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1. The death of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb occurred at which among the following places?
Agra
Bijapur
Ahmednagar
Pune
2. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because?
Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
3. The Mansabdari system was borrowed from ?
Afghanistan
Turkey
Mongolia
Persia
4. Which of the following Rajput clan does not belong to the Agnikula?
Parmara
Pratihara
Chalukya
Kachwaha
5. Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?
Akbar
Jahangir
Allauddin Khilji
Humayun
6. Which of the following Pala Kings established Vikramshila university?
Gopala
Dharmapala
Devapala
Devapala 2
7. Who among the following was appointed as the supreme authority in justice during the era of Mughal Emperors ?
Qazi ul Quzat
Qazi ul Hazat
Qazi Faiz ul Islam
Qazi Faiz ul Islam
8. The famous Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was built during which dynasty?
Pandyas
Chola
Chera
Pallava
9. Which of the following rulers earned the title of Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara?
Samudragupta
Karikala Chola
Harihara I
Parantaka I
10. The temple city of Osian, near Jodhpur was built by which among the following Rajput Kings?
Pratiharas
Solankis
Chauhanas
Parmaras
11. Which among the following empires was located on the banks of Tungabhadra River?
Vijayanagar Empire
Chalukyas of Vatapi
Chalukyas of Badami
Bahmani Kingdom
12. During the reign of which among the following Mughal Emperors, Mughal Architecture reached its zenith?
Akbar
Jahangir
Shahjahan
Aurangazeb
13. Who among the following composed Ananga?
Kabir
Gyaneshwar
Tukaram
Raidasa
14. During the reign of Devaraya II which of the following famous temples were built in Vijaynagar empire?
Hampi
Hazura
Belgaum
None of them
15. Which of the following battles helped Shershah to establish Suri Dynasty ?
Battle of Kanauj 1540
Battle of Chausa 1539
Battle of Duhariya 1532
Battle of Chandewar
16. Who among the following led a campaign against Warangal in 1309?
Ala ud din Khilji
Malik Kafur
Bakhtiar Khilji,
Mohmmad bin Tuglaq
17. Who among the following written Manmaul Bahrain?
Aurangzeb
Akbar
Darashikoh
Abu Fazal
18. Who among the following succeded Ruknuddin Feroz?
Balban
Razia
Muizzudin Bahram Shah
Iltumish
19. Chandradeva, was the founder of which of the following dynasty?
Chauhans
Gahadwalas
Chalukyas
Chandellas
20. Sakambhari near Ajmer is a place related to emergence of which of the following dynasties?
Gahadwals
Parmaras
Pratiharas
Chauhanas
21. Tazkirat ul Muluk is about which dynasty?
The Nizams
Sultans of Golconda
The Khaljis
Adilshahi Sultans of Bijapur
22. Ghiyasuddin Muhammad wrote which of the following sheds light on many aspects of the social and cultural life of the age?
Tarik e Sher
Humayun Nama
Akbarnama
Qunum i Humayuni
23. Which of the following is a first hand authority for much of what happened in Rajputana and Malwa between 1657 and 1698?
Ma asir i Alamgiri
Alamgirnama
Futuhat i Almgiri
Muntakhab ul Lubab
24. Which emperor issued a coin containing zodiac signs?
Jahangir
Humayun
Shah Jahan
Babur
25. Which of the following Islamic scholars was not a contemporary of Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud?
Abul Fadl Bayhaqi
Ferdowsi
Al Biruni
Firishta
26. Which of the following were not included in the ethnic composition of the armies Mahmud of Ghazni?
Arabs
Indians
Tajiks
Greeks
27. During whose reign among the following Qubacha (slave of Muizzudin) declared himself an independent ruler of Multan and seized Lahore and parts of the punjab ?
