July 2, 2022

Medieval Indian History – WBCS Preliminary Question Paper

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WBCS Preliminary Question – 2022

Choose the correct chronological order of the following dynasties of Delhi Sultanate:

(A) Lodi, Ilbari Turks, Tughluq, Khilji

(B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi

(D) Khilji, Lodi, Tughluq, Ilbari Turks

Who built Buland Darwaza?

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(D) Aurangzeb

Which among the Mughal princes assassinated Abul Fazl?

(A) Khasru

(B) Selim

(D) Khurram

Which of the following pair do not match?

(A) Jaunpur – Atala Masjid

(B) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal

(C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam

(D) Gaur – Bara Sona Masjid

Who wrote Humayunnamah?

(A) Gulbadan Begum

(B) Humayun

(D) Abul Fazl

Who used ‘Tulghumah’ as a military tactic for the first time in India?

(21 April 1526, Haryana)

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq

(C) Babur

(D) Akbar

Chand Bibi ruled over which of the Deccan Sultanates?

(A) Bijapur

(B) Berar

(C) Ahmednagar

(D) Golkonda

Who among the following Sultans organized Iqta, army, currency and other most important organs of Delhi Sultanate?

(A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish

(B) Giyasuddin Balban

(D) Alauddin Khilji

Who among the Mughal Emperors/ Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?

(A) Babur

(B) Akbar

(D) Dara Sukoh

Which of the following dynasties was designated as ‘Balhar’ by the Arab travellers ?

(A) Chalukya

(B) Chola

(C) Rashtrakuta

(D) Pandya

Which Chola king was known as Arumolivarman before his coronation?

(A) Vira Rajendra

(B) Rajaraja I

(D) None of them

Who among the following was the contemporary ruler of Bengal during Chaitanyadeva’s time?

(A) Nusrat Shah

(B) Fatheh Shah

(D) Alauddin Hussein Shah

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2021

35. Ibn Batuta came to India during which rulers’ reign ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Sher Shah

(D) Alauddin Khilji

51. Which Sultan was not a slave before he ascended the throne ?

(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(D) Balban

57. Mansab means

(A) A rank or office

(B) A military general

(D) A religious text

77. Which Turkish Sultan introduced the Iqta system ?

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Balban

(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

87. Which Muslim general conquered Bengal in the thirteenth century ?

(1203)

(A) Timur

(B) Iqtiaruddin Bin Baktiar Khilji

(D) Abdur Rahim Khan i Khanan

89. Who wrote Ramcharitmanas ?

(16th-century)

(A) Harisena

(B) Harshavardhana

(D) Joydev

91. Khutba was

(A) a sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday prayers.

(B) a royal order.

(D) a tax.

115. Khajuraho,’the City of the Gods’ a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the name of which was first referred in the 11th century CE by

(A) Ibn Battuta

(B) Ibn Sina

(D) Omar Khayyam

120. Which Medieval ruler introduced Ain-i-Dahsala ?

(1580)

(A) Balban

(B) Feroz Tughlaq

(D) Akbar

132. Sandhyakar Nandi was the court poet of the

(1084-1155, Ramacharitam)

(A) Mauryas

(B) Senas

(D) Palas

135. Vikramsila Bihara was founded by

(A) Devapala

(B) Dharmapala

(D) Sasanka

138. Who wrote Amuktamalyada ?

(Telugu language)

(A) Rajaraja Chola

(B) Harshavardhana

(D) Krishnadeva Raya

169. The Nayankara system is associated with

(military feudalism)

(A) The Bahmani Kingdom

(B) The Chola Empire

(D) The Vijayanagara Empire

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2020

57. Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?

(1311, red sandstone, Qutb Minar)

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Akbar

(D) Jahangir

68. Which among the following was the single biggest Item of import to the Vijayanagar empire

(A) Pearl

(B) Precious stones

(D) Silk

70. Who wrote ‘Rajatarangini‘?

(12th century, Kashmir)

(A) Megasthenes

(B) Kalhana

(D) Herodotus

113. When was the first battle of Tarain fought?

(A) 1175 A.D.

(B) 1191 A.D.

(D) 1206 AD.

