10.

What type of conditions does Mudrarakshasa

Mauryan Empire - MCQ describe? a) Only social conditions b) Only economic
conditions c) Socio-economic conditions d) Only political
Questions withconditions
Answer: c) Socio-economic conditions

Answers 11. Who wrote 'Parisisthaparvana'? a) Vishakhadatta b)

Hemachandra c) Kalhana d) Somadev
Answer: b) Hemachandra
Background and Conflicts 12. Parisisthaparvana is associated with which
1. Which century witnessed series of conflictsreligion? a) Buddhism b) Hinduism c) Jainism d) Greek
between Avanti, Kosala and Magadha religion
Mahajanapadas? a) Fifth century BC b) Sixth century BCAnswer: c) Jainism
c) Seventh century BC d) Fourth century BC 13. Parisisthaparvana is a biography of whom? a)
Answer: b) Sixth century BC Chandragupta Maurya b) Chanakya c) Ashoka d)
2. Which Mahajanapada ultimately won the territorial Bindusara
expansion conflicts? a) Avanti b) Kosala c) Magadha d) Answer: b) Chanakya
Vatsa 14. What crucial information does Parisisthaparvana
Answer: c) Magadha provide about Chandragupta Maurya? a) Only his early
3. Which dynasty established itself on the throne of life b) Only his conquest of Magadha c) Early life,
Magadha after the Nandas? a) Gupta dynasty b) conquest of Magadha, famine in Magadha, conversion to
Mauryan dynasty c) Satavahana dynasty d) Shunga Jainism d) Only his conversion to Jainism
dynasty Answer: c) Early life, conquest of Magadha, famine in
Answer: b) Mauryan dynasty Magadha, conversion to Jainism
Sources of Mauryan Dynasty 15. Who wrote 'Rajatarangini'? a) Hemachandra b)
4. According to sources, what facilitated Kalhana c) Somadev d) Kshemendra
Chandragupta to carve out a kingdom for himself? a) Answer: b) Kalhana
Death of Nanda king b) Alexander's retreat from India c) 16. Who is the author of 'Kathasaritsagar'? a) Kalhana
Support from Greek rulers d) Rebellion by subjects b) Somadev c) Kshemendra d) Vishakhadatta
Answer: b) Alexander's retreat from India Answer: b) Somadev
5. Kautilya's Arthashastra is considered one of the 17. 'Brihatkathamanjari' was written by whom? a)
greatest treatises on which aspects? a) Only economicSomadev b) Kalhana c) Kshemendra d) Hemachandra
conditions b) Only political conditions c) Economic, Answer: c) Kshemendra
socio-political conditions d) Only religious practices 18. What do Buddhist Jatakas describe? a) Military
Answer: c) Economic, socio-political conditions conquests b) Stories of previous births of Gautama
6. What information does Kautilya's Arthashastra Buddha c) Administrative systems d) Economic policies
provide about the Mauryan Empire? a) Only military arts Answer: b) Stories of previous births of Gautama
b) Only administration c) Foreign affairs, administration, Buddha
military arts, war and religion d) Only foreign affairs 19. What information do Buddhist Jatakas provide
Answer: c) Foreign affairs, administration, militaryabout the Mauryan period? a) Only social order b) Only
arts, war and religion existence of guilds c) Prevalent social order, existence of
7. Who wrote the historical play 'Mudrarakshasa'? a) guilds, popular customs d) Only popular customs
Kautilya b) Vishakhadatta c) Hemachandra d) Kalhana Answer: c) Prevalent social order, existence of guilds,
Answer: b) Vishakhadatta popular customs
8. In which century was Vishakhadatta, the author of 20. What is 'Manjusrimulkalpa'? a) A canonical Buddhist
Mudrarakshasa, born? a) Third century AD b) Fourth work b) A non-canonical Buddhist work c) A Jain work d) A
century AD c) Fifth century AD d) Sixth century AD Hindu text
Answer: b) Fourth century AD Answer: b) A non-canonical Buddhist work
9. What does Mudrarakshasa narrate? a) Military 21. What historical period does Manjusrimulkalpa
conquests of Ashoka b) Ascent of Chandragupta Maurya cover? a) Seventh century BC to sixth century AD b)
to power with aid of Chanakya c) Trade relations withSeventh century BC to eighth century AD c) Sixth century
Greeks d) Religious policies of Bindusara BC to seventh century AD d) Fifth century BC to eighth
Answer: b) Ascent of Chandragupta Maurya to power century AD
with aid of Chanakya Answer: b) Seventh century BC to eighth century AD
22. About which dynasties does Manjusrimulkalpa34. According to Brahmin traditions, what was
contain information? a) Only Nandas b) Only Mauryas c)Chandragupta Maurya's origin? a) Royal family b)
Nandas and Mauryas d) Mauryas and Guptas Humble origin c) Merchant family d) Warrior class
Answer: c) Nandas and Mauryas Answer: b) Humble origin
23. What were the life years of Greek Governor 35. Where did Chandragupta Maurya live according to
Strabo? a) 64 BC-19 AD b) 65 BC-20 AD c) 63 BC-18 ADBrahmin sources? a) In the forest b) In Nanda king's
d) 66 BC-21 AD palace (Ranawas) c) In Pataliputra d) In Taxila
Answer: a) 64 BC-19 AD Answer: b) In Nanda king's palace (Ranawas)
24. What is the name of Strabo's geographical work?36. With whose help did Chandragupta overthrow the
a) Indica b) Geographica c) Natural History d) Bibliotheca Nanda ruler? a) Bindusara b) Kautilya (Chanakya) c)
Historica Ashoka d) Seleucus Nicator
Answer: b) Geographica Answer: b) Kautilya (Chanakya)
25. What does Strabo refer to regarding Chandragupta 37. Which Nanda ruler did Chandragupta overthrow?
Maurya? a) Only matrimonial alliance with Seleucus a) Mahapadma Nanda b) Dhanananda c) Ugrasena
Nicator b) Only women bodyguards c) Matrimonial allianceNanda d) Kalashoka
with Seleucus Nicator and women bodyguards d) Military Answer: b) Dhanananda
conquests 38. According to Greek historian Justin, with how
Answer: c) Matrimonial alliance with Seleucus Nicator many soldiers did Chandragupta start his military
and women bodyguards campaign? a) Five lakh soldiers b) Six lakh soldiers c)
26. In which century did Diodorus live? a) SecondSeven lakh soldiers d) Eight lakh soldiers
century BC b) First century BC c) First century AD d) Answer: b) Six lakh soldiers
Second century AD 39. Against which Indo-Greek ruler did Chandragupta
Answer: b) First century BC Maurya fight? a) Alexander b) Demetrius c) Seleucus
27. What is the name of Diodorus's work on India? a)Nicator d) Antiochus
Geographica b) Indica c) Bibliotheca Historica d) Natural Answer: c) Seleucus Nicator
History 40. Who emerged victorious in the war between
Answer: c) Bibliotheca Historica Chandragupta and Seleucus Nicator? a) Seleucus
28. Diodorus's accounts on India are derived fromNicator b) Chandragupta Maurya c) Both equally d) No
which source? a) Personal observation b) Strabo's worksclear winner
c) Megasthenes Indica d) Pliny's accounts Answer: b) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: c) Megasthenes Indica 41. What was the name of Seleucus Nicator's
29. In which century did Pliny live? a) First century BC daughter? a) Helen b) Helena c) Cleopatra d) Antigone
b) First century AD c) Second century AD d) Third century Answer: b) Helena
AD 42. To whom did Seleucus marry his daughter Helena?
Answer: b) First century AD a) Bindusara b) Ashoka c) Chandragupta Maurya d) A
30. What is the name of Pliny's work? a) Geographica Greek prince
b) Indica c) Natural History d) Bibliotheca Historica Answer: c) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: c) Natural History 43. Which ambassador did Seleucus Nicator send to
31. In which year was Pliny's 'Natural History' written?the Mauryan court? a) Deimachus b) Dynosis c)
a) 74 AD b) 75 AD c) 76 AD d) 77 AD Megasthenes d) Pliny
Answer: b) 75 AD Answer: c) Megasthenes
32. What are the sources for Pliny's account of India?44. What is the name of Megasthenes' book? a)
a) Only Greek sources b) Only Western merchants' Geographica b) Indica c) Natural History d) Bibliotheca
reports c) Greek sources and reports by WesternHistorica
merchants d) Personal visits Answer: b) Indica
Answer: c) Greek sources and reports by Western 45. During Chandragupta's time, which parts of Indian
merchants subcontinent were NOT under Mauryan rule? a) Punjab
and Kashmir b) Tamil Nadu and North-East parts c)
Chandragupta Maurya Bengal and Assam d) Rajasthan and Gujarat
33. Who established the Mauryan dynasty? a) AshokaAnswer: b) Tamil Nadu and North-East parts
b) Bindusara c) Chandragupta Maurya d) Bimbisara 46. What did Chandragupta Maurya embrace in the
Answer: c) Chandragupta Maurya last phase of his life? a) Buddhism b) Jainism c)
Hinduism d) Greek philosophy
Answer: b) Jainism
47. From which Jain Sage did Chandragupta Maurya Answer: b) Son
embrace Jainism? a) Mahavira b) Parsva c) Bhadrabahu 61. During Bindusara's reign, how far south did the
d) Hemachandra Mauryan Empire extend? a) As far as Chennai b) As far
Answer: c) Bhadrabahu as Mysore c) As far as Madurai d) As far as Kerala
48. How did Chandragupta Maurya die? a) In battle b)Answer: b) As far as Mysore
Due to illness c) Performing Sallekhana (Fasting into 62. Which territories were NOT included in
death) d) Assassination Bindusara's empire? a) Kalinga and far Southern
Answer: c) Performing Sallekhana (Fasting into death) kingdoms b) Avanti and Magadha c) Taxila and Kashmir d)
49. Where did Chandragupta Maurya die? a) PataliputraBengal and Assam
b) Ujjain c) Shravanabelagola (Mysore) d) Taxila Answer: a) Kalinga and far Southern kingdoms
Answer: c) Shravanabelagola (Mysore) 63. What did the Greeks call Bindusara? a) Amitraghata
b) Amitrochatas c) Sandrocottus d) Palibothra
Kautilya's Arthashastra Answer: b) Amitrochatas
50. Arthashastra is considered the greatest piece of64. What is the Sanskrit equivalent of the Greek name
work in the history of which dynasty? a) Gupta b)Amitrochatas? a) Amitraghat b) Amitraghata c)
Maurya c) Nanda d) Satavahana Mitraghata d) Amitrochata
Answer: b) Maurya Answer: a) Amitraghat
51. In which language did Kautilya compose 65. Who was the ruler of Syria during Bindusara's
Arthashastra? a) Prakrit b) Pali c) Sanskrit d) Greek reign? a) Seleucus Nicator b) Antiochus c) Ptolemy II d)
Answer: c) Sanskrit Demetrius
52. Arthashastra is most significant for understandingAnswer: b) Antiochus
which aspect of Mauryan period? a) Military system b)66. What did Antiochus send to Bindusara? a) Only dry
Religious practices c) Administrative system d) Economic figs b) Only wine c) Dry figs and wine d) Dry figs, wine,
