MCQ 2ndSem History Practice Sheet

Sem II History (Hons.) 

Very Important MC Questions of Medieval Indian History 

1. In Battuta, the famous Muslim explorer who came to India during regime of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq, belonged to which country?

[A]Afghanistan                                                           [B] Morocco
[C] Iraq                                                                       [D] Iran

2. Rajatarangini, a book that generally recorded the heritage of Kashmir in the 12th Century, was written by__:

[A]Pravaragupta                                                          [B]Kalhana

[C]Lalitapida                                                               [D]Kashyapa

3. Who among the following rulers had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coins and had his name inscribed in Nagari Characters?

[A]Muhammad Ghazni                                               [B] Muhammad Ghori

[C]Muhammad Bin Tughlaq                                       [D]Iltutmish

4. Who among the following defeated Muhammad Ghori near Mount Abu?

[A]Bhimdev Solanki II                                               [B]Vijaya Dev

[C]Bhimdev Solanki I                                                 [D] None of these

5. Who among the following was named as “Zinda Pir” or” Living Saint” in Mughal India?

[A]Humayun               [B] Akbar                    [C] Aurangzeb                        [D] Jahangir

6. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were introduced during the reign of __:

[A]Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah                                 [B]Bahlul Khan Lodi

[C]Pathan Sultan Sher Shah Suri                                [D]Mian Hassan Khan Suri

7. Which of the following ambassadors of Queen Elizabeth visited Akbar’s court to obtain a Firman for trade in Gujarat?

[A]Sir Thomas Roe                                                     [B] William Hawkins

[C]John Mildenhall                                                     [D] None of the above

8. Shivaji had formed a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha Empire. The council was named as:

[A]Nyaya Pradhan                                                      [B]Ashta Sena

[C]Ashta Siddhi                                                          [D]Ashta Pradhan

9. Who among the following was appointed as the supreme authority in justice during the era of Mughal Emperors?
[A]Qazi-ul-Quzat                                                        [B]Qazi-ul-Hazat
[C]Qazi-Faiz-ul-Islam                                                 [D]None of these

10. Who among the following got the Mahabharata translated into Persian and named it as ‘Razmnameh’?

[A]Akbar                                                                     [B] Jahangir

[C]Aurangzeb                                                             [D] None of the above

11. Which among the following apparently impressed Jahangir to issue a farman in 1613 A.D. to the English to establish a factory at Surat ?

[A] Reconciliation between the English and Portuguese

[B] A secret offer of naval help to the Mughal emperor to oust the Portuguese

[C] A heavy dose of bribe to Nur Jahan

[D] The defeat of Portuguese naval squadrons by the English

12. Which among the following was the unit of measurement of land in Maratha dominions?

[A] Kathi                                                                     [B] Tanab

[C] Jarib                                                                      [D] Daftari bigha

13. The portion of the actual produce fixed as state’s share under the Zabti System of Mughals was ___?

[A] One-half                                                               [B] One-third

[C] One-fourth                                                            [D] One-fifth

14. The most important source of information about the agrarian conditions during Mughals is__?

[A] Ain-i-Akbari                                                         [B] Akbarnama

[C] Muntakhab-ul-Lubab                                            [D] Tarikh-i-Ferishta

15. Who among the following was the French explorer who visited court of Emperor Shah Jahan and left a detailed account of Takht-i-Taus (Peacock throne) ?

[A] Jean-Baptiste Tavernier                                        [B] Geronimo Verroneo

[C] Pierre-Jean Grosley                                               [D] Jean-Paul Dubois

16. The author of Tabqat-i-Akbari was___?

[A] Badauni                                                                [B] Khwaja Nizamuddin Ahmad

[C] Abul Fazl                                                              [D] Khwand Mir

17. Which among the following scholars in the Mughal Court alleged that Akbar was an enemy of Islam?
[A] Badauni
[B] Niamtullah
[C] Abbas Khan Sarwani
[D] Nizamuddin Ahmad

18. Which among the following was the single biggest item of import to the Vijayanagar Empire?

[A] Precious stones                                                     [B] Horses                  

[C] Luxury goods                                                       [D] Raw Silk

19. The highest officer under the Turkish / Khilji Rulers of the Delhi Sultanate was___ ?

[A] Qazi-ul-Mulk                                                        [B] Naib-i-Mulk

[C] Head of the Majlis-i-Khalawat                             [D] Wazir

20. During the Delhi Sultanate, who among the following were called the Barids?

[A] Craftsmen                                                             [B] Bodyguards of the Sultan

[C] Officer-in-charge of state exchequer                    [D] The spy / news reporters

21. At the time of invasion of Alauddin, Warangal was ruled by ___?

[A] Chalukya Dynasty                                                [B] Chola Dynasty

[C] Kakatiya Dynasty                                                 [D] Yadava Dynasty

22. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

[A] Baz Bahadur ?Malwa                                           [B] Sultan Muzaffar Shah?Gujarat

[C] Yusuf Adil Shah?Ahmednagar                            [D] Qutub Shah ?Golkunda

23. As per the Prithviraja-Raso, the four Rajput Clans which emerged from Agni-Kunda (Fire Altar) of Mount Abu are__?
[A] Pratiharas, Chauhans, Gahadavalas, Kalachuris
[B] Paramaras, Chandelas, Chauhans, Chalukyas
[C] Chauhans, Kalachuris, Chandelas, Pratiharas
[D] Pratiharas, Chauhans, Chalukyas, Parmaras

24. From the times of which among the following Chola rulers, the Gangaikondacholapuram became the capital of the Chola Empire?