150. In reference to Mughal period’s revenue collection system, ‘Zabti’ means

(1580, Raja Todar Mal)

(A) Estimate

(B) Yield per unit area

(D) ¹/₃rd of total Yield

164. Which of the followings clearly define ‘Mitakshara‘?

(A) A work on astronomy.

(B) A treatise on ancient hindu law of Inheritance

(D) A compendium on medicine

166. The commander of Alauddin Khilji’s forces during his Deccan campaigns was

(A) Aniul Mulk Multani

(B) Nusrat Khan

(D) Ulugh Khan

172. In which of the following years Akbar built Ibadat Khana ?

(A) 1575 A.D.

(B) 1568 A.D.

(D) 1562 A.D.

181. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were introduced by

(A) Sher Shah

(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah

(D) Humayun

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2019

69. Who built the Ibadat-khana at Fatehpur Sikri ?

(1571, Agra District)

(A) Shahjehan

(B) Aurangzeb

(D) Jahangir

70. Malik Kafur was general of

(A) Firuz Shah Tughlag

(B) Chandragupta Maurya

(D) Alauddin Khilji

WBCS Preliminary Question – 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]?

(1670)

(a) Guru Ramdas

(b) Shivaji

(d) Balaji Baji Rao

46. Who founded the ‘Khalsa’?

(1699)

(a) Guru Tegh Bahadur

(b) Guru Nanak

(d) Guru Hargovind

144. Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?

(a) Al-Masudi

(b) Al-Biruni

(d) Firdausi

167. Who assumed the title of ‘Gangaikondachola’?

(a) Rajendra I

(b) Rajaraja I

(d) Kulotunga I

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

(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban

(b) Iltutmish

(d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

178. Who introduced Market Control Policy?

(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(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?

(1582)

(a) Jahangir

(b) Shah Jahan

(c) Akbar

(d) Aurangzeb

197. Who completed the Qutab Minar?

(a) Qutab-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki

(b) Nasiruddin Qubacha

(d) Qutbuddin Aibak

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2017

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

(A) Qutubuddin Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

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

(A) Sumit sarkar

(B) Jadunath Sarkar

(D) S. Gopal

81. Which Mughal emperor wrote his own autobiography ?

(A) Babur

(B) Akbar

(D) Aurangazeb

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

(universal peace)

(A) Akbar

(B) Aurangazeb

(D) Mohammed Shah

83. Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput Dynasty of

(Mewar, Rajasthan)

(A) Kachwa

(B) Sisodiya

(D) Paramara

84. Ashtadiggajas‘ were patronised by

(A) Deva Raya I

(B) Deva Raya II

(D) Krishna Deva Raya

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

(1675)

(A) Tegh Bahadur

(B) Nanak

(D) Arjun Dev

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

(1672, Haryana)

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(D) Aurangazeb

98. ‘Razmnama‘ was a persian translation of

(Persian language)

(A) Upanishad

(B) Ramayana

(D) Mahabharata

99. The author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari‘ was

(A) Badayuni

(B) Abul fazal

(D) Faizi

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2016

34. Which of the following gives an account of Balban period ?

(Ziauddin Barani)

(A) Tahqiq-i-Hind

(B) Shahnama

(C) Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi

(D) None of the above

37. India’s earliest contact with Islam came through

(629, Kerala)

(A) Arab invasion Sindh in the seventh century

(B) Turkish invasions of the eleventh-twelfth centuries

(C) Arab merchants of Malabar coast

(D) Sufi saints and Arab travellers

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

(Yadava dynasty)

(A) Balban

(B) Raziya

(C) Jalaluddin Khalji

(D) Firoz Tughluq

47. The remains of the Vijayanagar Empire can be found in

(1336–1646, Karnataka)

(A) Bijapur

(B) Golconda

(D) Baroda

31. Which King founded the Vikramaslla University ?

(A) Dharmapala

(B) Dhruva

(D) Ballal Sen

40. Who were the participants in the tripartite struggle in northern India from the 8th to the 10th Century ?

(A) Palas, Cholas, Pallavas

(B) Palas, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas

(D) Palas, Cholas, Rashtrakutas

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

(1582)

(A) Raja Man Singh

(B) Todarmal

(D) Raja Birbal

54. What was ‘Taccavi’ ?

(Muhammad bin 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

WBCS Preliminary Question – 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 ?

