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Multiple choice history the turkish invaders advent of islam emergence of new kingdom in north india turkish invaders

Who among the following came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni?

  1. AI-Masudi

  2. AI-Biruni

  3. Sulaiman

  4. Abdul Haq
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Al- Biruni was an Iranian Scholar, historian, chronologist, and linguist. He spent a large part of his life in Gazhni in modern day Afghanistan. In 1017 he came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.
Multiple choice history the turkish invaders advent of islam emergence of new kingdom in north india turkish invaders

The scholar who had accompanied with Mohammed of Ghazni to India was ___________.

  1. Al-Raza

  2. Ibn-Batuta

  3. Al-Beruni

  4. Al-Firdausi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Al-Beruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars and poets back to his capital, Ghazni. Al-Biruni was one of them. Al-Biruni had accompanied with Muhammad of Ghazni to India.

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period advent of islam emergence of new kingdom in north india the turkish invaders

Firdausi was the Poet laureate at the court of ______.

  1. Mahmud Ghaznavi

  2. Mohd. Ghori

  3. Jaipal

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mahmud brought whole libraries from Ray and Isfahan to Ghazni. He even demanded that the Khwarizmshah court send its men of learning to Ghazni. Mahmud patronized the notable poet Firdausi, who after labouring 27 years, went to Ghazni and presented the Shahnameh to him. Nothing is chronicled about the court poets of the other two kings, hence, incorrect. 

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period advent of islam emergence of new kingdom in north india the turkish invaders

Mahmud Ghazni plundered Somnath Temple in Kathiawar in 

  1. 1020 A.D.

  2. 1025 A.D.

  3. 1030 A.D.

  4. 1029 A.D.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mahmud Ghazni was the ruler of Ghazni. He was the first Turk invader. Between A.D. 1010 and 1025, he attacked only temple towns in Northern India. He attacked India 17 times during the course of 25 years. The most devastating invasion of Mahmud was the attack on the Somnath Temple in Kathiawar in 1025 A.D. It was his 16th invasion. 

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period advent of islam emergence of new kingdom in north india the turkish invaders

The Somnath temple which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni was dedicated to Lord _________.

  1. Vishnu

  2. Shiva

  3. Surya

  4. Ganapati
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mahmud Ghazni plundered the Somnath temple in 1024. The temple was dedicated to Lord Shiva. Ghazini broke the shiva linga and looted the wealth of the temple. 

Multiple choice history the chalukyas and the pallavas pallava epoch the pallavas of kanchi (350 a.d. to 895 a.d.) pallavas the chalukyas of badami (540 a.d. - 753 a.d.)

Where is Shore temple located?

  1. Madurai

  2. Kanyakumari

  3. Mahabalipuram

  4. Varanasi
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Shore temple which was built in the years 700–728 AD, is a temple located in Mahabalipuram, a village located in South Chennai of Tamilnadu. It is so named because the temple faces Bay of Bengal. It is one of the oldest structural stone temples of South India.

Multiple choice history the chalukyas and the pallavas pallava epoch the pallavas of kanchi (350 a.d. to 895 a.d.) pallavas the chalukyas of badami (540 a.d. - 753 a.d.)

Kailashnath temple at Kanchipuram was constructed by the  ________.

  1. Chola Kings

  2. Chera Kings

  3. Pallava Kings

  4. Chalukya Kings
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Kailashnath temple at Kanchipuram is a masterpiece of Pallava architecture, commissioned by the Pallava king Rajasimha (Narasimhavarman II).