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Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer for Students

Whose disciple was Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti?

(a) Khwaja Abdal Chisti

(b) Shah Wali Ullah

(c) Mir Dard

(d) Khwaja Usman Haruni

Option d – Khwaja Usman Haruni

The Sufi Movement originally started from: ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Persia

(b) Delhi

(c) Lahore

(d) Kabul

Option a – Persia

Among the following, who was not a proponent of the bhakti cult?

(a) Nagarjuna

(b) Tukara

(c) Tyagaraja

(d) Vallabhacharya

Option a – Nagarjuna

Which of the following Sufi saints is known as Mahboob-i-llahi?

(a) Shaikh Muin-ud-din Chishti

(b) Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Auliya

(c) Baba Farid

(d) Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chirag-i-Dehalvi

Option b – Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Auliya

Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order? ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Shankaracharya-Ramanuja -Chaitanaya

(b) Ramanuja-Shankaracharya -Chaitanya

(c) Ramanuja-Chaitanaya -Shankaracharya

(d) Shankaracharya-Chaitanaya-Ramanuja

Option a – Shankaracharya-Ramanuja -Chaitanaya

Who among the following was regarded as ‘Zinda pir’?

(a) Babar

(b) Akbar

(c) Jahangir

(d) Aurangzeb

Option d – Aurangzeb

Bernier visited India during the reign of : ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Option c – Shahjahan

A fort not associated with Shivaji is that of :

(a) Lohagarh

(b) Raigarh

(c) Torna

(d) Javli

Option a – Lohagarh

Which queen enjoyed political power along with her husband? ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Alam Ara

(b) Razia Sultan

(c) Mumtaz Mahal

(d) Nur Jahan

Option d – Nur Jahan

The revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of :

(a) Bairam Khan

(b) Man Singh

(c) Birbal

(d) Todar Mal

Option d – Todar Mal

The East India Company was founded in London during the reign of : ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Option b – Akbar

Which of the following Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar?

(a) Parmar

(b) Pratihara

(c) Rathore

(d) Sisodiya

Option d – Sisodiya

The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system: ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Turkey

(b) Persia

(c) Afghanistan

(d) Mongolia

Option d – Mongolia

Which of the following is wrongly matched with his contemporary Mughal king?

(a) Rana Sanga – Babar

(b) Prithvi Raj Chauhan – Akbar

(c) Jujhar Singh – Shahjahan

(d) Jaswant Singh – Aurangzeb

Option b – Prithvi Raj Chauhan – Akbar

The capital of the Mughal Empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi by : ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Jahangir

(b) Aurangzeb

(c) Humayun

(d) Shahjahan

Option d – Shahjahan

Chand Bibi, who ceded Berar to Akbar, was the ruler of :

(a) Golconda

(b) Bahmani

(c) Bijapur

(d) Ahmednagar

Option d – Ahmednagar

In the Mughal administration, military recruitment was being looked after by : ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Diwan

(b) Wazir

(c) Bakshi

(d) Kotwal

Option c – Bakshi

The king generally considered the greatest ruler of Kashmir in the 15th century was :

(a) Yusuf Shah

(b) Zain-ul-Abidin

(c) Haider Shah

(d) Shah Mirza

Option b – Zain-ul-Abidin

The Moti Masjid in Delhi was built during the reign of : ( Madhyamik History Short Question and Answer )

(a) Humayun

(b) Shah Jahan

(c) Aurangzeb

(d) Shah Alam II

Option c – Aurangzeb

Which of the following Englishmen was honored by Jahangir with the title of ‘Khan’?

(a) Sir Thomas Roe

(b) Edward Terry

(c) William Hawkins

(d) None of these

Option c – William Hawkins

The number of wives of which of the following Mughal rulers ‘fell short even of the Quranic allowance of four’?

(a) Humayun

(b) Akbar

(c) Jahangir

(d) Aurangzeb

Option d – Aurangzeb

Upanishads were translated into Persian during the reign of :

(a) Aurangzeb

(b) Shah Jahan

(c) Jahangir

(d) Akbar

Option b – Shah Jahan

Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?

(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar

(b) Aurangzeb

(c) Muhammad Shah

(d) Shah Alam II

Option c – Muhammad Shah

The first Mughal emperor to issue a firman in favor of the British to open a factory at Surat was :

(a) Aurangzeb

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

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(d) Akbar

Option b – Jahangir

The bitterest war of succession under the great Mughals was fought among the sons of :

(a) Babar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Option c – Shahjahan

“He left behind him an enemy still unsubdued, a minor son, and a mercenary army”. This description fits :

(a) Babar

(b) Humayun

(c) Sher Shah

(d) Jahangir

Option b – Humayun

Which Mughal ruler had the ‘chain of justice’ fastened up which could be shaken by his subjects to bring their grievances to his notice?