(1236-40)

(A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(D) Balban

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

(Todar Mal)

(A) Ala-ud-din Khilji

(B) Sher Shah

(D) Shah Jahan

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2014

43. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died in

(22 Jan, Agra Fort)

(A) 1658 A.D.

(B) 1659 A.D.

(C) 1666 A.D.

(D) 1670 A.D.

126. Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty ?

(1347, Gulbarga)

(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

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

(1206)

(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 idea of founding Hindu Empire before the Marathas

(Hindu Pad Padshahi)

(A) Shivaji

(B) Balaji Viswanath

(C) Baji Rao l

(D) Baji Rao ll

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2013

94. In which year did Muhammad-bin-Qasim conquer Sind ?

(Battle of Aror)

(A) 712 AD

(B) 715 AD

(D) 721 AD

98. How many times did Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (1002-1030) invade India ?

(A) 12

(B) 17

(D) 20

105. Who introduced Kaulinya system in Bengal ?

(1160 – 79)

(A) Gopala

(B) Ballal Sen

(D) Dharmapala

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 Afghanistan

(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 ?

(1631, Qasim Khan, Hugli)

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(D) Aurangzeb

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

(A) 1707

(B) 1739

(D) 1757

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2012

93. Who was the Kaivartta chief who rebelled against the Pala ruler Mahipala II of Bengal ?

(1075 to 1082, Mahipala II)

(A) Dhekata

(B) Gandhata

(D) Mayuraddhwaja

118. The Khalimpur Copper Plate inform us about the military exploit of Pala ruler

(A) Devapala

(B) Rampala

(D) Mahipala

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

(Balban to Firuz Shah)

(A) Abdul Fazl

(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj

(D) Al Biruni

143. Who was Todar Mal ?

(Zabti & Dahshala system)

(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 ?

(1517-26)

(A) Alauddin Alam Shah

(B) Ibrahim Lodi

(D) Sikander Lodi

152. Who was the Nasuruddin Chirag ?

(Sufi poet – Persian)

(A) A Sultan of the Khilji dynasty

(B) A Sufi Saint

(D) Amilitary officer in Alauddin Khilji’s army

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

(1526)

(A) Mahmud lodi

(B) Himu

(D) None of them

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

(1615-19)

(A) Nicclo Conti

(B) Francois Bernier

(D) Athanasius Nikitin

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

(1638)

(A) Jahangir

(B) Aurangzeb

(D) Bahadur Shah

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

(1739)

(A) Farrukhsiyar

(B) Bahadur Shah

(D) Shah Alam

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2011

61. ‘Baburnama’ was written by

(A) Abul Fazal

(B) Firdousi

(D) Babur

74. Who introduced “Din-i-llahi” ?

(1582)

(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(D) Akbar

96. Who wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind ?

(Kitabul-Hind, 1017-31)

(A) Al beruni

(B) Al Biladari

(D) AI Masudi

111. Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal ?

(1533–38)

(A) Husain Shah

(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah

(D) Illiyas Shah

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

(diwan-i-bandgani)

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

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

(Battle of Indus, 1221)

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Alauddin Khilji

(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

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

(1333-42)

(A) Akbar

(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

(D) Alauddin Khilji

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

(A) Kashmir

(B) Bengal

(D) Assam

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

(Krishna and Tungabhadra)

(A) Madurai

(B) Warangal

(D) Raichur Doab

144. Who started to build Qutb Minar in Delhi ?

(1192)

(A) Qutbuddin Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(D) Alauddin Khilji

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

(A) Monghyr

(B) Murshidabad

(D) Pandua

160. Gopal was the founder of

(750–1174)

(A) Pala dynasty

(B) Pallava dynasty

(D) Chalukya dynasty

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

(Surat, 1613)

(A) Jahangir

(B) Shahjahan

(D) Bahadur Shah-I

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

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Alauddin Khilji

(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

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

(1203)

(A) Muhammad Ghori

(B) Bakhtiyar Khilji

(D) Iltutmish

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2010

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

(Sikandar-i-Sani)

(A) Alauddin Khilji

(B) Ghiyasuddin Balban

(D) None of them

49. What did Iqta mean during Sultanate period ?

(A) A form of Salutation

(B) An important official

(D) None of the above

65. What is Ibadat Khana at Fatepur Sikri ?

(A) A magnificent building for residence

(B) A house for religious discourses of all religions

(D) None of the above

79. Nadir Shah invaded India in the year

(A) 1738 A.D.

