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10th Board Exam History Objective Paper for Students
Quick Quiz
Amir Khusro was one of the greatest writers and poets of early Medieval India. His account covers five sultans. Point out the one he does not cover:
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(d) Mohammad-bin Tughlaq
Option d – Mohammad-bin Tughlaq
Of the places given below, pick up the one first conquered by Alauddin Khalji as the sultan of Delhi. ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Devagiri
(b) Malwa
(c) Gujarat
(d) Malabar
Option c – Gujarat
Who was appointed the first Governor of Devagiri after its annexation by the Sultanate?
(a) Rai Ram Chandra Dev
(b) Malik Yaklakhi
(c) Mubarak Khalji
(d) Khusro Khan
Option b – Malik Yaklakhi
Which of the following formed the eastern limit of the Sultanate in 1335? ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Jajnagar
(b) Peshawar
(c) Kalanaur
(d) Malwa
Option a – Jajnagar
Two principal monuments of Ala-ud-din Khalji’s reign, the Jama’at Khana Masjid, and Alai Darwaza were constructed at:
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Dhar
(d) Gulbarga
Option b – Delhi
Which of the following Delhi sultans annexed Bengal and brought about the decline of the dynasty of Ilyas Khan? ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) Akbar
Option b – Sher Shah Suri
Which of the following was a tax that included house tax, grazing tax, irrigation tax, etc.?
(a) Kharaj
(b) Jaziya
(c) Khums
(d) Abwabs
Option d – Abwabs
“Raziya was endowed with all the qualities befitting a king, but she was not born of the right sex”. Who is credited with these lines? ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Al Beruni
(b) Amir Khusrau
(c) Minhaj Siraj
(d) Ibn Battutah
Option c – Minhaj Siraj
Which of the following contemporary Muslim writers criticized Alauddin for his disregard of religion?
(a) Barani
(b) Amir Khusro
(c) Alberuni
(d) Minhaj Siraj
Option a – Barani
In the Delhi Sultanate, the work of ‘Mustauf-i-Mamalik’ was related to which of the following?
(a) Auditing
(b) Charity
(c) Justice
(d) Military
Option a – Auditing
Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth from: ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Chanderi
(b) Gujarat
(c) Devagiri
(d) Madurai
Option c – Devagiri
Who of the following was a contemporary of Chengiz Khan?
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option b – Iltutmish
Which one of the following techniques was introduced by the Turks in the textile sector in India? ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Spinning wheel
(b) Tie-and-dye
(c) Hand spindle
(d) Weaver’s loom
Option a – Spinning wheel
Who among the following rulers was the builder of Jahan-Panah, Delhi’s fourth city?
(a) Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(b) Sultan Alauddin Khalji
(c) Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) Sultan Sikandar Lodhi
Option c – Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Which one of the following Kingdoms was annexed by Bahlol Lodhi, the Sultan of Delhi, in 1484 AD?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Jaunpur
(c) Nepal
(d) Gujarat
Option b – Jaunpur
Who was called ‘a slave of a slave’? ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Mohd. Ghori
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak
(c) Balban
(d) Iltutmish
Option d – Iltutmish
Who among the following composed poems with the pen name ‘Gulrukhi’?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Option c – Sikandar Lodhi
Qismat-i khoti in the Delhi Sultanate was:
(a) a cash payment made by the state to the village headman
(b) a village assigned to a khot
(c) a small cess collected by the village head man from the peasants
(d) the revenue assessed on the land cultivated by the khots and muqaddams
Option c – a small cess collected by the village head man from the peasants
The structure of Qutab Minar was completed by: ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Aram Shah
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Option b – Iltutmish
Which of the following is the oldest monument?
(a) Ajanta
(b) Qutab Minar
(c) Taj Mahal
(d) Khajuraho
Option a – Ajanta
The Sultan who called himself Naib-i-Khudai or Deputy of God was: ( 10th Board Exam History MCQ )
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Balban
(d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
Option c – Balban
The first Muslim ruler to formulate the theory of Kingship similar to the theory of the divine right of the King was:
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Balban
Option d – Balban
Which of the following rulers in India challenged the authority of the Ulemas or Muslim clergy?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Balban
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Sher Shah
Option a – Alauddin Khalji
Under which Sultan, Khalisa’s land increased considerably?
(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option b – Alauddin Khalji
For his unbounded generosity, who amongst the following Sultans was titled by all writers of the time as ‘lakh Baksh’ or giver of lakhs?
