2. Khajuraho
C. Parmars 3. Dhar
D. Chalukyas 4. Anhilwad
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
(b) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
(c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
(d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
Ans: (a)
104. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was-
(a) Babur (b) Humayun
(c) Akbar (d) Jehangir
Ans: (c)
105. Who was called the ‘Second founder of the Maratha Kingdom’?
(a) Raja Ram
(b) Balaji Viswanath
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Balaji Baji Rao
Ans: (c)
106. Which Battle laid the foundation of Mughal rule in India?
(a) Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Talikota
(c) First Battle of Panipat
(d) Battle of Haldighati
Ans: (c)
107. Mughal painting reached its zenith under
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir (d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (c)
108. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Faizi
(c) Abdul Nabi Khan
(d) Birbal
Ans: (a)
109. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans: (c)
110. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
(a) Bahlul Lodi
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Daulat Khan Lodi
(d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: (b)
111. Which of the fol lowing Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc., in his diary?
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(c) Babur (d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (*)
112. The greatness of Sher Shah lies in his
(a) victories against Humayun
(b) superior generalship
(c) administrative reforms
(d) religious tolerance
Ans: (c)
113. The temple built in 1 100 A. D.
and dominating all other temples in Bhubaneshwar is
(a) Raja Rani temple
(b) Kandariya Mahadev
(c) Tribhuvaneswara Lingaraja
(d) Mukhteswara
Ans: (c)
114. Who defeated whom in the Second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192)?
(a) Prithviraj defeated Mohammad Ghauri
(b) Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
(c) Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni
(d) Mohammad Ghauri defeated Prithviraj
Ans: (d)
115. Who issued a token currency in copper coins between AD 1329 and 1330?
(a) Alauddin Khilzi
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) Feroz Tughlaq
Ans: (c)
116. ‘Chauth’ was
(a) a religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
(b) toll tax imposed by Shivaji
(c) irrigation tax charged by Akbar
(d) land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States
Ans: (d)
117. Tansen, a great musician of his times, was in the Court of
(a) Jehangir (b) Akbar
(c) Shah Jahan(d)Bahadur Shah
Ans: (b)
118. The court language of the Mughals was—
(a) Urdu (b) Hindi
(c) Arabic (d) Persian
Ans: (d)
119. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located.
(a) Kaveri (b) Krishna
(c) Wainganga (d) Tungabhadra
Ans: (d)
120. “Din-i-Ilahi” was the new religion started by
(a) Humayun (b) Jahangir
(c) Akbar (d) Shahjahan
Ans: (c)
121. The capital of the Bahamani Kings was
(a) Gulbarga (b) Bijapur
(c) Belgaum (d) Raichur
Ans: (a)
122. Under the administration of Shivaji, “Peshwa” was referred to as
(a) Minister of Religious Affairs
(b) Minister of Defence
(c) Chief Minister
(d) Minister of Justice
Ans: (c)
123. The first battle of Tarain took place between ?
(a) Alauddin khilji and Prithviraj Chauhan
(b) Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
(c) Mahmud Ghazni and Prithviraj Chauhan
(d) Mohammad Shah and Prithviraj Chauhan
Ans: (b)
124. Which Khilji ruler killed his father-
in law to ascend the throne of Delhi ?
