MEDIEVAL INDIA MCQS SET 42

MEDIEVAL INDIA MCQS SET 42

1. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama at Khana Masjid – were constructed at
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Fatehpur Sikri
(d) Gulbarga
Ans: (b)
 
2. Token currency had been introduced for the first time in India by
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(b) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (d)

3. To whom had Mohammad Ghuri assigned the first Iqta in India?
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(c) Nasiruddin Qubacha
(d) Tajuddin Yalduz
Ans: (a)

4. Sri Perumbudur, a temple town in southern India, is the birthplace of
(a) Ramanuja
(b) Adi Shankaracharya
(c) Vidyaranya
(d) Madhavacharya
Ans: (a)
 
5. The special feature of the financial system of Vijayanagara was
(a) Land Tax
(b) Currency System
(c) Surplus Revenue
(d) Revenue from Seaports
Ans: (d)
 
6. Which Rajput dynasty had not surrendered to Akbar?
(a) Pratihara
(b) Sisodiya
(c) Rathor
(d) Parmar
Ans: (b)
 
7. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system prevalent in
a) Persia
(b) Mongolia
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Turkey
Ans: (b)
 
8. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Ans: (c)
 
9. The discriminatory Jizya tax was abolished by
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ans: (a)

10. Vasco-da-Gama came to India in _____ and landed at _____.
(a) 1498, Cochin
(b) 1496, Goa
(c) 1498, Calicut
(d) 1492, Goa
Ans: (c)