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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) .
| 51. |
…………………… laid the foundation the Tughlaque dynasty. |
| A. | muhammad bin tughlaque |
| B. | ghiyasuddin tughlaque |
| C. | firoz shah tughlaque |
| D. | bahram |
| Answer» B. ghiyasuddin tughlaque | |
| 52. |
In 1526 Lodi dynasty was overthrown by…………., and Mughal Empire was established. |
| A. | babar |
| B. | qutubuddin aibak |
| C. | masud shah |
| D. | alauddin kilji |
| Answer» A. babar | |
| 53. |
………………, was a department was set up to look after the military organization of the empire. It was headed by Ariz-i-Mumalik. |
| A. | sultan |
| B. | wazir |
| C. | diwan-i-arz |
| D. | waqfs |
| Answer» C. diwan-i-arz | |
| 54. |
………….. introduced the system of Dagh (branding) and huliya (description) and cash payment to the soldiers in order to strengthen his control over the army. |
| A. | feroz tughlaq |
| B. | alauddin khalji |
| C. | kutbuddin ibak |
| D. | balban |
| Answer» B. alauddin khalji | |
| 55. |
……………. was a department looked after the state correspondence. It was headed by Dabir-iKhas. |
| A. | hasham-i-qalb |
| B. | diwan-i-insha |
| C. | hasham-i-atraf |
| D. | dabir-ikhas |
| Answer» B. diwan-i-insha | |
| 56. |
…………. drafted and despatched royal orders and received reports from various officers. |
| A. | dabir-ikhas |
| B. | mustaufi-i-mumalik |
| C. | mushrif-i-mumalik |
| D. | majmuadar |
| Answer» A. dabir-ikhas | |
| 57. |
The ……………. was the head of the state news gathering and dealt with intelligence. |
| A. | barid-i-mumalik |
| B. | dabir |
| C. | dabir-ikhas |
| D. | mustaufi-i-mumalik |
| Answer» A. barid-i-mumalik | |
| 58. |
…………….. was a department dealt with the administration of Justice. It was headed by Sadr-usSadr who was also the qazi-i- mumalik. |
| A. | diwan-i-rasalat |
| B. | the muhtasibs |
| C. | dabir |
| D. | dabir-ikhas |
| Answer» A. diwan-i-rasalat | |
| 59. |
…………….. looked after the royal household and managed the personal services of the Sultan. |
| A. | wakil-i-dar |
| B. | dabir |
| C. | dabir-ikhas |
| D. | mustaufi-i-mumalik |
| Answer» A. wakil-i-dar | |
| 60. |
………….. looked after the royal body guards of the Sultan. |
| A. | sar-i-jandar |
| B. | amir-i-akhur |
| C. | shahnah-i-fil |
| D. | dabir-ikhas |
| Answer» A. sar-i-jandar | |
| 61. |
……………looked after the arrangement of meetings and special ceremonies. |
| A. | amir-i-majlis |
| B. | mutasarrif |
| C. | dabir |
| D. | mushrif-i-mumalik |
| Answer» A. amir-i-majlis | |
| 62. |
The Royal workshops (Karkhanas) played an important role in the administrative system of the ……………. |
| A. | sultanate |
| B. | mushrif-i-mumalik |
| C. | mughals |
| D. | bhamini |
| Answer» A. sultanate | |
| 63. |
Each ………….was supervised by a noble who had the rank of a Malik or a Khan. |
| A. | karkhana |
| B. | banjaras |
| C. | maktabs |
| D. | dabir |
| Answer» A. karkhana | |
| 64. |
The shiqs were administered by the Shiqdar. Subsequently the Shiqs got transformed into Sarkar during the …………. period. |
| A. | afghan |
| B. | mushrif-i-mumalik |
| C. | mughals |
| D. | vijayanagara |
| Answer» A. afghan | |
| 65. |
The market reforms of ……………. were oriented towards administrative and military necessities. |
| A. | alauddin khalji |
| B. | pulakesin i |
| C. | sheikh abdullah |
| D. | sheikh azizullah |
| Answer» A. alauddin khalji | |
| 66. |
..…………………. was more or less the first ruler who looked at the problem of price control, in a systematic manner and was able to maintain stable prices for a considerable period. |
| A. | sheikh abdullah |
| B. | pulakesin i |
| C. | alauddin khalji |
| D. | sheikh azizullah |
| Answer» C. alauddin khalji | |
| 67. |
For controlling the food prices, ………….. tried to control not only the supply of food grains from the villages, and its transportation to the city by the grain merchants, but also its proper distribution to the citizens. |
