R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | History Medieval Indian History Questions (MCQs) for UPSC, SSC and States PCS Examinations Part 2

Which of the following was appointed as Amir-i-Tuzuk (Master of Ceremonies) by Jalauddin Khalji?

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Mubarak Shah
3. Khusrau Shah
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following was the author of Tarikh-i-Firoz Shah and Futwa-i-Jahandari ?

1. Barani
2. Khwajja Abdul Malik Islami
3. Baduani
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Ghiyaddin Tughlaq Shah II was succeeded by which of the following kings?

1. Nasiruddin Muhammad
2. Abu Bakr Shah
3. Daulat Khan
4. Muhammad Khan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Pir Muhammad was soon defeated and killed by a coalition of which of the following powers?1) Miran Mubarak Shah II of Khandesh2) Tufal Khan of Berar3) Baz BahadurSelect the correct option from the codes given below:

1. Only 1 & 2
2. Only 2 & 3
3. Only 1 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

During Delhi sultanate era what was the department of correspondence called as__?

1. Diwan-i-Rasalat
2. Diwan-i-Insha
3. Diwan-i-Arz
4. Diwan-i-Wizarat

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What was the function of wakil-i-dar during the Sultanate period?None of the above

1. Maintaining court decorum
2. Maintaining law and order
3. Taking care of religious matters
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following are the features of agriculture during the Sultanate period?1. Sesame sugarcane pepper ginger indigo and cotton constituted raw materials for many village industries. The state was dependent on agricultural produce as an important constituent of revenue earning.3. There were three methods of land revenue assessment usually in practice: sharing assessment and measurement.Select the correct option from the codes give below:

1. Only 1 & 2
2. Only 2 & 3
3. Only 1 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The palace complex called Tughlaqabad with its beautiful lake was built during the period of which of the following Sultans?

1. Ghyasuddin Tughlaq
2. Firozshah Tughlaq
3. Alauddin Khilji
4. Ibrahim Lodhi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Virupaksha Raya was succeeded by which of the following kings?

1. Bukka Raya I
2. Deva Raya I
3. Harihara II
4. Bukka Raya II

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Deva Raya I s rule is associated with of the following periods?

1. 1406�1422 A.D.
2. 1410�1432 A.D.
3. 1415�1442 A.D.
4. 1418�1444 A.D.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Ekambarantha temple was built by which of the following rulers of Vijaynagara?

1. Deva Raya I
2. Deva Raya II
3. Krishna Deva Raya
4. Achyuta Deva Raya

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Taj-ud-din Firoz Shah was defeated by which of the following kings of the Vijayanagar kingdom?

1. Deva Raya I
2. Harihara I
3. Harihara II
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following Bahamani kings is also called as wali?

1. Humayun Shah
2. Ahmah Shah I
3. Muhammad Shah I
4. Taj-ud-din Firoz Shah

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following divided the Bahmani kingdom into eight tarafs or provinces?

1. Ahmah Shah Wali
2. Humayun Shah
3. Nizam Shah
4. Mahmud Gawan

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following Sufi saint was popularly known as Banda Nawaz?

1. Hazrat Syed Muhammad Gesu Daraz
2. Sirajuddin Junaidi
3. Makhdoom Shaikh Alauddin Ansari
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rulers ordered his soldiers to wear a twelve peaked cap?

1. Shah Ismail Safavi
2. Burhan Nizam Shah
3. Ismail Adil Shah
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Shri Jagadguru Fakireshwar Math built during Adil Shahi rule is located in which district of Karnataka?

1. Gulmarga
2. Belur
3. Gadag
4. Dharwad

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was compelled to make peace by clearing all arrears of tribute and giving away his daughter in marriage to Prince Muhammad Sultan the eldest son of Aurangzeb?

1. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
2. Abdullah Qutb Shah
3. Muhammad Qutb Shah
4. Ibrahim Qutb Shah

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The spiritual way of life was adopted by individual Sufis in the ninth and tenth centuries came to be known as?

1. Tariqah
2. Haqiqah
3. Tasawwuf
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Chisti presence in Delhi was established by which of the following saints?

1. Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
2. Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq
3. Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following was the spiritual successor of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki?

1. Fariduddin Masud
2. Shaikh Ahmed
3. Shaikh Nizamuddin
4. Shaikh Farid

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following were influenced by Kabir?1. Raidas2. Guru Nanak3. DhannaSelect the correct option from the codes given below:

1. Only 1
2. Only 1 & 2
3. Only 2 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Punjab branch of the Qadiris was founded by which of the following saint?

1. Ibrahim Makhdumji
2. Sayyid Muhammad Halabi Uchhi
3. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
4. Mir Muhammad Miyan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Masnavi was written by which of the following?

1. Abul Fazl[C]
2. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
3. Babur
4. Gulbadan Begum

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following succeeded Babur?