(a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(b) Jalal-ud- din khilji
(c) Ghiyas – ud-din
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Ans: (d)
125. The city of Dhillika (Delhi) was founded by
(a) Chauhans (b) Tomars
(c) Pawars (d) Pratiharas
Ans: (b)
126. Who wrote “Ain-i-Akbari” the great historical work?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Amir Khusrau
(c) Firoz Shah (d) Abdul Rashid
Ans: (a)
127. The guerilla warfare was pioneered by
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar
(c) Shivaji (d) Balaji Rao
Ans: (c)
128. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Mohammad Adilshah
Ans: (a)
129. Krishnadevaraya main-tained freindly relations with the
(a) French (b) British
(c) Portuguese (d) Dutch
Ans: (c)
130. The second Battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) Akbar and Hemu
(b) Rajputs and Mughals
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Sikander and Adilshah
Ans: (a)
131. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
(a) Muin-ud-din-Chisti
(b) Baba Farid
(c) Saiyid Muhammed
(d) Shah Alam Bukhari
Ans: (b)
132. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar Namah” in Persian was
(a) Guru Har Rai
(b) Guru Har Krishan
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Tegbahadur
Ans: (c)
133. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
(a) Bada Imambara
(b) Buland Darwaza
(c) Jama Masjid
(d) Siddi Bashir
Ans: (b)
134. The Delhi Sultan who fell to his death while playing polo was
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
Ans: (a)
135. Who was the founder of the city of Agra ?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq
(b) Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: (d)
136. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
(a) Sant Tukaram
(b) Sant Jnanesvar
(c) Samarth Guru Ramdas
(d) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Ans: (b)
137. The remains of the Great Vijayanagar Empire can be found in
(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda
(c) Hampi (d) Baroda
Ans: (c)
138. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak’s biography was
(a) Guru Angad Dev
(b) Guru Amardas
(c) Guru Ramdas
(d) Guru Arjun Dev
Ans: (a)
139. Where is Gol Gumbaz, the largest dome in the world, situated?
(a) Damascus (b) Istanbul
(c) Cairo (d) Bijapur )
Ans: (d)
140. To take care of the conquered lands, Mohmmad Ghori left behind his trusted General
(a) Nasiruddin
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Malik Kafur
Ans: (c)
141. The famous city of Bhopal was founded by the Rajput ruler
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan
(b) Dharmapala
(c) Raja Bhoja
(d) Jaichand
Ans: (c)
142. Chand Bibi the famous Muslim ruler belonged to which kingdom?
(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda
(c) Ahmednagar (d) Berar
Ans: (c)
143. ‘Prithvirajraso’ was written by
(a) Bhavabhuti (b) Jaideva
(c) Chand Bardai
(d) Banabhatta
Ans: (c)
144. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
(a) Urdu (b) Persian
(c) Hindi (d) Arabic
Ans: (b)
145. Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the daughter of Sultan
(a) Mohammed Ghori
(b) Mohammed of Ghazni
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans: (c)
146. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond.
(a) Nadir Shah
(b) Firuz Shah
(c) Mohammed Shah
(d) Mohammed Ghori
Ans: (a)
147. The Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of which ruler?
(a) Shershah Suri (b) Babar
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Akbar
Ans: (a)
148. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was :
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Govind Singh
(c) Dalip Singh
(d) Ranjit Singh
Ans: (d)
149. The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was
(a) Raja Mansingh
(b) Raja Bhagwan Das
(c) Raja Todarmal
(d) Raja Birbal
Ans: (c)
150. Name the language that was designated as the ‘Camp Language’ during the Medieval Period
(a) Sanskrit (b) Pali
(c) Hindi (d) Urdu
Ans: (d)
151. Which is the tallest of all Medieval Indian temples ?
(a) Kailasa Temple at Ellora
(b) Sun Temple at Konark
(c) Nilakantheswara Temple at Udaipur
(d) Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore
Ans: (d)
152. A renowned Jain scholar wh was greatly honoured by Akbar was
(a) Hemachandra
(b) Harivijaya
(c) Vastupala
(d) Bhadrabahu
Ans: (b)
153. Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri ?
(a) The Panch Mahal
(b) Moti Masjid
(c) Tomb of Salim Chishti
(d) The Mariam Palace
Ans: (b)
154. The Sultan who described himself as ‘The Second Alexander’ (Sikander -i- Sani) was
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Sikander Lodi
Ans: (b)
155. The largest standing army of the Sultanate, directly paid by the State, was created by
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Sikander Lodi
Ans: (b)
156. Who among the following Rajput kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time ?
(a) Prithviraj III (b) Baghel Bhim
(c) Jaichandra (d) Kumar Pal
Ans: (b)
157. Where is the Bada Imambara located?
(a) Agra (b) Lucknow
(c) Patna (d) Allahabad
Ans: (b)
158. What was the age of Akbar at the time of his coronation at Kalanaur ?
(a) Thirteen (b) Fifteen
(c) Eighteen (d) Twenty
Ans: (a)
159. Bahadur Shah was the
(a) last ruler of the Lodis
(b) successor of Shar Shah Suri
(c) last Mughal ruler
(d) successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji
Ans: (c)
160. The basic purpose of the formulation Din-i-Ilahi was :
(a) universal brotherhood
(b) universal faith
(c) universal harmony
(d) universal belief
Ans: (b)
161. Who amongst the following was the Last Guru of the Sikhs ?
(a) Guru Arjun Dev
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Angad Dav
Ans: (c)
162. Who was the author of Gita Govinda ?
(a) Jayadeva (b) Kalhana
(c) Kalidasa (d) Raja Rao
Ans: (a)
163. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori ?