policies only and a philosopher
Answer: c) Administrative system Answer: c) Dry figs and wine
53. Arthashastra is an authoritative book on which 67. What did Antiochus refuse to send to Bindusara?
subjects? a) Only polity b) Only public administration c) a) Dry figs b) Wine c) A Sophist (philosopher) d) Gold
Polity and public administration d) Only economics Answer: c) A Sophist (philosopher)
Answer: c) Polity and public administration 68. Who was Deimachus? a) Ruler of Egypt b)
54. Into how many parts is Arthashastra divided? a) 14Ambassador of Antiochus I at Bindusara's court c) Greek
parts b) 15 parts c) 16 parts d) 17 parts philosopher d) Military commander
Answer: b) 15 parts Answer: b) Ambassador of Antiochus I at Bindusara's
55. How many chapters does Arthashastra contain? a) court
170 chapters b) 180 chapters c) 190 chapters d) 200 69. Who was Ptolemy II Philadelphus? a) Ruler of Syria
chapters b) Ruler of Egypt c) Greek philosopher d) Mauryan prince
Answer: b) 180 chapters Answer: b) Ruler of Egypt
56. How many shlokas are there in Arthashastra? a)70. What was the name of the ambassador sent by
5000 shlokas b) 6000 shlokas c) 7000 shlokas d) 8000 Ptolemy II to Bindusara's court? a) Deimachus b)
shlokas Megasthenes c) Dynosis d) Strabo
Answer: b) 6000 shlokas Answer: c) Dynosis
57. What is the style of writing in Arthashastra 71. According to Mahavamsa, which religion did
commonly called? a) Ramayana style b) Mahabharata Bindusara follow? a) Buddhism b) Jainism c)
style c) Puranic style d) Vedic style Brahmanism d) Ajivika sect
Answer: b) Mahabharata style Answer: c) Brahmanism
58. Arthashastra is written in which format? a) Only 72. According to other Buddhist books, which sect did
prose b) Only verse c) Both prose and verse d) Only Bindusara embrace? a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Ajivika
dialogue sect d) Brahmanism
Answer: c) Both prose and verse Answer: c) Ajivika sect
Bindusara 73. Under whose guidance did Bindusara embrace the
59. Who became the ruler after Chandragupta Ajivika sect? a) Bhadrabahu b) Pingalavatsa c) Kautilya
Maurya? a) Ashoka b) Bindusara c) Kunala d) Samprati d) Radhagupta
Answer: b) Bindusara Answer: b) Pingalavatsa
60. What was the relationship between Bindusara and Ashoka
Chandragupta? a) Brother b) Son c) Nephew d) Cousin
74. Before ascending the throne, Ashoka was the Karnataka and two in Madhya Pradesh c) Four places in
Governor of which place? a) Taxila b) Ujjain c) Avanti d) Karnataka d) Four places in Madhya Pradesh
Tosali Answer: a) Three places in Karnataka and one in
Answer: c) Avanti Madhya Pradesh
75. During his father's reign, where did Ashoka go to 88. In which present-day countries have Ashoka's
suppress rebellion? a) Ujjain b) Taxila c) Kalinga d) inscriptions been found? a) India and Nepal only b)
Kashmir India and Afghanistan only c) India, Nepal and
Answer: b) Taxila Afghanistan d) India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan
76. According to Buddhist traditions, how manyAnswer: c) India, Nepal and Afghanistan
brothers did Ashoka kill to ascend the throne? a) 98 89. In how many places have Ashoka's inscriptions
brothers b) 99 brothers c) 100 brothers d) 101 brothers been found so far? a) 44 places b) 45 places c) 46
Answer: b) 99 brothers places d) 47 places
77. Is there historical authenticity to the claim that Answer: b) 45 places
Ashoka killed 99 brothers? a) Yes, fully authenticated b)90. What is the total number of recitations of Ashoka's
Partially authenticated c) No historical authenticity d)inscriptions found? a) 180 recitations b) 181 recitations
Unknown c) 182 recitations d) 183 recitations
Answer: c) No historical authenticity Answer: c) 182 recitations
78. According to Dipavamsa, in which year did Ashoka 91. In which language are Ashoka's inscriptions
capture the Magadha empire? a) 274 BC b) 273 BC c) composed? a) Sanskrit b) Pali c) Prakrit d) Hindi
272 BC d) 271 BC Answer: c) Prakrit
Answer: b) 273 BC 92. In which script are most of Ashoka's inscriptions
79. In which year was Ashoka crowned according towritten? a) Devanagari b) Brahmi c) Kharosthi d) Aramaic
Dipavamsa? a) 270 BC b) 269 BC c) 268 BC d) 267 BC Answer: b) Brahmi
Answer: b) 269 BC 93. In which parts of the empire were inscriptions
80. With whose help was Ashoka crowned? a) written in Kharosthi and Aramaic scripts? a) Southern
Chanakya b) Radhagupta c) Bhadrabahu d) Pingalavatsa parts b) Eastern parts c) North-Western parts d) Central
Answer: b) Radhagupta parts
81. Ashoka was the first Indian king to do what? a) Answer: c) North-Western parts
Conquer foreign territories b) Give Royal public orders
through Edicts c) Adopt Buddhism d) Build stone pillars
Major Rock Edicts - Locations
Answer: b) Give Royal public orders through Edicts 94. Where is Kalsi located? a) Uttarakhand b) Himachal
82. How many types of inscriptions provide Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Punjab
information about Ashoka's reign? a) Four types b) Answer: a) Uttarakhand
Five types c) Six types d) Seven types 95. In which state is Sopara located? a) Gujarat b)
Answer: b) Five types Maharashtra c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh
83. What are the five types of Ashoka's inscriptions? Answer: b) Maharashtra
a) Major rock, Minor rock, Separate, Major pillar, Minor 96. Girnar is located in which state? a) Rajasthan b)
pillar inscriptions b) Rock, Pillar, Cave, Temple, Palace Maharashtra c) Gujarat d) Madhya Pradesh
inscriptions c) Sanskrit, Prakrit, Greek, Aramaic, KharosthiAnswer: c) Gujarat
inscriptions d) Religious, Political, Economic, Social,97. In which state is Yerragudi located? a) Karnataka b)
Military inscriptions Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
Answer: a) Major rock, Minor rock, Separate, Major Answer: b) Andhra Pradesh
pillar, Minor pillar inscriptions 98. Dhauli and Jaugada are located in which state? a)
84. How did Ashoka address his subjects? a) As West Bengal b) Bihar c) Odisha d) Jharkhand
'children' b) As 'son' c) As 'people' d) As 'citizens' Answer: c) Odisha
Answer: b) As 'son' 99. Manshera and Shahbazgarhi are located in which
85. What did Ashoka call himself? a) Chakravarti b) country? a) India b) Afghanistan c) Pakistan d)
Maharaja c) Devanam Piyadassi d) Dharmaraja Bangladesh
Answer: c) Devanam Piyadassi Answer: c) Pakistan
86. In how many places was Ashoka's name found? a) 100. In which country is Kandahar located? a) Pakistan
Three places b) Four places c) Five places d) Six places b) Afghanistan c) Iran d) India
Answer: b) Four places Answer: b) Afghanistan
87. Where was Ashoka's name found? a) Three places Major Rock Edicts - Content
in Karnataka and one in Madhya Pradesh b) Two places in
101. How many Major Rock Edicts are there? a) 113. What does Bheri Ghosha mean? a) Sound of
Thirteen b) Fourteen c) Fifteen d) Sixteen celebration b) Sound of victory c) Sound of war d) Sound
Answer: b) Fourteen of music
102. What does MRE I prohibit? a) Trade with foreignersAnswer: c) Sound of war
b) Animal slaughter particularly during festive season c)114. What does MRE IV emphasize as most important?
Religious ceremonies d) Military campaigns a) Wealth b) Power c) Duty d) Victory
Answer: b) Animal slaughter particularly during Answer: c) Duty
festive season 115. What does MRE V talk about the appointment of?
103. According to MRE I, how many peacocks were a) Military officers b) Dhamma Mahamattas c) Tax
allowed to be killed in the royal kitchen? a) One collectors d) Judges
peacock b) Two peacocks c) Three peacocks d) Four Answer: b) Dhamma Mahamattas
peacocks 116. What are the two purposes of Dhamma
Answer: b) Two peacocks Mahamattas according to MRE V? a) Collect taxes and
104. According to MRE I, how many deer were allowed maintain law b) Propagate Dhamma and look after welfare
to be killed in the royal kitchen? a) One deer b) Two of people c) Train soldiers and build roads d) Conduct
deer c) Three deer d) Four deer ceremonies and maintain records
Answer: a) One deer Answer: b) Propagate Dhamma and look after welfare
105. What does MRE II provide? a) Only medical of people
treatment for humans b) Only medical treatment for 117. What does MRE VI show about the King? a) His
animals c) Medical treatment for man and animal d) desire to expand territory b) His desire to get informed
Educational facilities about subjects' well-being c) His interest in military affairs
Answer: c) Medical treatment for man and animal d) His focus on religious ceremonies
106. Which four kingdoms of South does MRE IIAnswer: b) His desire to get informed about subjects'
mention? a) Chola, Pandya, Chera, Pallava b) Chola, well-being
Pandyas, Satyaputras, Kerelaputras c) Pandya, Chera, 118. What policy does MRE VII talk about? a) Military
Rashtrakuta, Chalukya d) Chola, Chera, Hoysala,expansion b) Economic reforms c) Tolerance for all
Vijayanagara religions d) Administrative reorganization
Answer: b) Chola, Pandyas, Satyaputras, Kerelaputras Answer: c) Tolerance for all religions
107. According to MRE III, how often shall Yuktas and119. What does MRE VIII describe? a) Ashoka's military
Pradeshikas visit kingdom areas? a) Once every 3 campaigns b) Ashoka's first Dhamma yatras to Bodhgaya
years b) Once every 4 years c) Once every 5 years d) and Bodhi Tree c) Ashoka's administrative reforms d)
Once every 6 years Ashoka's economic policies
Answer: c) Once every 5 years Answer: b) Ashoka's first Dhamma yatras to
108. Along with Yuktas and Pradeshikas, who else Bodhgaya and Bodhi Tree
shall visit kingdom areas according to MRE III? a)120. What does MRE IX stress on? a) Military duties b)
Rajuka b) Mahamatras c) Amatyas d) Senapati Economic duties c) Moral duties of citizens d)
Answer: a) Rajuka Administrative duties
109. What is the purpose of visits mentioned in MRE Answer: c) Moral duties of citizens
III? a) To collect taxes b) To spread Dhamma c) To recruit121. What does MRE IX condemn? a) Military activities
soldiers d) To inspect infrastructure b) Trade activities c) Popular ceremonies (birth, marriage
