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In the Medieval era there was very changes occurred in Indian History. In this section we serve some most important multiple choice questions for these era i.e. Medieval Indian History Quiz. These questions are very helpful for those candidates who want to prepare for the various entarnce exams like UPSC, Bank Jobs, SSc, PSC, Police, Vyapam, CET, TET etc.


1. Which of the following saint wrote Sri-Bhasya?
A) Ramanuja
B) Vallabh
C) Tukaram
D) Eknath
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2. Which Tamil poet wrote Ramayana in Tamil language?
A) Kamban
B) Kapilar
C) Pulamaipithan
D) PerumalRasu

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3. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
A) Utbi
B) Nakhshabi
C) Amir Khusarau
D) Tansen

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4. Who established Chishti order in India?
A) Baba Farid
B) NizamuddinAulia
C) Al biruni
D) Moinuddin Chishti

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5. Name of the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title of Gunraj Khan in the Sultanate period?
A) MaladharBasu
B) Rahim
C) Chaitanya
D) Jaydeva

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6. Brihadeeshwara Temple which was built by Raja RajaChola I is dedicated to?
A) Vishnu
B) Shiva
C) Brahma
D) None of the above

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7. During the reign of which Pallava ruler Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram were built?
A) Narasimhavarman I
B) Adivarman
C) Nadivarman
D) None of the above
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8. Who built the famous Charminar of Hyderabad?
A) Krishndev Rai
B) Muhammad QuliQutb Shah
C) Nadir Shah
D) Aurangzeb
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9. The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the?
A) Chola
B) Pallavas
C) Pandyas
D) Kaktiya

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10. Which noted scholar wrote Vikramankadevacharita?
A) Kalhan
B) Bilhana
C) Kalidas
D) Jaydeva
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11. Who was the founder of Advaitavada or the doctrine of non-dualism?
A) Adi Shankaracharya
B) Surdas
C) Ramanuj
D) Kapil
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12. Famous mosque Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra was built by which of the following ruler?
A) Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak
B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
C) AlauddinKhilji
D) None of the above
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13. Which of the following Sikh Guru compiled the Adi Granth?
A) Guru Nanak
B) Guru Govind Singh
C) Guru Arjan Dev
D) Guru Har rai
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Medieval Indian History Quiz 
 14. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of the Medieval India is dedicated to which Lord?
A) Shiva
B) Brahma
C) Vishnu
D) Ram

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15. Who was the author of the book Taj-ul-Maasir?
A) AbulFazl
B) Jahangir
C) Hasan Nizami
D) None of the above

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16. During the reign of which ruler Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India?
A) Aurangazeb
B) Akbar
C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D) AlauddinKhilji

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17. Who brought the famous Persian painter named KhwajaAbdus Samad to India?
A) Humayun
B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
C) Akbar
D) AlauddinKhilji
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18. Which book described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time?
A) Shahnama
B) Baburnama
C) Akbarnama
D) Chachnama
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19. Who was the author of the book Kitab-i-Yamini?
A) AbulFazl
B) Abu Nasr Utbi
C) Amir Khusro
D) Firdausi
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20. Who wrote Tughlaqnama?
A) Abu Nasr Utbi
B) Amir Khusrau
C) AbulFazl
D) Hasan Nizami
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21. In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit called Pargana was headed by
A) Shiqdar
B) Barid
C) Ariz
D) Amin
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22. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali's invasion of India?
A) Bahadur Shah-I
B) Bahadur Shah-II
C) Shah Alam-I
D) Shah Alam-II
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23. Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
A) Jahandar Shah
B) Muhammad Shah
C) Shah Alam-I
D) Bahadur Shah Zafar
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24. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
A) Land-tax
B) Chauth
C) Sardeshmukhi
D) Pilgrim tax
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25. Who among the following took greater interest in laying out gardens than others?
A) Humayun
B) Babur
C) Jahangir
D) Akbar
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26. Abdul Hamid Lahori is the author of
A) Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh
B) Padshah Nama
C) Alamgir Nama
D) Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
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27. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of the Later Mughal Emperors?
A) Bahadur Shah-I, FarrukhSiyar, Jahandar Shah, Muhammad Shah
B) FarrukhSiyar, Bahadur Shah-I, Jahandar Shah, Muhammad Shah
C) Bahadur Shah-l, Jahandar Shah, FarrukhSiyar, Muhammad Shah
D) (d) Jahandar Shah, Bahadur Shah-l, Muhammad Shah, FarrukhSiyar
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28. Who was the last Mughal emperor?
A) Shah Alam-II
B) Akbar-II
C) Bahadur Shah-II
D) Ahmad Shah
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29. Moti Masjid in the Red Fort, Delhi was constructed by
A) Sher Shah
B) Shahjahan
C) Aurangzeb
D) Bhahadur Shah Zafar
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30. Consider the following Mughal rulers after Aurangzeb: 