Qutubuddin Aibak
Iltutmish
Balban
Raziya
28. Who patronised the historian Minhaj us Siraj and the saint Qutbuddin of Ush
Qutubuddin Aibak
Iltutmish
Alauddin Khalji
Raziya Sultana
29. Which sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan?
Iltutmish
Razia Sultana
Balban
Alauddin khalji
30. Who assumed the title of Amir ul Momminy?
Raziya Sultana
Iltutmish
Qutubuddin Aibak
Muizzuddin Ghori
31. The queen Rani Bai is associated with which of these kingdoms during early medieval India?
Kabulshahi
Zabul
Sindh
Gujarat
32. Which of the following conquest of Mahmud occurred chronologically later than other three?
Invasion on Kalinjar
Invasion on Kannauj
Invasion on Somnath
Invasion on Thaneshwar
33. The term Tarf used during the reign of Qutubuddin Aibak stands for
Higher nobility
Department of central administration
Subdivision of territory
Provincial government
34. Who among the following ruler was popular by the name of Lakha Baksh?
Iltutmish
Qutubuddin Aibak
Balban
Ulugh Khan
35. Who among the following introduced Navroz in India?
Balban
Iltutmish
Firoz Tughlaq
Alauddin Khalji
36. Tazkirat ul Vaqiat was put together by which of the following?
Akbar
Jawhar Aftabchi
Abdul Qadir Badauni
None of the above
37. Tazkireh i Humayun va Akbar was written by which of the following?
Bayazid Bayat
Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat
Nizamuddin Ahmad
None of the above
38. Which of the following was the author of Kitab ur Rehlah ?
Ibn Batuta
Abdur Razzak
Nicolo Conti
Barbosa
39. After capturing Debal & Nirun, Muhammad bin Qasim marched towards which of the following?
Rawar
Sehwan
Multan
None of the above
40. Which of the following rulers was bestowed with the title Yamin ud Daula ?
Alaptagin
Muhammad bin Qasim
Mahmud of Ghazni
Subuktagin
41. Ghaznavid Empire was defeated by which of the following at the Battle of Dandanqan?
Seljuk Turks
Rajputs
Arabs
None of the above
42. Which of the following is considered as the actual founder of the Islamic Empire in India?
Mahmud of Ghazni
Shahabuddin Muhammad
Alauddin Hussain
Ghiyath ud din
43. During which of the following period Muhammad Ghori led an expedition against Multan?
1175 CE to 1178 CE
1180 CE to 1188 CE
1200 CE to 1208 CE
1075 CE to 1078 CE
44. Chalukya ruler of Gujarat, Solanki Bhima II, defeated Which of the following kings at the battle of Kayadara?
Mahmud of Ghazni
Muhammad Ghori
Alauddin Hussain
Ghiyath ud din
45. Qutbuddin made which of the following places as his headquarters before embarking on a campaign of expansion?
Ajmer
Punjab
Delhi
Agra
46. Qutab ud din Aibak defeated which of the following kings to capture Gujarat?
Bhima I
Jayachand
Bhima II
Karna II
47. Qutub ud din Aibak received the title of Sultan of Delhi from which of the following?
Ghiyas ud din Mahmud
Mohammad Ghori
Mahmud Ghaznavi
None of the above
48. Razia Sultan was married to which of the following?
Malik Saifuddin Aibek
Ikhtiyaruddin Altunia
Malik Jamaluddin Yaqut
Ikhtiyaruddin Aitigin
49. Which of the following kings succeeded Alauddin Masud Shah?
Nasiruddin Mahmud
Raziya Sultan
Ruknuddin Firuz Shah
Bahram Shah
50. Which of the following treacherously murdered Jalaluddin Khalji?
Balban
Alauddin Khalji
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah
51. Which of the following kings transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri?
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Abu Bakr Shah
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
Ghiyaddin Tughlaq Shah II
52. Khizr Khan was succeeded by which of the following kings?
Muhammad Shah
Alauddin Alam Shah
Mubarak Shah
Feroz shah
53. Which among the following wrote Persian verses under the name Gulrakhi ?
Sikander Lodhi
Bahlol Lodhi
Ibrahim Lodhi
Daulat Khan Lodhi
54. Which of the following was defeated by Rana Sanga of Mewar?
Sikander Lodhi
Ibrahim Lodhi
Bahlol Lodhi
None of the above
55. Daud Shah was succeeded by which of the following kings?
Muhammad Shah II
Ahmad Shah II
Ahmad Shah
Mahmud Shah I
56. During the Sultanate period the village headman was known as?
Amil
Gaulmika
Bhukti
Muqaddam
57. Which of the following constructed a palace in Delhi called the Kushk i Lal?
Qutubuddin Aibak
Iltutmish
Aram Shah
Balban
58. Deva Raya Is rule is associated with of the following periods?
1406 to 1422 A.D.
1410 to 1432 A.D.
1415 to 1442 A.D.
1418 to 1444 A.D.
