Indian History MCQ for Competitive Exam

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Iltutmish’s most important contribution to Turkish rule in India was :

1. Establishing a capital at Delhi

2. To issue coins

3. To create a dynastic rule

4. To organise the iqta system

Option 4 – To organise the iqta system

Firdausi was patronized by :

1. nia

2. Iltutmish

3. Mahmud of Ghazni

4. Mahmud of Ghuri

Option 3 – Mahmud of Ghazni

Shah Namah was written by :

1. Abul Fazal

2. Firdausi

3. Amir Khusrau

4. Salim Malik

Option 2 – Firdausi

Which Sultan banned the use of wine and intoxicants, holding of banquets etc. to prevent conspiracies among the nobles?

1. Firoz Tughlaq

2. Balban

3. Ala-ud-din Khalji

4. Muhammad-bin Tughlaq

Option 3 – Ala-ud-din Khalji

Nauroz was introduced by :

1. Mubarak Khalji

2. Ala-ud-din Khalji

3. Balban

4. Iltumish

Option 3 – Balban

Who constituated a council known as Umarai Chahlgani?

1. Balban

2. Iltumish

3. Sikandar Lodhi

4. Aram Shah

Option 2 – Iltumish

Amir Khusrau, named the ‘Parrot of India’, was a contemporary of :

1. Balban

2. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq

3. Ala-ud-din Khalji

4. All the above

Option 4 – All the above

The ruling dynasty established in India at the instance of Timur was :

1. Lodi

2. Saiyid

3. Ilyas Shahi

4. Sharqi

Option 2 – Saiyid

Which Delhi Sultanate ruler was dubbed as the illustrated idealist”?

1. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

2. Firoz Tughlaq

3. Balban

4. Iltumish

Option 1 – Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

The only Sultan who declared himself caliph was :

1. Ala-ud-din Khalji

2. Mubarak Shah Khalji

3. Khusrau Shah

4. Muhammad-bin

Option 2 – Mubarak Shah Khalji

The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by :

1. Hari Hara II

2. Vijaya Raya

3. Bukka II

4. Hari Hara and Bukka

Option 4 – Hari Hara and Bukka

Who was the great ruler of the first dynasty of Vijayanagar, who invited the famous Persian ambassador Abdur Razzaq to his court?

1. Deva Raya I

2. Deva Raya II

3. Mallikarjuna

4. Virupaksha

Option 2 – Deva Raya II

The city of Vijayanagar (now known as Hampi) was situated on the northern bank of the river :

1. Krishna

2. Kaveri

3. Tungabhadra

4. Godavari

Option 3 – Tungabhadra

The Italian traveller Nico loConti visited Vijaya nagar in the reign of :

1. Bukka II

2. Deva Raya I

3. Virupaksha

4. Hari Hara

Option 2 – Deva Raya I

The Vijayanagar king known as ‘Andhra Pita maha’, Andhra Bhoja’ and whose reign marks the Augustan Age of Telugu literature was :

1. Deva Raya I

2. Bukka II

3. Saluva Narasimha

4. Krishna Deva Raya

Option 4 – Krishna Deva Raya

The Ashtadiggajas of the court of Krishna Deva Raya were :

1. Great Ministers

2. Great scholars of Telugu literature

3. Great musicians

4. Guardians of the palace

Option 2 – Great scholars of Telugu literature

The greatest ruler of Kashmir who has also been called ‘the Akbar of Kashmir’ was

1. Shamshuddin Shah

2. Haider Shah

3. Zain-ul-Abidin

4. Sikandar Shah

Option 3 – Zain-ul-Abidin

The foundation of Mughal rule in India was laid with the :

1. First Battle of Panipat

2. Second Battle of Panipat

3. Third Battle of Tarani

4. Battle of Khanua

Option 1 – First Battle of Panipat

India’s earliest contact with Islam tame through :

1. Arab invasion of Sindh in the seventh century

2. Turkish invasions of the eleventh-twelth centuries

3. Arab merchants of Malabar coast

4. Sufi saints and Arab travellers

Option 3 – Arab merchants of Malabar coast

Which of the following Sultans of Delhi was described as lakh baksh?

1. Iltutmish

2. Ala-ud-din Khalji

3. Balban

4. Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Option 4 – Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Which of the following paved the way for the foundation of Turkish rule in India?

1. First Battle of Tarain

2. Second Battle of Tarain

3. First Battle of Panipat

4. All the above

Option 2 – Second Battle of Tarain

The first Muslim invader of India was :

1. Muhammad Ghuri

2. Mahmud of Ghazni

3. Muhammad-bin-Qasim

4. Chengiz Khan

Option 3 – Muhammad-bin-Qasim

Ulugh Khan was more popularly known as :

1. Balban

2. Iltumish

3. Aibak

4. Yaqut Khan

Option 1 – Balban

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