| A. | sheikh azizullah |
| B. | pulakesin i |
| C. | sheikh abdullah |
| D. | alauddin khalji |
| Answer» D. alauddin khalji | |
| 68. |
Large workshops called …………. were maintained to supply provision, stores and equipments to royal household and government departments. |
| A. | kotwals |
| B. | mushrif-i-mumalik |
| C. | barids |
| D. | karkhanas |
| Answer» D. karkhanas | |
| 69. |
……………… was well known for his works in Mathematics – Ganitakaumudi and Bijaganitavatamsa. |
| A. | abul fazal |
| B. | gangadhara ] |
| C. | mehendra suri |
| D. | narayana pandit |
| Answer» D. narayana pandit | |
| 70. |
…………… wrote Lilavati Karamdipika, Suddhantadipika, and Lilavati Vyakhya. |
| A. | gangadhara |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | kotwals |
| D. | sahib-i-diwan |
| Answer» A. gangadhara | |
| 71. |
…………… Somasutvan produced Tantra samgraha, which contains rules of trigonometrical functions. |
| A. | nilakantha |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | mehendra suri |
| D. | gangadhara |
| Answer» A. nilakantha | |
| 72. |
…………. produced Buddhivilasini - a commentary on lilavati - containing a number of illustrations. |
| A. | ganesa daivajna |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | vallathol |
| D. | kumaranasan |
| Answer» A. ganesa daivajna | |
| 73. |
…………… of the Valhalla family brought out Navankura on the Bijaganit of Bhaskara-II and elaboration of the rules of indeterminate equations of the first and second orders. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | rama |
| C. | gopala |
| D. | krishna |
| Answer» D. krishna | |
| 74. |
…………….compiled Tajik, introducing a large number of Persian technical terms. |
| A. | nilakantha jyotirvida |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | mehendra suri |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. nilakantha jyotirvida | |
| 75. |
……………translated Bhaskara’s Bijaganit. |
| A. | abul faizi |
| B. | narayana pandit |
| C. | vangasena |
| D. | mehendra suri |
| Answer» A. abul faizi | |
| 76. |
Naisiru’d –din-at –tusi, was another scholar of ………….. |
| A. | biology |
| B. | history |
| C. | chemestry |
| D. | mathematics |
| Answer» D. mathematics | |
| 77. |
…………….., a court astronomer of Emperor Firoz Shah, developed an astronomical instrument ‘Yantraja’. |
| A. | mehendra suri |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | faujdar |
| D. | shiqdar |
| Answer» A. mehendra suri | |
| 78. |
Paramesvara and Mahabhaskariya, both in ……………., were famous families of astronomers and almanac-makers. |
| A. | kerala |
| B. | sambal |
| C. | agra |
| D. | andhra |
| Answer» A. kerala | |
| 79. |
……………… produced commentary of Aryabhatiyaa. |
| A. | nilakantha somasutvan |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | mehendra suri |
| D. | tulasidas |
| Answer» A. nilakantha somasutvan | |
| 80. |
…………… studied the Islamic astronomical ideas and was an authority on Islamic knowledge. |
| A. | kamalakar |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | faujdar |
| D. | shiqdar |
| Answer» A. kamalakar | |
| 81. |
Maharaja …………….. of Jaipur set up the five astronomical observatories in Delhi, Ujjain, Varansasi, Mathura and Jaipur. |
| A. | sawai jai singh-ii |
| B. | vangasena |
| C. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| D. | akbar |
| Answer» A. sawai jai singh-ii | |
| 82. |
Some important treatises on Ayurveda like the Sarangdhara Samhita and Chikitsasamgraha by …………., the Yagaratbajara and the Bhavaprakasa of Bhavamisra were compiled. |
| A. | shiqdar |
| B. | faujdar |
| C. | vangasena |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» C. vangasena | |
| 83. |
The Sarangdhara Samhita, written in the …………. century, includes use of opium in its material medica and urine examination for diagnostic purpose. |
| A. | 8th |
| B. | 11th |
| C. | 12th |
| D. | 13th |
| Answer» D. 13th | |
| 84. |
