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Amir Khusrau’s place of birth was
a) Agra
b) Barabanki
c) Etah
d) Etawah
Option c – Etah
Amir Khusrau made a significant contribution to the growth of which language?
a) Braj Bhasha
b) Awadhi
c) Khari Boli
d) Bhojpuri
Option c – Khari Boli
Who among the following lived through the rule of seven Delhi Sultans?
a) Amir Khusrau
b) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
c) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
d) Both (a) and (b)
Option d – Both (a) and (b)
Amir Khusrau was closely connected with the royal court of
a) Nawab Asafuddaula
b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
c) Muhammad Shah Rangila
d) Qutbuddin Aibak
Option b – Ghiyasuddin Balban
The poet Amir Khusrau served in the court of
a) Alauddin Khalji
b) Iltutmish
c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
d) Qutbuddin Aibak
Option a – Alauddin Khalji
Under which ruler did Amir Khusrau serve as a court poet?
a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
b) Alauddin Khalji
c) Sher Shah Suri
d) Humayun
Option b – Alauddin Khalji
Amir Khusrau is mainly linked with the reign of
a) Alauddin Khalji
b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
c) Ibrahim Lodi
d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
Option a – Alauddin Khalji
Amir Khusrau is best described as a
a) Poet
b) Historian
c) Musician
d) All of these
Option d – All of these
Who is regarded as the founder of the Persian literary style known as Sabak-e-Hindi?
a) Ziyauddin Barani
b) Afiq
c) Isami
d) Amir Khusrau
Option d – Amir Khusrau
Who is popularly called the Father of Hindi Khari Boli?
a) Amir Khusrau
b) Malik Muhammad Jaisi
c) Kabir
d) Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khanan
Option a – Amir Khusrau
Which scholar was proficient in both Hindi and Persian?
a) Amir Khusrau
b) Kabir
c) Tulsidas
d) Malik Muhammad Jaisi
Option a – Amir Khusrau
Which language received royal support under the Delhi Sultanate?
a) Turki
b) Arabic
c) Urdu
d) Persian
Option d – Persian
In Medieval Sanskrit literature, the term Apabhramsa referred to
a) Marginal Rajput communities
b) Departures from Vedic practices
c) Primitive stages of several modern Indian languages
d) Poetic metres outside Sanskrit tradition
Option c – Primitive stages of several modern Indian languages
Which musical instrument best represents the synthesis of Hindu and Muslim musical traditions?
a) Veena
b) Dholak
c) Sarangi
d) Sitar
Option d – Sitar
The introduction of the tabla is traditionally credited to
a) Adil Shah
b) Amir Khusrau
c) Tansen
d) Baiju Bawara
Option b – Amir Khusrau
Which Rajput ruler is known to have authored a treatise on music?
a) Jayachandra Gahadavala
b) Prithviraj Chauhan
c) Rana Kumbha
d) Man Singh
Option c – Rana Kumbha
Which Delhi Sultan left behind written memoirs?
a) Iltutmish
b) Balban
c) Alauddin Khalji
d) Firuz Tughluq
Option d – Firuz Tughluq
Which of the following author–text pairs is correctly matched?
a) Pandit Bhavbhatt – Sangeetraj
b) Ustad Chand Khan – Ragachandrika
c) Pundrik Vitthala – Raagmala
d) Rana Kumbha – Ragakalpadrum
Option c – Pundrik Vitthala – Raagmala
Consider the statements given below: 1. Kitab-i-Nauras, a compilation of devotional songs honoring Hindu gods and Muslim saints, was composed by Ibrahim Adil Shah II. 2. Amir Khusrau is credited with introducing the early form of Qawwali in India. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Option c – Both 1 and 2
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
a) Bahadur Shah – Gujarat
b) Chand Bibi – Awadh
c) Raziya Sultan – Delhi
d) Baz Bahadur – Malwa
Option b – Chand Bibi – Awadh
During the Sharqi period, which town earned the title “Shiraz of the East”?
a) Agra
b) Delhi
c) Jaunpur
d) Varanasi
Option c – Jaunpur
Who was the final independent ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate?
a) Mohammad Shah
b) Hussain Shah
c) Mubarak Shah
d) Ibrahim Shah
Option b – Hussain Shah
Jaunpur city was established in remembrance of which ruler?
a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
d) Akbar
Option b – Muhammad bin Tughluq
The foundation of Jaunpur was laid by which ruler?
a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
b) Firuz Shah Tughluq
c) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
d) Sikandar Lodi
Option b – Firuz Shah Tughluq
In South Indian History, the Polygars functioned mainly as
a) Common zamindars
b) Merchant leaders
c) Regional civil and military administrators
d) Wealthy trading groups
Option c – Regional civil and military administrators
Which Kashmiri ruler was popularly compared to Akbar for his liberal policies?
