MEDEIVAL HISTORY BASED ON NTSE EXAM

MEDIEVAL INDIA

1. The ruler of Vallabhi belonged to which Dynasty?
 (a) Maitraka Dynasty (b) Vijay Nagar Dynasty (c) Mughal Dynasty (d) Vansh Dynasty

 2. Hindu caves were built during the reign of which dynasty?
(a) Ashoka Dynasty (b) Maurya Dynasty (c) Kunala Dynasty (d) Rashtrakuta Dynasty

3. The correct chronological order of the treaties signed between British and Native States.
(A) The treaty of Salbai, the treaty of Srirangapatna, the treaty of Amritsar and the treaty of Mangalore.
(B) The treaty of Salbai, the treaty of Mangalore, the treaty of Srirangapatna and the treaty of Amritsar.
 (C) The treaty of Amritsar, the treaty of Mangalore, the treaty of Salbai and the treaty of Srirangapatna.
(D) The treaty of Amritsar, the treaty of Salbai, the treaty of Srirangapatna and the treaty of Mangalore (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

4. The most famous centre of learning during the Mauryan period was
 (a) Taxila (b) Ujjain (c) Nalanda  (d) Vallabhi

5  In which year of Ashok coronation did the Kalinga war
take place?
(a) Fifth year        (b) First year            (c) Eighth year       (d) Thirteenth year

6. Rani Laxmibai was also known by which name?
(a) Chhabili (b) Manu (c) Manikarnika (d) All of the above

7. In which of the following forts was the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji held?
(a) Raigad Fort (b) Kumbhalgarh Fort  (c) Pune Fort (d) Surat Fort

8. Triratna is related to
(a) Buddhist osophy    b)  Vedic philosophy  (c) Islamic Philosophy ( (d) Jain Philosophy   

9. The famous monument built to commemorate the end of plague in India in the year 1591 was ;
(a) Buland Darwa  (b) Charminar  ( c) Gol Gumbaz   (d) Gol Konda

10 . Which is called the 'Cradle of India Temple Architecture'?
(a) Ajanta (b) Ellora  (c) Aihole (d) Chithannavasal . (e) None of these


11. The first  ruler of India who organized pilgrimage to Haj at the expense of the state.
 (a) Humayun      (b) Babar   (c) Akbar    (d) Jahangir

12. Satyamev jayate is taken from:
 (a) Vedas   (b) Mundkopanished   (c) Aranyak   (d) Smrities

13.  Who among the following believed in Blood and Iron policy?
(a) Aibak    (b) Balban       (c) Razia     (d) Iltutmish

14. In which language did Abul Fazal write the Akbarnama?
(a) Farsi (b) Arabi  (c) Urdu  (d) Pali
15. Who built the Red Fort of Delhi?
 (a) Akbar (b) Humayun  (c) Shah Jahan  (d) Jahangir

16. Which poetry is not written by Kalidas
 (a) Kumarsambhava (b) Raghuvansh  (c) Dasakumarcharita (d) Ritusamhara

17. who was the founder of kingdom. of Vijay Nagar?
(a) Haihar and Bukka   (b)   Krishnadev Roy   (c)  Dev Roy II  (d) Harihar II

18. Mehrauli situated Qutub Minar of Delhi is constructed by:
 (a) Shah Jahan (b) Aaram Shah    (c) Qutubuddin Aibak (d)  (c) Babur 

19. Which Sultan is known as Mad  (sanki) sultan in history?
  (a ) Allauddin Khilji  (b)  Balban  (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (b)  Balban  (d) Ferozshah Tughlaq

20. Tajmahal is situated at
(a) Chattarpur  (b) Patna   (c) Agra  (d) Mumbai

21. Shivaji's mother's name was:
 (a) Jijabai (b) Baijabai (c) Chandbiwi (d) Tarabai

22, Who among the following called himself the 'Parrot of India'?
(a) Amir Hasan (b) Jaisi (c) Amir Khusrau (d) Faizi (e) None of these

23, The famous book 'Geet Govind" is written by :
(a) Jayadeva  (b) Mahadevi Verma (c) Jaishankar prasad (d) Kalidas (e) None of these

24. Who among the following emperors was called 'Qalandar'?
 (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shah Jahan (d) Babur (e) None of these

 25. Who wrote Akbarnama'?
(a) Abdur Rahim Khankhana (b) Faizi (c) Abdul Quadir Badauni (d) Abul Fazl

26. In which subject area was Panini a great scholar?
(a) Language and Grammar (b) Ayurveda (c) Astronomy (d) Biology (e) None of these

 27. Between whom was the third battle of Panipat fought?
(a) Hemu and Akbar (b) Humayun and Shershah (c) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali (d) British and Tipu Sultan
28. Who was the first Hindu courtier who accepted Din-e-Ilahi?
 (a) Todar Mal  (b) Man Singh (c) Birbal (d) Bhagwan Das

29. Which ruler earned fame for road construction in the medieval period?
(a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan (c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Raziya Begum

30. Who Founded the city of Fatehpur Sikri?
(a) Babur (b) Akbar (c) Shah Jahan (d) Humayun

 31. The work by Amir Khusro is
(a) Padmawat (b) Tughlaq Nama (c) Raghuvamsha (d) Swapnavasanhattam

 32. Which Mughal emperor's period is known as golden period of Indian architecture?
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Babur (c) Akbar (d) Humayun

