Deck 3: Historical Figures, Events, and Concepts in Indian History

Question 1

Who established the Chisti order in India?

A) nizam-ud-din auliya
B) salim chisti
C) shaikh moin-ud-in chisti
D) hamid-ud-din nagauri

Answer 1

shaikh moin-ud-in chisti

Question 2

Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in the Deccan?

A) muhammad shah i
B) ahmad shah wali
C) ali barid
D) mahmud gawan

Answer 2

mahmud gawan

Question 3

Amuktamalyada is a book on

A) poetry
B) dance
C) polity
D) music

Answer 3

polity

Question 4

Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes

A) battle of bannihatti
B) sri krishna deva raya's conquests
C) capture of madura by kampana
D) court of harihara-i

Question 5

Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam?

A) allasani peddana
B) tenali ramakrishna
C) ramabhadrudu
D) gangadhara

Question 6

Amuktamalyada was written in

A) sanskrit
B) tamil
C) telugu
D) kannada

Question 7

City of Nagalapura was built by

A) bukka i
B) deva raya i
C) krishna deva raya
D) virupaksa

Question 8

Sangama brothers, who founded Vijayanagar, were originally in the service of

A) kampili kingdom
B) hoyasala kingdom
C) kakatiya kingdom
D) yadava kingdom

Question 9

Who was responsible for developing the Gurumukhi script?

A) guru arjun
B) gobind singh
C) nanak
D) guru angad

Question 10

Suddhadvaita was propounded by

A) ramanuja
B) namadeva
C) tukaram
D) vallabhacharya

Question 11

Who wrote Dasabodha?

A) kabir
B) nanak
C) ramdas
D) tukaram

Question 12

Who started the Khalsa in Sikh religion?

A) guru angad
B) guru gobind singh
C) guru tegh bahadur
D) guru arjun

Question 13

Who wrote Sur Sarawali?

A) mirabai
B) chaitanya
C) tulsidas
D) surdas

Question 14

Which one of the following places was known as the 'Shiraz-i-Hind'?

A) malwa
B) khandesh
C) sonargaon
D) jaunpur

Question 15

Which one of the following rulers of Kashmir has been described as the Akbar of Kashmir?

A) azam shah
B) zain-ul abidin
C) shihab-ud-din shah
D) shah mir

Question 16

According to Abdur Razzaq, the pay of the policemen of Vijayanagar was paid from the proceeds of

A) brothels
B) taxes on goods
C) land revenue
D) wine shops

Question 17

What is kuttagari?

A) grant of land to the brahmins
B) lease system of cultivation
C) service tenures for military
D) revenue farming

Question 18

What is asthavana?

A) land revenue department
B) a type of rice
C) one-third of the produce of land
D) house tax

Question 19

The term senabova or sanbhoga was an official designation under Vijayanagar kingdom. It refers to the

A) chief judicial officer of the mandalam.
B) chief of the military staff.
C) village accountant.
D) head of the accounts department.