59. Krishna Deva Raya died in which of the following years?
1525 CE
1529 CE
1534 CE
1541 CE
60. Which of the following succeeded Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah?
Taj ud din Firoz Shah
Muhammad Shah I
Ahmah Shah Wali
Humayun Shah
61. Which of the following divided the Bahmani kingdom into eight tarafs or provinces?
Ahmah Shah Wali
Humayun Shah
Nizam Shah
Mahmud Gawan
62. Which of the following Bahamani ruler was considered to be the shadow of god?
Mujahid Shah Bahmani
Ahmah Shah Wali
Mahmud Gawan
Humayun Shah
63. Ahmed Bahri Nizam Shah ruled during which of the following periods?
1476 to 1500 CE
1486 to 1510 CE
1496 to1520 CE
1498 to1522 CE
64. Alauddin Imad Shah ruled during which of the following periods?
1500 to12 CE
1502 to15 CE
1508 to 25 CE
1510 to 30 CE
65. Which of the following rulers witnessed the rise of Marathas?
Ibrahim Adil Shah II
Malik Hasan Bahri
Muhammad Adil Shah
Ali Adil Shah I
66. Beshara refers to which of the following?
Who are not bound by the Sharait law
Surrender to achieve salvation
Non acceptance of what was not given freely
None of the above
67. Which of the following was the spiritual successor of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki?
Fariduddin Masud
Shaikh Ahmed
Shaikh Nizamuddin
Shaikh Farid
68. Which of the following founded a new school of Vaishnavism based on the gospel of love and devotion?
Ramanuja
Kabir
Ramananda
Tulsidas
69. Akbar is believed to be the follower of which of the following bhakti saints?
Kabir
Ramanuja
Guru Nanak
Dadu Dayal
70. Which of the following saint received the title of Shaikh I Kabir?
Sayyid Yadullah
Muhibbullah Allahabadi
Abdul Quddus Gangohi
Miranji Shams al Ushshaq
71. The Suhrawardi order was popularized in Kashmir by which of the following saint?
Makhdum Jahaniyah
Makhdum Hamzah
Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
Bahauddin Zakariya
72. Before joining the Suhrawardi order which of the following lived in the company of Gorakhnath?
Makhdum Hamzah
Saba Dawud Khaki Suhrawardi
Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
Shaikh Hasan
73. Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the compositions of which of the following bhakti saints?
Ramananda
Tulsidas
Guru Nanak
Kabir
74. Which of the following established an all India Empire by breaking the power of the Rajput Confederacy?
Babur
Akbar
Humayun
Aurangzeb
75. Battle of Bilgrama was fought in which of the following years?
1536 A.D.
1540 A.D.
1544 A.D.
1548 A.D.
76. Sher Mandal, an octagonal building inside the Purana Qila complex served as the library of which of the following?
Humayun
Akbar
Sher Shah Suri
Shahjahan
77. Which of the following was the chief qazi during the Akbars reign?
Abdullah Sultanpuri
Abdun Nabi
Muhammad Fakhrul Islam
Abul Fazl
78. Which of the following was not one the provinces into which the Mughal empire was divided during the reign of Akbar?
Agra
Malwa
Kashmir
Lahore
79. Which of the following introduced the Mansabdari system in his administration?
Akbar
Shahjahan
Jahangir
Aurangzeb
80. Which of the following was the Finance minister during the reign of Akbar?
Raja Birbal
Raja Todar Mal
Raja Man Singh
None of the above
81. Which of the following granted the chauth and sardeshmukhi of Deccan to Shahu?
Jahandar Shah
Rafi us Darajat
Rafi us Daula
Mohd. Shah Rangeela
82. The battle of Plassey was fought in which of the following year?
1575 CE
1757 CE
1750 CE
1813 CE
83. Which of the following was the head of the military, pay, and accounts office?
Chief Qazi
Mir Bakshi
Mir Maal
Khan i Saman
84. Battle of Pavankhind was fought between Shivaji and which of the following?
Afzal Khan
Adil Shah
Siddi Johar
Rustemjaman
85. Which of the following looked after finance and general administration in the empire of Shivaji?
Peshwa
Sar I Naubat
Amatya
Surnavis
86. Which of the following employed a special script known as the Modi script in the documents of the revenue and administrative records?
Mughals
Rajputs
Marathas
None of the above
87. Who among the following is counted first among the list of the Nayanar saints?
Sundarar
Tiru Neelakanta
Iyarpagaiar
88. Which of the following broke the orthodox Brahmanical framework that worked as one of the factors behind rise of Bhakti cult in Northern India?
Caste System
Scientific Temper
Turkish Conquest
Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
89. In which of the following building, the architecture system of Karez was used?
Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan
Bidar Fort
Great Mosque
Gulbarga Fort
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