Answer: b) To spread Dhamma etc.) d) Religious activities
110. MRE III also talks about generosity with whichAnswer: c) Popular ceremonies (birth, marriage etc.)
group? a) Buddhists b) Jains c) Brahmins d) Merchants 122. What does MRE X stress on? a) Military expansion
Answer: c) Brahmins b) Economic growth c) Dhamma d) Administrative
111. What does MRE IV give importance to over Bheri efficiency
Ghosha? a) Dharma Ghosha b) Dhamma Ghosha c) Answer: c) Dhamma
Religious ceremonies d) Military parades 123. What does MRE X condemn? a) Religious practices
Answer: b) Dhamma Ghosha b) Individual's attempt to fame and glory c) Trade activities
112. What does Dhamma Ghosha mean? a) Sound of d) Administrative reforms
war b) Sound of Dhamma c) Sound of victory d) Sound ofAnswer: b) Individual's attempt to fame and glory
celebration 124. What does MRE XI explain about? a) Military policy
Answer: b) Sound of Dhamma b) Economic policy c) Policy of Dhamma d) Foreign policy
Answer: c) Policy of Dhamma
125. What duties does MRE XI mention? a) Duties 138. Bhabru is located in which state? a) Madhya
towards the state b) Duties towards elders c) DutiesPradesh b) Uttar Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Gujarat
towards the army d) Duties towards the economy Answer: c) Rajasthan
Answer: b) Duties towards elders 139. In which state is Sidhpur located? a) Karnataka b)
126. What does MRE XI say about killing animals? a)Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Gujarat
Encourages it b) Abstaining from killing animals c) Answer: a) Karnataka
Regulates it d) Ignores the issue 140. Ahrora is located in which state? a) Bihar b) Uttar
Answer: b) Abstaining from killing animals Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Rajasthan
127. What behavior does MRE XI promote towards Answer: b) Uttar Pradesh
friends? a) Strict behavior b) Formal behavior c) Liberal 141. In which state is Jating Rameshwar located? a)
behavior d) Indifferent behavior Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
Answer: c) Liberal behavior Answer: b) Karnataka
128. What is the main focus of MRE XII? a) Military142. Sahsaram is located in which state? a) Uttar
tolerance b) Economic tolerance c) Religious tolerance d)Pradesh b) Bihar c) West Bengal d) Jharkhand
Political tolerance Answer: b) Bihar
Answer: c) Religious tolerance 143. In which state is Govimath located? a) Andhra
129. MRE XII particularly talks about tolerancePradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
towards which religions? a) Buddhist religions b) HinduAnswer: b) Karnataka
religions c) Non-Buddhist religions d) Jain religions 144. Panguradia is located in which state? a) Uttar
Answer: c) Non-Buddhist religions Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Bihar
130. Which is the lengthiest of all Major Rock Edicts? Answer: b) Madhya Pradesh
a) MRE XII b) MRE XIII c) MRE XIV d) MRE XI 145. In which state is Rajul Mandgiri located? a)
Answer: b) MRE XIII Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
131. What does MRE XIII lay paramount importance Answer: b) Andhra Pradesh
on? a) Military policy b) Economic policy c) Ashoka's 146. Sannati is located in which state? a) Andhra
policy of Dhamma d) Administrative policy Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
Answer: c) Ashoka's policy of Dhamma Answer: b) Karnataka
132. Which war does MRE XIII mention? a) War with 147. In which state is Maski located? a) Andhra
Seleucus b) Kalinga war c) War with Greeks d) War withPradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
Cholas Answer: b) Karnataka
Answer: b) Kalinga war 148. Palki gundu is located in which state? a) Andhra
133. What type of victory does MRE XIII mention overPradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
kingdoms of far West and South India? a) MilitaryAnswer: b) Karnataka
Victory b) Economic Victory c) Dhamma Victory d) Political 149. In which state is Gurjara located? a) Rajasthan b)
Victory Gujarat c) Madhya Pradesh d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: c) Dhamma Victory Answer: c) Madhya Pradesh
134. What does MRE XIV talk about? a) Military
Ashoka's Kalinga War
campaigns in other territories b) Economic policies in other
regions c) Engravings of inscriptions in other parts of 150. What influenced Ashoka's domestic and foreign
territory and purpose of edicts d) Religious practices in policies? a) Greek ideology b) Buddhist ideology c) Jain
distant lands ideology d) Brahmanical ideology
Answer: c) Engravings of inscriptions in other parts ofAnswer: b) Buddhist ideology
territory and purpose of edicts 151. In which year did the Kalinga War take place? a)
260 BC b) 261 BC c) 262 BC d) 263 BC
Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts Answer: b) 261 BC
135. In which state is Yerraguddi located? a) Karnataka 152. What was the popular name of the major war
b) Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala fought by Ashoka after becoming emperor? a) Greek
Answer: b) Andhra Pradesh War b) Kalinga War c) Chola War d) Pandya War
136. Rupnath is located in which state? a) Uttar Answer: b) Kalinga War
Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Bihar 153. Which number province did Kalinga become in
Answer: b) Madhya Pradesh the Magadha empire? a) Fourth province b) Fifth
137. In which state is Brahmagiri located? a) Andhraprovince c) Sixth province d) Seventh province
Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala Answer: b) Fifth province
Answer: b) Karnataka
154. Along with Kalinga, what were the other four165. Whom did Ashoka appoint to propagate
provinces of Magadha? a) Prachaya, Avanti, Uttarpatha,Dhamma? a) Yuktas b) Rajukas c) Dhammamahamattas
Dakshinapatha b) Taxila, Ujjain, Tosali, Pataliputra c) d) Pradeshikas
Punjab, Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra d) Kashmir, Answer: c) Dhammamahamattas
Gandhara, Kamboja, Sindh 166. Among which sections of society did
Answer: a) Prachaya, Avanti, Uttarpatha,Dhammamahamattas propagate Dhamma? a) Only
Dakshinapatha men b) Only upper classes c) Different sections including
155. According to Buddhist literature, how many women d) Only religious people
people were killed in the Kalinga war? a) Thousands ofAnswer: c) Different sections including women
people b) Lakhs of people c) Hundreds of people d) 167. Was Ashoka's Dhamma Policy only religiously
Millions of people motivated? a) Yes, only religiously motivated b) No, he
Answer: b) Lakhs of people consciously tried to use it as state policy as well c) Only
156. How many people were wounded in the Kalinga politically motivated d) Only economically motivated
war according to Buddhist literature? a) Thousands of Answer: b) No, he consciously tried to use it as state
people b) Lakhs of people c) Hundreds of people d) policy as well
Millions of people 168. Where did Ashoka send missionaries to promote
Answer: b) Lakhs of people Buddhism? a) Only within India b) Sri Lanka and Central
157. How many people were prisoners of war in the Asia c) Only to neighboring countries d) Only to Greek
Kalinga war? a) 1,40,000 people b) 1,50,000 people c)territories
1,60,000 people d) 1,70,000 people Answer: b) Sri Lanka and Central Asia
Answer: b) 1,50,000 people 169. What did Ashoka ask the tribes to follow? a) Path
158. How was Ashoka affected by the Kalinga war? a)of war b) Path of trade c) Path of Dhamma d) Path of
He was pleased with the victory b) He was indifferent to conquest
the results c) He was deeply moved by the large scale Answer: c) Path of Dhamma
massacre d) He planned more wars 170. What was the designation of the officer appointed
Answer: c) He was deeply moved by the large scale by Ashoka who had the right to reward and punish
massacre subjects? a) Yukta b) Rajuka c) Pradeshika d)
159. What did Ashoka adopt in place of Bheri-Ghosha Mahamatra
after the Kalinga war? a) Dharma-Ghosha b) Answer: b) Rajuka
Dhamma-Ghosha c) Vijaya-Ghosha d) Shanti-Ghosha 171. What rights did Rajuka have? a) Only to reward
Answer: b) Dhamma-Ghosha subjects b) Only to punish subjects c) Right to reward to
save Dhamma and punish subjects if they violate
Dhamma Policy of Ashoka Dhamma d) Only administrative rights
160. When did Ashoka become Buddhist? a) Before the Answer: c) Right to reward to save Dhamma and
Kalinga war b) After Kalinga war c) During the Kalinga war punish subjects if they violate Dhamma
d) Before becoming emperor 172. From which inscription do we know about the
Answer: b) After Kalinga war effect of Ashoka's Dhamma policy on fowlers and
161. What did Ashoka provide to Buddhists? a) Landfishermen? a) Girnar inscription b) Kandahar inscription
grants only b) Immense donations c) Political positions c) Kalsi inscription d) Sopara inscription
only d) Military protection only Answer: b) Kandahar inscription
Answer: b) Immense donations 173. What did fowlers and fishermen do due to
162. What did Ashoka promote? a) Military Yatra b) Ashoka's Dhamma policy? a) Continued their traditional
Economic Yatra c) Dhamma Yatra d) Victory Yatra work b) Renounced violence and lived life of farm
Answer: c) Dhamma Yatra producers c) Became soldiers d) Became traders
163. According to traditional Anushrutis, which Answer: b) Renounced violence and lived life of farm
Buddhist Council did Ashoka organize? a) First producers
Buddhist Council b) Second Buddhist Council c) Third 174. What did Ashoka oppose particularly among
Buddhist Council d) Fourth Buddhist Council women? a) Education b) Trade c) Rituals and traditions d)
Answer: c) Third Buddhist Council Religious practices
164. What ideal did Ashoka set for himself? a) The kingAnswer: c) Rituals and traditions
being equal to the teacher b) The king being equal to the175. What did Ashoka ban regarding birds and
father c) The king being equal to the god d) The king being animals? a) Domestication of birds and animals b) Killings
equal to the soldier of various birds and animals c) Trade in birds and animals
Answer: b) The king being equal to the father d) Worship of birds and animals
Answer: b) Killings of various birds and animals only c) Policy of peace, non-aggression and cultural
176. What lesson did Ashoka teach people? a) Might is conquest d) Administrative reforms only
right b) Live and let live c) Victory at all costs d) Economic Answer: c) Policy of peace, non-aggression and
prosperity cultural conquest
Answer: b) Live and let live 187. What did Kautilya advise the king regarding
177. What did Ashoka teach regarding living beings? victory? a) King should try to win through benevolence b)
a) Exploitation of living beings b) Kindness towards living King should always try to win by power c) King should
beings c) Indifference towards living beings d) Control overavoid all conflicts d) King should rely on diplomacy only
living beings Answer: b) King should always try to win by power
Answer: b) Kindness towards living beings 188. What was Ashoka's approach opposite to
178. What behavior did Ashoka teach towards Kautilya's advice? a) King should try to win through
brothers? a) Competitive behavior b) Indifferent behaviormilitary means b) King should try to win through means of
c) Good behaviour d) Strict behavior benevolence c) King should avoid all governance d) King
Answer: c) Good behaviour should focus only on economics
179. Before Ashoka, which king adopted a Pacifist Answer: b) King should try to win through means of
policy? a) Cyrus of Persia b) Alexander of Macedonia c) benevolence
Egyptian king Akhnatun d) Babylonian king 189. What happened to the Mauryan Empire during
Nebuchadnezzar Ashoka's reign? a) It became simpler to manage b) It
Answer: c) Egyptian king Akhnatun became highly complex c) It remained unchanged d) It
180. In which century did Egyptian king Akhnatun became smaller
adopt the Pacifist policy? a) 13th century BC b) 14th Answer: b) It became highly complex
century BC c) 15th century BC d) 16th century BC 190. Could the complex Mauryan Empire survive after
Answer: b) 14th century BC Ashoka's death? a) Yes, it survived well b) No, it could
181. What does Pacifist policy mean? a) Policy of not survive c) It survived partially d) It became stronger
expansion b) Policy of opposing war c) Policy of trade d)Answer: b) No, it could not survive
