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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) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 51. |
Who established the Chisti order in India? |
| A. | nizam-ud-din auliya |
| B. | salim chisti |
| C. | shaikh moin-ud-in chisti |
| D. | hamid-ud-din nagauri |
| Answer» C. shaikh moin-ud-in chisti | |
| 52. |
Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in the Deccan? |
| A. | muhammad shah i |
| B. | ahmad shah wali |
| C. | ali barid |
| D. | mahmud gawan |
| Answer» D. mahmud gawan | |
| 53. |
Who said ‘God is the breath of all breath.’? |
| A. | nanak |
| B. | kabir |
| C. | mirabai |
| D. | chaitanya |
| Answer» B. kabir | |
| 54. |
Dohas were |
| A. | religious teachings of sufis. |
| B. | a group of merchants who sent large caravans. |
| C. | the muslim devotees who emphasised the personal devotion of man to god through love. |
| D. | couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers. |
| Answer» D. couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers. | |
| 55. |
Guru Nanak was born in |
| A. | 1469 |
| B. | 1450 |
| C. | 1470 |
| D. | 1445 |
| Answer» A. 1469 | |
| 56. |
Amuktamalyada is a book on |
| A. | poetry |
| B. | dance |
| C. | polity |
| D. | music |
| Answer» C. polity | |
| 57. |
Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes |
| A. | battle of bannihatti |
| B. | sri krishna deva raya’s conquests |
| C. | capture of madura by kampana |
| D. | court of harihara-i |
| Answer» C. capture of madura by kampana | |
| 58. |
Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam? |
| A. | allasani peddana |
| B. | tenali ramakrishna |
| C. | ramabhadrudu |
| D. | gangadhara |
| Answer» D. gangadhara | |
| 59. |
What were varahas? |
| A. | couplets of poetry |
| B. | gold coins |
| C. | guilds |
| D. | assembly |
| Answer» B. gold coins | |
| 60. |
Amuktamalyada was written in |
| A. | sanskrit |
| B. | tamil |
| C. | telugu |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» C. telugu | |
| 61. |
City of Nagalapura was built by |
| A. | bukka i |
| B. | deva raya i |
| C. | krishna deva raya |
| D. | virupaksa |
| Answer» C. krishna deva raya | |
| 62. |
Sangama brothers, who founded Vijayanagar, were originally in the service of |
| A. | kampili kingdom |
| B. | hoyasala kingdom |
| C. | kakatiya kingdom |
| D. | yadava kingdom |
| Answer» C. kakatiya kingdom | |
| 63. |
Who was responsible for developing the Gurumukhi script? |
| A. | guru arjun |
| B. | gobind singh |
| C. | nanak |
| D. | guru angad |
| Answer» D. guru angad | |
| 64. |
Who was murid? |
| A. | sufi saint |
| B. | sufi teacher |
| C. | a disciple |
| D. | hospice |
| Answer» C. a disciple | |
| 65. |
A silsilah was a |
| A. | tomb |
| B. | shrine |
| C. | a sufi order |
| D. | hospice |
| Answer» C. a sufi order | |
| 66. |
Suddhadvaita was propounded by |
| A. | ramanuja |
| B. | namadeva |
| C. | tukaram |
| D. | vallabhacharya |
| Answer» D. vallabhacharya | |
| 67. |
Who wrote Dasabodha? |
| A. | kabir |
| B. | nanak |
| C. | ramdas |
| D. | tukaram |
| Answer» C. ramdas | |
| 68. |
Who started the Khalsa in Sikh religion? |
| A. | guru angad |
| B. | guru gobind singh |
| C. | guru tegh bahadur |
| D. | guru arjun |
| Answer» B. guru gobind singh | |
| 69. |
Who wrote Sur Sarawali? |
| A. | mirabai |
| B. | chaitanya |
| C. | tulsidas |
| D. | surdas |
| Answer» D. surdas | |
| 70. |
Which one of the following places was known as the ‘Shiraz-i-Hind’? |
| A. | malwa |
| B. | khandesh |
| C. | sonargaon |
| D. | jaunpur |
| Answer» D. jaunpur | |
| 71. |
Which one of the following rulers of Kashmir has been described as the Akbar of Kashmir? |
| A. | azam shah |
| B. | zain-ul abidin |
| C. | shihab-ud-din shah |
| D. | shah mir |
| Answer» B. zain-ul abidin | |
| 72. |
According to Abdur Razzaq, the pay of the policemen of Vijayanagar was paid from the proceeds of |
| A. | brothels |
| B. | taxes on goods |
| C. | land revenue |
| D. | wine shops |
| Answer» A. brothels | |
| 73. |
What is kuttagari? |
| A. | grant of land to the brahmins |
| B. | lease system of cultivation |
| C. | service tenures for military |
| D. | revenue farming |
| Answer» B. lease system of cultivation | |
| 74. |
What is asthavana? |
| A. | land revenue department |
| B. | a type of rice |
| C. | one-third of the produce of land |
| D. | house tax |
| Answer» A. land revenue department | |
| 75. |
The term senabova or sanbhoga was an official designation under Vijayanagar kingdom. It refers to the |
| A. | chief judicial officer of the mandalam. |
| B. | chief of the military staff. |
| C. | village accountant. |
| D. | head of the accounts department. |
| Answer» C. village accountant. | |
| 76. |
In which language did Babur write his memoirs, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi? |
| A. | persian |
| B. | arabic |
| C. | mongol |
| D. | turkish |
| Answer» D. turkish | |
| 77. |
