History of Medieval India: Objective Questions
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Questions |
Answers |
| 1. | The Arab invasion in 712 A.D. was led by | Muhammad Bin Qasim |
| 2. | Which Rajput ruler was overthrown by the Turk Muhammad Ghori from Delhi ______. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan. |
| 3. | Who was the founder of Ghazni dynasty? | Mahmud Ghazni |
| 4. | Muhammad Ghori ascended the throne of Ghazni in the year | 1173 |
| 5. | Muhammad Ghori is also known as | Shahabuddin Muhammad |
| 6. | The First battle of Tarain was fought between | Prithiviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori |
| 7. | In the battle of Chandwar Muhammad Ghori defeted which rajput ruler of India. |
Jaichand ruler of Kannauj -Rathore dynasty. |
| 8. | Who was the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir? | Shamshuddin Shah – 1339 AD |
| 9. | Muhammad Ghori assigned his Indian possession to | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| 10. | The Slave Dynasty was founded by | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| 11. | The Persian festival of ‘NAVROZ’ in India was started by | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| 12. | The Qutub Minar at Delhi was built by | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| 13. | Name the woman ruler of Slave Dynasty | Razia Sultana, |
| 14. | The Khilji Dynasty was founded by which Muslim ruler? | Jalal-ud-Din Khilji |
| 15. | The original name of Jalal-ud-Din Firuz Khilji’s is | Malik Firuz |
| 16. | Siri Fort and Alai Darwaja at Delhi ware constructed by which Muslim ruler in India | Ala-ud-din Khilji |
| 17. | The Tughlaq dynasty was founded by | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| 18. | Which Muslim ruler of Tughlaq dynasty introduced coins of brass and copper | Mohammed-Bin-Tughlaq |
| 19. | The Lodhi dynasty was founded by | Bahlol Lodhi |
| 20. | Who is considered to be the founder of Mughal empire? | Babar |
| 21. | First Battle of Panipat was fought between | Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi of Lodhi dynasty |
| 22. | First Battle of Panipat was fought on | 20th April, 1526. |
| 23. | Who was the second Mughal emperor after Babar? | Humayun |
| 24. | What is the full name of Humayun | Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun |
| 25. | The biography of Humayun ” Humāyūn-nāma ” was written by | Gulbadan Begum, his sister |
| 26. | Humayun was succeeded by | the 13-year old Akbar |
| 27. | The new religion started by Akbar was | Din-e-Ilahi |
| 28. | Fatehpur Sikri and Buland Darwaja near Agra were established by | Akbar |
| 29. | Akbar had abolished the per capita tax levied on non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria. Name the tax. | jizya or jizyah tax |
| 30. | The second Battle of Panipat was fought between | Bairam Khan, Akbar’s gneral and Hemu |
| 31. | The two important books, Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari were written during Akbar’s tenure by | Abul Fazal |
| 32. | Who was the son of Akbar? | Jehangir |
| 33. | Who was the wife of Akbar? | Begum Nur Jahan |
| 34. | Shalimar and Nishant Bagh were built by | Jahangir |
| 35. | The name of Jahangir autobiography is | Tuzk-e-Jahangiri also referred to asJahangirnama |
| 36. | Shahjahan was the son of | Jahangir |
| 37. | What are the famous monuments built by Shahjahan? | Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid and Red Fort |
| 38. | Aurangzeb was the son of | Shahjahan |
| 39. | Name the monuments built by Aurangzeb. | Moti Masjid, Bibi ka Makbara |
| 40. | Who was the founder of the Muslim Sur Empire (Sur Dynasty) in Northern India? | Sher Shah Suri also known as Sher Khan |
| 41. | Sher Shah Suri Tomb is at | Sasaram, Dist: Rohtas, State: Bihar, India |
| 42. | Sher Shah Suri was succeeded by | His son, Jalal Khan also known as Islam Shah Suri, |
| 43. | In AD 1538 Sher Shah Suri defeated which ruler of Bengal and made Bengal a part of his empire. | Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah |
| 44. | The highway, “Shahrah-e-Azam”/Sadak-e-Azam reconstructed by Sher Shah Suri was renamed as ______ by the British. | Grand Trunk Road |
| 45. | Sher Shah Suri was succeeded by | His son Jalal Khan, also titled as Islam Shah Suri, |
| 46. | Ilyas Shahi dynasty in Bengal was founded by | Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah |
| 47. | The first rupee “Rupiya” was released by which ruler of Sur Dynasty. | Sher Shah Suri, |
| 48. | The founder of the Afsharid dynasty was | Nader Shah or Nadir Shah, the emperor of Persia |
| 49. | The Battle of Karnal was fought between ______ on ______ at ________. | Nader Shah the founder of the Afsharid dynasty and Muhammad Shah, the Mughal emperor, February 13, 1739, Karnal, Haryana, India |
| 50. | The Jaunpur sultanate was ruled by which dynasty? | the Sharqi dynasty |
| 51. | Who laid down the foundation of Sharqi Dynasty. |
Malik Sarwar, Khwajah-i-Jahan
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| 52. | At the time of Timur’s invasion who was the governor of Gujrat province? | Zafar Khan |
| 53. | Malwa the south-western province of Delhi Sultanate was conquered in 1310 AD by | Sultan Alauddin |
| 54. | Who was the first Sultan who annexed Gujarat to the Delhi Sultanate? | Sultan Alauddin Khalji |
| 55. | Bengal was annexed to the territories of Muhammad Ghori by | Muhammad Bin Bakhitiyar |