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| 201. |
Who wrote Sur Sarawali ? |
| A. | Mirabai |
| B. | Chaitanya |
| C. | Tulasidas |
| D. | Surdas |
| Answer» D. Surdas | |
| 202. |
Whom did Sikandar Lodhi, the sultan of Delhi try to kill various means, according to a legend ? |
| A. | Nanak |
| B. | Mirabai |
| C. | Kabir |
| D. | Chaitanya |
| Answer» C. Kabir | |
| 203. |
After Kabir’s death his tomb was built at |
| A. | Gorakhpry |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Magahar |
| D. | Basti |
| Answer» C. Magahar | |
| 204. |
Nikitin, a Russian traveler, visited the Bahmani Kingdom during the region of |
| A. | Firoz Shah |
| B. | Muhammad Shah I |
| C. | Ahmad Shah Wali |
| D. | Muhammad Shah II |
| Answer» D. Muhammad Shah II | |
| 205. |
Amuktamalyada is a book on |
| A. | Poetry |
| B. | Dance |
| C. | Polity |
| D. | Music |
| Answer» C. Polity | |
| 206. |
Which bakti saint’s oral teaching are collected in the Bijaka and the Sukhnida ? |
| A. | Kabir |
| B. | Nanak |
| C. | Tulasidas |
| D. | Namadeva |
| Answer» A. Kabir | |
| 207. |
Who wrote Gitwali, Kavitawali and Vinaya patrika ? |
| A. | Tulsidas |
| B. | Surdas |
| C. | Chaitanya |
| D. | Namadeva |
| Answer» A. Tulsidas | |
| 208. |
Name the Sufi saint whose philosophy greatly influenced Aurabgazeb |
| A. | Shaikah Qadri |
| B. | Shaikh Ahmad |
| C. | Shah Peer |
| D. | Khwaja Bagi |
| Answer» B. Shaikh Ahmad | |
| 209. |
What is the meaning of the Sufi concept known as tark-e-duniya ? |
| A. | The enlightened world |
| B. | The tolerant world |
| C. | The renunciation of the world |
| D. | The unity of the being |
| Answer» C. The renunciation of the world | |
| 210. |
Which sufi saint adopted Yogic breathing exercises and was called sidh or perfect ? |
| A. | Nizam-ud-din auliya |
| B. | Farid |
| C. | Salim Chisti |
| D. | Muhammad Tilani |
| Answer» A. Nizam-ud-din auliya | |
| 211. |
Who among the following was a worshipper of Rama ? |
| A. | Surdas |
| B. | Mirabai |
| C. | Chaitanya |
| D. | Tulasidas |
| Answer» D. Tulasidas | |
| 212. |
Prince Dara Shikoh was a follower of which of the following sufi orders ? |
| A. | Naqshbandi |
| B. | Qadri |
| C. | Shattari |
| D. | Subrowagdi |
| Answer» B. Qadri | |
| 213. |
“The Hindu and Muslim are two wares made out of the same soil”– whose words are given above ? |
| A. | Surdas |
| B. | Meerabai |
| C. | Kabir |
| D. | Thulasidas |
| Answer» C. Kabir | |
| 214. |
Which Tughlaq fled from Delhi when Timing captured it ? |
| A. | Ghiyas-ud-din II |
| B. | Abubakar |
| C. | Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud |
| D. | Muhammad Firoz |
| Answer» C. Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud | |
| 215. |
Who were the rais and ranas ? |
| A. | Intelligence officers |
| B. | Poets under Sultanate |
| C. | Local chiefs who opposed sultans |
| D. | Police officers |
| Answer» C. Local chiefs who opposed sultans | |
| 216. |
Which dynasty marked the end of Turkish nobility from positions of power ? |
| A. | Khalji |
| B. | Tughluq |
| C. | Lodi |
| D. | Sayyid |
| Answer» C. Lodi | |
| 217. |
Who among the following was greatly influenced by Islam ? |
| A. | Namadeva |
| B. | Chaitanya |
| C. | Ramananda |
| D. | Ramanuja |
| Answer» A. Namadeva | |
| 218. |
In which language did Babur write his memories called Tuzuk-i-Baburi ? |
| A. | Persian |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Mangol |
| D. | Turkish |
| Answer» D. Turkish | |
| 219. |
Who led the Mughal forces in the battle of Haldighati against Pratap Singh Rana of Mewas ? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Prince Salim |
| C. | Pir Muhammad |
| D. | Man Singh |
| Answer» D. Man Singh | |
| 220. |
Which revenue system among the following is also known as the bandobast system ? |