a) Shamshuddin Shah
b) Sikandar Butshikan
c) Haidar Shah
d) Zain-ul-Abidin
Option d – Zain-ul-Abidin
Who is credited with abolishing the Jizya tax for the first time?
a) Zain-ul-Abidin
b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
c) Husain Shah Sharqi
d) Akbar
Option a – Zain-ul-Abidin
Which scholar did not belong to the court circle of Rana Kumbha?
a) Muni Sunder Suri
b) Natha
c) Tilla Bhatt
d) Muni Jin Vijay Suri
Option d – Muni Jin Vijay Suri
Who laid the foundation of the Bahmani state?
a) Alauddin Hasan
b) Hasan Gangu
c) Muhammad Diwan
d) Sikandar Shah
Option a – Alauddin Hasan
What was the earliest capital of the Bahmani Sultanate?
a) Gulbarga
b) Bidar
c) Husseinnabad
d) Daulatabad
Option a – Gulbarga
The Bahmani Kingdom came into existence in which century?
a) 13th century AD
b) 14th century AD
c) 15th century AD
d) 16th century AD
Option b – 14th century AD
Who is regarded as the founder of the Bahmani Kingdom?
a) Alauddin Hasan
b) Firoz Shah
c) Mahmud Gawan
d) Asaf Khan
Option a – Alauddin Hasan
Which Muslim ruler was addressed as “Jagadguru” by his subjects for his secular outlook?
a) Hussain Shah
b) Zain-ul-Abidin
c) Ibrahim Adil Shah
d) Mahmud II
Option c – Ibrahim Adil Shah
What led to the end of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmednagar?
a) Annexation by the Mughals and lifelong imprisonment of Hussain Shah
b) Destruction of Daulatabad fort and death of Nizam-ul-Mulk
c) Seizure of power by Fateh Khan
d) Defeat of Malik Ambar and execution of the royal family
Option a – Annexation by the Mughals and lifelong imprisonment of Hussain Shah
Which of the following ruler–region pairs is incorrectly matched?
a) Baz Bahadur – Malwa
b) Qutub Shah – Golconda
c) Sultan Muzaffar Shah – Gujarat
d) Yusuf Adil Shah – Ahmednagar
Option d – Yusuf Adil Shah – Ahmednagar
Golconda is known today as
a) Hyderabad
b) Karnataka
c) Bangalore
d) Secunderabad
Option a – Hyderabad
Which of the following dynasties is correctly associated with its capital?
a) Kakatiya – Devagiri
b) Hoysala – Dwarasamudra
c) Yadava – Warangal
d) Pandya – Madurai
Option b – Hoysala – Dwarasamudra
Dwarasamudra served as the capital of which ruling house?
a) Ganga
b) Kakatiya
c) Hoysala
d) Kadamba
Option c – Hoysala
Major architectural remains of the Hoysala dynasty are found at
a) Hampi and Hospet
b) Halebid and Belur
c) Mysore and Bangalore
d) Sringeri and Dharwar
Option b – Halebid and Belur
What is the present-day name of the ancient Hoysala capital Dwarasamudra?
a) Sringeri
b) Belur
c) Halebid
d) Somnathpur
Option c – Halebid
Which monument is famous for having one of the world’s largest domes?
a) Sher Shah’s Tomb, Sasaram
b) Jama Masjid, Delhi
c) Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, Delhi
d) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
Option d – Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
Gujari Mahal was constructed by which ruler?
a) Suraj Sen
b) Man Singh
c) Tej Karan
d) Akbar
Option b – Man Singh
Consider the architectural features of the Jama Masjid of Kashmir built during Zain-ul-Abidin’s reign 1. Presence of turrets 2. Influence of Buddhist pagoda design 3. Elements of Persian architecture. Which of the statements given above are correct?
a) Only 1
b) Only 2 and 3
c) Only 1 and 2
d) 1, 2 and 3
Option d – 1, 2 and 3
Consider the following Medieval regions and their modern locations 1. Champaka – Central India 2. Durgara – Jammu 3. Kuluta – Malabar. Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
a) Only 1 and 2
b) Only 2
c) Only 1 and 3
d) Only 3
Option b – Only 2
During the reign of which ruler did Guru Nanak Dev lay the foundation of the Sikh faith?
a) Firuz Shah Tughluq
b) Sikandar Lodi
c) Humayun
d) Akbar
Option b – Sikandar Lodi
Which Bhakti saint taught that God judges people by their deeds and virtues rather than by caste?
a) Ramanand
b) Dadu
c) Nanak
d) Ramanuja
Option c – Nanak
Mirabai lived during the same period as which of the following personalities?
a) Tulsidas
b) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
c) Guru Nanak
d) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Option a – Tulsidas
What was the name of the husband of the Bhakti poet-saint Mirabai?
a) Rana Ratan Singh
b) Prince Bhojraj
c) Rana Uday Singh
d) Rana Sanga
Option b – Prince Bhojraj
Who is credited with composing the devotional work Rag-Govind?
