After capturing Debal & Nirun, Muhammad bin Qasim marched towards which of the following?
1.Rawar
2.Sehwan
3.Multan
4.None of the above
Ahmed Bahri Nizam Shah ruled during which of the following periods?
1.1476 to 1500 CE
2.1486 to 1510 CE
3.1496 to1520 CE
4.1498 to1522 CE
Akbar is believed to be the follower of which of the following bhakti saints?
1.Kabir
2.Ramanuja
3.Guru Nanak
4.Dadu Dayal
Alauddin Imad Shah ruled during which of the following periods?
1.1500 to12 CE
2.1502 to15 CE
3.1508 to 25 CE
4.1510 to 30 CE
Battle of Bilgrama was fought in which of the following years?
1.1536 A.D.
2.1540 A.D.
3.1544 A.D.
4.1548 A.D.
Battle of Pavankhind was fought between Shivaji and which of the following?
1.Afzal Khan
2.Adil Shah
3.Siddi Johar
4.Rustemjaman
Before joining the Suhrawardi order which of the following lived in the company of Gorakhnath?
1.Makhdum Hamzah
2.Saba Dawud Khaki Suhrawardi
3.Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
4.Shaikh Hasan
Beshara refers to which of the following?
1.Who are not bound by the Sharait law
2.Surrender to achieve salvation
3.Non acceptance of what was not given freely
4.None of the above
Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the compositions of which of the following bhakti saints?
1.Ramananda
2.Tulsidas
3.Guru Nanak
4.Kabir
Chalukya ruler of Gujarat, Solanki Bhima II, defeated Which of the following kings at the battle of Kayadara?
1.Mahmud of Ghazni
2.Muhammad Ghori
3.Alauddin Hussain
4.Ghiyath ud din
Chandradeva, was the founder of which of the following dynasty?
1.Chauhans
2.Gahadwalas
3.Chalukyas
4.Chandellas
Daud Shah was succeeded by which of the following kings?
1.Muhammad Shah II
2.Ahmad Shah II
3.Ahmad Shah
4.Mahmud Shah I
Deva Raya Is rule is associated with of the following periods?
1.1406 to 1422 A.D.
2.1410 to 1432 A.D.
3.1415 to 1442 A.D.
4.1418 to 1444 A.D.
During the reign of Devaraya II which of the following famous temples were built in Vijaynagar empire?
1.Hampi
2.Hazura
3.Belgaum
4.None of them
During the reign of which among the following Mughal Emperors, Mughal Architecture reached its zenith?
1.Akbar
2.Jahangir
3.Shahjahan
4.Aurangazeb
During the Sultanate period the village headman was known as?
1.Amil
2.Gaulmika
3.Bhukti
4.Muqaddam
During which of the following period Muhammad Ghori led an expedition against Multan?
1.1175 CE to 1178 CE
2.1180 CE to 1188 CE
3.1200 CE to 1208 CE
4.1075 CE to 1078 CE
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 ?Â
1.Qutubuddin Aibak
2.Iltutmish
3.Balban
4.Raziya
Ghaznavid Empire was defeated by which of the following at the Battle of Dandanqan?
1.Seljuk Turks
2.Rajputs
3.Arabs
4.None of the above
Ghiyasuddin Muhammad wrote which of the following sheds light on many aspects of the social and cultural life of the age?
1.Tarik e Sher
2.Humayun Nama
3.Akbarnama
4.Qunum i Humayuni
In which of the following building, the architecture system of Karez was used?
1.Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan
2.Bidar Fort
3.Great Mosque
4.Gulbarga Fort
Khizr Khan was succeeded by which of the following kings?
1.Muhammad Shah
2.Alauddin Alam Shah
3.Mubarak Shah
4.Feroz shah
Krishna Deva Raya died in which of the following years?
1.1525 CE
2.1529 CE
3.1534 CE
4.1541 CE
Qutab ud din Aibak defeated which of the following kings to capture Gujarat?
1.Bhima I
2.Jayachand
3.Bhima II
4.Karna II
Qutbuddin made which of the following places as his headquarters before embarking on a campaign of expansion?
1.Ajmer
2.Punjab
3.Delhi
4.Agra
Qutub ud din Aibak received the title of Sultan of Delhi from which of the following?
1.Ghiyas ud din Mahmud
2.Mohammad Ghori
3.Mahmud Ghaznavi
4.None of the above
Razia Sultan was married to which of the following?
1.Malik Saifuddin Aibek
2.Ikhtiyaruddin Altunia
3.Malik Jamaluddin Yaqut
4.Ikhtiyaruddin Aitigin
Sakambhari near Ajmer is a place related to emergence of which of the following dynasties?
1.Gahadwals
2.Parmaras
3.Pratiharas
4.Chauhanas
Sher Mandal, an octagonal building inside the Purana Qila complex served as the library of which of the following?
1.Humayun
2.Akbar
3.Sher Shah Suri
4.Shahjahan
Tazkirat ul Muluk is about which dynasty?