| A. | Zabti |
| B. | Dahsala |
| C. | Nasaq |
| D. | Kankut |
| Answer» A. Zabti | |
| 221. |
What was the original name of Nur Jahan ? |
| A. | Zeb-un-nisa |
| B. | Fatima Begam |
| C. | Mihr-un-nis |
| D. | Jahanara |
| Answer» A. Zeb-un-nisa | |
| 222. |
During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in india. |
| A. | Aurangazeb |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» C. Akbar | |
| 223. |
Who among the following Englishmen was given the title of ‘khan’ by Jahangir ? |
| A. | Thomas Roe |
| B. | Ralph Fitch |
| C. | Hawkins |
| D. | Newbery |
| Answer» B. Ralph Fitch | |
| 224. |
Jagir of the Mughals is equal to which one of the Delhi sultanys ? |
| A. | Khalisa |
| B. | Inam |
| C. | Waqf |
| D. | Iqta |
| Answer» D. Iqta | |
| 225. |
Who among the following Mughal Ministers was the paymaster – general as well ? |
| A. | Diwan |
| B. | Mir Bakshi |
| C. | Khab-i-Saman |
| D. | Vakil |
| Answer» B. Mir Bakshi | |
| 226. |
Which of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth ? |
| A. | Ried fort |
| B. | Taj Mahal |
| C. | Buland Barwaza |
| D. | Agra Fort |
| Answer» B. Taj Mahal | |
| 227. |
What was the ancestral principality of Babur ? |
| A. | Samarkhand |
| B. | Kabul |
| C. | Farghana |
| D. | Persia |
| Answer» C. Farghana | |
| 228. |
After which battle did Hymayun go into exile ? |
| A. | Jaunpur |
| B. | Chausa |
| C. | Mandasor |
| D. | Bilgram |
| Answer» D. Bilgram | |
| 229. |
Who translated Tuzuki-Buburi into Persian ? |
| A. | Abul Fazal |
| B. | Amir khusray |
| C. | Abdu Rahim |
| D. | Daulat Khan |
| Answer» C. Abdu Rahim | |
| 230. |
Who was the Persian rules who helped humayun with 12,000 troops ? |
| A. | Chengiz Khan |
| B. | Timna |
| C. | Nadir Shah |
| D. | Shah Tahmasp |
| Answer» D. Shah Tahmasp | |
| 231. |
Who wrote Tabaqut-1-Akbari ? |
| A. | Abul Fazal |
| B. | Badauni |
| C. | Munim Khan |
| D. | Nizam-ud-din Ahmad |
| Answer» D. Nizam-ud-din Ahmad | |
| 232. |
The Persian rules who besiegned Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was |
| A. | Shah Ruza |
| B. | Shah Abbas |
| C. | Shah Muhammad |
| D. | Shah Parwez |
| Answer» B. Shah Abbas | |
| 233. |
Who was a great poet among the following ? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» B. Humayun | |
| 234. |
What was the first English ship that come to India ? |
| A. | May Flower |
| B. | Red Dargon |
| C. | Bengal |
| D. | Elizabeth |
| Answer» B. Red Dargon | |
| 235. |
The Persian ruler who besiyed Qandahar in Jahangir’s reign was |
| A. | Shah Muhammad |
| B. | Shah Abbas |
| C. | Shah Raza |
| D. | Shah Parwez |
| Answer» B. Shah Abbas | |
| 236. |
Which of the following branches of the wing was wholly state paid |
| A. | Infantry |
| B. | Cavalry |
| C. | Elephant |
| D. | Artillery |
| Answer» D. Artillery | |
| 237. |
Under Aurangazeb, the amin collected |
| A. | Grazing tax |
| B. | Jezyu |
| C. | Kharaj |
| D. | Zakat |
| Answer» B. Jezyu | |
| 238. |
The promulgation of ‘twelve edicts’ is associated with the reign of |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangazeb |
| Answer» B. Jahangir | |
| 239. |
The Police chief of a city was called |
| A. | Qazi |
| B. | Faugdar |
| C. | Kotwal |
| D. | Qilahdar |
| Answer» C. Kotwal | |
| 240. |
Certain mansabdars were paid in cash. They were called |
| A. | Naqdis |
| B. | Jagirdars |
| C. | Amirs |
| D. | Mirzas |
| Answer» A. Naqdis | |
| 241. |
Toder mal was a brilliant revenue officer who first served under |
| A. | Bhagawan Das |
| B. | Sher Shah |
| C. | Humayun |
| D. | Baz Bahadry |
| Answer» B. Sher Shah | |
| 242. |
The Land grants made to the scholarly men were known as |
| A. | Inam |
| B. | Waqal |
| C. | Sayni Ghal |
| D. | Madad-1-Maush |
