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 bahmani adil shahs bahamani kingdoms bahmani kingdom foundation,rulers and contribution of bahmani kingdom

Who was the founder of the Bahamani Kingdom?

  1. Alauddin Hasan Bahaman Shah

  2. Mohammad Shah I

  3. Ahmad Shah

  4. Firuz Shah
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The founder of the Bahmani kingdom was Alauddin Bahman Shah also known as Hasan Gangu in 1347. The Sultans of Southern India derived their origin from the conquests of Alauddin Khilji (1303-1306).

Multiple choice evs walls tell stories construction of fort and museum architecture as power: forts and sacred places forts and temples in medieval period

Who built the Red Fort?

  1. Akbar

  2. Jahangir

  3. Shah Jahan

  4. Aurangzeb
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Shah Jahan preferred to rule the Mughal Empire from Delhi. He founded the walled city of Shahjahanabad in 1638 which today is known as Old Delhi and also buit the Red Fort which became the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty for nearly 200 years, until 1856. The architectural elements of Red Fort are typical of Mughal building, reflecting a fusion of Persian, Timurid and Hindu traditions.

Multiple choice history early resistance to british rule mysuru rulers wodeyars of mysuru anglo-mysore war

Tipu Sultan was a man of complex character. He was an innovator, which of the following was not one of his innovations?

  1. A new system of coinage

  2. A new calendar

  3. A new method of survey and settlement

  4. New scales of weights and measures
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Tipu Sultan introduced many reforms, including a new coinage system, a new calendar, and new weights and measures. The survey and settlement system was primarily associated with British colonial land revenue reforms like the Ryotwari system.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

The Sufi saint Nizam-ud-din is popularly known as  _______.

  1. Khwaja Chisti

  2. Hazrat Nizamuddin

  3. Chiragh-i-Dilli

  4. Baba Farid
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mohammad Nizam-ud-din Auliya is popularly called Hazarat Nizamuddin. He was one of the most famous Sufi Saints who adopted Yogic breathing exercises so much so that the yogis called him "Sidh" or "Perfect". His Dargah is located in Delhi. His famous disciple was "Amir Khusro".

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Khwaja-muin-ud-din-Chishti was the founder of

  1. bhakti

  2. nirmohi

  3. chishti silsilas

  4. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Chishti silsila was introduced in India by Khwajah Muin-ud-Din Chishti. He made Ajmer his headquarters until his death in AD 1236. Other saints and followers of Khwajah Muin-ud -Din were Bakhtiyar Kaki and his disciple Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar. 

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Who, among the following was not a Sufi saint?

  1. Moinuddin Chisti

  2. Shaikh Naziruddin Mahmud

  3. Abul Faizi

  4. Nizamuddin Aulia
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Abul Faizal is considered to be one of the most important Persian scholar and poet in the Medieval Indian History. He was a literary expert who even translated Sankskrit langauge works into Persian. He was appreciated by Akbar and even given the royal poet's position in his court. Thus, he was not a Sufi saint associated with mystical works. 

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Which was the earliest Sufi order to arrive in India?

  1. Chisti

  2. Suhrawardy

  3. Qadiri

  4. Naqshbandi
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Chisti order was the earliest Sufi order to arrive in India. It was introduced by the Moinuddin Chishti in Lahore (Punjab) and Ajmer in the middle of the 12th century CE. He was eighth in the line of succession from the founder of the Chishti Order

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Which statement about Amir Khusrao is not true?

  1. He was a great poet.

  2. He was a great historian.

  3. He wrote poetry in Hindi and Urdu.

  4. He worked for the Hindu Muslim unity.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Amir Khusrao was a Sufi musician, poet, and scholar from South Asia.  He wrote poetry primarily in Urdu, but also in Hindi. He is also called the "father of Urdu literature". His contribution to the development of the ghazal was significant.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian, and musician who called himself ' a parrot of India' was _______.

  1. Mulla Daud

  2. Malik Muhammad Jayasi

  3. Tansen

  4. Amir Khusrau
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), the great poet, musician and disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, gave a unique form to the Chishti sama‘ by introducing the qaul (Arabic word meaning “saying”), a hymn sung at the opening or closing of qawwali. He often called himself a 'Parrot of India.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Different Sufi schools or orders in India were known as _____.

  1. Khangahs

  2. Qalandars

  3. Silsilahs

  4. Darveshs
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Silsilah is a  golden chain of knowledges and religious orders that are inherited from the Prophet Muhammad. The focus of the silsila like the Chain of Authenticity is to trace the lineage of a sufi order to Mohammad through his Companions.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Name the famous Sufi saint whose mausoleum was erected at Fatehpur Sikri.

  1. Nizamuddin Auliya

  2. Sheikh Muin-ud-din Chisti

  3. Baba Farid-ud-din

  4. Sheikh Salim Chisti
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sheikh Salim Chisti was a great saint of Chisti silsilah. Sheikh Salim Chisti's tomb was originally built with red sandstone but later it was converted into marble mausoleum by Akbar. Akbar constructed this mausoleum to pay his respect to Sheikh Salim Chisti because he blessed Akbar for being the father of a son. After that Jahangir was born and on his name he called him Salim.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Amir Khusrau's name was associated with the invention of the __________.

  1. Sarod

  2. Sitar

  3. Shenai

  4. Tabla
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sitar was invented by Amir Khusrau, a famous Sufi inventor, poet, and pioneer of Khyal, Tarana and Qawwali, in the Delhi Sultanate.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Who said Hanooz Dilli Door Ast?

  1. Nizamuddin Aulia

  2. Farid

  3. Todarmal

  4. Firdausi
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Answer- (A) - Nizamuddin Aulia

Solution- Nizamuddin Aulia was a Sufi saint of Chisti order. He said, "Hanooz Dilli Door Ast" which means Delhi is yet far away. These words were said by him for Sultan Giyasuddin.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Who was the founder leader of Muslim Faqirs?

  1. Majnu Shah

  2. Dadu Mian

  3. Tipu

  4. Chirag Ali Shah
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Majnu Shah was a faqir (Sufi saint) of the Madariya Sufi order founded by Syed Badiuduin Qutb-ul Shah Madar. Majnu Shah actively participated in the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion, and joined in many battles against the British East India Company with his ‘pious team’. He was the founder leader of ‘Muslim Faqirs’.

Multiple choice history bhakti and sufi movement sufism sufi movement sufism in india

Which sufi saint's dargah is at Ajmer?

  1. Salim Chishti

  2. Muinuddin Chishti

  3. Baba Farid

  4. Hazrat Nizamuddin
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ajmer Sharif Dargah located at Ajmer, Rajasthan is a shrine of a Sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti who died in 1236. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the Indian sub-continent assembling there on the death anniversary of the saint.