Policy of alliance 191. In which year did Ashoka die? a) 231 BC b) 232
Answer: b) Policy of opposing war BC c) 233 BC d) 234 BC
Answer: b) 232 BC
Evaluation of Ashoka 192. What happened to the North-Western frontier
182. How did Ashoka try to establish pan Indiaafter Ashoka's death? a) It remained secure b) It was
empire? a) Only through military conquest b) Through strengthened c) Neighbouring kings captured it d) It
ability and spread fame inside and outside country c) Only became autonomous
through diplomatic alliances d) Only through economicAnswer: c) Neighbouring kings captured it
control
Answer: b) Through ability and spread fame inside Ashoka's Successors
and outside country 193. For how long did Ashoka's weak successors
183. Under which principles was Ashoka successful incontinue to rule after his death? a) Next 40 years b)
uniting the country? a) One religion, one language, one Next 50 years c) Next 60 years d) Next 70 years
script b) One religion, one language, often one script c) Answer: b) Next 50 years
Only one religion d) Only one language 194. Who became the next emperor after Ashoka? a)
Answer: b) One religion, one language, often one Samprati b) Dasharatha c) Kunal d) Brihadratha
script Answer: c) Kunal
184. In which script are most of Ashoka's195. What was Kunal called in Divyaavadan? a)
inscriptions? a) Kharosthi script b) Aramaic script c) Dhamma Rakshak b) Dharma Vivardhan c) Dhamma
Brahmi script d) Greek script Pracharak d) Dharma Rakshak
Answer: c) Brahmi script Answer: b) Dharma Vivardhan
185. Which scripts did Ashoka respect in the196. According to Rajatarangini, who was the ruler of
integration of the country? a) Only Brahmi b) Only Kashmir during Kunal's rule in Magadha? a) Ashoka b)
Kharosthi c) Brahmi, Kharosthi, Aramaic and Greek d)Jaluka c) Gonanda d) Abhimanyu
Only Greek and Aramaic Answer: b) Jaluka
Answer: c) Brahmi, Kharosthi, Aramaic and Greek 197. Which of the following was the last Mauryan
186. For what is Ashoka's name immortalized in ruler? a) Samprati b) Dasharatha c) Shalishuka d)
history? a) Military conquests only b) Economic policies Brihadratha
Answer: d) Brihadratha
198. Name the later Mauryan rulers mentioned in the activities c) Social and economic activities in areas
text. a) Samprati, Dasharatha, Shalishuka, Brihadratha b)adjacent to capital d) Only military activities
Kunal, Samprati, Dasharatha, Shalishuka c) Ashoka, Answer: c) Social and economic activities in areas
Kunal, Samprati, Dasharatha d) Bindusara, Kunal, adjacent to capital
Samprati, Brihadratha
Answer: a) Samprati, Dasharatha, Shalishuka,
Provincial Administration
Brihadratha 210. How was the Mauryan Empire divided
administratively? a) Into districts only b) Into several
Mauryan Administration System provinces c) Into cities only d) Into villages only
199. Who was the head of the Mauryan administrativeAnswer: b) Into several provinces
system? a) The minister b) The king c) The commander 211. Who controlled each province? a) A minister b) A
d) The priest commander c) A prince d) A governor
Answer: b) The king Answer: c) A prince
200. What has Kautilya called the king? a) Raj Dharma 212. How were provinces further divided? a) Into
b) Dharma Rakshak c) Dharma Pravartak d) Raj Pravartak districts b) Into smaller units c) Into cities d) Into villages
Answer: c) Dharma Pravartak Answer: b) Into smaller units
201. What does Dharma Pravartak mean? a) Protector 213. In which two types of areas was there a system of
of religion b) Operator of the Social System c) Guardian ofadministration? a) Urban and rural b) Gramanchal and
law d) Administrator of justice Nagaranchal c) Hill and plain d) Eastern and western
Answer: b) Operator of the Social System Answer: b) Gramanchal and Nagaranchal
202. What were the top officials in Mauryan 214. What was the capital of Uttrapath province? a)
administration called? a) Amatyas b) Mahamatras c)Pataliputra b) Ujjaini c) Taxila d) Tosali
Tirthas d) Rajukas Answer: c) Taxila
Answer: c) Tirthas 215. What was the capital of Avantika province? a)
203. How many Tirthas were there in total? a) 16 in Taxila b) Ujjaini c) Suvarnagiri d) Tosali
numbers b) 17 in numbers c) 18 in numbers d) 19 in Answer: b) Ujjaini
numbers 216. What was the capital of Dakshinapath province?
Answer: c) 18 in numbers a) Ujjaini b) Pataliputra c) Suvarnagiri d) Taxila
204. How were most officers paid? a) In land grants b)Answer: c) Suvarnagiri
In cash c) In kind d) In gold 217. What was the capital of Magadh province? a)
Answer: b) In cash Ujjaini b) Pataliputra c) Taxila d) Tosali
205. Which categories of people were of the highest Answer: b) Pataliputra
order and given high salaries? a) Traders, farmers,218. What was the capital of Kalinga province? a)
artisans, soldiers b) Ministers, priests, commanders,Pataliputra b) Ujjaini c) Suvarnagiri d) Tosali
princes c) Judges, tax collectors, spies, messengers d) Answer: d) Tosali
Governors, district heads, city administrators, military
officers
City Administration
Answer: b) Ministers, priests, commanders, princes 219. Which Greek ambassador described the city
206. Which official was important and moved from administration of Pataliputra? a) Strabo b)
place to place? a) Tax collector b) Judge c) Messenger d) Megasthenes c) Diodorus d) Pliny
Spy Answer: b) Megasthenes
Answer: c) Messenger 220. By how many members was Pataliputra city
207. What did the messenger keep an eye on? a) Trade administered? a) 25 members b) 30 members c) 35
activities b) Religious ceremonies c) Activities of spy members d) 40 members
officers of the king d) Agricultural production Answer: b) 30 members
Answer: c) Activities of spy officers of the king 221. How many committees were there in Pataliputra
208. How many departments were there in Central city administration? a) Five committees b) Six
Government for administration? a) More than one committees c) Seven committees d) Eight committees
dozen b) More than two dozen c) More than three dozen Answer: b) Six committees
d) More than four dozen 222. How many members did each committee have in
Answer: b) More than two dozen Pataliputra city administration? a) Four members b)
209. What did the Central Government departmentsFive members c) Six members d) Seven members
look after? a) Only economic activities b) Only social Answer: b) Five members
223. What was the designation of the head officer of 233. According to Kautilya's Arthashastra, what
the city? a) Agronomoyi b) Astronomoyi c) Pradeshika d) system existed in agriculture? a) Free labor system b)
Rajuka Feudal system c) System of forced labour d) Cooperative
Answer: b) Astronomoyi system
224. What was the designation of the head of the Answer: c) System of forced labour
district? a) Astronomoyi b) Agronomoyi c) Pradeshika d) 234. What did Megasthenes say about slavery in the
Rajuka Mauryan Empire? a) Slavery was widespread b) Slavery
Answer: b) Agronomoyi was not present c) Slavery existed only in cities d) Slavery
was regulated by law
Military Administration Answer: b) Slavery was not present
225. According to Megasthenes, how many members 235. On which items did the state have monopoly in
were there in the council for military administration? the Mauryan Empire? a) Sale of mines, alcohol,
a) 25 members b) 30 members c) 35 members d) 40manufacturing of weapons b) Only sale of mines c) Only
members manufacturing of weapons d) Agriculture and trade
Answer: b) 30 members Answer: a) Sale of mines, alcohol, manufacturing of
226. Into how many sub-committees was the military weapons
administration council divided? a) Five sub-committees236. When did the slave system historically come to
b) Six sub-committees c) Seven sub-committees d) Eight India? a) With Greek rulers b) With Turkish rulers c) With
sub-committees Mauryan rulers d) With Gupta rulers
Answer: b) Six sub-committees Answer: b) With Turkish rulers
227. How many members did each military 237. In the ancient period, in what form did slavery
sub-committee have? a) Four members b) Fiveexist? a) Plantation slaves b) Domestic servants c)
members c) Six members d) Seven members Industrial workers d) Military slaves
Answer: b) Five members Answer: b) Domestic servants
228. Name the six military sub-committees. a) Infantry, 238. How were domestic servants generally regarded
Cavalry, Elephant, Chariot, Boat, Transport and provisionsin ancient India? a) As property of masters b) As
b) Army, Navy, Air force, Intelligence, Supplies,members of master's family c) As temporary workers d) As
Communications c) Guards, Scouts, Archers, Swordsmen, prisoners
Spearmen, Engineers d) Northern, Southern, Eastern,Answer: b) As members of master's family
Western, Central, Reserve forces 239. What contributed greatly to the advanced
Answer: a) Infantry, Cavalry, Elephant, Chariot, Boat, economic system of the Mauryan Empire? a)
Transport and provisions Agricultural surplus b) Military conquests c) Trade routes
Economic Structure d) Religious donations
229. According to Arthashastra, how many Answer: c) Trade routes
Adhyakshas were appointed in the entire state? a) 25240. What was a popular trade route of the Mauryan
Adhyakshas b) 26 Adhyakshas c) 27 Adhyakshas d) 28 Empire? a) From Pataliputra to Kashmir via Delhi b) From
Adhyakshas Pataliputra to Nepal via Vaishali and Champaran c) From
Answer: c) 27 Adhyakshas Ujjain to Taxila via Punjab d) From Tosali to Madurai via
230. What were Adhyakshas mainly responsible for? Chennai
a) Military functions b) Religious functions c) Regulate Answer: b) From Pataliputra to Nepal via Vaishali and
economic functions d) Administrative functions Champaran
Answer: c) Regulate economic functions Transportation
231. What activities did these officers control and 241. Where was there also a road in the foothills? a)
regulate? a) Agriculture, trade and commerce, weight and Western Ghats b) Eastern Ghats c) Himalayas d) Vindhya
measurement, mines, spinning and weaving b) Only mountains
agriculture and trade c) Only mines and manufacturing d) Answer: c) Himalayas
Only trade and commerce 242. Name the major trade centres mentioned in the
Answer: a) Agriculture, trade and commerce, weight text. a) Vaishali, Champaran, Kapilvastu, Kalsi, Hazara,
and measurement, mines, spinning and weaving Peshawar b) Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad,
232. What facilities did the state provide and levy tax Varanasi c) Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore,
on? a) Education and healthcare b) Irrigation and water Hyderabad, Pune d) Ujjain, Mathura, Kausambi, Shravasti,
distribution c) Roads and transportation d) Religious Rajagriha, Nalanda
ceremonies
Answer: b) Irrigation and water distribution
Answer: a) Vaishali, Champaran, Kapilvastu, Kalsi, Answer: b) Punch marked silver coins with peacock,
Hazara, Peshawar mountain and crescent moon
243. In which district is Kalsi located? a) Haridwar 254. What type of land was brought under agriculture
district b) Dehradun district c) Nainital district d) Pauriduring the Mauryan Empire? a) Forest land b) Fallow
district land c) Marshy land d) Desert land
Answer: b) Dehradun district Answer: b) Fallow land
244. What was part of water transportation in Northern 255. What played an important role in bringing fallow
Plains? a) Yamuna and its tributaries b) Ganges and its land under agriculture? a) Forced labour and cultivators
tributaries c) Indus and its tributaries d) Narmada and itsb) Only machinery c) Only irrigation d) Only fertilizers
tributaries Answer: a) Forced labour and cultivators
Answer: b) Ganges and its tributaries 256. What was the result of bringing fallow land under
cultivation? a) Decreased state revenue b) Increased
Tax Structure state revenue c) No change in revenue d) Economic
245. Who described various taxes collected from instability
farmers, craftsmen and traders? a) Megasthenes b) Answer: b) Increased state revenue
Kautilya c) Ashoka d) Chandragupta
Answer: b) Kautilya Mauryan Society
246. Who was the supreme authority of tax 257. How many Varnas was society mainly divided
assessment? a) Sannidhata b) Samaharta c) Adhyaksha into? a) Three Varnas b) Four Varnas c) Five Varnas d)
d) Rajuka Six Varnas
Answer: b) Samaharta Answer: b) Four Varnas
247. Who was the custodian of the state treasury and258. Name the four Varnas. a) Brahmin, Kshatriya,