(a) Humayun

(b) Akbar

(c) Jahangir

(d) Shahjahan

Option c – Jahangir

All of the following Rajput rulers acknowledged the Mughal sway in the second half of the 16th century, except the ruler of :

(a) Bikaner

(b) Mewar

(c) Amber

(d) Jaisalmer

Option b – Mewar

During whose reign did the Rajputs of Mewar submit to the Mughals and recognize, for the first time, the suzerainty of the empire?

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Option b – Jahangir

During the decline of the Mughal empire, the Jats were organized into a political force by :

(a) Suraj Mal

(b) Churaman

(c) Rajaram

(d) Badan Singh

Option d – Badan Singh

During the reign of which of the following emperors was the artillery most perfect and numerous?

(a) Akbar

(b) Shahjahan

(c) Jahangir

(d) Aurangzeb

Option d – Aurangzeb

Which one of the following territories was outside the boundaries of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar?

(a) Khandesh

(b) Kabul

(c) Bijapur

(d) Kashmir

Option c – Bijapur

Which of the following Mughal emperor’s tombs is outside India?

(a) Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(c) Shah Jahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Option a – Jahangir

Mughal architecture reveals a blending of :

(a) Indian and Persian styles

(b) Turkish and Persian styles

(c) Turkish and Afghan styles

(d) Timurid and Indian styles

Option a – Indian and Persian styles

The first Mughal building to have been built entirely of marble is :

(a) Akbar’s mausoleum

(b) Humayun’s tomb

(c) Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb

(d) Taj Mahal

Option c – Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb

‘Bibi Ka Maqbara’ is the tomb of :

(a) Nurjahan

(b) Aurangzeb’s wife

(c) Humayun’s sister

(d) Mumtaz Mahal

Option b – Aurangzeb’s wife

The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of :

(a) Babur

(b) Akbar

(c) Jahangir

(d) Shahjahan

Option c – Jahangir

Nishat Garden was built by :

(a) Babar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Sher Shah

(d) Shahjahan

Option b – Jahangir

Which of the following schools of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?

(a) The Bijapur School

(b) The Golconda School

(c) The Kangra School

(d) The Rajput School

Option a – The Bijapur School

Who among the following invented the power loom that revolutionized the cotton textile industry?

(a) Edmund Cartwright

(b) Samuel Crompton

(c) Richard Arkwright

(d) James Hargreaves

Option a – Edmund Cartwright

Who among the following used the term Industrial Revolution for the first time in English to describe the changes that occurred in the British industrial development between 1760 and 1820?

(a) Friedrich Engels

(b) Eric Hobsbawm

(c) Arnold Toynbee

(d) Georges Michelet

Option c – Arnold Toynbee

For his model of industrial location, Weber makes use of:

(a) Isogons

(b) Isophenes

(c) Isodapanes

(d) Isotachs

Option c – Isodapanes

Which was considered as Magna Carta of English Education in India?

(a) Macaulay’s Minute, 2nd February, 1835

(b) Resolution of 7th March, 1835

(c) Woods Dispatch on Education, 1854

(d) None of the above

Option c – Woods Dispatch on Education, 1854

Who are the earliest migrants from Europe to South America?

(a) Britishers

(b) French

(c) Portuguese

(d) Spaniards

Option d – Spaniards

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall were:

(a) Crises that followed the Vietnam War

(b) Crises during the Cold War

(c) Crises that led to World War I

(d) Crises during the post-Cold War

Option b – Crises during the Cold War I

Identify from the following the novel written by Charles Dickens that critiqued the adverse impact of industrialization on the poor.

(a) The Day Before America

(b) Hard Times

(c) Creating a Nation

(d) The Courtier

Option b – Hard Times

Who among the following is the author of the book, ‘The Social Contract’?

(a) Voltaire

(b) Hobbes

(c) Locke

(d) Rousseau

Option d – Rousseau

‘The water frame’ of Richard Arkwright was a device for:

(a) producing a new type of painting

(b) irrigating fields for rice cultivation

(c) producing strong threads of yarn

(d) the faster movement of steamships

Option c – producing strong threads of yarn

The ‘four great needs’ of the people as identified by the Guomindang were:

(a) clothing, food, housing, and transportation

(b) education, food, housing, and health care

(c) food, housing, education, and employment

(d) employment, housing, education, and healthcare

Option a – clothing, food, housing, and transportation

Which European Ruler Expressed the Significance of India’s Commerce?