(a) First Battle of Tarain
(b) Second Battle of Tarain
(c) Battle of Khanwa
(d) First Battle of Panipat
Ans: (b)
164. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
(a) Khilji dynasty
(b) Tughluq dynasty
(c) Slave dynasty
(d) Lodi dynasty
Ans: (b)
165. Qutab Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
(a) Balban
(b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) Firoz Tughluq
Ans: (d)
166. What was the official language of the Sultanate ?
(a) Persian (b) Urdu
(c) Arabic (d) Hindi
Ans: (a)
167. What is meant by a ‘pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
(a) The Supreme God
(b) The Guru of the Sufis
(c) The greatest of all Sufi saints
(d) The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
Ans: (b)
168. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year ?
(a) 1599 (b) 1707
(c) 1699 (d) 1657
Ans: (c)
169. In which of the following towns is “Moti Masjid” situated ?
(a) Agra (b) Jaipur
(c) Lahore (d) Ahmedabad
Ans: (a)
170. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at :
(a) Multan (b) Kolkata
(c) Alwar (d) Patna
Ans: (d)
171. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
(a) Babar vs. Sangram Singh
(b) Sher Shah vs. Humayun
(c) Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji
(d) Akbar vs. Hemu
Ans: (c)
172. Mohammad-bin- Tughlaq was a failure 7 because
(a) He was mad.
(b) He was not a practical statesman.
(c) He transferred the capital city.
(d) He waged war with China.
Ans: (b)
173. Find out the correct match of the following :
(a) Asaf Khan — Akbar
(b) Adam Khan — Akbar
(c) Bairam Khan — Akbar
(d) Shaista Khan — Akbar
Ans: (c)
174. Which one of the following are correctly matched?
Persons Events
a. Sultan Sack of Mahmud Somnath
b. Mohammad Conquest of Ghori Sind
c. Alauddin Revolt in Khilji Bengal
d. Mohammad Chengiz Bin Tughlaq Khan’s invasion
(a) a and c (b) b only
(c) a only (d) b and d )
Ans: (c)
175. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation of the Mughal rule at Delhi ?
(a) Third Battle of Panipat
(b) Second Battle of Panipat
(c) Battle of Haldighati
(d) First Battle of Panipat
Ans: (d)
176. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-Ilahi was:
(a) Todermal (b) Birbal
(c) Tansen (d) Man Singh
Ans: (b)
177. Which of the following Mughal emperors is credited with composition of Hindi songs ?
(a) Babar (b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir (d) Shahjehan
Ans: (c)
178. The Akaal Takht was built by
(a) Guru Ramdas
(b) Guru Teg Bahadur
(c) Guru Hargovind
(d) Guru Nanak
Ans: (c)
179. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days ?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Bairam Khan
(c) Tansen (d) Todarmal
Ans: (b)
180. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
(a) Nasir-ud-din
(b) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
(c) Bahram Shah
(d) Aram Shah
Ans: (a)
181. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
(a) Panipat (b) Gogra
(c) Khanwa (d) Kannauj
Ans: (d)
182. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of:
(a) Karnataka
(b) Calcutta
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Kerala
Ans: (a)
183. Who among the following was the last Delhi Sultan ?
(a) Sikandar Lodi
(b) Daulat Khan Lodi
(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans: (d)
184. Who among the following was defeated by Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the first battle of Tarain ?