33. Arthshastra is written by whom?
(a) Kautilya (b) Machiavelli (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Samudragupta

 34. In 1526 who established the Mughal empire in India?
 (a) Akbar (b) Babur (c) Humayun (d) Turks

 35. Who became the Badashah of India in 1720?
(a) Murshid Kuli Khan (b) Paraweza (c) Muhammad Shah (d) Azimushan

36. Which king of the sultanate period is known as the mad  sultan?
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq (b) Feroz-Shah-Tughlaq (c) Jalal-ud-din-Khilji (d) Alauddin-Khilji

37. Who was the last emperor of Mughal dynasty in India?
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Shahjahan  (c) Jahangir (d) Bahadurshah Zafar

38.  The grave of Maharani Laxmibai is situated at
(a) Varanasi (b) Kanpur (c) Allahabad (d) Gwalior

39.  Malik Kafur was trusted general of
(a)  Alauddin Khilji (b) Feroz tughlaq  (c) Iltutmish  (d) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq

40. Ibrahim Lodhi was defeated
(a)  In the first battle of Panipat  (b) In the second battle of Panipat
(c) In the first battle of Talikota   (d)  In the first battle of Tarain

41. Tick the not correctly matched?
(a)  Buland Darwaja-Akbar  (b) Alai Darwaja - Alauddin-Khilji
(c) Tajmahal - Shah Jahan    (d) Red Fort - Babur

42. Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of
(a)  Babur (b) Humayun  (c) Akbar (d) Shahjahan

43. Tithe is
(a)  religious tax    (b) implied tax  (c) taille tax  (d) feudal tax

44. 'Avesta belongs to which religion:
 (a) Muslim  (b) Hindu (c) Parsis (d) Christian

45. `Din-e-Illahi" was related to:
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Shershah

46. Who built the `Khajuraho' temple?
(a) Holkars (b) Parmar  (c) Pallava (d) Chandella

47.  Who built the city of Hyderabad (Telangana)?
(a) Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah  (b)  Muhammad Bin Tughlaq  (c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Sikendar Lodi

48. Who started Qawwali?
(a) Muhammad Iqbal   (b) Bismillah Khan (c) Khizr Khan (d) Amir Khusrau

49.Third battle of Panipat took place in
(a) 1526 (b) 1556 1770 (d) 1761


50. What was the original name of Mumtaz Mahal?
(a) Arjuniand Bano Begium  (b) Raziya Begum (c) Gulbadan Begum (d) Roshan Ara tiepin

51. Kanchipuram was the
(a) Capital of Cholas  (b) Capital of Pallavas (c) Capital of Chalukyas   (d) Capital of Pandyas

 52. The Taj Mahal was built by
(a) Babur   (b) Akbar (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb (e) None of these

53, Two great Indian Epics are :
(a) Geeta and Bible   (b) Ramayana and Mahabharata . (c)Quran and Rigveda        (d) none of these

54. Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
(a) Alamgir II (b) Bahadurshah Zafar   (c) Farrukh Siyar II (d) Shahalam II

55. Agra City was founded by a
(a) AJauddin Khilji (b) Sikandar Lodi  (c) Akbar (d) Shahjahan

56. Who wrote Brihat Samhita?
 (a) vatsyayana  (b) Varaha Mihira  (c) Kalhan (d)  Kalidas

57. Second battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) Akbar and Hemu (b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi (c) Humayun and Bahadurshah (d) Akbar and Rajput

58. who captured the Peacock Throne of emperor Shah Jahan?
 (a) Timu lung (b) Nadir  shah (c) Mahmud Ghajnavi (d) Dara Shikoh

59. Who built Khajuraho temple?
a) Solanki dynasty (b) Parma dynasty (c) Chandela dynasty (d) Chouhan dyasty

60. The Aianta caves were built during the period of the
(a) Maurvas (b) Vakatakas (c) Kushanas (d) Chalukyas

61. Iliuen-Tsang came to India during the reign of
 (a) Harshavardhana (b) Kanishka (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Samudragupta

 62. The War of Tarain was fought among
 (a) Shivaji and Jai Singh.        (b) Prithviraj Chouhan and Mohammad Ghori.
(c) Mohammad Ghori and Jai Singh.     (d) Prithviraj Chouhan and Ghajnavi.

 63. Which state was established by Harihar I and Bukka?
(a) Raj Nagar (b) Shri Nagar (c) Vijaya Nagar (d) Chandra Nagar

64. Who wrote Ramacharit Manas?
 (a) Ramdas (b) Surdas (c) Haridas (d) Tulsidas

65. Red Ford was built by (a) Babur (b) Akbar (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb

66. The were the petty chieftains ruling over hilly region.
(a) Velirs (b) Panar (c) Viraliyar (d) Kalabhras

 67. Kabir was the disciple of
(a) Ramananda (b) Ramanuja (c) Tukaram (d) Chaitanya

68. The term 'Tavern' stands for a
(a) Place where people gathered to dance and dine (b) Place where people carried political discussions (c) Place where people gathered to drink alcohol (d) Place where people gathered to discuss their problems

 69. Which of the following is not included in the teachings of Jainism?
(a) Fasts and mortification for the body                 (b) Non-violence 
(c)  Belief in Karma and rebirth                        (d) Belief in God     (e) None of these