MEDIEVAL INDIA MCQS SET 21

MEDIEVAL INDIA MCQS SET 21

1. Who were the Yaminis?
(a) Khaljis
(b) Ghurids
(c) Ghaznavids
(d) Tughluqs
Ans: (c)
 
2. What is meant by "The Forty" or "Chalisa"?
(a) The cream of Afghan nobles
(b) The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis
(c) The select body of the Turkish Aristocracy
(d) The ulema or the Muslim divines
Ans: (c)
 
3. Who were called the New Muslims?
(a) Hindu converts to Islam
(b) Mongol converts to Islam
(c) Turkish converts to Islam
(d) Persian converts to Islam
Ans: (b)

4. Who was the founder of Srivaishnava sect?
(a) Nathamuni
(b) Uyyakondar
(c) Yamunacharya
(d) Ramanuja
Ans: (d)

5. What do you consider to be the least important cause for Alauddin's south Indian campaigns?
(a) Political condition of South India
(b) Imperialism
(c) Fabulous wealth
(d) Religion
Ans: (d)
 
6. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
(a) Zoroastrianism
(b) Hinduism
(c) Buddhism
(d) Jainism
Ans: (b)
 
7. What was the most important cause of the invasion of Ghazni Mahmud?
(a) To destroy idolatory
(b) To gain possession of the wealth of India
(c) To spread Islam into India
(d) To establish a Muslim state in India
Ans: (b)

8. To which race did Mahmud of Ghazni belong?
(a) Arab
(b) Afghan
(c) Mongol
(d) Turk
Ans: (b)
 
9. Under the Mughala the Governor was popularly known as
a) Subahdar
b) Wazir
c) Vakil
d) Faujdar
Ans: (a)

10. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by
(a) Kotwal
(b) Qanungo
(c) Amin
(d) Krori
Ans: (b)