Which revenue system among the following is also known as the bandobast system? |
| A. | zabti |
| B. | dahsala |
| C. | nasaq |
| D. | kankut |
| Answer» A. zabti | |
| 78. |
What was the original name of Nur Jahan? |
| A. | zeb-un-nisa |
| B. | fatima begum |
| C. | mihr-un-nisa |
| D. | jahanara |
| Answer» C. mihr-un-nisa | |
| 79. |
Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting sati unless the widow herself, of her own free will, persistently desired it? |
| A. | akbar |
| B. | babur |
| C. | humayun |
| D. | jahangir |
| Answer» A. akbar | |
| 80. |
Who among the following Englishmen was given the title of ‘Khan’ by Jahangir? |
| A. | thomas roe |
| B. | ralph fitch |
| C. | hawkins |
| D. | newbery |
| Answer» C. hawkins | |
| 81. |
What was duaspa-sihaspa and who introduced it? |
| A. | a revenue system introduced by akbar |
| B. | a decorative method introduced by shah jahan |
| C. | a special rank having higher sawar than zat introduced by aurangzeb |
| D. | a sub rank of sawar introduced by jahangir. |
| Answer» D. a sub rank of sawar introduced by jahangir. | |
| 82. |
Who among the following Mughal ministers was the paymaster-general as well? |
| A. | diwan |
| B. | mir bakshi |
| C. | khan-i-saman |
| D. | vakil |
| Answer» B. mir bakshi | |
| 83. |
Who were the harkaras of the Mughal period? |
| A. | enforcers of public morals |
| B. | news writers and reporters |
| C. | secret letter writers and informers |
| D. | spies and special couriers |
| Answer» D. spies and special couriers | |
| 84. |
What was Jajmani system of the Mughal period? |
| A. | a revenue system in which revenues of different units of land were assigned to officials in lieu of salaries. |
| B. | an administrative system in which ranks in terms of numbers were assigned to nobles, military commanders and other prominent people for placing them in the official hierarchy. |
| C. | a reciprocal system that existed in rural india between the peasantry and other occupational groups. |
| D. | a commercial system that developed in urban india for facilitating commercial transactions on a large scale. |
| Answer» C. a reciprocal system that existed in rural india between the peasantry and other occupational groups. | |
| 85. |
During Akbar’s reign, a group of scholars translated Mahabharata into Persian from Sanskrit. What is this Persian version called? |
| A. | sakinat-ul-auliya |
| B. | razm namah |
| C. | iqbal namah |
| D. | akbar namah |
| Answer» B. razm namah | |
| 86. |
Which of the following revenue systems were Akbar’s own innovations?
|
| A. | i and iv |
| B. | ii and v |
| C. | iii and iv |
| D. | iv and v |
| Answer» D. iv and v | |
| 87. |
Who translated Tuzuk-i-Baburi into Persian? |
| A. | abul fazl |
| B. | amir khusrau |
| C. | abdur rahim |
| D. | daulat khan |
| Answer» C. abdur rahim | |
| 88. |
Who wrote Tabaqat-i-Akbari? |
| A. | abul fazl |
| B. | badauni |
| C. | munim khan |
| D. | nizam-ud-din ahmad |
| Answer» D. nizam-ud-din ahmad | |
| 89. |
Who was the in-charge of a pargana? |
| A. | amil |
| B. | pattidar |
| C. | shiqdar |
| D. | qanungo |
| Answer» C. shiqdar | |
| 90. |
Which of the following varieties of land during Mughal period did not yield any land revenue to the state? |
| A. | khalisa |
| B. | jagir |
| C. | sayur ghal |
| D. | raiyati |
| Answer» C. sayur ghal | |
| 91. |
What portion of actual produce was fixed as the demand of the state under the zabti? |
| A. | one-half |
| B. | one-third |
| C. | one-fourth |
| D. | one-fifth |
| Answer» B. one-third | |
| 92. |
Akbar’s enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of sulh-i-kul which meant |
| A. | universal tolerance |
| B. | universal peace |
| C. | enlightened benevolence |
| D. | unity of godhead |
| Answer» B. universal peace | |
| 93. |
The police chief of a city was called |
| A. | qazi |
| B. | faujdar |
| C. | kotwal |
| D. | qilahdar |
| Answer» C. kotwal | |
| 94. |
To assist the Maratha king, there was a council of state ministers known as |
| A. | ashtadigvajas |
| B. | navaratnins |
| C. | ashtapradhaan |
| D. | qilahdar |
| Answer» C. ashtapradhaan | |
| 95. |
Under Maratha administration who was Dabir? |
| A. | prime minister |
| B. | chief justice |
| C. | foreign secretary |
| D. | superintendent |
| Answer» C. foreign secretary | |
| 96. |
Shivaji was born at |
| A. | nasik |
| B. | pune |
| C. | chittor |
| D. | shivneri |
| Answer» D. shivneri | |
| 97. |
Dalals were |
| A. | merchants |
| B. | brokers |
| C. | travellers |
| D. | in charge of inns |
| Answer» B. brokers | |
| 98. |
Who wrote Ta’arikh-i-Firuzshahi |
| A. | amir khusru |
| B. | ziauddin barani |
| C. | badayuni |
| D. | abdur razzak |
| Answer» B. ziauddin barani | |
| 99. |
During the Mughal period the Karwanis or Nayakas were |
| A. | village heads |
| B. | merchants |
| C. | court poets |
| D. | scribs |
| Answer» B. merchants | |
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