(a) Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
(b) Balban
(c) Qutubud-din Aibak
(d) Sikander Lodhi
Option c – Qutubud-din Aibak
What was the boundary between the Delhi Sultan and Mongols during the period of Alauddin Khilji after 1306 A.D.?
(a) Beas
(b) Ravi
(c) Indus
(d) Sutlaj
Option c – Indus
Multan was named by the Arabs as:
(a) City of Beauty
(b) City of Wealth
(c) City of Gold
(d) Pink City
Option c – City of Gold
Who among the following enjoyed the patronage of Sultans from Balban to Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq?
(a) Ibn Batutah
(b) Badauni
(c) Zia-ud-din Barani
(d) Amir Khusro
Option d – Amir Khusro
Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jaziyah even on the Brahmins?
(a) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Muhammad Tughluq
(d) Balban
Option b – Firuz Tughluq
The first Muslim incursions on Deccan occurred during the reign of:
(a) Balban
(b) Raziya
(c) Jalaluddin Khalji
(d) Firoz Tughluq
Option c – Jalaluddin Khalji
Who did introduce the system of land measurement in India?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Sikandar Lodhi
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar
Option a – Alauddin Khilji
The Rihla was written in:
(a) Arabic in the fourteenth century by Ibn Battuta
(b) Persian in the fifteenth century by Abdur Razzaq
(c) Persian in the thirteenth century by Ibn Battuta
(d) Italian in the thirteenth century by Marco Polo
Option a – Arabic in the fourteenth century by Ibn Battuta
Who among the following was the author of the book ‘Kitab-i-Nauras’?
(a) Ibrahim Adil Shah II
(b) Ali Adil Shah
(c) Quli Qutab Shah
(d) Akbar II
Option a – Ibrahim Adil Shah II
The ruins of Vijayanagar (Hampi) were brought to public light in the year 1800 by the following British surveyor and engineer:
(a) James Prinsep
(b) Colin Mackenzie
(c) James Rennell
(d) Charles Metcalfe
Option b – Colin Mackenzie
Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Devgiri – Shankar Dev
(b) Warangal – Ramchandra Dev
(c) Hoysal – Veer Ballal
(d) Madura – Veer Pandya
Option b – Warangal – Ramchandra Dev
The Vijayanagar rulers are remembered for promoting agriculture by
(a) building dams, tanks, and wells
(b) reducing tax on cultivated land
(c) providing market facilities for agricultural products
(d) purchasing food grains for the army
Option a – building dams, tanks, and wells
The main trading port of the Vijayanagar Empire on the western coast was
(a) Bhatkal
(b) Calicut
(c) Cannanore
(d) Goa
Option c – Cannanore
The Vijayanagar ruler who tried to strengthen his military position by recruiting thousands of Muslim mounted bowmen in his army was
(a) Bukkal
(b) Devaraya II
(c) Virupaksha Raya
(d) Vir Narasimha
Option b – Devaraya II
Which of the following foreigners did not visit India during the medieval period?
(a) Abdur Razzaq
(b) Marco Polo
(c) Athanasius Nikitin
(d) Deimachos
Option d – Deimachos
On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the kingdom of Golconda founded?
(a) Yadavas
(b) Hoysalas
(c) Kakatiyas
(d) Kalyani
Option c – Kakatiyas
Who were Alvars?
(a) Those who immersed in devotion to Vishnu
(b) Devotees of Shiva
(c) Those who worshipped abstract form of God
(d) Devotees of Shakti
Option a – Those who immersed in devotion to Vishnu
Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi saint?
(a) Khwaja Moinuddin
(b) Baba Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar
(c) Nizammuddin Auliya
(d) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Option d – Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Who among the following does not belong to the Chishti order?
(a) Sheikh Moinuddin
(b) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) Sheikh Nizamuddin Aulia
(d) Sheikh Abdul Jilani
Option d – Sheikh Abdul Jilani
The Sufi work kashf-ul-Mahjub was written by
(a) Abu’l Hasan al Hujwiri
(b) Moinuddin Chishti
(c) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Amir Khusrau
Option a – Abu’l Hasan al Hujwiri
Who is the author of the 16th-century Sanskrit text, the Vraja Bhakti Vilasa, which focuses on the Braj region in North India?
(a) Todar Mal
(b) Narayana Bhatta
(c) Chaitanya
(d) Rupa Goswami
Option b – Narayana Bhatta
Who were the Nayanars?
