MEDIEVAL INDIA MCQS SET 45

MEDIEVAL INDIA MCQS SET 45

1. The first time in India that land was divided into different categories for the purpose of revenue, taking into account the quality of land and its productive capacity, was during the reign of
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(d) Akbar
Ans: (b)

2. The first Muslim ruler to conquer southern India was
(a) Babar
(b) Mohammad Ghuri
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Alaudd'in Khalji
Ans: (d)

3. The famous poet Amir Khusrau, known as the 'parrot of India' was a contemporary of all of the following with the exception of
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Ans: (a)

4. Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by _____ at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal.
(a) Jahangir
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)

5. The Sultan who had truly mixed religion with politics by calling himself Naib-i-Khudai or 'the deputy of God' was
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Iltutmish
Ans: (b)
 
6. Which Sultan had been named Lakh Baksh, or the giver of lakhs, for his unbounded generosity?
(a) Balban
(b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Ans: (b)
 
7. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
(a) Tukaram
(b) Ramananda
(c) Dadu
(d) Raghunandan
Ans: (c)

8. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Jahangir
(d) Humayun
Ans: (a)
 
9. In the Mughal administration, military recruitment had been looked after by the
(a) Kotwal
(b) Bakhshi
(c) Wazir
(d) Diwan
Ans: (b)
 
10. Goa had been first colonized by the
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) Portuguese
(d) French
Ans: (c)