1.The Nizams
2.Sultans of Golconda
3.The Khaljis
4.Adilshahi Sultans of Bijapur
Tazkirat ul Vaqiat was put together by which of the following?
1.Akbar
2.Jawhar Aftabchi
3.Abdul Qadir Badauni
4.None of the above
Tazkireh i Humayun va Akbar was written by which of the following?
1.Bayazid Bayat
2.Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat
3.Nizamuddin Ahmad
4.None of the above
The battle of Plassey was fought in which of the following year?
1.1575 CE
2.1757 CE
3.1750 CE
4.1813 CE
The death of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb occurred at which among the following places?
1.Agra
2.Bijapur
3.Ahmednagar
4.Pune
The famous Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was built during which dynasty?
1.Pandyas
2.Chola
3.Chera
4.Pallava
The Mansabdari system was borrowed from ?
1.Afghanistan
2.Turkey
3.Mongolia
4.Persia
The queen Rani Bai is associated with which of these kingdoms during early medieval India?
1.Kabulshahi
2.Zabul
3.Sindh
4.Gujarat
The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because?
1.Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
2.Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
3.Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
4.Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
The Suhrawardi order was popularized in Kashmir by which of the following saint?
1.Makhdum Jahaniyah
2.Makhdum Hamzah
3.Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
4.Bahauddin Zakariya
The temple city of Osian, near Jodhpur was built by which among the following Rajput Kings?
1.Pratiharas
2.Solankis
3.Chauhanas
4.Parmaras
The term Tarf used during the reign of Qutubuddin Aibak stands forÂ
1.Higher nobility
2.Department of central administration
3.Subdivision of territory
4.Provincial government
Which among the following empires was located on the banks of Tungabhadra River?
1.Vijayanagar Empire
2.Chalukyas of Vatapi
3.Chalukyas of Badami
4.Bahmani Kingdom
Which among the following wrote Persian verses under the name Gulrakhi ?
1.Sikander Lodhi
2.Bahlol Lodhi
3.Ibrahim Lodhi
4.Daulat Khan Lodhi
Which emperor issued a coin containing zodiac signs?
1.Jahangir
2.Humayun
3.Shah Jahan
4.Babur
Which of the following Bahamani ruler was considered to be the shadow of god?
1.Mujahid Shah Bahmani
2.Ahmah Shah Wali
3.Mahmud Gawan
4.Humayun Shah
Which of the following battles helped Shershah to establish Suri Dynasty ?
1.Battle of Kanauj 1540
2.Battle of Chausa 1539
3.Battle of Duhariya 1532
4.Battle of Chandewar
Which of the following broke the orthodox Brahmanical framework that worked as one of the factors behind rise of Bhakti cult in Northern India?
1.Caste System
2.Scientific Temper
3.Turkish Conquest
4.Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
Which of the following conquest of Mahmud occurred chronologically later than other three?
1.Invasion on Kalinjar
2.Invasion on Kannauj
3.Invasion on Somnath
4.Invasion on Thaneshwar
Which of the following constructed a palace in Delhi called the Kushk i Lal?
1.Qutubuddin Aibak
2.Iltutmish
3.Aram Shah
4.Balban
Which of the following divided the Bahmani kingdom into eight tarafs or provinces?
1.Ahmah Shah Wali
2.Humayun Shah
3.Nizam Shah
4.Mahmud Gawan
Which of the following employed a special script known as the Modi script in the documents of the revenue and administrative records?
1.Mughals
2.Rajputs
3.Marathas
4.None of the above
Which of the following established an all India Empire by breaking the power of the Rajput Confederacy?
1.Babur
2.Akbar
3.Humayun
4.Aurangzeb
Which of the following founded a new school of Vaishnavism based on the gospel of love and devotion?
1.Ramanuja
2.Kabir
3.Ramananda
4.Tulsidas
Which of the following granted the chauth and sardeshmukhi of Deccan to Shahu?
1.Jahandar Shah
2.Rafi us Darajat
3.Rafi us Daula
4.Mohd. Shah Rangeela
Which of the following introduced the Mansabdari system in his administration?
1.Akbar
2.Shahjahan
3.Jahangir
4.Aurangzeb
Which of the following is a first hand authority for much of what happened in Rajputana and Malwa between 1657 and 1698?
1.Ma asir i Alamgiri
2.Alamgirnama
3.Futuhat i Almgiri
4.Muntakhab ul Lubab
Which of the following is considered as the actual founder of the Islamic Empire in India?
1.Mahmud of Ghazni
2.Shahabuddin Muhammad
3.Alauddin Hussain
4.Ghiyath ud din
Which of the following Islamic scholars was not a contemporary of Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud?
1.Abul Fadl Bayhaqi
2.Ferdowsi
3.Al Biruni
4.Firishta
Which of the following kings succeeded Alauddin Masud Shah?
1.Nasiruddin Mahmud
2.Raziya Sultan
3.Ruknuddin Firuz Shah
4.Bahram Shah
Which of the following kings transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri?