(B) 1739 A.D.

(D) 1741 A.D.

86. Who was the author of Rajatarangini ?

(12th century, Sanskrit)

(A) Kautilya

(B) Megasthenes

(D) None of the above

127. When did Chingiz Khan invade India ?

(Battle of the Indus)

(A) 1211 A.D.

(B) 1221 A.D.

(D) 1526 A.D.

134. What is Adigranth ?

(Guru Arjan, 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.

(D) 1675 A.D.

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

(A) An officer in charge of town administration

(B) Officer in charge of military organization

(D) None of the above

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

(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

(D) None of them

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2009

135. When did Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal ?

(A) 1194 A.D.

(B) 1199 A.D.

(C) 1202 A.D.

(D) 1206 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

(D) Amir Khasru

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

(A) Rana Sanga

(B) Rana Pratap

(D) Rana Hambirdeva

150. Who introduced the Iqta system ?

(A) Muhammad Ghuri

(B) Qutubuddin Aibak

(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

155. Who built the famous Adina Mosque in Bengal ?

(A) Iliyas Shah

(B) Sikandar Shah

(D) Hamza Shah

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

(A) Jnanadas

(B) Govindadas

(D) Chandidas

167. Who wrote Humayun nama ?

(A) Abul Fazal

(B) Faizi

(D) Gulbadan Begum

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

(A) Babar

(B) Shershah

(D) Shahjahan

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

(A) Babar

(B) Akbar

(D) Aurangzeb

182. Name the Sultan who introduced Rationing System in India

(A) Ghiyasuddin Baioan

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Firuz Tughlaq

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2008

28. Who wrote ‘Ramcharita’ ?

(Pala dynesty)

(A) Banabhatta

(B) Kalidasa

(D) Tutsi Das

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

(A) Babur

(B) Akbar

(D) Jahangir

31. Amir Khasru was the Court Poet of

(A) Balban

(B) Alauddin Kholji

(D) Akbar

32. The Vikramasila-Vihara was founded by

(A) Mahipala I

(B) Devapala

(D) Dharmapala

33. The founder of the Bahamani kingdom was

(A) Alauddin Mujahid Shah

(B) Ahmad Shah

(D) Tajuddin Firuj Shah

35. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal ?

(A) Siraj-ud-Daulah

(B) Mir jafar

(D) Najm-ud-Daulah

48. Sulapani was a famous artist of the

(A) Kushana Period

(B) Gupta Period

(D) Sena Period

55. The Gurumukhi script was introduced by

(A) Guru Amardas

(B) Guru Ramdas

(D) Guru Nanak

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2007

66. Who was the Chola King to have conquered Bengal?

(A) Rajaraja

(B) Rajendra Chola I (1014-44)

(D) Rajadhiraja

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

(A) Baji Rao I

(B) Balaji Viswanath

(D) Madhab Rao

78. Who founded Sikhism?

(A) Gobind Singh

(B) Ramdas

(D) Hargovind

97. Who founded independent Sultanate of Bengal?

(A) Ilias Shah

(B) Murshid Quli Khan

(D) Alivardi Khan

102. Who was the General of Sher Shah?

(A) Brahmajit Gaur

(B) Dilir Khan

(D) Jaising

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

(A) Sri Chaitanya

(B) Ramanuja

(D) Namdev

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

(A) Amir Khasru

(B) Malik Muhammad Jaisy

(D) Purandar Khan

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

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Akbar

(D) Humayun

141. Who wrote “Akbarnama” ?

(A) Abul Fazl

(B) Faizi

(D) Tansen

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

(A) Zainul Abidin (1420-1470)

(B) Hussain Shah

(D) Sujauddoullah

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

(A) Afzal Khan

(B) Iktiaruddin-bin-Baktiar-Khilji

(D) Temuchin

158. Who converted Sikhs into a martial race?

(A) Arjundev

(B) Gobind Singh

(D) Teg Bahadur

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

(A) Ramdas

(B) Teg Bahadur

(D) Gobind Singh

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

(A) Qutubuddin

(B) Iltutmish

(D) Alauddin

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

(A) lltutmish

(B) Balban

(D) Firoz Tughlak

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2006

182. Sandhyakar Nandi was

(Pala dynasty)