a) Mirabai
b) Narhari
c) Surdas
d) Raskhan
Option a – Mirabai
Which Bhakti Movement leader shows clear influence of Islamic ideas?
a) Chaitanya
b) Mirabai
c) Namdev
d) Vallabhacharya
Option c – Namdev
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu primarily belonged to which religious tradition?
a) Vaishnava
b) Shaiva
c) Buddhist
d) Sufi
Option a – Vaishnava
Tulsidas was a contemporary of which Mughal emperors?
a) Akbar and Jahangir
b) Shah Jahan
c) Aurangzeb
d) Babur and Humayun
Option a – Akbar and Jahangir
Who composed the famous epic Ramcharitmanas?
a) Tulsidas
b) Valmiki
c) Surdas
d) Ved Vyas
Option a – Tulsidas
Which of the following literary works was not written by Tulsidas?
a) Gitavali
b) Kavitavali
c) Vinay Patrika
d) Sahitya Ratna
Option d – Sahitya Ratna
Which saint is associated with the Varkari sect of Maharashtra?
a) Nimbarka
b) Chakradhara
c) Namdev
d) Ramdas
Option c – Namdev
Bhakta Tukaram lived during the reign of which Mughal ruler?
a) Jahangir
b) Shah Jahan
c) Aurangzeb
d) Akbar
Option a – Jahangir
Who among the following figures was not linked to the Bhakti Movement?
a) Nagarjuna
b) Tukaram
c) Tyagaraja
d) Vallabhacharya
Option a – Nagarjuna
The Chishti order of Sufism was introduced in India by whom?
a) Khwaja Badaruddin
b) Khwaja Muinuddin
c) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
d) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Option b – Khwaja Muinuddin
Who is regarded as the earliest Chishti Sufi saint to arrive in India?
a) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
b) Hamiduddin Chishti
c) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
d) Nizamuddin Auliya
Option a – Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
Which Sufi saint was the first to settle permanently at Ajmer?
a) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
b) Shaikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
c) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
d) Shaikh Salim Chishti
Option a – Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
Who established the Chishti lineage of Sufism?
a) Shaikh Muhiuddin
b) Shaikh Ziauddin Abuljiva
c) Khwaja Abu-Abdal
d) Khwaja Bahaud-Din
Option c – Khwaja Abu-Abdal
Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti was a follower of which spiritual guide?
a) Khwaja Abdal Chishti
b) Shah Waliullah
c) Mir Dard
d) Khwaja Usman Haruni
Option d – Khwaja Usman Haruni
Which Maratha leader was the first to present nazr at the Ajmer Dargah?
a) Nawab Ali Bahadur
b) Raja Sahu
c) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
d) Peshwa Balaji Rao
Option b – Raja Sahu
Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was a disciple of whom?
a) Shaikh Alauddin Sabir
b) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
c) Baba Farid
d) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Option c – Baba Farid
Where is the shrine of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya situated?
a) Agra
b) Ajmer
c) Delhi
d) Fatehpur
Option c – Delhi
Which Sufi saint emphasized devotional music as a spiritual path to God? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk exam )
a) Muinuddin Chishti
b) Baba Farid
c) Sayyid Muhammad Gisudaraz
d) Shah Alam Bukhari
Option a – Muinuddin Chishti
Who among the following did not belong to the Chishti Sufi order? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk exam )
a) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
b) Sheikh Abdul Jilani
c) Sheikh Muinuddin Chishti
d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Option b – Sheikh Abdul Jilani
Who earned the title “Saadi of India” for literary excellence? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk exam )
a) Amir Hasan
b) Amir Khusrau
c) Abu Talib Kalim
d) Chandrabhan Brahman
Option a – Amir Hasan
Which Delhi Sultan was refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk exam )
a) Jalaluddin Khalji
b) Alauddin Khalji
c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Option b – Alauddin Khalji
Which Sufi saint was honored with the title “Mehboob-e-Ilahi”? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk exam )
a) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
b) Baba Farid
c) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
d) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Option d – Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Who was the most prominent disciple of Shaikh Farid and witnessed the rule of seven Delhi Sultans? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk Exam )
a) Nizamuddin Auliya
b) Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag
c) Shaikh Salim Chishti
d) None of the above
Option a – Nizamuddin Auliya
The teachings of which Sufi saint are included in the Sikh scripture Adi Granth? ( WBSSC mcq Questions for Clerk Exam )
a) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
b) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
c) Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar
d) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Option c – Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar
Shaikh Salim Chishti spent most of his life at which location? ( WBSSC MCQ Questions for Clerk Exam )
a) Delhi
b) Ajmer
c) Fatehpur Sikri
d) Lahore
Option c – Fatehpur Sikri
Who was popularly known by the title Shaikh-ul-Hind? ( WBSSC MCQ Questions for Clerk Exam )
a) Baba Fariduddin
b) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
c) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
d) Shaikh Salim Chishti
Option d – Shaikh Salim Chishti
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