warehouse? a) Samaharta b) Sannidhata c) Adhyaksha Vaishya, Shudra b) King, Minister, Soldier, Farmer c) Rich,
d) Rajuka Middle class, Poor, Slaves d) Priests, Warriors, Traders,
Answer: b) Sannidhata Artisans
248. In which empire was the elaborated system of taxAnswer: a) Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra
assessment first evident in ancient India? a) Nanda259. What happened to the Varna system during this
Empire b) Mauryan Empire c) Gupta Empire d) Kushan period? a) It became flexible b) It became very rigid c) It
Empire was abolished d) It remained unchanged
Answer: b) Mauryan Empire Answer: b) It became very rigid
249. What were there in rural areas that indicated tax 260. Was vertical movement allowed in the Varna
collection in form of food grains? a) Private system? a) Yes, freely allowed b) No vertical movement
warehouses b) State warehouses c) Community centers was allowed c) Only upward movement allowed d) Only
d) Religious buildings downward movement allowed
Answer: b) State warehouses Answer: b) No vertical movement was allowed
250. What percentage of produce did taxes from 261. Into how many categories did Megasthenes
farmers range from? a) 1/5th to 1/7th b) 1/4th to 1/6th c) divide Mauryan society? a) Six categories b) Seven
1/3rd to 1/5th d) 1/2nd to 1/4th categories c) Eight categories d) Nine categories
Answer: b) 1/4th to 1/6th Answer: b) Seven categories
251. When could the tax percentage be increased? a) 262. What are the seven categories according to
During festivals b) At emergency c) During harvest season Megasthenes? a) Philosophers, Farmers, Soldiers,
d) During religious ceremonies Herdsmen, Artisans, Magistrates, Councillors b) Kings,
Answer: b) At emergency Ministers, Priests, Warriors, Traders, Farmers, Slaves c)
252. What was also levied on goods brought for saleRich, Middle class, Poor, Soldiers, Priests, Traders,
in the city? a) Income tax b) Sales tax c) Custom duty d) Artisans d) Nobles, Warriors, Priests, Merchants,
Service tax Craftsmen, Farmers, Servants
Answer: c) Custom duty Answer: a) Philosophers, Farmers, Soldiers,
Herdsmen, Artisans, Magistrates, Councillors
Agriculture 263. What type of family system was prevalent? a)
253. What were the valid denominations of the Nuclear family system b) Joint family system c) Extended
Mauryan Empire? a) Gold coins with lotus design b)family system d) Individual family system
Punch marked silver coins with peacock, mountain and Answer: b) Joint family system
crescent moon c) Copper coins with wheel design d)
Bronze coins with elephant design
264. What was the family structure predominantly277. What incidents were also mentioned by
based on? a) Matriarchy b) Patriarchy c) Equality d) historians regarding Brahmins? a) Religious support for
Democratic system Brahmins b) Economic benefits to Brahmins c) Religious
Answer: b) Patriarchy persecution of Brahmins d) Political promotion of
265. What were women allowed to accumulate? a) Brahmins
Only jewelry b) Only land c) Streedhan (property in form of Answer: c) Religious persecution of Brahmins
bride-gift) d) Only money
Answer: c) Streedhan (property in form of bride-gift)
Mauryan Art and Architecture
266. What position were widows given in society? a) 278. What type of architectural work began on
Neglected position b) Inferior position c) Respected massive scale during Mauryan period? a) Only stone
position d) Isolated position work b) Only wood work c) Stone and wood architectural
Answer: c) Respected position work d) Only brick work
267. How were offences against women punished? a) Answer: c) Stone and wood architectural work
Lightly punished b) Ignored completely c) Punished 279. According to Megasthenes, how grand were
severely d) Punished moderately Mauryan palaces at Pataliputra? a) Simple structures b)
Answer: c) Punished severely As grand as palaces built in Persian empire c) Smaller
than Greek palaces d) Modest buildings
Religion During Mauryan Period Answer: b) As grand as palaces built in Persian
268. What type of period was the Mauryan periodempire
religiously? a) Religiously inactive period b) Religiously280. Where have fragments of stone pillars and stubs
very active period c) Period of religious decline d) Period been found? a) Kumhrar in modern Patna b) Sarnath in
of religious confusion Uttar Pradesh c) Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh d) Nalanda in
Answer: b) Religiously very active period Bihar
269. Which religions witnessed rise and growth overAnswer: a) Kumhrar in modern Patna
Brahmanism? a) Only Buddhism b) Only Jainism c) 281. How many pillars did the huge building at
Buddhism and Jainism d) Only foreign religions Kumhrar have? a) 70 pillars b) 80 pillars c) 90 pillars d)
Answer: c) Buddhism and Jainism 100 pillars
270. Which religion did Chandragupta Maurya follow? Answer: b) 80 pillars
a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Brahmanism d) Greek religion 282. What were Mauryan pillars made of? a) Multiple
Answer: b) Jainism pieces of red sandstone b) Single piece of yellow
271. Where did Chandragupta go after renouncing thesandstone c) Multiple pieces of white marble d) Single
materialistic world? a) Bodhgaya b) Sarnath c)piece of black granite
Shravanabelagola d) Ujjain Answer: b) Single piece of yellow sandstone
Answer: c) Shravanabelagola 283. How were Mauryan pillars finished? a) Roughly
272. Which sects were Bindusara and his successors finished b) Painted finish c) Brilliantly polished d) Left
followers of? a) Buddhism and Jainism b) Sarmanas and unfinished
Ajivikas c) Only Brahmanism d) Greek philosophy Answer: c) Brilliantly polished
Answer: b) Sarmanas and Ajivikas 284. What carved tops are evidence of unique
273. Which religion was Ashoka the greatest patron architectural developments? a) Elephant and horse b)
of? a) Jainism b) Brahmanism c) Buddhism d) Ajivika sect Lion and bull c) Tiger and deer d) Peacock and lotus
Answer: c) Buddhism Answer: b) Lion and bull
274. Which Buddhist Council did Ashoka convene at 285. For whom did Mauryan craftsmen start making
Pataliputra? a) Second Buddhist Council b) Third rock-cut caves? a) Hindu priests b) Jain monks c)
Buddhist Council c) Fourth Buddhist Council d) Fifth Buddhist monks d) Royal families
Buddhist Council Answer: c) Buddhist monks
Answer: b) Third Buddhist Council 286. What is the oldest example of rock-cut caves? a)
275. In which year did Ashoka convene the Third Ajanta Caves b) Ellora Caves c) Barabar Caves d) Karle
Buddhist Council? a) 246 BC b) 247 BC c) 248 BC d) Caves
249 BC Answer: c) Barabar Caves
Answer: b) 247 BC 287. In which part of India were baked bricks first used
276. What was generally prevalent in society during Mauryan period? a) North-West India b) South
regarding religion? a) Religious intolerance b) ReligiousIndia c) North-East India d) Central India
conflicts c) General tolerance d) Religious restrictions Answer: c) North-East India
Answer: c) General tolerance
288. In which states have baked brick structures from Answer: b) Shishupalgarh
Mauryan period been mainly found? a) Punjab and 301. What has been found at Shishupalgarh along with
Haryana b) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh c) Gujarat andNBPW? a) Only iron tools b) Only punch marked coins c)
Rajasthan d) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Iron tools and punch marked coins d) Only pottery
Answer: b) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Answer: c) Iron tools and punch marked coins
289. What were used to build important water 302. In which states have iron tools and weapons
channels and dams? a) Stone blocks b) Baked bricks c) been found at many places? a) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Logs of wood d) Metal sheets b) Punjab and Haryana c) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Answer: c) Logs of wood d) Gujarat and Rajasthan
290. What were the water channels and dams built toAnswer: c) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
protect against? a) Only floods b) Only external attacks 303. How did the art of iron-making spread to some
c) Floods and external attacks d) Only natural disasters parts of the country? a) Through foreign invasions b)
Answer: c) Floods and external attacks Through Mauryan contacts c) Through trade relations d)
291. What first came into prevalence during MauryanThrough religious missions
period? a) Square wells b) Ringed wells c) Deep wells d)Answer: b) Through Mauryan contacts
Step wells 304. What improved with the spread of iron? a)
Answer: b) Ringed wells Methods of house construction b) Methods of clearance of
292. Where did ringed wells later spread? a) Only to forest and farming c) Methods of pottery making d)
neighboring regions b) To outer provinces of the empire c) Methods of trade
Only to urban areas d) Only to rural areas Answer: b) Methods of clearance of forest and farming
Answer: b) To outer provinces of the empire 305. Conditions for the rise of which kingdom were
293. What were the potteries of Mauryan period created as a result? a) Satavahana kingdom b) Shunga
called? a) Red Polished Ware b) Black and Red Ware c)kingdom c) Chedi kingdom d) Kushan kingdom
Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) d) Painted GreyAnswer: c) Chedi kingdom
Ware
Answer: c) Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW)
Decline of Mauryan Empire
294. Northern Black Polished Ware is associated with 306. Can the decline of Mauryan Empire be attributed
which urbanisation? a) First urbanisation b) Second to a single reason? a) Yes, only one reason b) No, not a
urbanisation c) Third urbanisation d) Fourth urbanisation single reason dominated c) Yes, military defeats only d)
Answer: b) Second urbanisation Yes, economic problems only
295. What were NBPW made of? a) Metal with black Answer: b) No, not a single reason dominated
polish b) Stone with black polish c) Clay with black polish 307. What was the decline due to? a) One major factor
d) Wood with black polish b) Two main factors c) Accumulation of all reasons related
Answer: c) Clay with black polish by chain reaction d) External invasions only
296. How did NBPW appear? a) Rough in appearance b) Answer: c) Accumulation of all reasons related by
Simple in appearance c) Highly glazed in appearance d) chain reaction
Dull in appearance 308. What happened after Ashoka's death regarding
Answer: c) Highly glazed in appearance rulers? a) Strong rulers continued b) Mauryan Empire
297. In which district of Bangladesh have inscriptions was ruled by numerous weak and incapable rulers c)
of Mahasthan been found? a) Rajshahi district b) Bogra Foreign rulers took over d) No rulers were appointed
district c) Rangpur district d) Dinajpur district Answer: b) Mauryan Empire was ruled by numerous
Answer: b) Bogra district weak and incapable rulers
298. In which script are the Mahasthan inscriptions? 309. What was the result of weak and incapable
a) Kharosthi script b) Maurya Brahmi script c) Aramaic rulers? a) Increase in territory b) Stability in administration
script d) Greek script c) Decrease of area under direct control d) Better
Answer: b) Maurya Brahmi script governance
299. Where has Northern Black Polished Pottery been Answer: c) Decrease of area under direct control
found in Bangladesh? a) Bangrah in Midnapore district 310. Which rulers started invading India contributing
b) Mahasthan in Bogra district c) Wari-Bateshwar into decline? a) Arab and Turkish rulers b) Chinese and
Narsingdi district d) Bhitargarh in Panchagarh district Mongol rulers c) Greek and Achaemenian rulers d) Roman
Answer: a) Bangrah in Midnapore district and Egyptian rulers
300. Which settlement in Odisha is believed to be fromAnswer: c) Greek and Achaemenian rulers
third century BC? a) Sisupalgarh b) Shishupalgarh c) 311. What was the result of foreign invasions? a)
Sishupalgarh d) Shisupalgarh Strengthening of empire b) Mauryan Empire was divided
into various independent and autonomous regions c) against Mauryans c) They left the kingdom d) They
Better administration d) Economic prosperity became neutral
Answer: b) Mauryan Empire was divided into various Answer: b) Increased support of Brahmins to create
independent and autonomous regions displeasure and sense of insecurity against Mauryans
