April 11, 2019

Medieval India

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Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2019

69. Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri ?

(A) Shahjehan

(B) Aurangzeb

(D) Jahangir

70. Malik Kafur was general of

(A) Firuz Shah Tughlag

(B) Chandragupta Maurya

(D) Alauddin Khilji

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2018

27. Which Rajput ruler was not a contemporary of Akbar?

(a) Man Singh

(b) Amar Singh

(d) Jaswant Singh

32) Who assumed the title of ‘Haindava Dharmoddharak’ [Protector of the Hindu faith]?

(a) Guru Ramdas

(b) Shivaji

(d) Balaji Baji Rao

46. Who founded the ‘Khalsa’?

(a) Guru Tegh Bahadur

(b) Guru Nanak

(d) Guru Hargovind

144) Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?

(a) Al-Masudi

(b) Al-Biruni

(d) Firdausi

174. Who broke the power of ‘Chahalgani’ nobles?

(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban

(b) Iltutmish

(c)Alauddin Khalji

(d)Muhammad bin Tughlaq

178. Who introduced Market Control Policy?

(a)Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(b)Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(c)Alauddin Khalji

(d)Sikandar Lodi

186. Who among the following Hindus first joined Din-i-Ilahi / Tauhid-i-Ilahi?

(a) Man Singh

(b) Todarmal

(d) Birbal

191. ‘Sati’ of Hindu women was prohibited during the reign of which Mughal emperor?

(a) Jahangir

(b) Shah Jahan

(d) Aurangzeb

197. Who completed the Qutab Minar?

(a)Qutab-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki

(b)Nasiruddin Qubacha

(c)Iltutmish

(d)Qutbuddin Aibak

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2017

79. The delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from delhi to Daulatabad ( Devagiri) was

Qutubuddin Aibak

Iltutmish

Muhammad -bin Tughlaq

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

80. Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History ?

Sumit sarkar

Jadunath Sarkar

Subhobhan Chandra Sarkar

S. Gopal

81. Which Mughal emperor wrote his own autobiography ?

Babur

Akbar

Shah Jahan

Aurangazeb

82. Sulh – i- Kul ‘ was a policy introduced by

Akbar

Aurangazeb

Jahandar Shah

Mohammed Shah

83. Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput Dynasty of

Kachwa

Sisodiya

Solanki

Paramara

84. Ashtadiggajas’ were patronised by

Deva Raya I

Deva Raya II

Vira Narasimha

Krishna Deva Raya

92. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Auranagazeb was

Tegh Bahadur

Nanak

Govind Singh

Arjun Dev

93. The Satnami rebelluion took place during the reign of Mughal emperor

Akbar

Jahangir

Shah Jahan

Aurangazeb

98. Razmnama’ was a persian translation of

Upanishad

Ramayana

Geeta

Mahabharata

99. The author of ‘ Ain – I – Akbari ‘ was

Badayuni

Abul fazal

Shaikh Mubarak

Faizi

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2016

34. Which of the following gives an account of Balban period ? (1266–1287)

Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi (Balban to Firoz shah)

37. India’s earliest contact with Islam came through

Arab merchants of Malabar coast

( Muslim merchants settled in Kerala by the 7th century, Cheraman Perumal Juma Masjid,Malabar Coast, 1st Mosque)

44. The first Muslim incursions on Deccan occurred during the reign of —

Jalaluddin Khalji (1290-1296)

47. The remains of the Vijayanagar Empire can be found in – (1336–1646)

(A) Bijapur

(B) Golconda

(D) Baroda

51. Who of the following became a member of the Din-Ilahi ? (1582)

(A) Raja Man Singh

(B) Todarmal

(D) Raja Birbal

54. What was ‘Taccavi’ ? (MUḤAMMAD IBN TUGHLUQ)

(A) Loans to the Peasants

(B) A fertile category of land

(D) Barren land

58. The official language of the Mughal empire was-

(A) Urdu

(B) Persian

(D) Turkish

61. Who introduced the Duh-Aspah Sih-Aspah system ?

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Akbar

(D) Aurangzeb

64. Todarmal is associated with the Revenue system known as –

(A) Nasaq

(B) Ghalla Bakshi

(D) Kankut

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2015

26. Identify the Mughal painter not mentioned by Abul Fazl ?

(A) Farooq

(B) Mushkin

(D) Mukund

196. Which among the following sultans of the Slave dynasty was not a slave ?

(A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(D) Balban

199. During whose rule was the Zabt system of revenue settlement introduced ?

(A) Ala-ud-din Khilji

(B) Sher Shah

(D) Shah Jahan

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2014

43. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died in

(A) 1658 A.D.

