Question 1

Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kaveri
B)  Krishna
C)  Wainganga
D)  Tungabhadra D

Question 2

Mohammad-bin- Tughlaq was a failure because -

Accepted Answer

A)  He was mad.
B)  He was not a practical statesman.
C)  He transferred the capital city
D)  He waged war with China. B

Question 3

A new coin called the 'Rupia' was issued for the first time by -

Accepted Answer

A)  Ala-ud-din Khilji
B)  Mohammed Shah Tughluq
C)  Sher Shah Suri
D)  Akbar C

Question 4

Who among the following was an illiterate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jahangir
B)  Shah Jahan
C)  Akbar
D)  Aurangazeb

Question 5

Who applied the concept of guerrilla warfare in India in 17th Century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shivaji
B)  Sher Shah Suri
C)  Genghis Khan
D)  Maharana Pratap

Question 6

Who among the following Rajput kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prithviraj III
B)  Baghel Bhim
C)  Jaichandra
D)  Kumar Pal

Question 7

Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitamanas during the reign of -

Accepted Answer

A)  Krishnadeva Raya
B)  Akbar
C)  Rama Raya
D)  Jehangir

Question 8

Who built the 'Gol Gumbaj at Bijapur, famous for the world's second largest dome and the whispering gallery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mahmud Gawan
B)  Yusuf Adil Shah
C)  Ismail Adil Shah
D)  Muhammad Adil Shah

Question 9

Who among the following Sultans tried to prohibit sati?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alauddin Khilji
B)  Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
C)  Jalauddin Khilji
D)  Firoz Tughlaq

Question 10

Wich Rajput ruler drew up a set of tables called Zij Muham madshuhi to enable the people to make astronomical observations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ajit Singih
B)  Raja Sawai Jai Singh
C)  Bhara Mal
D)  Man Singh

Question 11

What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?

Accepted Answer

A)  Diwan-e-Khas
B)  Diwan-e-Aam
C)  Ibadat Khana
D)  Buland Darwaza

Question 12

The battle that led to the foun dation of Muslim power in India was -

Accepted Answer

A)  The first battle of Tarain
B)  The second battle of Tarain
C)  The first battle of Panipat
D)  The second battle of Panipat

Question 13

Who is called as the "Prince of Moneyers"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ibrahim Lodhi
B)  Babar
C)  Akbar
D)  Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq

Question 14

The Bahmani kingdom was founded by -

Accepted Answer

A)  Ahmad Shah I
B)  Alauddin Hasan
C)  Mahmud Gavan
D)  Firuz Shah Bahmani

Question 15

Which is the correct chronolo-gical order of following 'Acharyas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shankara-Ramanuja-Madhav-Chaitanya
B)  Chaitanya-Ramanuja-Madhav-Shankara
C)  Ramanjua-Shankara-Chait-anya-Madhav
D)  Madhav-Chaitanya-Ramanuja Shankara

Question 16

The silver coin 'tanka' was intro duced by -

Accepted Answer

A)  Qutubuddin Aibak
B)  Iltutmish
C)  Balban
D)  Bahram Khan

Question 17

The Lodi dynasty was founded by -

Accepted Answer

A)  Ibrahim Lodi
B)  Sikandar Lodi
C)  Bahlol Lodi
D)  Khizr Khan

Question 18

was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi.

Accepted Answer

A)  Akbar
B)  Shahjahan
C)  Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
D)  Ala-ud-din Khilji

Question 19

The Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri connects:

Accepted Answer

A)  Agra-Punjab
B)  Punjab-East Bengal
C)  Lahore-East Bengal
D)  Multan-Agra

Question 20

Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paul Canning
B)  Captain William Hawkins
C)  William Edward
D)  Ralph Fitch

Exam 4: History Trivia: Mughals, Vijayanagar Empire, and Indian Rulers