History

Medieval and Islamic History

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Medieval and Islamic history focuses on the political, cultural, and administrative developments during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire. Key topics include military campaigns, administrative reforms, court artisans, and architectural marvels like the Red Fort. This is a highly scoring subject for SSC and civil services preliminary exams.

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Medieval and Islamic History Questions

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?

  1. Nasiruddin Mahmud

  2. Ghiyasuddin Balban

  3. Ibrahim Lodi

  4. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Answer - (D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Firuz Shah Tughlaq built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period. The most remarkable contribution of Firoz that gave a fillip to agriculture was the scheme of artificial irrigation in which the excavation of canals occupied an important place. The important canals which were excavated were the following- The Rajiwah, Ulughkhani, Firuzabad canal, Ghaggar canal, The canal excavated from the river Budhi.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Adilabad fort and the city of Jahanpanah was built by?

  1. Alauddin Khalji

  2. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

  3. Muhammad bin Tughluq

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Mohammed bin Tughlaq, constructed the city of  Jahanpanah and Adilabad Fort. Adilabad Fort is referred to by historians as the fourth fort of Delhi, in the footsteps of famous contemporaries like Red Fort, Old Fort and the adjacent Tughlaqabad.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Market control was first introduced in medieval India by.

  1. Ghiasuddin Balban

  2. Firozeshah Tughlaq

  3. Iltutmish

  4. Alauddin Khilji
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Explanation
Alauddin Khilji first introduced Market control policy. Alauddin fixed the prices for a wide range of goods, including grains, pulses, cloth, cattle, horses, meat, fish, dry fruits, sugarcane, vegetables, betel-leaves etc. Even the prices of slaves were also fixed. He appointed supervisors and spies to ensure compliance with the regulations and severely punished the violators.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites?

  1. Balban

  2. Alauddin Khilji

  3. Muhammad Tughlaq

  4. Ibrahim Lodi
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 Historians have described the Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq as the mixture of opposites because he was extremely humble but at the same time extremely arrogant. At many times, he was extremely generous and at other times, an extremely narrow-minded. 

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

The Sultan who called himself Naib-i-Khudai or Deputy of the God, was ___________.

  1. Iltutmish

  2. Alauddin Khilji

  3. Balban

  4. Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Balban considered King as the shadow of God on the Earth, therefore, he called himself Naib-i-Khudai. He considered kingship next to prophethood and believes that his actions could not be judged by nobles or other people.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

The first Muslim ruler to formulate the theory of Kingship similar to the theory of divine right of Kings was _____________.

  1. Qutbuddin Aibak

  2. Alauddin Khilji

  3. Iltutmish

  4. Balban
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Explanation

Ghiyasuddin Balban adopted the policy of stern man which is known as the policy of Blood and Iron. He believed that his power as the king was absolute. He claimed himself to be the representative of the Go. He believed in the divinity of Kingship. He introduced the Persian customs of Sijadah and Paibos.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Which of the following Sultans established diplomatic, relations with China?

  1. Ibrahim Lodi

  2. Jallaluddin Khalji

  3. Balban

  4. Muhammed bin Tughlaq
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jalaluddin Khalji is historically noted for initiating diplomatic relations with the Mongol Empire and other regions, including China, to secure trade and political stability.

Multiple choice history government, society and culture under the delhi sultanate life under delhi sultanate arab invasions and delhi sultanate royal dynasties of rajasthan and mughals

Who amongst the following was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khilji attacked and conquered it in $1303$ A.D.?

  1. Rana Sanga

  2. Rana Kumbha

  3. Rana Ratan Singh

  4. Rana Hammir
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In 1303, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji captured the Chittor Fort from the Rana Ratan Singh's forces after an eight-month-long siege. After his victory, Alauddin ordered a massacre of Chittor's population.

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The ruler of Gujarat, who formed an alliance with Egypt and Turkey against the Portuguese in India, was

  1. Ahmad Shah I

  2. Mahmud (Shah I) Begarha

  3. Muzaffar Shah II

  4. Bahadur Shah
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Explanation

Mahmud Begarha was a powerful Sultan of Gujarat who sought to counter Portuguese naval power by forming alliances with the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire.

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A hearty welcome was extended to the English captain Hawkins by the Mughal Emperor _______________.

  1. Babar

  2. Humayun

  3. Akbar

  4. Jahangir
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Captain William Hawkins visited the court of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1608 and was well-received, though he was initially unsuccessful in securing formal trading rights.

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Albuquerque defeated Bijapur Sultan with the help of 

  1. Viraballala

  2. Prataparudra

  3. Krishnadevaraya

  4. Kulasekara Pandya
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510 with the support of the Vijayanagara Empire, specifically King Krishnadevaraya, who wanted to secure horse trade.

Multiple choice geography kerala, from eighth to eighteenth century kerala during medieval period in the land of kerala study of kerala

Who ruled Malabar between 1766 and 1792?

  1. Akbar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan

  2. Hyder Ali and his son Akbar Ali

  3. Tipu Sultan and his son Akbar Ali

  4. Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan
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Explanation

Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan were the Mysore sultans who marched to Kerala. They ruled Malabar between 1766 and 1792.

Multiple choice history the kings of vijayanagara foundation, dynasties and administration of vijaynagar kingdom the vijayanagara administration vijayanagara empire

The Persian ambassador who visited Vijayanagara Empire in 1443 was 

  1. Marco polo

  2. Abdul Razak

  3. Barbosa

  4. Nikolo kanti
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The persian ambassador who visited Vijayanagara empire in 1443 was Abdul Razak. He was a Persian, Timurid chronicler and a scholar who visited the Vijaynagar Kingdom at the time of Dev Raya II as an ambassador of Shah Rukh, the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia. He gives an account of the reign of Devaraya II in his Matla as Sadain Wa Majma ul Bahrain.

Multiple choice history the kings of vijayanagara foundation, dynasties and administration of vijaynagar kingdom the vijayanagara administration vijayanagara empire

Aliya Rama raya was killed by _______.

  1. Muhammad Shah

  2. Feroz Shah

  3. Hussien Nizam Shah I

  4. Kull Qutb Shah
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Aliya Rama Raya was killed by Hussain Nizam Shah I in the Battle of Talikota (1565). This battle was a turning point where the Deccan Sultans allied against Vijayanagara. Aliya Rama Raya's death led to the destruction and decline of the Vijayanagara empire.