1. Akbar
2. Humayun
3. Shahjahan
4. Aurangzeb

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The second battle of Panipat was fought between Hemu and which of the following Mughal king?

1. Humayun
2. Jahangir
3. Akbar
4. Shah Jahan

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following prohibited forcible conversion of prisoners of war?

1. Akbar[D]
2. Humayun
3. Aurangzeb
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following built the temple of Govindadeva at Vrindavan?

1. Humayun
2. shahjahan
3. Akbar
4. Babur

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Akbar invited which of the following painters to his court?1) Mir Sayyid Ali2) Abdal Samad3) Farukh BegSelect the correct option from the codes given below:

1. Only 1 & 2
2. Only 2 & 3
3. Only 1 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following was responsible for maintaining the communication channel?

1. Sadar
2. Merwars
3. Darogai-i- Dak
4. Bkshi

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following ruler granted permission to Lal Vijaya to build a huge monastery for the Tapagachcha sect of Jains?

1. Akbar
2. Shah jahan
3. Aurangzeb
4. Jahangir

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following ruler was the ruler of Bijapur when Prince Azam lead an expedition against Bijapur?

1. Ali Adil Shah II
2. Mohammed Adil Shah
3. Sikandar Adil Shah
4. Ali Adil Shah I

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following statements are correct about Zulfiqar Khan?1. He was the wazir of Jahandar Shah. He reversed many policies of Aurangzeb.3. He abolished the jizya and tried to establish friendly relations with the Rajputs the Marathas and different Hindu chieftains.Select the correct option from the codes given below:

1. Only 1 & 2
2. Only 2 & 3
3. Only 1 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following Mughal emperor was killed by Saiyyad brothers?

1. Farrukh Siyar
2. Rafi-us-Darajat
3. Rafi-us-Daula
4. Roshan Akhtar

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following succeeded Farrukh Siyar?

1. Rafi-us-Daula
2. Mohd. Shah Rangeela
3. Rafi-us-Darajat
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following statements are correct regarding the status of women in Mughal empire?1. Women generally occupied a subordinate position in Mughal society. Social practices such as the purdah polygamy female infanticide and sati were not prevalent.3. Polygamy was common among the Muslims.Select the correct option from the codes given below:

1. Only 1 & 2
2. Only 2 & 3
3. Only 1 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

When was the Battle of Pratapgarh fought?

1. 164 CE
2. 165 CE
3. 160 CE
4. 1634 CE

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Battle of Pavankhind was fought between Shivaji and which of the following?

1. Afzal Khan
2. Adil Shah
3. Siddi Johar
4. Rustemjaman

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following statements are correct about Marathas?1. The Marathas were famous for their technique of guerrilla warfare.2. They were famous for the use of an innovative weapon called the Bagh naka meaning tiger claw.3. Peasants also functioned as part time soldiers in the Maratha empire.Select the correct option from the codes given below:

1. Only 1 & 2
2. Only 2 & 3
3. Only 1 & 3
4. 1 2 & 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following preached and popularised the idea of Hindu-pad-padshahi (Hindu Empire)?

1. Nana Sahib I
2. Madhav Rao
3. Baji Rao I
4. Balaji Vishwanath

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which monument built during the Delhi sultanate period is the finest example of the synthesis of dome arch slam and beam?

1. Moth Masjid
2. Lodhi Garden
3. Bara Khan
4. Chota khan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Other than Sonargaon and Satgaon what was the third administrative division of Bengal during medieval India?

1. Birati
2. Lakhnauti
3. Panchimgaon
4. Gauda

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In which geographical region of Assam Ahom was situated in?

1. South west[B][C]
2. North west
3. North east
4. South east

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which dynasty succeeded the Gajapati dynasty of Orissa?

1. Bhol dynasty
2. Bhoi dynasty
3. Chola dynasty
4. Koi dynasty

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Muzaffar Khan was the title of�

1. Zafar Khan
2. Kasim Khan
3. Pirha Kabir
4. Ibrahim Khan

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Where was the capital of Mewar under Guhilot dynasty in post Delhi Sultanate era?

1. Jaipur
2. Jaisalmer
3. Champak
4. Nagada

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who wrote commentaries on Jayadeva s Gitagovinda?

1. Kumbha
2. Gajanana
3. Pratap Singh
4. Virvrajabala

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In which year did Akbar annex Khandesh into Mughal empire?

1. 1601
2. 1602
3. 1603
4. 1604

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Malik Ambar was defeated twice by whom first in 161 and again in 1626?

1. Kashem
2. Khurram
3. Karim
4. Alidullah

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What was the title given Quli Hamadani to be a title of the Golkunda dynasty?

1. Qutub Minar
2. Qulinagar
3. Qutbul Mulk
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3