(B) 1659 A.D.

(D) 1670 A.D.

126. Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty ?

(A) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah

(B) Muhammad Shah I

(D) Ahmad Shah

147. Sufism reached India in the

(A) Eleventh century

(B) Twelfth century

(D) Thirteen century

152. In which year the second battle of Panipat was fought ?

(A) 1605 AD

(B) 1707 AD

(D) 1556 AD

160. The centre of Portuguese power in India was

(A) Cochin

(B) Calicut

(D) Goa

181. Who was the founder of the ‘Delhi Sultanate’ ?

(A) Muhammad Ghori

(B) Qutubuddin Aibak

(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

193. Where is the tomb of Jahangir situated ?

(A) Agra

(B) Delhi

(D) Srinagar

196. Name the Maratha leader who put forward the ideal of founding Hindu Empire before the Marathas.

(A) Shivaji (1627-80)

(B) Balaji Viswanath

(D) BajiRaoll

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2013

110. Who was the founder of the slave dynasty ?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(D) Qutab-ud-din Aibak

116. Who was Jalaluddin Mangabarni ? (1220 – 1231)

(A) Ruler of Afganistan

(B) Ruler of Persia

(D) Ruler of Khwarizm or Khiba

120. Who invited Babur to invade India ?

(A) Ibrahim Lodi

(B) Sikandar Lodi

(D) Sher Khan

125. Who of the following became a member of the ‘Din-i-Ilahi ?

(A) Raja Man Singh

(B) Todarmal

(D) Raja Birbal

129. What was the ‘Dam’ ?

(A) Copper coin introduced by Sher Shah

(B) Copper coin introduced by Akbar

(D) Copper coin introduced by Aurangzeb

135. Which Mughal emperor subdued the Portuguese in Bengal ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(D) Aurangzeb

139. When did Siraj-ud-daullah ascend the throne ?

(A) 1707 (B) 1739

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2012

126. Who was the author of the book ‘Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi’ ?

(A) Abdul Fazl

(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj

(D) Al Biruni

143. Who was Todar Mal ?

(A) A Minister of Sher Shah

(B) A revenue expert in Akbar’s court

(D) An officer in Jahangir’s army

147. Who was the last ruler of Delhi Sultanate ?

(A) Alauddin Alam Shah

(B) Ibrahim Lodi

(D) Sikander Lodi

152. Who was the Nasuruddin Chirag ? (1274-1356)

(A) A Sultan of the Khilji dynasty

(B) A Sufi Saint (poet Persian language)

(D) Amilitary officer in Alauddin Khilji’s army

160. Who was the Babar’s main adversary in the battle of Khanwa ?

(A) Mahmud lodi

(B) Himu

(D) None of them

164. Who among the following visited Jahangir’s Court ?

(A) Nicclo Conti

(B) Francois Bernier

(D) Athanasius Nikitin

170. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal capital from Agra to Delhi ?

(A) Jahangir

(B) Aurangzeb

(D) Bahadur Shah

176. Who was the Mughal Empepor during whose reign Nadir Shah invaded India ?

(A) Farrukhsiyar

(B) Bahadur Shah

(D) Shah Alam

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2011

61. ‘Baburnama’ was written by

(A) Abul Fazal (B) Firdousi

74. Who introduced “Din-i-llahi” ? (1582)

(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

96. Who wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind ? (Kitabul-Hind, 1017-31)

(A) Al beruni (B) Al Biladari (C) Sulaiman (D) AI Masudi

111. Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal ?

(A) Husain Shah (B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (1533–38)

112. Which of the following Delhi Sultans had set up a separate department of Slaves?

(A) Iltutmish (B) Balban

132. During the reign of which Sultan, Chinghiz Khan invaded India ?

(A) Iltutmish (B) Alauddin Khilji

139. During the reign of which ruler Ibn Batuta came to India ?

(A) Akbar (B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

142. Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not annex ?

A) Kashmir (B) Bengal

143. The Bahmani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Empire clashed frequently over the territory of

(A) Madurai (B) Warangal

144. Who caused to build Qutb Minar in Delhi ?

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak (B) Iltutmish

151. To which place did Murshid Quli Khan transfer his capital from Dacca ?

(A) Monghyr (B) Murshidabad

174. During whose reign the East India Company established their first factory in India ?

(A) Jahangir (B) Shahjahan

180. Which Sultan of Delhi brought one Asokan Pillar to Delhi ?

(A) Iltutmish (B) Alauddin Khilji

186. Which Muslim invader conquered Bengal during the time of Lakshmanasena ?

(A) Muhammad Ghori (B) Bakhtiyar Khilji

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2010

33. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi wanted to become Second Alexander and conquer the world ?