| Answer» C. Sayni Ghal | |
| 243. |
Who was the in-charge of a paryana ? |
| A. | Amil |
| B. | Pattidur |
| C. | Shiqdar |
| D. | Qanungo |
| Answer» C. Shiqdar | |
| 244. |
Akbar laid the foundation of the new city at Fatehpur sikri in honour of |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Moin-ud-in chisti |
| C. | Salim Chisti |
| D. | Nizam-ud-din auliya |
| Answer» C. Salim Chisti | |
| 245. |
Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of sulh-i-kul which meant |
| A. | Universal tolerance |
| B. | Enlightened benevolence |
| C. | universal peace |
| D. | unity of godhead |
| Answer» B. Enlightened benevolence | |
| 246. |
‘The chain of justice’ is associated with |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 247. |
Who among the following was an illiterate ? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangazeb |
| Answer» A. Akbar | |
| 248. |
Villages with no Zamindari right were called |
| A. | Raiyati |
| B. | Milkiyat |
| C. | Peshkashi |
| D. | Bisni |
| Answer» A. Raiyati | |
| 249. |
The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was the |
| A. | Khidmati Jagir |
| B. | Watan Jagir |
| C. | Milkiyat Jagir |
| D. | Tan jagir |
| Answer» B. Watan Jagir | |
| 250. |
Taj Mahal was designed by |
| A. | Ustad Isa |
| B. | Ustad Mansry |
| C. | Ustad Rahim |
| D. | Ustad Shansher |
| Answer» A. Ustad Isa | |
| 251. |
Of the buildings built during the time of shah Jahan, which one had the famous peacock throne ? |
| A. | Rang Mahal |
| B. | Diwan-1-Khas |
| C. | Diwan-i-Am |
| D. | Jama Masjid |
| Answer» C. Diwan-i-Am | |
| 252. |
The master of portrait painting was |
| A. | Mansur |
| B. | Sannad Beg |
| C. | Mir Hussain |
| D. | Daswant |
| Answer» A. Mansur | |
| 253. |
Surdas, Baiju Baura and Ramdas were famous singers during the time of |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangazeb |
| Answer» A. Akbar | |
| 254. |
The subject matter of Hamza Namah is |
| A. | Architecture |
| B. | Painting |
| C. | Music |
| D. | Philosophy |
| Answer» B. Painting | |
| 255. |
The French traveler Francois Bemier served as physician to |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangazeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangazeb | |
| 256. |
During the reign of which one of the following Mugal emperors were the Marathas admitted to the nobility ? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 257. |
Which one of the following Mughal emperors in credited with the composition of many Hindi songs ? |
| A. | Humayun |
| B. | Babur |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» D. Jahangir | |
| 258. |
Babur came to India originally from ? |
| A. | Ferhana |
| B. | Khiva |
| C. | Khorasam |
| D. | Serstan |
| Answer» A. Ferhana | |
| 259. |
Babur laid the foundation of Mugal empire in 1526 by defeating. |
| A. | Daurat Khan Lode |
| B. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| C. | Rana Sanga |
| D. | Alanddin Khilji |
| Answer» B. Ibrahim Lodi | |
| 260. |
Who translated the Babarnama in Persian language ? |
| A. | Abdulla Khan |
| B. | Atani Khan |
| C. | Abdur rahim Khan |
| D. | Nota |
| Answer» C. Abdur rahim Khan | |
| 261. |
Which city was called “Gardens of Babur” |
| A. | Kabul |
| B. | Delhi |
| C. | Agra |
| D. | Nota |
| Answer» A. Kabul | |
| 262. |
Which Mughal King died by a sudden fall from the staircase ? |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Humayun |
| Answer» D. Humayun | |
| 263. |
Akbar created ? |
| A. | Agra Fort |
| B. | Daulatabad City |
| C. | Red Fort |
| D. | Firozabad |
| Answer» A. Agra Fort | |
| 264. |
The Ruler of Gwalior gives the Kohinoor Diamond to which mughal Badsha ? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Humayun |
| D. | Shajahan |