(a) Balban
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Mahmud of Ghazni
(d) Iltutmish
Ans: (b)
185. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by :
(a) Sher Shah
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(d) Bahadur Shah
Ans: (c)
186. Rajatarangini was written by
(a) Kalhana (b) Alberuni
(c) Harsha Vardhana
(d) Kautilya
Ans: (a)
187. Who is regarded as the second Alexander ?
(a) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
(b) Mubarak Khilji
(c) Khusru Khan
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Ans: (d)
188. Who discovered the sea-route to India ?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Columbus
(c) Magellan
(d) Henry the Navigator
Ans: (a)
189. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
(a) Red Fort
(b) Humayun’s Tomb
(c) Qutab Minar
(d) Jantar Mantar
Ans: (d)
190. Who got the Gita translated into Persian ?
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar
(c) Murad (d) Dara Shikoh
Ans: (d)
191. Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of
(a) Mewar (b) Chittor
(c) Haldighati (d) Udaipur
Ans: (c)
192. Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple ?
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Qutbuddin Aibak
Ans: (a)
193. The ‘Sun Temple’ of Konark is in the State of
(a) Odisha
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (a)
194. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohd. Ghori in the battle of
(a) Tarain in 1191 A.D.
(b) Tarain in 1192 A.D.
(c) Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
(d) Ranthambhor in 1195 A.D.
Ans: (b)
195. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
(a) 1565 A.D. (b) 1575 A.D.
(c) 1585 A.D. (d) 1570 A.D.
Ans: (a)
196. Who amongst the following succeeded Aurangzeb?
(a) Azam (b) Kam Baksh
(c) Akbar II (d) Mauzzam
Ans: (d)
197. Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India .at
(a) Fatehpur Sikri
(b) Aurangabad
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Jaunpur
Ans: (b)
198. Where did Aurangzeb die ?
(a) Pune (b) Aurangabad
(c) Ahmad Nasar (d) Mumbai
Ans: (c)
199. The first Sultan who requested and obtained letters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa) was
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans: (a)
200. Which Sultan received a robe of honour from the caliph ?
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Ans: (b)
201. Who among the following introduced the Mansabdari system?
(a) Shah Jashan (b) Sher Shah
(c) Akbar (d) Jahangir
Ans: (c)
202. The Market Regulation system was introduced by
(a) Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(d) Ghias-ud-din
Ans: (c)
203. Which of the following Mughal Emperors wrote their own autobiographies ?
(a) Shah Alam and Farukh Siyar
(b) Babur and Jahangir
(c) Jahangir and Shah Jahan
(d) Akbar and Aurangzeb
Ans: (b)
204. Arrange the dynasties of Delhi Sultanate given below in chronological order :
a. Khilji b. Tughlaq
c. Sayyad d. Slave
(a) d, a, c, b (b) a, d, b, c
(c) a, b, c, d (d) d, a, b, c
Ans: (d)
205. Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India?
(a) Hussain Shah
(b) Amir Khusrau
(c) BarbakShah
(d) Nanak
Ans: (b)
206. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
(a) Mysore (b) Aurangabad
(c) Nizamabad (d) Bhopal
Ans: (b)
207. The first Mughal emperor of India was
(a) Shahjahan (b)Humayun
(c) Babar (d) Akbar
Ans: (c)
208. Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when he landed at Calicut.
(a) Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
(b) Devaraya
(c) Zamorin
(d) Krishnadevaraya
Ans: (c)
209. The saviour of the Delhi Sultanate was
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Minas-us-Siraj
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Ghias-ud-din Balban
Ans: (d)
210. Sriperumbudur is the birthplace of
(a) Sri Madhvacharya
(b) Sri Basavanna
(c) Sri Shankaracharya
(d) Sri Ramanujacharya
Ans: (d)
211. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins ?