(A) Alauddin Khilji (B) Ghiyasuddin Balban

49. What did Iqta mean during Sultanate period ?

(A) A form of Salutation (B) An important official

65. What is Ibadat Khana at Fatepur Sikri ?

(A) A magnificent building for residence (B) A house for religious discourses of all religions

79. Nadir Shah invaded India in the year

(A) 1738 A.D. (B) 1739 A.D.

127. When did Chingiz Khan invade India ?

(A) 1211 A.D. (B) 1221 A.D.

134. What is Adigranth ? (1604)

(A) A religious book of the Sikhs

(B) A book which gave the fundamental codes of human conduct

(D) None of the above

141. Shivaji’s coronation took place in the year

(A) 1672 A.D. (B) 1673 A.D. (C) 1674 A.D. (D) 1675 A.D.

158. Which officer was called Bakshi during the ruie of Akbar ?

(A) An officer in charge of town administration (B) Officer in charge of military organization

172. What was Khutba ?

(A) A sermon read in the name of the ruling king at Friday prayers

(B) An order issued by the king (C) A punishment given by the king (D) None of the above

181. Who of the following conquered territory in India and founded an empire in the name of his ancestors ?

(A) Humayun (B) Sher Shah (C) Babur (D) None of them

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2009

135. When did Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal ?

(A) 1194 A.D. (B) 1199 A.D.

139. Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate who was adorned with the title ‘the Parrot of Hindustan’ .

(A) Ziauddin Barani (B) Utbi

146. The battle of Tarain was fought between Muhammad Ghuri and

(A) Rana Sanga (B) Rana Pratap

150. Who introduced the Iqta system ?

(A) Muhammad Ghuri (B) Qutubuddin Aibak

155. Who built the famous Adina Mosque in Bengal ?

(A) Iliyas Shah (B) Sikandar Shah

160. Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title ‘Gunaraj Khan’ in the Sultanate period

(A) Jnanadas (B) Govindadas

167. Who wrote Humayun nama ?

(A) Abul Fazal (B) Faizi

172. Who introduced ‘Qabuliyat’ and ‘Patta’ ?

(A) Babar (B) Shershah

176. Who was called ‘Zinda Pir’ or ‘living saint’ in Mughal India ?

(A) Babar (B) Akbar

182. Name the Sultan who introduced Rationing System in India

(A) Ghiyasuddin Baioan (B) Alauddin Khalji

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2008

29. Who was defeated at Kanauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?

(A) Babur (B) Akbar

31. Amir Khasru was the Court Poet of

(A) Balban (B) Alauddin Kholji

33. The founder of the Bahamani kingdom was

(A) Alauddin Mujahid Shah (B) Ahmad Shah

(C)Alauddin Bahaman Shah (D) Tajuddin Firuj Shah

35. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal ?

(A) Siraj-ud-Daulah (B) Mir jafar

55. The Gurumukhi script was introduced by

(A) Guru Amardas (B) Guru Ramdas

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2007

77. Who among the Maratha peshwas followed the ideal of “Hindupadapadshahi”?

(A) Baji Rao I (B) Balaji Viswanath

78. Who founded Sikhism?

(A) Gobind Singh (B) Ramdas

97. Who founded independent Sultanate of Bengal?

(A) Ilias Shah (B) Murshid Quli Khan

102. Who was the General of Sher Shah?

(A) Brahmajit Gaur (B) Dilir Khan

115. Who was the Hindu Saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?

(A) Sri Chaitanya (B) Ramanuja

126. Who was known as “the Parrot of Hindusthan” ?

(A) Amir Khasru (B) Malik Muhammad Jaisy

136.Who was among the Mughal Emperors, the “Zinda Pir” to the Sunnis ?

(A)Aurangzeb (B) Akbar

141. Who wrote “Akbarnama” ?

(A) Abul FazI (B) Faizi

142. Who was called, “the Akbar of Kashmir” ?

(A) Zainul Abedin (B) Hussain Shah

147. Who was the Muslim general to have conquered Bengal in 13th century AD?

(A) Afzal Khan (B) Iktiaruddin-bin-Baktiar-Khilji

(C)Chenghiz Khan (D) Temuchin

158. Who converted Sikhs into a martial race?

(A) Arjundev (B) Gobind Singh

177. Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?

(A) Ramdas (B) Teg Bahadur

181. Who was the first ‘real king’ of Sultanate?

(A) Qutubuddin (B) Iltutmish

183. Who has been described by elites as “the Akbar of the Sultanate” ?

(A) lltutmish (B) Balban

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2006

186. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between.