| Answer» C. Humayun | |
| 265. |
A great Mughal ruler who wrote his own memories |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Babur |
| C. | Humayun |
| D. | Shajahan |
| Answer» B. Babur | |
| 266. |
The tomb of Babur is at ? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Kabul |
| C. | Lahore |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Kabul | |
| 267. |
Who invited Babur to attack India ? |
| A. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| B. | Daulat Khan Lodi |
| C. | Chengez Khan |
| D. | Timna Langa |
| Answer» B. Daulat Khan Lodi | |
| 268. |
Where was fought the first battle of Panipat ? |
| A. | Haryana |
| B. | Himachal Pradesh |
| C. | Rajasthan |
| D. | Nota |
| Answer» A. Haryana | |
| 269. |
Who gave the slogan of “Jihad” against Rana Sanga ? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Babur |
| C. | Humayun |
| D. | Shajahan |
| Answer» B. Babur | |
| 270. |
What is Tuzuk-e Babari ? |
| A. | Biography |
| B. | Autobiography |
| C. | Noval |
| D. | Nota |
| Answer» B. Autobiography | |
| 271. |
Who is known as the “slave of a slave” ? |
| A. | Muhammad Bin Qasim |
| B. | Mahmud of Gazni |
| C. | Iltumish |
| D. | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| Answer» C. Iltumish | |
| 272. |
Who was the first sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire ? |
| A. | Balban |
| B. | Aram Shah |
| C. | Nasiruddin Mahmud |
| D. | Iltumish |
| Answer» D. Iltumish | |
| 273. |
Who among the following came to India at the instance of sultan Mahmud of Gazni ? |
| A. | Al-masudi |
| B. | Al-Bauni |
| C. | Sulaiman |
| D. | Abdul Haq |
| Answer» B. Al-Bauni | |
| 274. |
Which sultan of Delhi died while playing the Chaugan ? |
| A. | Qutbuddin Aibak |
| B. | Ghiyasuddin Balban |
| C. | Shamsuddin Iltumish |
| D. | Nasiruddin Mahmud |
| Answer» A. Qutbuddin Aibak | |
| 275. |
The most learned Medival Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including astronomy, mathematics and medicine was |
| A. | Sikandar Lodi |
| B. | Iltumish |
| C. | Muhammad bin Tughlaq |
| D. | Alauddin Khalji |
| Answer» C. Muhammad bin Tughlaq | |
| 276. |
Who was the head of the military department of Akbar’s reign ? |
| A. | Mir Bakshi |
| B. | Diwan |
| C. | Amir Khsru |
| D. | Sridar |
| Answer» A. Mir Bakshi | |
| 277. |
Ibadat Khana, during the region of Akbar, is a famous structure in |
| A. | Fathepur Sikri |
| B. | Agra Fort |
| C. | Sikandarabad |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» A. Fathepur Sikri | |
| 278. |
In the Mansabdari system, the word stand ‘Mansab’ stand for |
| A. | A rank |
| B. | tax |
| C. | Agricultural land |
| D. | priest |
| Answer» A. A rank | |
| 279. |
Among which of the following oppositions, shet shah was well-known ? |
| A. | Land Revenue System |
| B. | Market Control |
| C. | Mansabdari System |
| D. | War technique |
| Answer» A. Land Revenue System | |
| 280. |
Ghazni was a small principality in ? |
| A. | Mongolia |
| B. | Turkey |
| C. | Persia |
| D. | Afganistan |
| Answer» D. Afganistan | |
| 281. |
Who was the author of Kitab-ne-Hind ? |
| A. | Abu Said |
| B. | Abul Fazl |
| C. | Firdausi |
| D. | Al-Beruni |
| Answer» D. Al-Beruni | |
| 282. |
The Bhakti movements were popularized in south India by the efforts of................... and........................ |
| A. | Saiva Nayanars |
| B. | The Vaishava Alvars |
| C. | Nirguna saints |
| D. | Both A & B |
| Answer» D. Both A & B | |
| 283. |
Which of the following concept of Bakti movement of Hinduism saw two ways of imaging the nature of the divine. |
| A. | Nirguna and Saguna |
| B. | Shaivism |
| C. | Sikkhism |
| D. | Jainism |
| Answer» A. Nirguna and Saguna | |
| 284. |
Who among the following sultans of Delhi introduced the token currency ? |