1.Firoz Shah Tughlaq
2.Abu Bakr Shah
3.Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
4.Ghiyaddin Tughlaq Shah II
Which of the following looked after finance and general administration in the empire of Shivaji?
1.Peshwa
2.Sar I Naubat
3.Amatya
4.Surnavis
Which of the following Pala Kings established Vikramshila university?
1.Gopala
2.Dharmapala
3.Devapala
4.Devapala 2
Which of the following Rajput clan does not belong to the Agnikula?
1.Parmara
2.Pratihara
3.Chalukya
4.Kachwaha
Which of the following rulers earned the title of Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara?
1.Samudragupta
2.Karikala Chola
3.Harihara I
4.Parantaka I
Which of the following rulers was bestowed with the title Yamin ud Daula ?
1.Alaptagin
2.Muhammad bin Qasim
3.Mahmud of Ghazni
4.Subuktagin
Which of the following rulers witnessed the rise of Marathas?
1.Ibrahim Adil Shah II
2.Malik Hasan Bahri
3.Muhammad Adil Shah
4.Ali Adil Shah I
Which of the following saint received the title of Shaikh I Kabir?
1.Sayyid Yadullah
2.Muhibbullah Allahabadi
3.Abdul Quddus Gangohi
4.Miranji Shams al Ushshaq
Which of the following succeeded Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah?
1.Taj ud din Firoz Shah
2.Muhammad Shah I
3.Ahmah Shah Wali
4.Humayun Shah
Which of the following treacherously murdered Jalaluddin Khalji?
1.Balban
2.Alauddin Khalji
3.Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
4.Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah
Which of the following was defeated by Rana Sanga of Mewar?
1.Sikander Lodhi
2.Ibrahim Lodhi
3.Bahlol Lodhi
4.None of the above
Which of the following was not one the provinces into which the Mughal empire was divided during the reign of Akbar?
1.Agra
2.Malwa
3.Kashmir
4.Lahore
Which of the following was the author of Kitab ur Rehlah ?
1.Ibn Batuta
2.Abdur Razzak
3.Nicolo Conti
4.Barbosa
Which of the following was the chief qazi during the Akbars reign?
1.Abdullah Sultanpuri
2.Abdun Nabi
3.Muhammad Fakhrul Islam
4.Abul Fazl
Which of the following was the Finance minister during the reign of Akbar?
1.Raja Birbal
2.Raja Todar Mal
3.Raja Man Singh
4.None of the above
Which of the following was the head of the military, pay, and accounts office?
1.Chief Qazi
2.Mir Bakshi
3.Mir Maal
4.Khan i Saman
Which of the following was the spiritual successor of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki?
1.Fariduddin Masud
2.Shaikh Ahmed
3.Shaikh Nizamuddin
4.Shaikh Farid
Which of the following were not included in the ethnic composition of the armies Mahmud of Ghazni?
1.Arabs
2.Indians
3.Tajiks
4.Greeks
Which sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan?
1.Iltutmish
2.Razia Sultana
3.Balban
4.Alauddin khalji
Which sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan?
1.Iltutmish
2.Razia Sultana
3.Balban
4.Alauddin khalji
Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?
1.Akbar
2.Jahangir
3.Allauddin Khilji
4.Humayun
Who among the following composed Ananga?
1.Kabir
2.Gyaneshwar
3.Tukaram
4.Raidasa
Who among the following introduced Navroz in India?
1.Balban
2.Iltutmish
3.Firoz Tughlaq
4.Alauddin Khalji
Who among the following is counted first among the list of the Nayanar saints?
1.Sundarar
2.Tiru Neelakanta
3.Iyarpagaiar
Who among the following led a campaign against Warangal in 1309?
1.Ala ud din Khilji
2.Malik Kafur
3.Bakhtiar Khilji,
4.Mohmmad bin Tuglaq
Who among the following ruler was popular by the name of Lakha Baksh?
1.Iltutmish
2.Qutubuddin Aibak
3.Balban
4.Ulugh Khan
Who among the following was appointed as the supreme authority in justice during the era of Mughal Emperors ?
1.Qazi ul Quzat
2.Qazi ul Hazat
3.Qazi Faiz ul Islam
4.Qazi Faiz ul Islam
Who among the following written Manmaul Bahrain?
1.Aurangzeb
2.Akbar
3.Darashikoh
4.Abu Fazal
Who among the following succeded Ruknuddin Feroz?
1.Balban
2.Razia
3.Muizzudin Bahram Shah
4.Iltumish
Who assumed the title of Amir ul Momminy?
1.Raziya Sultana
2.Iltutmish
3.Qutubuddin Aibak
4.Muizzuddin Ghori
Who patronised the historian Minhaj us Siraj and the saint Qutbuddin of Ush
1.Qutubuddin Aibak
2.Iltutmish
3.Alauddin Khalji
4.Raziya Sultana