(a) Those who were immersed in devotion to Vishnu
(b) Those who were devotees of Buddha
(c) Leaders who were devotees of Shiva
(d) Leaders who were devotees of Basveshwara
Option c – Leaders who were devotees of Shiva
The successor of Sher Shah was
(a) Shujaat Khan
(b) Islam Shah
(c) Feroz Shah
(d) Muhammad Shah Adil
Option b – Islam Shah
Who among the following European travelers never returned to Europe and settled down in India?
(a) Duarte Barbosa
(b) Manucci
(c) Tavernier
(d) Bernier
Option b – Manucci
The important source for Akbar’s reign, Tarikh-i-Akbari was written by which one of the following Persian language scholars?
(a) Arif Qandahari
(b) Bayazid Bayat
(c) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(d) Nizamuddin Ahmad
Option a – Arif Qandahari
The aristocrat Muqarrab Khan was a great favorite of which Mughal Emperor?
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Farrukhsiyar
(d) Shah Alam
Option b – Aurangzeb
According to the French traveler Tavernier, the majority of houses in Varanasi during the 17th century were made of
(a) brick and mud
(b) stone and thatch
(c) wood and stone
(d) brick and stone
Option d – brick and stone
Who wrote Tabaqat-i-Akbari?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(c) Akbar Khan Sarwani
(d) Nizam-ud-din Ahmed
Option d – Nizam-ud-din Ahmed
Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput dynasty of :
(a) Kachwa
(b) Sisodiya
(c) Solanki
(d) Paramara
Option b – Sisodiya
The Satnami rebellion took place during the reign of Mughal emperor :
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option d – Aurangzeb
Which among the following systems of levying land revenue in Deccan prevalent was during the reign of Akbar?
(a) Kankut
(b) Number of ploughs
(c) Zabti
(d) Ghallabakshi
Option c – Zabti
Name the calligrapher in Akbar’s court who was honored with the title “Zarrin Kalam” or Golden Pen.
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Tansen
(c) Muhammad Husayn
(d) Muhammad Kasim
Option c – Muhammad Husayn
Who among the following was the author of the Badshah Nama?
(a) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Sadullah Khan
Option a – Abdul Hamid Lahori
Who amongst the following was the successor of Sikh Guru Har Krishan?
(a) Guru Angad Dev
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Hargobind
(d) Guru Amar Das
Option b – Guru Tegh Bahadur
Banjaras during the medieval period of Indian history were generally :
(a) agriculturists
(b) warriors
(c) weavers
(d) traders
Option d – traders
With reference to the economic history of medieval India, the ‘Araghatta’ term refers to :
(a) bonded labor
(b) land grants made to military officers
(c) waterwheel used in the irrigation of land
(d) wasteland converted to cultivated land
Option c – waterwheel used in the irrigation of land
Who of the following members became an of the Din-i-llahi?
(a) Raja Man Singh
(b) Todarmal
(c) Tansen
(d) Raja Birbal
Option d – Raja Birbal
Who among the following foreign travelers visited India during the reign of Jahangir?
(a) Father Anthony Monserate
(b) Francisco Pelsaert
(c) Niccolo Manucci
(d) Francois Bernier
Option b – Francisco Pelsaert
With regard to the nature of the Mughal State, who among the following scholars argued that ‘the peculiar feature of the State in Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation’?
(a) Irfan Habib
(b) Satish Chandra
(c) Athar Ali
(d) J. F. Richards
Option a – Irfan Habib
‘Hindustan is a country of few charms. Its people have no good looks … Which Mughal king had recorded this in his memoirs?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Humayun
(d) Shahjahan
Option b – Babar
The first Indian ruler to organize the Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was :
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Firoz Tughlaq
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Option b – Firoz Tughlaq
Who amongst the following lost his kingdom in Hindustan but retrieved it after about 15 years in exile?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(c) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(d) Humayun
Option d – Humayun
The coin rupia was first issued by :
(a) Sher Shah
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Akbar
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Option a – Sher Shah
Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the building of the Grand Trunk Road?
(a) Babur
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Jahangir
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
Option b – Sher Shah Suri
Since ages, the women of Maharashtra have proved themselves equal to men on the battlefield. Famous Chandbibi of Ahmednagar fought to protect her kingdom against :
(a) Mughals
(b) East India Company
(c) Adilshahi forces of Bijapur
(d) Nizam forces of Hyderabad
Option a – Mughals
Sher Shah died while fighting in :
(a) Chausa
(b) Kalinga
(c) Kalinjar
(d) None of these
Option c – Kalinjar
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