| A. | Balban |
| B. | Alauddin Khalji |
| C. | Muhammad bin tughlaq |
| D. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| Answer» C. Muhammad bin tughlaq | |
| 285. |
Tax on plunder during war in the sultanate period was known as |
| A. | Kharaj |
| B. | Jizya |
| C. | Khums |
| D. | Zakat |
| Answer» C. Khums | |
| 286. |
‘Chaharghani’ under Iltumish represented |
| A. | His Turkish slaves |
| B. | Slaves inheritend by him By him from his predecessors |
| C. | General cadre of slaves |
| D. | the elite carde of slaves Officers under him |
| Answer» A. His Turkish slaves | |
| 287. |
Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the sultanate period ? |
| A. | Nasiruddin Mahmud |
| B. | Ghiyasuddin Balban |
| C. | Ibrahim Lodi |
| D. | Firuz shah Tughluq |
| Answer» D. Firuz shah Tughluq | |
| 288. |
Who among the following was responsible for making “Sikhism” a militant force ? |
| A. | Guru Har Govind Singh |
| B. | Guru Teg Bahadur |
| C. | Guru Govind Singh |
| D. | Guru Arjun Singh |
| Answer» A. Guru Har Govind Singh | |
| 289. |
The term “Khalisa” in the sultanate and Mugals period was used for |
| A. | Crown lands |
| B. | Lands Owned by the Sufi establishment |
| C. | Land Revenue which was |
| D. | Land Revenue which Directly deposited in the was assigned to the Imperial treasury nobles for maintaining troops |
| Answer» D. Land Revenue which Directly deposited in the was assigned to the Imperial treasury nobles for maintaining troops | |
| 290. |
Famous mosque Adhi Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler? |
| A. | Qutab-ud-din Aibak |
| B. | Muhammed Bin Tughlaq |
| C. | Alauddhin Khilji |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Qutab-ud-din Aibak | |
| 291. |
Who brought the famous Persian painter named khwja Abdus samed to India ? |
| A. | Humayan |
| B. | Muhammed bin Tuglaq |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Alauddin Khiljio |
| Answer» A. Humayan | |
| 292. |
Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth? |
| A. | Guru Nanak |
| B. | Guru Govind Singh |
| C. | Guru Arjun Dev |
| D. | Guru Har rai |
| Answer» C. Guru Arjun Dev | |
| 293. |
Who was the founder of Advaita Vadu or the doctrine of non- dualism? |
| A. | Adi Shankaravharya |
| B. | Surdas |
| C. | Ramanuja |
| D. | Kapil |
| Answer» A. Adi Shankaravharya | |
| 294. |
Which one of the following method of revenue assessment is related to the vijayanagara empire |
| A. | Chanth |
| B. | Ryolwari |
| C. | Rae Rekho |
| D. | Sardeshmukhi |
| Answer» D. Sardeshmukhi | |
| 295. |
Who was the another of the books Kitab-1 Yamini? |
| A. | Abdul Fazl |
| B. | Abu nasr utbi |
| C. | Ami Khusro |
| D. | Firdansi |
| Answer» B. Abu nasr utbi | |
| 296. |
Who was the Author of the book Taj-Ul-Massir ? |
| A. | Abul Fazal |
| B. | Jahangir |
| C. | Hassan Nizami |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Hassan Nizami | |
| 297. |
Which book described the arab invasion of sindh for th every first time ? |
| A. | Sahnama |
| B. | Baburnama |
| C. | Akbarnama |
| D. | Chachnama |
| Answer» D. Chachnama | |
| 298. |
Kandariya Mahadev Temple of the medieval India is dedicated To which Lord ? |
| A. | Shiva |
| B. | Brahma |
| C. | Vishnu |
| D. | Ram |
| Answer» A. Shiva | |
| 299. |
During the reign of which ruler Moraccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India ? |
| A. | Aurangazeb |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Muhammad Bin tughlaq |
| D. | Alanddhin Khilji |
| Answer» C. Muhammad Bin tughlaq | |
| 300. |
Who wrote Tughlaqnama ? |
| A. | Abu Nasl Utbi |
| B. | Amir Kbrusruay |
| C. | Abdul Fazal |
| D. | Hassan Nizami |
| Answer» B. Amir Kbrusruay | |
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