1. Alamgir-II 
2. FarrukhSiyar 
3. Jahandar Shah 
4. Shah Alam-II 
The correct chronological sequence of these rulers is
A) 3,2,4, 1
B) 2,3,4, 1
C) 2,3, 1,4
D) 3,2, 1,4

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31. The Sikh gurus who compiled the Guru Granth Sahib was
A) Nanak
B) Har Rai
C) Arjun
D) Bahadur

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32. Akbar's mausoleum is situated at
A) Sasaram
B) Sikandra
C) Agra
D) Delhi

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33. Purana Ouila at Delhi was built by
A) Akbar
B) Sher Shah
C) Humayun
D) Shah Jahan
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34. Who among the following was Akbar's teacher?
A) Kabir
B) AbulFazl
C) Bairam Khan
D) Abdul Latif
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35. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by
A) Akbar
B) Dara Shikoh
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
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36. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A) Awadh
B) Malwa
C) Gujarat
D) Chittor
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37. Akbar established IbadatKhana at
A) Lahore
B) Delhi
C) Agra
D) Fatehpur Sikri
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38. What is meant by Mughalai?
A) Infantry of the Mughals
B) Very rich food
C) Royal household
D) Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
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39. Tulsi Das composed his Ramacharitamanas during the reign of
A) Harsha
B) AlauddinKhalji
C) Akbar
D) Krishnadeva Raya
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40. After his coronation Shivaji assumed the title of
A) Maharaja
B) Peshwa
C) Chhatrapati
D) Samrat
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41. Assertion (A): The nobility under Muhammad bin Tughlaq was a highly homogeneous one. 
Reason (R): Royal intervention in the iqta system was as its peak under Muhammad Tughlaq. Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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42. Assertion (A): The invasions of Krishnadeva Raya into the territories of Prataparudra were inconclusive. 
 Reason (R): Krishnadeva Raya invaded the territories of the Gajpathi not for the latter's extinction but only for the recovery of lost territories. 
 Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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43. Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed at establishing Maratha rule in Delhi. 
 Reason (R): Shivaji took the leadership of the Maratha resistance against the Mughals. 

 Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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44. Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. 
 Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with anyone particular religion. 
 Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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45. Assertion (A): Babar won the first Battle of Panipat. 
 Reason (R): Babar was the first to introduce the use of cannons in India
Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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46. Assertion (A): The BulandDarwaza at FatehpurSikri was built by Akbar in 1602. 
 Reason (R): He wanted to commemorate his conquest of Gujarat. Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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47. Assertion (A): Alauddin Khalji imposed price control in Delhi. 
 Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages to artisans building his palaces in Delhi. 
 Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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48. Assertion (A): Wazir Nizam-ul-Mulk left Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah to realize his own ambition of founding the State of Hyderabad. 
 Reason (R): Muhammad Shah, instead of supporting his able Wazir, intrigued against him. 
Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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49. Assertion (A): Akbar's official historian AbulFazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. 
 Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire. 
Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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50. Assertion (A): The Sultans may not have been too eager to encourage large scale conversion. 
Reason (R): The increasing conversion could lead to a loss of revenue, as jizya paying citizens to Islam. 
 Codes:
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

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