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Muhammad Tughluq
(d) Balban
Ans: (b)
212. Which was the second capital of Akbar ?
(a) Delhi (b) Agra
(c) Fateh-pur-Sikri (d) Patna
Ans: (c)
213. The famous Sun Temple at Konark was built by
(a) Prataparudra
(b) Anantavarman
(c) Narasimha–I
(d) Narasimha–II
Ans: (c)
214. The tomb of Jahangir was built at
(a) Gujarat (b) Delhi
(c) Lahore (d) Agra
Ans: (c)
215. What was the original name of Nur Jahan ?
(a) Zeb-un-Nissa
(b) Fatima Begum
(c) Mehr-un-Nissa
(d) Jahanara and )
Ans: (c)
216. Akbar held his religious discussion in
(a) Jodhabai’s Palace
(b) Panch Mahal
(c) Ibadat Khana
(d) Buland Darwaza
Ans: (c)
217. Who succeeded Guru Nanak ?
(a) Guru Angad
(b) Guru Ramdas
(c) Guru Arjan
(d) Guru Hargobind
Ans: (a)
218. Who among the Delhi Sultans died of a sudden fall from a horse at Lahore while playing Chaugan ?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Jalaluddin Khilji
Ans: (a)
219. The most powerful Peshwa was
(a) Balaji Baji Rao
(b) Baji Rao
(c) Madhava Rao
(d) Balaji Vishwanath
Ans: (b)
220. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
(a) Ghaghra in 1529 A.D.
(b) Chausa in 1539 A.D.
(c) Panipat in 1526 A.D.
(d) Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
Ans: (b)
221. When the rule of the Delhi Sultan began ?
(a) 1106 A.D (b) 1206 A.D
(c) 1306 A.D (d) 1406 A.D
Ans: (b)
222. Who introduced leather token currency in India ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Mohammad–Bin–Tughlaq
(c) Babur
(d) Humayun
Ans: (*)
223. When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end ?
(a) 1498 A.D. (b) 1526 A.D.
(c) 1565 A.D. (d) 1600 A.D.
Ans: (b)
224. Tulsidas wrote Ram- charitmanas in the reign of
(a) Babur (b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Jahangir
Ans: (b)
225. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion ?
(a) Bhagwad Gita
(b) Baani
(c) Gurmukhi
(d) Guru Granth Sahib
Ans: (d)
226. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar ?
(a) Gwalior Fort (b)Agra Fort
(c) Lahore Fort (d) Allahabad Fort
Ans: (a)
227. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal Capital from Agra to Delhi ?
(a) Jahangir (b) Aurangzeb
(c) Shahjahan (d) Bahadur Shah
Ans: (c)
228. The Taj-Mahal was built by
(a) Jahangir (b) Shahjahan
(c) Sher Shah (d) Nadir Shah
Ans: (b)
229. Multan was named by the Arabs as
(a) City of beauty
(b) City of wealth
(c) City of gold
(d) Pink city
Ans: (c)
230. Bijapur is known for its
(a) Severe drought condition
(b) Gol Gumbaz
(c) Heavy rainfall
(d) Statue of Gomateswara
Ans: (b)
231. Who among the following Sultans tried to prohibit sati ?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Jalauddin Khilji
(d) Firoz Tughlaq
Ans: (b)
232. Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music and dancing ?
(a) Babar (b) Humayun
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Jehangir
Ans: (c)
233. Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitamanas during the reign of
(a) Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Akbar
(c) Rama Raya
(d) Jehangir
Ans: (b)
234. Who constructed Humayun’s tomb in Delhi ?
(a) Babar (b) Akbar
(c) Haji Begam (d) Humayun
Ans: (c)
235. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat ?
(a) Four Times (b)Once
(c) Thrice (d) Twice
Ans: (d)
236. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat ?
(a) Four Times (b) Once
(c) Thrice (d) Twice
Ans: (d)
237. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty ?
(a) Daulat Khan Lodhi
(b) Sikandar Lodhi
(c) Bahlol Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Ans: (c)
238. Who of the following became a member of the “Din–i–Ilahi”?
(a) Todarmal
(b) Raja Birbal
(c) Raja Man Singh
(d) Tansen
Ans: (b)
239. The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was :
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alam Shah
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Balban
Ans: (a)
240. Who of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of ‘blood and iron’ ?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Balban
(d) Iltutmish
Ans: (c)
241. The greatness of Shershah lies in his :
(a) Secular attitude
(b) Victories against Humayun
(c) Superior generalship
(d) Administrative reforms
Ans: (d)
242. Who was Akbar’s famous revenue minister?
(a) Tansen
(b) Todarmal
(c) Rana Pratap Singh
(d) Humayun
Ans: (b)