(a) Marathas and Afghans (b) British and Rohillas

188. The First Battle of Panipat took place in

(a) 1500 (b) 1510

191. ‘Babarnama’ was written by

(a) Abul Fazl (b) Firdousi

192. Shivaji was succeeded by

(a) Shambhuji (b) Shivaji II

196. The author of Futuh-Us. Salatin is (1311, court poet of Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah)

(a) Barin (b) Isami

197. The opponent of Akbar at the Second Battle of Panipat was

(a) Abdul Lohani (b) Himu

200. Who among the following did introduce the ‘Dokani’ currency?

(a) Balban (b) Iltutmis

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2005

45. In which year was the battle to Talikota fought?

(a) 1556 (b) 1565

62. Who wrote Kitab-ur-Rehla

(a) Ibn Batuta (b) Al Beruni

87. Who first introduced rationing system?

(a) Iltutmish (b) Alauddin Khalji

95. Lilabati was translated into Persian by (1587, Akbar)

(a) Faizi (b) AbulFazl

121. Who wrote Amukta Malyada?

(a) Bukka (b) Harihara II

122. Under whose orders the Mahabharata was translated into Bengali?

(a) Alauddin Hossain Shah (b) Jalaluddin

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2004

56. Which Mughal emperor granted Diwani to the English East India Company?

(A) Bahadur shah II (B) Shah Alam II

93. Who described the din-i-llahisa “the monument of Akbar’s folly”?

(A) V. A. Smith (B) Elliot

96. “Ram Rahim ek hai. nam dhara hai do”- who preached during the sultanate?

(A) Sri Chaitanya (B) Kabir

158. Ibn Batuta came to India during which ruler’s reign?

(A) Akbar (B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(C)Iltutmisb (D) Alauddin Khilji

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2003

48. Woman folk of which region performed the rite of Jawhar?

(A) Malwa (B) Gujarat

68. Who was defeated in the hands of Mahamud Ghori in the Battle of Tarain in 1192?

(A) Prithviraj Chauhan (B) Jaichand

88. In 1498 Vasco da Gama landed at the port of

(A) Calicut (B) Surat

98. Who among the follouying rulers was a slave in his early life?

(A) Alauddin Khalji (B)Muhamad Bin Tughlaq

108. Shri Krishna Vijaya Kavya was composed by (1500)

(A) Chandidas (B) Vidyapati

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2002

52. What does the word ‘Iqta’ stand for?

(A) Law of Primogeniture (B) Crown lands donatad to army officers

75. The Sultanate Coins Jital, Shasgaini and Tanka were made of

(A) Copper, Silver, Silver (B) Gold, Copper, Lead

85. Who said following lines, “Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree and the branches will fall by themselves”?

(A) Baji Rao – I (B) Shivaji

170. Abdur Razzaq visited the Kingdom of (Vijayanagara in 1440)

(A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq (B) Alauddin Khalji

171. Krisnnadeva Ray a wrote his famous work Amukryamaiyada in

(A) Telugu (B) Kannada

172. With whom of the following did Shivaji sign the Treaty of Purandharin 1665 A. D.?

(A) Shaista Khan (B) Afzal Khan

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2001

29. Sher Shah died while attacking

(A) Mandu (B) Raisin

73. Among the Turkish who made the first attack on India?

(A) Mahmiid Ghaznavi (B) Sabuktagin

86. Who among the following historians described the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi of India as jihads (holy wars)?

(A) Al-Beruni (B) Henry Elliot

103. Lodhi Sultans of Delhi were

(A) Turkis (B) Persians

109. The ruler of one of the following states entered into matrimonial alliance with Akbar was

(A) Jaipur (B) Ranthambhor

123. To which Sufi orders did Saikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-DelhL belong?

(A) Chisti (B) Suharwardi

133. What did the Sikhs mean by Misl?

(A) A tax (B) An area conquered by them

Questions Paper – WBCS Prelims – 2000

82. The Muslim sant of medieval India worshipped by Hindus & Muslims was

(A) Kabira (B) Nijamuddin Aulia

83. “A triumph without result” is the epithet for

(A) Arab conquest of Sind (B) Muslim conquest of Bengal.

84. Who said, “Hindus & Muslims are pots of the same clay”?

(A) Nanak (B) Kabir

87. Who was the Muslim Sultan regarded by Hindus as ‘Jagadgure’

(A) Akbar (B) Yusuf Adil shah (Bijapur)

88. Who was called ‘grandfather of Anndhra Poetry”?

(A) Peddana (B) Arbidu

90. What is the ‘Dastak’?

(A) A Book by Ciive (B) A free pass

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