(a) Writer of ‘Ramcharita Kavya’

(b) Court poet of Chandra Gupta II

(d) Medical practitioner

186. The third Battle of Panipat was fought between

(a) Marathas and Afghans

(b) British and Rohillas

(d) Pathans and Satnamis

188. The first Battle of Panipat took place in

(a) 1500

(b) 1510

(d) 1526

191. ‘Babarnama’ was written by

(a) Abul Fazl

(b) Firdousi

(d) Babar

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

(d) Batutha

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

(a) Abdul Lohani

(b) Himu

(d) Daulat Khan

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

(a) Balban

(b) Iltutmis

(d) Md-bin-Tughlaq

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2005

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

(a) 1556

(b) 1565

(d) 1581

62. Who wrote Kitab-ur-Rehla

(a) Ibn Batuta

(b) Al Beruni

(d) Abul Fazl

87. Who first introduced rationing system?

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Alauddin Khalji

(d) Ibrahim Lodi

95. Lilabati was translated into Persian by

(1587, Akbar)

(a) Faizi

(b) Abul Fazl

(d) Abu Talib Kalim

121. Who wrote Amukta Malyada?

(a) Bukka

(b) Harihara II

(d) Bir Narasingha

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

(a) Alauddin Hossain Shah

(b) Jalaluddin

(d) Haji Iliyas

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2004

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

(A) Bahadur shah II

(B) Shah Alam II

(D) Zehander Shah

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

(A) V. A. Smith

(B) Elliot

(D) Faizy

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

(A) Sri Chaitanya

(B) Kabir

(D) Dadu

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

(A) Akbar

(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(D) Alauddin Khilji

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2003

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

(A) Malwa

(B) Gujarat

(D)Bengal

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

(A) Prithviraj Chauhan

(B) Jaichand

(D) Pulakesin II

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

(A) Calicut

(B) Surat

(D) Cochin

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

(A) Alauddin Khalji

(B) Muhamad Bin Tughlaq

(D) Firujshah Tughlaq

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

(A) Chandidas

(B) Vidyapati

(D) Joydeva

168. The meaning of the word ’Mansab’ is

(A) Rank

(B) Proprietorship of land

(D) Land revenue

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2002

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

(A) Law of Primogeniture

(B) Crown lands donatad to army officers

(D) The grant of revenue from a territory in lieu of salary

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

(A) Copper, Silver, Silver

(B) Gold, Copper, Lead

(D) Silver, Gold, Silver.

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

(D) Nana Phadnavis

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

(A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Devaraya-II

171. Krisnnadeva Ray a wrote his famous work Amukryamaiyada in

(A) Telugu

(B) Kannada

(D) Malayalam

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

(A) Shaista Khan

(B) Afzal Khan

(D) Prince Muazzam

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2001

29. Sher Shah died while attacking

(A) Mandu

(B) Raisin

(D) Kalinjar

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

(A) Mahmiid Ghaznavi

(B) Sabuktagin

(D) Abdul Wahid

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

(A) Al-Beruni

(B) Henry Elliot

(D) Utbi

103. Lodhi Sultans of Delhi were

(A) Turkis

(B) Persians

(D) Afghans

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

(A) Jaipur

(B) Ranthambhor

(D) Mewar

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

(A) Chisti

(B) Suharwardi

(D) Naqshbundi

133. What did the Sikhs mean by Misl?

(A) A tax

(B) An area conquered by them

(D) A Book

WBCS Preliminary Question – 2000

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

(A) Kabira

(B) Nijamuddin Aulia

(D) Shaik Qutubaddin

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

(D) Tulsidas

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

(Bijapur)

(A) Akbar

(B) Ibrahim Adil shah

(D) Hussain Shah

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

(A) Peddana

(B) Arbidu

(D) Bhaskar Pandit

90. What is the ‘Dastak’?

(A) A Book by Ciive

(B) A free pass

(D) Donation by the Mughal emperors.

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