312. Which parts of India were particularly affected by323. What type of dynasties emerged during this time?
foreign invasions? a) Southern parts b) Eastern parts c)a) Foreign dynasties b) Buddhist dynasties c) Many new
North-Western parts d) Central parts dynasties ruled by Brahmin kings d) Military dynasties
Answer: c) North-Western parts Answer: c) Many new dynasties ruled by Brahmin
313. Who was Pushyamitra Shunga? a) A foreign kings
invader b) Commander of last Mauryan King 'Brahadratha' 324. Name the examples of dynasties ruled by
c) A Buddhist monk d) A Greek general Brahmin kings. a) Maurya and Gupta b) Satavahana and
Answer: b) Commander of last Mauryan KingShunga c) Kushan and Parthian d) Chola and Pandya
'Brahadratha' Answer: b) Satavahana and Shunga
314. What did Pushyamitra Shunga do to the last
Mauryan King? a) Supported him b) Killed the king and POST-MAURYAN
established himself on throne c) Exiled him d) Made him a
puppet ruler
Answer: b) Killed the king and established himself on
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himself? a) At Ujjain b) At Taxila c) At Pataliputra d) At
Tosali
Answer: c) At Pataliputra
316. What was Pushyamitra Shunga's caste? a)
INTRODUCTION AND
Kshatriya b) Brahmin c) Vaishya d) Shudra OVERVIEW
Answer: b) Brahmin 1. Who came to the Magadha Empire after the fall of
317. What did Pushyamitra Shunga try to revive? a)the Mauryan Empire? a) Kanva dynasty b) Pushyamitra
Buddhism b) Jainism c) Brahmanism d) Greek culture Shunga c) Satavahana rulers d) Indo-Greek kings
Answer: c) Brahmanism Answer: b) Pushyamitra Shunga
318. Over which parts of India did Pushyamitra2. From which year onwards did large and small
establish control? a) South and East India b) North and kingdoms emerge in the Indian subcontinent after the
Central India c) East and West India d) Only North India Mauryans? a) 180 BC b) 185 BC c) 190 BC d) 200 BC
Answer: b) North and Central India Answer: b) 185 BC
319. What led to decline of royal treasury? a) Reduced 3. Which foreign groups came as invaders to
taxation b) Ashoka maintained a large army requiring huge North-Western India during the Post-Mauryan period?
sum of money c) Natural disasters d) Foreign trade losses a) Indo-Greeks, Parthians, Kushanas and Shakas b)
Answer: b) Ashoka maintained a large army requiringHuns, Turks, Arabs and Mongols c) Romans, Persians,
huge sum of money Chinese and Afghans d) Scythians, Bactrians, Sogdians
320. What else depleted the treasury besides army and Tocharians
maintenance? a) Palace construction b) Road building c)Answer: a) Indo-Greeks, Parthians, Kushanas and
Huge donations given by Mauryan rulers to Buddhists d)Shakas
Foreign expeditions 4. Which indigenous kingdoms rose in the Deccan and
Answer: c) Huge donations given by Mauryan rulers to Southern India? a) Gupta, Pallava, Chalukya and
Buddhists Rashtrakuta b) Satavahana, Chola, Chera and Pandya c)
321. What policies of Ashoka displeased the Kakatiya, Hoysala, Yadava and Vijayanagar d) Kalinga,
Brahmanical sacrificial order? a) Military expansion Kamboja, Gandhara and Avanti
policies b) Economic policies c) Policies of non-violence Answer: b) Satavahana, Chola, Chera and Pandya
and prohibition of sacrificial rituals d) Foreign policies
Answer: c) Policies of non-violence and prohibition of
sacrificial rituals SOURCES OF INFORMATION
322. What was the result of Brahmins' displeasure? a)5. Which work by Patanjali is an important source for
They supported Mauryans more b) Increased support ofthe Post-Mauryan period? a) Yoga Sutra b) Mahabhasya
Brahmins to create displeasure and sense of insecurity c) Charaka Samhita d) Arthashastra
Answer: b) Mahabhasya
6. Who wrote Malavikagnimitram? a) Banabhatta b) 19. Who succeeded Agnimitra respectively? a)
Kalidasa c) Bharata d) Vishakhadatta Sujyeshtha and Vasumitra b) Vasumitra and Sujyeshtha c)
Answer: b) Kalidasa Pushyamitra and Devabhuti d) Bhagabhadra and
7. Which work was written by Banabhatta? a)Devabhuti
Harshacharita b) Kadambari c) Ramayana d)Answer: a) Sujyeshtha and Vasumitra
Mahabharata 20. Which religion witnessed revival during the
Answer: a) Harshacharita Shunga period? a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Brahmanism
8. Who wrote Milindapanho? a) Kalidasa b) Patanjali c)d) Shaivism
Nagasena d) Banabhatta Answer: c) Brahmanism
Answer: c) Nagasena 21. Which Shunga ruler built the Heliodorus pillar at
9. Which Greek historians provided information aboutVidisha? a) Pushyamitra b) Agnimitra c) Bhagabhadra d)
the Post-Mauryan period? a) Herodotus, ThucydidesVasumitra
and Xenophon b) Pliny, Plutarch and Ptolemy c) Strabo, Answer: c) Bhagabhadra
Arrian and Diodorus d) Polybius, Livy and Tacitus 22. To whom was the Heliodorus pillar dedicated? a)
Answer: b) Pliny, Plutarch and Ptolemy Vishnu b) Vasudeva c) Krishna d) Shiva
Answer: b) Vasudeva
23. In which language was the inscription on the
SHUNGA DYNASTY (185-75 BC) Heliodorus pillar written? a) Prakrit b) Pali c) Sanskrit d)
10. Who was the founder of the Shunga dynasty? a)Greek
Agnimitra Shunga b) Pushyamitra Shunga c) VasumitraAnswer: c) Sanskrit
Shunga d) Devabhuti Shunga 24. Around which year is the Heliodorus pillar dated?
Answer: b) Pushyamitra Shunga a) 100 BC b) 110 BC c) 90 BC d) 120 BC
11. What was Pushyamitra Shunga's position in the Answer: a) 100 BC
Mauryan empire? a) Prime Minister b) Chief Justice c)
Commander General d) Royal Priest
Answer: c) Commander General KANVA DYNASTY (75-30 BC)
12. Which Mauryan king did Pushyamitra Shunga25. Who was the last Shunga king? a) Vasumitra b)
overthrow? a) Ashoka b) Bindusara c) Brihadratha d)Bhagabhadra c) Devabhuti d) Agnimitra
Dasharatha Answer: c) Devabhuti
Answer: c) Brihadratha 26. Who founded the Kanva dynasty by murdering
13. What was the capital of the Shungas? a) Pataliputra Devabhuti? a) Kanva b) Vasudeva c) Susarman d)
b) Vidisha c) Ujjain d) Kaushambi Bhumimitra
Answer: b) Vidisha Answer: b) Vasudeva
14. Which religion did Pushyamitra Shunga follow? a) 27. In which year was the Kanva dynasty founded? a)
Buddhism b) Jainism c) Brahmanism d) Shaivism 75 BC b) 70 BC c) 80 BC d) 85 BC
Answer: c) Brahmanism Answer: a) 75 BC
15. Who succeeded Pushyamitra Shunga and28. What do the Puranas call the kings of the Kanva
renovated the Stupas at Sanchi and Barhut? a)dynasty? a) Mauryabrithyas b) Sungabrithyas or the
Vasumitra Shunga b) Agnimitra Shunga c) Sujyeshtha Servants of Shungas c) Satavahanabrithyas d)
Shunga d) Devabhuti Shunga Guptabrithyas
Answer: b) Agnimitra Shunga Answer: b) Sungabrithyas or the Servants of Shungas
16. Which Vedic sacrifices were performed by 29. Into which parts was the Kanva empire divided? a)
Agnimitra? a) Ashvamedha, Rajasuya and Vajapeya b) Northern India and Southern India b) Eastern India and
Somayajna, Agnihotra and Darsha c) Purnima, Amavasya Central India c) Western India and Eastern India d) Central
and Chaturdashi d) Pravargya, Upasad and Diksha India and Southern India
Answer: a) Ashvamedha, Rajasuya and Vajapeya Answer: b) Eastern India and Central India
17. During which period did Agnimitra reign? a) 149 to 30. What was the capital of the Kanva dynasty? a)
141 BC b) 150 to 140 BC c) 145 to 135 BC d) 155 to 145 Pataliputra b) Vidisha c) Ujjain d) Kaushambi
BC Answer: b) Vidisha
Answer: a) 149 to 141 BC 31. To which Rishi did the Kanva kings trace their
18. In which literary work is Agnimitra the hero? a) origin? a) Rishi Vasishtha b) Rishi Vishvamitra c) Rishi
Abhijnanasakuntalam b) Malavikagnimitram c) Kanva d) Rishi Bharadvaja
Vikramorvasiyam d) Meghaduta Answer: c) Rishi Kanva
Answer: b) Malavikagnimitram
32. What was the caste of the Kanva kings? a) 42. After Satakarni I's death, which group attacked the
Kshatriya b) Vaishya c) Brahmins d) Shudra Satavahanas? a) Kushanas b) Sakas c) Parthians d)
Answer: c) Brahmins Indo-Greeks
33. Who killed Susarman, the last ruler of the Kanva Answer: b) Sakas
dynasty? a) Gupta rulers b) Kushana rulers c) 43. Where were the Satavahanas pushed after the
Satavahana rulers d) Shunga rulers Saka attacks? a) Towards Kalinga region b) Towards
Answer: c) Satavahana rulers Andhra region c) Towards Tamil region d) Towards
Karnataka region
Answer: b) Towards Andhra region
SATAVAHANA DYNASTY (230 44. According to Matsya Purana, which ruler of the
BC-220 AD) Satavahana Dynasty was Hala? a) 15th ruler b) 16th
34. Which region did the Satavahanas succeed the ruler c) 17th ruler d) 18th ruler
Mauryas in? a) Northern India b) Deccan region c) Answer: c) 17th ruler
Eastern India d) Western India 45. During which period did Hala rule? a) 20-24 AD b)
Answer: b) Deccan region 18-22 AD c) 22-26 AD d) 25-29 AD
35. How are Satavahanas mentioned in the Puranas?Answer: a) 20-24 AD
a) Andhras, Andhrabhiritiya and Andhrajatiyah b) 46. What is Hala famous for compiling? a) Gaha
Dakshinapathis, Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas c) Yadavas,Sattasai anthology in Prakrit b) Charaka Samhita in
Kakatiyas and Hoysalas d) Pallavas, Cholas and Pandyas Sanskrit c) Arthashastra in Sanskrit d) Milindapanho in
Answer: a) Andhras, Andhrabhiritiya and Pali
Andhrajatiyah Answer: a) Gaha Sattasai anthology in Prakrit
36. According to the Puranas, for how many years did47. Who was Hala's commander-in-chief who led a
the Satavahanas rule? a) 250 years b) 300 years c) 350 campaign in Ceylon? a) Gautamiputra b) Vijayananda c)
years d) 400 years Vasishthiputra d) Satakarni
Answer: b) 300 years Answer: b) Vijayananda
37. According to Aitreya Brahmana, Satavahanas were48. During which period did Gautamiputra Satakarni
descendants of which sage? a) Sage Vasishtha b) Sage rule? a) 106-130 AD b) 100-125 AD c) 110-135 AD d)
Vishvamitra c) Sage Bharadvaja d) Sage Atri 95-120 AD
Answer: b) Sage Vishvamitra Answer: a) 106-130 AD
38. In which regions did Satavahanas build roads for 49. What did Gautamiputra Satakarni do against the
better communication? a) Narmada and Tapti valleys b) Sakas? a) Made peace treaties with them b) Attacked
Godavari and Krishna Delta regions c) Kaveri and VaigaiSakas and regained Western Maharashtra c) Formed
regions d) Mahanadi and Brahmani regions alliances with them d) Paid tributes to them