…………… summarized the whole system of Greek medicine as well as the Indian medical knowledge in the book, Firdausu-Hikmat. |
| A. | ali-binrabban |
| B. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| C. | aurangzeb |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» A. ali-binrabban | |
| 85. |
The Unani medicine system came to India along with the ………….. in eleventh century and soon found patronage for its growth. |
| A. | muslims |
| B. | jews |
| C. | christains |
| D. | dutch |
| Answer» A. muslims | |
| 86. |
…………… compiled a book, Majiny-e-Diyae, incorporating the Arabic, Persian and Ayurvedic medical knowledge. |
| A. | hakim diya muhammad |
| B. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| C. | aurangzeb |
| D. | ali-binrabban |
| Answer» A. hakim diya muhammad | |
| 87. |
………….. wrote a book, Tibbe Firozshahi. |
| A. | aurangzeb |
| B. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| C. | ali-binrabban |
| D. | changez khan |
| Answer» B. firoz shah tughalaq | |
| 88. |
The Musalajati-Darshikohi of Nuruddin Muhammad, dedicated to ……………., deals with Greek medicine and contains, at the end, almost the whole of Ayurvedic material medica. |
| A. | firoz shah tughalaq |
| B. | darashikoh |
| C. | aurangzeb |
| D. | ali-binrabban |
| Answer» B. darashikoh | |
| 89. |
From the post Mourya period and especially from the Gupta tries the practice of making land grants to the ………….. |
| A. | sudras |
| B. | brahmins |
| C. | vaisyas |
| D. | kshtrias |
| Answer» B. brahmins | |
| 90. |
The most important feature which contributed to the development of feudalism in …………… was the practice of land grants made to priests and temples. |
| A. | china |
| B. | india |
| C. | srilanka |
| D. | nepal |
| Answer» B. india | |
| 91. |
……………., in his ‘Introduction to the study of Indian History’, put forward the concept of ‘feudalism from below’. |
| A. | d.d. kosambi |
| B. | kesavan veluthat |
| C. | kulke herman |
| D. | k.a.nilakanda sastri |
| Answer» A. d.d. kosambi | |
| 92. |
……………… made the maximum contribution in building the theory of Indian feudalism. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | d.n. jha |
| Answer» A. r.s. sharma | |
| 93. |
……………. work is ‘Indian Feudalism’ |
| A. | r.s sharma’s |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | irfan habib |
| Answer» A. r.s sharma’s | |
| 94. |
In the 1990s ……………came up with the ‘Kali age crisis’ to explain the cause of land grants and feudal formation in early medieval India. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | karashima noboru |
| Answer» A. r.s. sharma | |
| 95. |
………………. work was Harshacharita |
| A. | athula’s |
| B. | bana bhatta’s |
| C. | kesavan veluthat’s |
| D. | karashima noboru’s |
| Answer» B. bana bhatta’s | |
| 96. |
………….., in his ‘Urban Decay in India’ argues that the decline in long distance trade was the main reason for urban decay in early medieval India. |
| A. | r.s. sharma |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | kesavan veluthat |
| D. | irfan habib |
| Answer» A. r.s. sharma | |
| 97. |
The striking development of the ………….. period was the emergence of priestly landlords at the expense of local peasants. |
| A. | maurya |
| B. | harsha |
| C. | gupta |
| D. | mughal |
| Answer» C. gupta | |
| 98. |
The land grant system was originally started by ………..; it became a common activity during the Gupta period. |
| A. | satavahanas |
| B. | sultanates |
| C. | mughals |
| D. | mauryas |
| Answer» A. satavahanas | |
| 99. |
The Maitrakas were tributary chiefs of the ………, who established an independent kingdom in western India. |
| A. | mughals |
| B. | sultanates |
| C. | guptas |
| D. | pushyabhutis |
| Answer» C. guptas | |
| 100. |
………….was the most important ruler of the Maitrakas and was a contemporary of Harshavardhana. |
| A. | dharmapala |
| B. | shashanka |
| C. | dhruvasena ii |
| D. | harsha |
| Answer» C. dhruvasena ii | |
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