(a) Queen Victoria

(b) Peter the Great of Russia

(c) Napoleon Bonaparte

(d) Gustav II Adolf

Option b – Peter the Great of Russia

Regarding the Reign of Terror, Identify the Incorrect Statement:

(a) The Jacobins ousted the Girondists with the help of sans-culottes

(b) The Jacobins were in league with the French clergy

(c) The arrest for anti-revolutionary activities was by law restricted to the political class

(d) The Reign of Terror concluded with the execution of Robespierre by guillotine in July 1794

Option d – The Reign of Terror concluded with the execution of Robespierre by guillotine in July 1794

In the Industrial Revolution, Who Designed the ‘Flying Shuttle Loom’?

(a) Samuel Crompton

(b) Edmund Cartwright

(c) John Kay

(d) Richard Arkwright

Option c – John Kay

Who Authored the Noteworthy Text ‘A Discourse on Political Economy’?

(a) Montesquieu

(b) Voltaire

(c) Rousseau

(d) Adam Smith

Option c – Rousseau

Where Was the American Declaration of Independence Adopted on July 4, 1776?

(a) Washington Conference

(b) San Francisco Conference

(c) Second Continental Congress

(d) First Continental Congress

Option c – Second Continental Congress

Head of the Government Overthrown by Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolution:

(a) Alexander Kerensky

(b) Prince Lvov

(c) Grand Duke Sergei

(d) Tsar Nicholas II

Option a – Alexander Kerensky

The First Traders in Africa Leading to European Colonization:

(a) French

(b) Spanish

(c) Portuguese

(d) Dutch

Option c – Portuguese

The mausoleum of Rabia-ul Durrani was built at

(a) Lahore

(b) Delhi

(c) Aurangabad

(d) Gulbarga

Option c – Aurangabad

After Feroz Tughluq of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal ruler who paid attention to the supply of water from canals was

(a) Humayun

(b) Akbar

(c) Jahangir

(d) Shah Jahan

Option b – Akbar

The total number of Mughal subas in 1605 was

(a) 12

(b) 15

(c) 17

(d) 19

Option b – 15

Which one of the following Mughal officers was not associated with religious affairs?

(a) Sadr

(b) Mufti

(c) Muhtasib

(d) Mustaufi

Option d – Mustaufi

Who among the following defined a sovereign or sovereignty as farr-i izadi in contrast to the concept of zil al-Allah?

(a) Badauni

(b) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

(c) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

(d) Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis

Option c – Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

Who among the following was sent to Persia by Jahangir to draw portraits of Shah Abbas for the Mughal album?

(a) Mansur

(b) Bichitr

(c) Bishan Das

(d) Basawan

Option c – Bishan Das

Who among the following Jat leaders looted Akbar’s tomb?

(a) Gokla

(b) Churaman

(c) Raja Ram

(d) Ram Chehra

Option c – Raja Ram

Out of the battles fought between contemporary rulers and Babur, which among the following resulted in the firm establishment of Babur’s rule in North India?

(a) First Battle of Panipat

(b) Battle of Khanua

(c) Battle of Ghaghra

(d) Second Battle of Panipat

Option b – Battle of Khanua

Which one of the following trading centers was not used as a seaport by the Mughals?

(a) Lahari Bandar

(b) Thatta

(c) Cambay

(d) Surat

Option b – Thatta

Which of the following sets of newspapers reflected the concerns of educated Indian Muslims during the Khilafat Movement?

(a) Comrade and Hamdard

(b) Comrade and Hindustan Times

(c) Zamindar and Muslim Voice

(d) Comrade, Hamdard, Zamindar and Al Hilal

Option d – Comrade, Hamdard, Zamindar and Al Hilal

The main reason for the failure of the INA was :

(a) sabotage by some disgruntled elements

(b) the death of Subhash Chandra Bose in an air crash

(c) staunch opposition of the Congress

(d) the collapse of Japanese forces in the war

Option d – the collapse of Japanese forces in the war

The failure of the Wavell Plan was mainly because :

(a) of lack of support from the British Government

(b) the Congress and Muslims could not reach an agreement

(c) the League was adamant over getting Pakistan

(d) All of the above

Option b – the Congress and Muslims could not reach an agreement

After the 1945-46 elections, the Congress did not form a ministry in :

(a) Punjab

(b) Assam

(c) Bengal

(d) N.W.F.P.

Option c – Bengal

The growth of socialist ideas in India in the 1930s owes mainly to:

(a) the propaganda by Soviet Russia

(b) the proliferation of Marxist ideas among the labor classes due to Communist propaganda

(c) complete disenchantment with the British government

(d) the remarkable economic progress of the Soviets amidst worldwide depression

Option d – the remarkable economic progress of the Soviets amidst worldwide depression

The Meerut Conspiracy case was basically intended to curb the communists in India. Among those who defended the accused were:

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) M.C. Chagla

(c) M.A. Ansari

(d) All of these

Option d – All of these

During the freedom struggle, who established The Deccan Educational Society’?

(a) B.G. Tilak

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) G.K. Gokhale

(d) M.G. Ranade

Option d – M.G. Ranade

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