243. Who among the following rulers abolished Jaziya?
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Balban
(c) Akbar (d) Jahangir
Ans: (c)
244. Which of the following monuments is the oldest ?
(a) QutabMinar (b) Khajuraho
(c) Ajanta Caves (d) Taj Mahal
Ans: (c)
245. Which of the following was the founder of the house of Peshawar?
(a) Ramachandra Pant
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Parsuram Triamsuk
Ans: (b)
246. The 1st Battle of Panipat was fought in the year :
(a) 1761 (b) 1516
(c) 1526 (d) 1556
Ans: (c)
247. Who was the first Vijayanagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis ?
(a) Reva RayaII (b) Harihara I
(c) Harihara II (d) Bukka I
Ans: (c)
248. Who was Akbar’s guardian ?
(a) Amir Khusru
(b) Abul Fazal
(c) Tansen
(d) Bairam Khan
Ans: (d)
249. In which of the Round Table Conference Mahatma Gandhi participated?
(a) First Round Table Conference, 1930
(b) Second Round Table Conference, 1931
(c) Third Round Table Conference, 1932
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b)
250. Todar Mal, the brilliant revenue officer served under :
(a) Sher Shah (b) Bhagwan Das
(c) Humayun (d)Baz Bahadur
Ans: (a)
251. Who is called as the “Prince of Moneyers”?
(a) Ibrahim Lodhi
(b) Babar
(c) Akbar
(d) Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq
Ans: (d)
252. Who translated ‘Mahabharatha into Persian?
(a) Ibn-Batuta (b) Abul Fazal
(c) Babar (d) Badauni
Ans: (d)
253. Who built ‘Adhai Din Ka Jhopra’ or ‘A hut of two and a half days’ at Ajmer?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Ans: (a)
254. Who built “Purana Quilla” ?
(a) Akbar (b) Shershah
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Babar
Ans: (b)
255. The capital of Yadava Kings was
(a) Devagiri
(b) Varanasi
(c) Kanchipuram
(d) Krishnagiri
Ans: (a)
256. Panditraj Jagannath was the poet laureate of which of the following rulers?
(a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Humayun
Ans: (b)
257. Amir Khusro was a
(a) poet (b) play writer
(c) painter (d) architect
Ans: (a)
258. The token currency using copper and brass coins was modelled after which country’s example by Muhammedbin Tuglaq?
(a) Japan (b) Greece
(c) China (d) Russia
Ans: (c)
259. Who founded the City of Delhi?
(a) Khilji (b) Lodhi
(c) Tamara (d) Tughlaq
Ans: (c)
260. Which Turkish ruler invaded India 14 times between 1000 and 1026 AD?
(a) Mahamud of Ghazni
(b) Mauhamed Tughlaq
(c) Changez Khan
(d) Mahmood Ghalib
Ans: (a)
261. Who was the elder brother of Shah Shuja and Murad Baksh ?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Azam Shah
(c) Muhammad Kam Baksh
(d) Dara Shikoh
Ans: (d)
262. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?
(a) Battle of Takkolam
(b) Battle of Talikota
(c) Battle of Kanwah
(d) Battle of Panipat
Ans: (b)
263. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at ____
(a) Varanasi (b) Allahabad
(c) Ujjain (d) Mathura
Ans: (b)
264. An agricultural department known as ‘Diwan-i-kohi’ was created by:
(a) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Firoz Tughlaq
(d) Jalaluddin Khilji
Ans: (a)
265. Which one of the following painters of Jahangir’s reign was conferred the title of Nadir-ul-Asra’?
(a) Bishandas (b) Mansur
(c) Manohar (d) Daulat
Ans: (b)
266. Which monument is in pink colour?
(a) Taj Mahal
(b) Hawa Mahal
(c) Moti Mahal
(d) Mumtaz Mahal
Ans: (b)
267. Who applied the concept of guerrilla warfare in India in 17th Century?
(a) Shivaji
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Genghis Khan
(d) Maharana Pratap
Ans: (a)
268. __________was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi.
