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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) , Islamic History .
| 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 | |
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