Answer: b) Godavari and Krishna Delta regions Answer: b) Attacked Sakas and regained Western
Maharashtra
50. What was the extent of Gautamiputra Satakarni's
IMPORTANT SATAVAHANA kingdom? a) From Krishna in the South to Malwa and
Saurashtra in the North and from Berar in the East to the
KINGS Konkan in the West b) From Narmada to Kaveri and from
39. What title was given to Satakarni I? a) Lord of Arabian Sea to Bay of Bengal c) From Himalaya to
Uttarapatha b) Lord of Dakshinapatha c) Lord ofVindhya and from Indus to Ganga d) From Gujarat to
Madhyamapatha d) Lord of Purva patha Bengal and from Kashmir to Kerala
Answer: b) Lord of Dakshinapatha Answer: a) From Krishna in the South to Malwa and
40. During which period did Satakarni I rule? a) Saurashtra in the North and from Berar in the East to
106-130 BC b) 100-125 BC c) 110-135 BC d) 90-115 BC the Konkan in the West
Answer: a) 106-130 BC 51. Who was Gautamiputra Satakarni's mother? a)
41. Which regions did Satakarni I conquer? a) WesternGautami Devi b) Gautami Balashri c) Prithviraj Gautami d)
Malwa, Anupa (Narmada Valley) and Vidarbha (Berar) b) Rudradevi Gautami
Kalinga, Magadha and Avanti c) Kamboja, Gandhara andAnswer: b) Gautami Balashri
Kashmir d) Saurashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan 52. In the Nasik inscription, Gautamiputra Satakarni is
Answer: a) Western Malwa, Anupa (Narmada Valley) described as the destroyer of which groups? a) Sakas,
and Vidarbha (Berar) Pahlavas and the Yavanas (Greeks) b) Kushanas,
Parthians and Huns c) Romans, Scythians and Bactrians
d) Turks, Arabs and Mongols
Answer: a) Sakas, Pahlavas and the Yavanas (Greeks) Answer: b) Iron and agriculture
53. How much land did Gautamiputra Satakarni donate 64. From which regions did Satavahanas get iron
to ascetics according to the Nasik inscription? a) 100 ores? a) Kolar and Bellary b) Karimnagar and Warangal c)
nivaratanas b) 200 nivaratanas c) 300 nivaratanas d) 500 Hyderabad and Secunderabad d) Vijayawada and Guntur
nivaratanas Answer: b) Karimnagar and Warangal
Answer: b) 200 nivaratanas 65. From which region did Satavahanas get gold? a)
54. During which period did Vashishtiputra Pulumayi Warangal fields b) Kolar fields c) Bellary fields d)
rule? a) 130-154 AD b) 125-150 AD c) 135-160 AD d)Anantapur fields
140-165 AD Answer: b) Kolar fields
Answer: a) 130-154 AD 66. Which type of coins were mostly issued by
55. Up to which river did Vashishtiputra Pulumayi Satavahanas? a) Gold coins b) Silver coins c) Lead coins
extend Satavahana power? a) Godavari b) Krishna c) d) Copper coins
Narmada d) Kaveri Answer: c) Lead coins
Answer: b) Krishna 67. Why were lead coins the main resource used by
56. Which region did Pulumayi conquer? a) Bellary b) Satavahanas? a) Lead was expensive b) Lead was the
Mysore c) Coorg d) Malabar main resource found in the Deccan c) Lead was imported
Answer: a) Bellary from Rome d) Lead was preferred by traders
57. Whose daughter did Vasishtiputra Satakarni Answer: b) Lead was the main resource found in the
marry? a) Kushana ruler Kanishka b) Saka ruler Deccan
Rudradaman I c) Parthian ruler Gondophernes d) 68. What types of bricks were regularly used during
Indo-Greek ruler Menander the Satavahana period? a) Sun-dried bricks and bamboo
Answer: b) Saka ruler Rudradaman I b) Fire-baked bricks and use of roof tiles c) Mud bricks
58. Which inscription testifies to the marriage allianceand stone slabs d) Clay bricks and wooden planks
between Satavahanas and Sakas? a) Nasik inscription Answer: b) Fire-baked bricks and use of roof tiles
b) Kanheri inscription c) Karle inscription d) Junnar69. How were drains constructed in Satavahana
inscription towns? a) Open drains on streets b) Covered and
Answer: b) Kanheri inscription underground to lead waste water into soakage pits c)
59. What was repaired during Vasishtiputra Drainage into rivers directly d) No proper drainage system
Satakarni's reign? a) Old stupa at Amaravati b) Stupas atAnswer: b) Covered and underground to lead waste
Sanchi c) Monasteries at Karle d) Temples at Ellora water into soakage pits
Answer: a) Old stupa at Amaravati 70. How many walled towns did the Andhra in the East
60. During which period did Yajna Sri Satakarni rule? Deccan include? a) 25 walled towns b) 30 walled towns
a) 165-194 AD b) 160-190 AD c) 170-200 AD d) 175-205 c) 35 walled towns d) 40 walled towns
AD Answer: b) 30 walled towns
Answer: a) 165-194 AD
61. From whom did Yajna Sri Satakarni recover Malwa
and Konkan? a) Kushana rulers b) Saka rulers c)
SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN
Parthian rulers d) Indo-Greek rulers SATAVAHANA KINGDOM
Answer: b) Saka rulers 71. How many classes were there in the Satavahana
62. Which regions did Satavahanas conquer after the social hierarchy? a) Three classes b) Four classes c)
weakening of the Saka kingdom? a) Kathiawar in theFive classes d) Six classes
North and Krishna delta in the South b) Gujarat in theAnswer: b) Four classes
West and Orissa in the East c) Rajasthan in the North and72. Who claimed to have re-established the social
Tamil Nadu in the South d) Maharashtra in the West and system? a) Satakarni I b) Gautamiputra Satakarni c)
Andhra in the East Vashishtiputra Pulumayi d) Yajna Sri Satakarni
Answer: a) Kathiawar in the North and Krishna delta inAnswer: b) Gautamiputra Satakarni
the South 73. Why did merchants name themselves after towns?
a) Due to religious reasons b) Due to increased
MATERIAL CULTURE IN importance of towns c) Due to royal commands d) Due to
trade regulations
SATAVAHANA KINGDOM Answer: b) Due to increased importance of towns
63. Which minerals were the Satavahanas well-known 74. Which groups formed the higher strata of
for using? a) Gold and silver b) Iron and agriculture c) Satavahana society? a) Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and
Copper and bronze d) Lead and tin Vaishyas b) Mahabhojas, Maharathis and Mahasenapati c)
Rajas, Maharajas and Senapatis d) Amatyas, Mahamatras85. According to the cult of Bodhisattvas, how can
and Rajjukas any person attain enlightenment? a) Through
Answer: b) Mahabhojas, Maharathis and meditation only b) Through paths of Buddha c) Through
Mahasenapati Vedic rituals d) Through yoga practices
75. To whom did merchants give generous donations?Answer: b) Through paths of Buddha
a) Brahmin priests b) Jain monks c) Buddhist monks d) 86. How did Buddhism flourish under the
Hindu temples Satavahanas? a) Through military conquest b) Through
Answer: c) Buddhist monks granting land and financial aid to the monks c) Through
76. What status did mothers enjoy in the Satavahana forced conversions d) Through trade relations
dynasty? a) Lower status b) Equal status c) Higher statusAnswer: b) Through granting land and financial aid to
d) No defined status the monks
Answer: c) Higher status 87. Which form of Buddhism became popular with the
77. Which names indicate the importance given toartisan class? a) Theravada Buddhism b) Hinayana
women in the Satavahana period? a) Gautamiputra and Buddhism c) Mahayana Buddhism d) Vajrayana Buddhism
Vashishthiputra b) Satakarni and Pulumayi c) Hala and Answer: c) Mahayana Buddhism
Vijayananda d) Rudradaman and Nahapana 88. Which places in Andhra Pradesh became
Answer: a) Gautamiputra and Vashishthiputra important Buddhist pilgrimage centres? a) Vijayawada
78. What was the nature of the Satavahana ruling and Guntur b) Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati c)
family in terms of succession? a) Matriarchal b) Hyderabad and Secunderabad d) Tirupati and Srisailam
Patriarchal c) Neither matriarchal nor patriarchal d) Both Answer: b) Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati
matriarchal and patriarchal 89. Which areas of Western Maharashtra became
Answer: b) Patriarchal Buddhist pilgrimage centres? a) Mumbai and Pune
79. Why was the Satavahana ruling family consideredareas b) Nashik and Junnar areas c) Aurangabad and
patriarchal? a) Women ruled the kingdom b) Succession Ahmednagar areas d) Kolhapur and Sangli areas
to the throne passed to the male member c) Only males Answer: b) Nashik and Junnar areas
could be ministers d) Women had no rights
Answer: b) Succession to the throne passed to the
male member
ADMINISTRATION IN
SATAVAHANA KINGDOM
RELIGIOUS LIFE IN90. Which texts did the Satavahana rulers follow for
administration? a) Arthashastra b) Dharmashastras c)
SATAVAHANA KINGDOM Puranas d) Vedas
80. What was the caste of the Satavahana rulers? a)Answer: b) Dharmashastras
Kshatriya b) Vaishya c) Brahmins d) Shudra 91. How were the Satavahana kings considered in
Answer: c) Brahmins relation to dharma? a) Destroyers of Dharma b)
81. Which Vedic sacrifices were performed by the Custodian of Dharma c) Followers of Dharma d) Teachers
Satavahanas? a) Somayaga and Rajasuya b) of Dharma
Ashvamedha and Vajapeya c) Agnihotra and Answer: b) Custodian of Dharma
Darshapurnamasa d) Chaturmasya and Pashumya 92. To which figures were the Satavahana kings
Answer: b) Ashvamedha and Vajapeya compared? a) Gods and mythical heroes like Rama,
82. Which Vaishnava cults were highly worshipped Bhima, Arjuna b) Sages and saints c) Previous Mauryan
during the Satavahana period? a) Rama and Hanuman rulers d) Foreign kings
b) Krishna, Vasudeva, etc. c) Narayana and Lakshmi d)Answer: a) Gods and mythical heroes like Rama,
Vishnu and Garuda Bhima, Arjuna
Answer: b) Krishna, Vasudeva, etc. 93. What were the districts called during Satavahana
83. Apart from Hinduism, which other religion did administration? a) Janapadas b) Ahara c) Rashtra d)
Satavahanas patronize? a) Jainism b) Buddhism c) Mandala
Zoroastrianism d) Christianity Answer: b) Ahara
Answer: b) Buddhism 94. What were the district officials known as during
84. Which cult became popular during the Satavahana the Satavahana period? a) Rajjukas and Pradesikas b)
period? a) Cult of Shiva b) Cult of Bodhisattvas c) Cult ofMahamatras and Amatyas c) Kumaras and Aryaputras d)
Tirthankaras d) Cult of Devas Bhandagaradhyakshas and Samahartris
Answer: b) Cult of Bodhisattvas Answer: b) Mahamatras and Amatyas