[A] Parantaka Chola I                                                 [B] Rajendra Chola I

[C] Kulottunga Chola I                                               [D] Vikrama Chola

25. Adya Dhara niradhara, niralamba Saraswati, thus lamented a poet at the demise of which among the following Kings?

[A] Chahmana Visaladeva                                          [B] Chandela Kirtivarma

[C] Mihira Bhoja                                                         [D] Bhoja Paramara

26. Which among the following two dynasties of the Northern India confronted with the Rashtrakutas?

[A] The Pratiharas and the Paramaras             [B] The Palas and the Chandelas

[C] The Pratiharas and the Palas                                 [D] The Chalukyas and the Chahamanas

27. The rulers of which among the following dynasties called themselves “Brahma-Ksatriyas”?

[A] Palas                     [B] Senas                     [C] Pratiharas                          [D] Chahamanas

28. Which of the following rulers of India issued Mahzarnama to take all the religious matters into his own hands?

[A]Jahangir                 [B] Akbar                    [C] Aurangzeb                        [D] Shah Alam

29. Who among the following was sent by Emperor Jahangir on a diplomatic mission to Persia, to paint the Shah’s portrait?

[A]Bishandas                                                              [B]Khusrau Mirza

[C]Prince Khurram                                                      [D] None of these

30. Famous sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya settled in Delhi during the times of __:
[A]Akbar                     [B]Jahangir                             [C]Shahjahan               [D]Aurangjeb

31. Which among the following place in Karnataka is the present location of capital of Vijayanagar Empire?

[A]Hampi                    [B]Kulyadi                              [C]Kottigehara                        [D]Thokur

32. The ambassador of Emperor James I, who reached in the court of Jahangir in 1615, was __:

[A]Sir James Hay                                                        [B] Sir Thomas Roe

[C]Sir Thomas Howard                                               [D] Sir John Digby

33. Who among the following was the contemporary leader of Chengiz Khan?

[A]Genghis Khan                                                        [B]Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat Beg

[C]Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari                             [D]Iitutmish

34. The real name of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II was__:

[A]Alamgir II                                                              [B] Ahmed Shah Durrani

[C]Mirza Najaf Khan                                                  [D] Ali Gauhar

35. Who among the following is known as a continuing link between Akbar and Sher Shah in the field of land revenue administration?

[A]Sadar-ur-Bakshi                                                     [B]Todar Mal

[C]Khan Zaman                                                          [D] Khan Alam

36. Which among the following was the real name of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah?

[A]Khujasta Akhtar                                                    [B]Shahriyar Shah Bahadur

[C]Nadir Shah                                                             [D]Raushan Akhtar

37. Which among the following terms was used for the Royal cavalry of the Maratha Army System?

[A]The Shiledars                                                         [B] The Bargirs

[C]The Hazari                                                             [D] The Subedars

38. Which among the following was the work of Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq?
[A] Fautuhat-i-Ferozshahi                                           [B] Fatawa-i-Jahandari
[C] Tarikh-i-Ferozshahi                                               [D] Tughlaqnama

39.Who among the following is the author of Kitab-ur-Rehla?

[A] Maulana Sharafuddin Ali Yazid                          [B] Amir Timur

[C] Ibn-i-Batuta                                                          [D] Khwaja Abdullah Malik Isami
40. The irrigation tax was charged on the farmers for the first time by which among the following Sultans?

[A] Alauddin Khilji                                                    [B] Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

[C] Mohammad Tughlaq                                             [D] Firoz Tughlaq

41. Which among the following Sultans of Delhi abolished the ‘Zakat’ on grain?

[A] Alauddin Khilji                                                    [B] Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

[C] Firoz Shah Tughlaq                                               [D] Sikandar Lodi

42. The commander of Alauddin Khilji’s forces during his Deccan Campaigns was __?

[A] Malik Kafur                                                          [B] Ainul Mulk Multani

[C] Nusrat Khan                                                         [D] Ulugh Khan

43. Ibn Batuta was a traveler from which among the following current nations?

[A] Algeria                  [B] Morocco                [C] Tunisia                  [D] Libya

44. The minister of the Gahadvala King Govindachandra and author of Kalpadruma was __?

[A] Apararka                                                               [B] Chandesvara                    

[C] Lakshmidhara                                                       [D] Vijnanesvara

45. During the invasion of Mohammed Bin Kasim, many Hindus in Sindh were forcibly converted to Islam. They were recoverted to Hinduism by the authority of __?

[A] Devala Smriti                                                        [B] Narada Smriti

[C] Visnu Smriti                                                          [D] Yajnavalkya Smriti

46. God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste; in the next world there is no caste. This teaching is of __?
[A] Kabir                                                                         [B] Guru Nanak
[C] Chaitanya                                                                  [D] Ramananda

47. Which of these books is / are works by Amir Khusrau?

[A] Qiran-u-Sadain                                                     [B]  Tahqiq-i-Hind

[C Miftah-ul-Futuh                                                     [D]  Nur-i-Sipihar

48. Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?

[A]Akbar                                                                     [B] Jahangir

[C]Allauddin Khilji                                                     [D]Humayun

49. Who among the following was the founder of Bijapur state?

[A]Yusuf Adil Shah                                                   [B]Murad II

[C]Mehmood II                                                          [D] Ibrahim Zubayri

50. Emperor Akbar conferred the title of Jagatguru upon which among the following Jaina Philosophers?

[A] Anandasagar Suri                                                 [B] Vijaykanak Suri

[C] Hiravijay Suri                                                        [D] Vijay Shantichandra Suri