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Ans: (c)
269. The Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri connects:
(a) Agra–Punjab
(b) Punjab–East Bengal
(c) Lahore–East Bengal
(d) Multan–Agra
Ans: (c)
270. Which among the following foreign countries was the first one to trade with India?
(a) England
(b) Netherlands
(c) France
(d) Portugal
Ans: (d)
271. Which monument is known as the “Dream in Stones’?
(a) Char Minar
(b) Ajanta Caves
(c) Sanchi Stupa
(d) Panch Mahal
Ans: (d)
272. The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was
(a) Thomas Roe
(b) William Hawkins
(c) Ibn Batuta
(d) Manucci
Ans: (d)
273. Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
(a) Sheikh Mubarak
(b) Hazarat Khwaja
(c) Nasiruddin Chirag
(d) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Ans: (a)
274. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota?
(a) Sangam (b) Aniridu
(c) Tuluva (d) Saluva
Ans: (c)
275. Which of the following Sultans died while playing Polo or Chaugan?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Nasiruddin Muhammad
Ans: (a)
276. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
(a) Guru Amar Das
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Arjan Dev
(d) Guru Har Govind
Ans: (b)
277. Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?
(a) Badayuni
(b) Vincent Smith
(c) Barni
(d) W. Haig
Ans: (b)
278. The city of Vijayanagar is also known as
(a) Halebidu (b) Chandragiri
(c) Hampi (d) Kondavidu
Ans: (c)
279. Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Mahmud Tughlaq
Ans: (b)
280. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
(a) Sikandara
(b) Agra
(c) Fatehpur Sikri
(d) Allahabad
Ans: (a)
281. Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan ?
(a) The Sayyids (b) The Lodhis
(c) The Rajputs (d) The Khiljis
Ans: (a)
282. The earliest reference to sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions?
(a) Allahabad Pillar inscription
(b) Eran inscription of Bhanugupta
(c) Aihole inscription of Pulkesin II
(d) Bhitan inscription of Skandgupta
Ans: (b)
283. What was the immediate aim of the Treaty of Purander in 1665?
(a) To gain goodwill of Shivaji
(b) To sow seeds of contention between Shivaji and Sultan of Bijapur
(c) To deceive Shivaji
(d) To make Shivaji a puppet of Mughals
Ans: (b)
284. In the battle of Panipat, Babar faced the armies of
(a) Jaichand (b) Hemu
(c) Daulat khan(d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans: (d)
285. Where in India was the first French factory established?
(a) Surat
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Chandannagore
(d) Masulipatnam
Ans: (a)
286. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by __________.
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish (c) Balban
(d) Bahram Khan
Ans: (b)
287. Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir’s reign?
(a) Paul Canning
(b) Captain William Hawkins
(c) William Edward
(d) Ralph Fitch
Ans: (b)
288. The famous poet Amir Khusrau was contemporary of all except following :
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Jalaluddin Khilji
Ans: (c)
289. What is Gol Gumbadh ?
(a) Mausoleum of Hyder Ali
(b) Mausoleum of Aurangazeb
(c) Mausoleum of Chand Bibi
(d) Mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah
Ans: (d)
290. The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was?
(a) Urdu (b) Arabic
(c) Persian (d) Hindi
Ans: (c)
291. Chachnama records the history of which conquest?
(a) Kushanas (b) Hunas
(c) Arabs (d) Greeks
Ans: (c)
292. The first Europeans to come to India were
(a) British (b) Dutch
(c) French (d) Portugese
Ans: (d)
293. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India?
(a) Babur
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar
Ans: (a)
294. The first woman ruler in Indian history was :
(a) Razia Sultan
(b) Hamida Begum
(c) Mehrunissa
(d) Hazrat Mahal
Ans: (a)
295. Mohammed Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital from
(a) Delhi to Warangal
(b) Delhi to Devagiri
(c) Delhi to Madurai
(d) Delhi to Vijayanagar
Ans: (b)
296. Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Mian Tansen
(c) Raja Birbal
(d) Raja Todar Mal
Ans: (b)
297. Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year _____.
(a) 1543 (b) 1643
(c) 1743 (d) 1843
Ans: (b)
298. Which of the following Alberuni’s account of India
(a) Chachnama
(b) Futuh-us-Salatin
(c) Tarikh-i-Yamini
(d) Kitab-ul-Hind
Ans: (d)