Medieval Indian History
Comprehensive quiz covering medieval Indian history including the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Maratha administration, art, literature, and key historical figures and monuments.
Questions
The Mughal school of painting formed the spinal column of different schools of the Indian miniature art.
Which one of the following painting styles was not affected by the Mughal paintings?
- Pahari
- Rajasthani
- Kangra
- Kalighat
Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with
- eight hands
- six hands
- four hands
- two hands
Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?
- Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
- Jama Masjid, Delhi
- Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
- Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
Ashtapradhan was a council of ministers in the
- Gupta administration
- Chola administration
- Vijayanagar administration
- Maratha administration
Nastaliq was
- a Persian script used in medieval India
- a raga composed by Tansen
- a cess levied by the Mughal rulers
- a manual of code of conduct for the Ulemas
The sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God, was
- Muin-ud-din Chisti
- Baba Farid
- Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
- Shah Alam Bukhari
Mughal painting reached its zenith under
- Humayun
- Akbar
- Jahangir
- Shahjahan
In medieval India, Mansabdari system was introduced for
- making recruitment to the army
- facilitating revenue collection
- ensuring religious harmony
- effecting clean administration
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
- Guru Amar Das - Miri and Piri
- Guru Arjun Dev - Adi Granth
- Guru Ram Das - Dal Khalsa
- Guru Gobind Singh - Manji
Prem Vatika, a collection of poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by
- Bihari
- Surdas
- Raskhan
- Kabir
After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of
- Tute-I-Hind
- Kaisr-I-Hind
- Zil-I-Ilahi
- Din-I-Ilahl
Head of the military department under the recognised central machinery of administration during Akbar's reign was
- Diwan
- Mir Bakshi
- Mir Saman
- Bakshi
Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched?
- Sarladasa—Bengali
- Kasirama—Oriya
- Tikkana—Marathi
- Pampa—Kannada
The medieval Indian writer who refers to the discovery of America is
- Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- Amir Khusrau
- Raskhan
- Abul Fazi
The member of Shivaji's Ashtapradhan, who looked after foreign affairs, was
- Peshwa
- Sachiv
- Pandit Rao
- Sumant
The loss of Kandhar was a big blow to the Mughal Empire from the view point of
- natural resources
- buffer territory
- communication
- strategic stronghold
Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant
- extra payment to the nobles
- revenue assigned in lieu of salary
- excess amount paid to the exchequer by the Iqtadars
- illegal exactions extracted from the peasants
Which Sultan of Delhi is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India?
- Iltutmish
- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- Sikandar Lodi
Assertion A: At first, the Turkish administration in India was essentially military.
Reason R: The country was parcelled out as 'Iqtas' among leading military leaders.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true, but R is false.
- A is false, but R is true.
Assertion A: During the reign of Shahjahan, Dara Shikoh was sent on expedition to Balkh, Badakhshan and Qandahar.
Reason R: The expedition sent by Shahjahan to the Middle-East was a marvellous success.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true, but R is false.
- A is false, but R is true.
Ahadis were those troopers who
- offered their services singly
- did not attach themselves to any chief
- had the emperor as their immediate colonel
- attached themselves to Mirzas
- 1, 3 and 4
- 1, 2 and 3
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 4
Consider the following:
- Tughlaqabad Fort
- Lodi Garden
- Qutab Minar
- Fatehpur Sikri
The correct chronological order in which these were built is
- 3, 1, 4, 2
- 3, 1, 2, 4
- 3, 2, 1, 4
- 1, 3, 4, 2
In the given map, the shaded part represents Akbar's empire at a certain juncture: 'A' stands for an independent country and 'B' marks the site of a city. Which one of the following alternatives gives the correct information?
- Akbar in 1557: (A) Gokunda, (B) Lahore
- Akbar in 1557: (A) Khandesh, (B) Multan
- Akbar in 1605: (A) Gondwana, (B) Multan
- Akbar in 1605: (A) Gondwana, (B) Lahore
The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
- Amir Khusrau
- Mirza Ghalib
- Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Faiz
To which Lodi Sultan does the given map relate and what town does the site marked 'A' represent on the map?
- Bahlol Lodi - Jaunpur
- Sikandar Lodi - Aligarh
- Ibrahim Lodi - Jaunpur
- Ibrahim Lodi - Aligarh