95. By whom was rural administration carried out? a) Answer: b) Chaityas (Buddhist place of worship) and
Gopa b) Sthanika c) Gaulmika d) Rajjuka Vihara (monasteries)
Answer: c) Gaulmika 105. Which site in Western Maharashtra is the most
96. What was the composition of a military regiment renowned for Buddhist architecture? a) Ajanta b) Ellora
that Gaulmika headed? a) Nine chariots, nine elephants, c) Karle d) Bhaja
25 horses and 45-foot-soldiers b) Ten chariots, ten Answer: c) Karle
elephants, 30 horses and 50-foot-soldiers c) Eight106. What are the dimensions of the Karle site? a)
chariots, eight elephants, 20 horses and 40-foot-soldiersAbout 40 m long, 15 m wide and 15 m high b) About 35 m
d) Twelve chariots, twelve elephants, 35 horses and long, 12 m wide and 12 m high c) About 45 m long, 18 m
55-foot-soldiers wide and 18 m high d) About 50 m long, 20 m wide and 20
Answer: a) Nine chariots, nine elephants, 25 horses m high
and 45-foot-soldiers Answer: a) About 40 m long, 15 m wide and 15 m high
97. What was the composition of the Satavahana 107. How many viharas are there in Nasik? a) Two
army? a) 1,00,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 viharas b) Three viharas c) Four viharas d) Five viharas
elephants b) 50,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry and 500 Answer: b) Three viharas
elephants c) 1,50,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry and 1,500108. When are the Nasik viharas believed to have been
elephants d) 75,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry and 750 constructed? a) First century AD b) Second century AD
elephants c) Third century AD d) Fourth century AD
Answer: a) 1,00,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 Answer: b) Second century AD
elephants 109. Which rulers' inscriptions are found in the Nasik
98. Which terms repeatedly used in Satavahanaviharas? a) Nahapana and Gautamiputra b) Rudradaman
inscriptions indicate their military character? a) Kataka and Satakarni c) Kanishka and Huvishka d) Menander and
and Skandhas b) Senapati and Baladhyaksha c) YuddhaDemetrius
and Sangrama d) Shastra and Astra Answer: a) Nahapana and Gautamiputra
Answer: a) Kataka and Skandhas 110. In which region is rock-cut architecture also
99. To whom did Satavahanas grant tax-free villages? found besides Maharashtra? a) Krishna-Godavari region
a) Merchants and traders b) Brahmanas and Buddhist in Andhra Pradesh b) Kaveri region in Tamil Nadu c)
monks c) Artisans and craftsmen d) Farmers and laborers Narmada region in Madhya Pradesh d) Mahanadi region
Answer: b) Brahmanas and Buddhist monks in Odisha
100. How many grades of feudatories did theAnswer: a) Krishna-Godavari region in Andhra
Satavahana kingdom have? a) Two grades b) Three Pradesh
grades c) Four grades d) Five grades 111. Which are the famous Buddhist stupas in the
Answer: b) Three grades Krishna-Godavari region? a) Sanchi and Barhut b)
101. What was the highest grade of feudatory called?Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda c) Sarnath and Bodh
a) Mahabhoja b) Senapati c) Raja (King) d) Mahamatra Gaya d) Taxila and Gandhara
Answer: c) Raja (King) Answer: b) Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda
102. What special right did the highest grade112. What do the sculptures of Amaravati stupa
feudatory have? a) Right to collect taxes b) Right to mint depict? a) Various wars and battles b) Various scenes
coins c) Right to maintain army d) Right to build temples from the life of Buddha c) Various kings and queens d)
Answer: b) Right to mint coins Various animals and birds
103. What were the second and third grades of Answer: b) Various scenes from the life of Buddha
feudatories called respectively? a) Senapati and 113. What were the dimensions of the Amaravati stupa
Mahabhoja b) Mahabhoja and Senapati c) Raja anddome? a) 53 m across the base and 33 m in height b) 50
Mahabhoja d) Senapati and Raja m across the base and 30 m in height c) 55 m across the
Answer: b) Mahabhoja and Senapati base and 35 m in height d) 48 m across the base and 28
m in height
Answer: a) 53 m across the base and 33 m in height
ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF 114. Under whose patronage did Nagarjunakonda
SATAVAHANA KINGDOM prosper? a) Satavahanas b) Ikshvakus, the successors of
104. What were cut out of solid rock in North-Western Satavahanas c) Pallavas d) Chalukyas
Deccan during the Satavahana period? a) Temples and Answer: b) Ikshvakus, the successors of Satavahanas
palaces b) Chaityas (Buddhist place of worship) and115. What type of temples are found at
Vihara (monasteries) c) Forts and citadels d) Stupas and Nagarjunakonda besides Buddhist monasteries? a)
pillars Earliest Jain stone temples b) Earliest Brahmanical brick
temples c) Earliest Shaiva rock temples d) Earliest
Vaishnava wooden temples
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Answer: b) Earliest Brahmanical brick temples 126. How was the economic system of Satavahanas
116. How many Buddhist monasteries are there in and contemporary dynasties? a) Poorly organized b)
Nagarjunakonda? a) Around 20 b) Around 24 c) Around Well organised and in systematic manner c) Limited to
30 d) Around 35 agriculture only d) Based only on trade
Answer: b) Around 24 Answer: b) Well organised and in systematic manner
117. From which place were terracottas and their 127. What was the main occupation of a large section
moulds found? a) Kondapur, which is 65 kms from of people during the Satavahana period? a) Trade b)
Hyderabad b) Warangal, which is 150 kms from Crafts c) Agriculture d) Military service
Hyderabad c) Karimnagar, which is 160 kms from Answer: c) Agriculture
Hyderabad d) Nizamabad, which is 175 kms from 128. What agricultural technique was well-known to
Hyderabad the Satavahanas? a) Crop rotation b) The paddy
Answer: a) Kondapur, which is 65 kms fromtransplantation c) Terrace farming d) Mixed cropping
Hyderabad Answer: b) The paddy transplantation
118. Who owned the terracottas found at Kondapur? 129. Which region formed a great rice bowl during the
a) Common people of the town b) Middle-class people ofSatavahana period? a) The area between the Narmada
the town c) Extremely rich people of the town d) Religious and Tapti b) The area between the Krishna and Godavari
institutions c) The area between the Kaveri and Vaigai d) The area
Answer: c) Extremely rich people of the town between the Mahanadi and Brahmani
119. From which places have Indian ivories beenAnswer: b) The area between the Krishna and
found? a) Rome and Afghanistan b) China and Central Godavari
Asia c) Greece and Persia d) Egypt and Arabia 130. How was the gramakshetra protected? a) By
Answer: a) Rome and Afghanistan soldiers and guards b) By fences and field-watchmen
120. To what are the Indian ivories found in Rome and against pests like birds and beasts c) By walls and
Afghanistan linked? a) Mauryan ivory objects b) Ivory trenches d) By religious rituals and ceremonies
objects excavated from Satavahana sites in the Deccan c)Answer: b) By fences and field-watchmen against
Gupta ivory objects d) Medieval ivory objects pests like birds and beasts
Answer: b) Ivory objects excavated from Satavahana131. Which coastline was the centre of commercial
sites in the Deccan activity? a) From Mumbai to Goa b) From Kaveripattinam
to Tamralipti c) From Kochi to Kanyakumari d) From Puri
to Visakhapatnam
LANGUAGE IN SATAVAHANA Answer: b) From Kaveripattinam to Tamralipti
132. What types of coins were there in the Satavahana
KINGDOM empire? a) Gold, silver, copper and bronze coins b) Silver,
121. What was the official language of the copper, lead and potin coins c) Gold, silver, lead and tin
Satavahanas? a) Sanskrit b) Prakrit c) Pali d) Tamil coins d) Copper, bronze, iron and lead coins
Answer: b) Prakrit Answer: b) Silver, copper, lead and potin coins
122. In which script were all Satavahana inscriptions 133. In which district was a village settlement found
written? a) Kharoshthi script b) Brahmi script c) with separate quarters for different professions? a)
Devanagari script d) Tamil script Warangal district b) Karimnagar district (Telangana) c)
Answer: b) Brahmi script Nalgonda district d) Khammam district
123. How many verses did Gathasattasai consist of?Answer: b) Karimnagar district (Telangana)
a) 500 verses b) 600 verses c) 700 verses d) 800 verses 134. Which craftsmen lived in separate quarters in the
Answer: c) 700 verses Karimnagar village settlement? a) Carpenters,
124. To which Satavahana king is Gathasattasai blacksmiths, goldsmiths, potters, etc. b) Weavers, dyers,
attributed? a) Gautamiputra Satakarni b) Hala c) painters, sculptors, etc. c) Merchants, traders, bankers,
Satakarni I d) Yajna Sri Satakarni moneylenders, etc. d) Teachers, priests, astrologers,
Answer: b) Hala physicians, etc.
125. Who was the most celebrated Prakrit poet whoAnswer: a) Carpenters, blacksmiths, goldsmiths,
wrote Brihat Katha? a) Hala b) Gunadya c) Bharata d)potters, etc.
Shudraka 135. Where did agricultural and other labourers live in
Answer: b) Gunadya the village settlement? a) In the center of the village b)
At other end c) Mixed with craftsmen d) Outside the village
Answer: b) At other end 145. Which religion did the Ikshvaku kings primarily
136. What types of equipment were excavated from follow? a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Shaivites d)
Karimnagar and Nalgonda districts? a) Weapons,Vaishnavism
sickles, balance rods and other equipment b) Pottery, Answer: c) Shaivites
jewelry, ornaments and decorative items c) Religious idols, 146. Which rituals did the Ikshvaku kings perform? a)
temple items, ritual objects d) Household items, kitchen Buddhist rituals b) Jain rituals c) Vedic rites d) Tantric
utensils, storage containers rituals
Answer: a) Weapons, sickles, balance rods and other Answer: c) Vedic rites
equipment 147. Apart from their primary religion, which other
137. How many types of 'guilds' were mentioned in the religion was patronized during Ikshvaku rule? a)
literature? a) Sixteen types b) Eighteen types c) Twenty Jainism b) Buddhism c) Vaishnavism d) Shaktism
types d) Twenty-two types Answer: b) Buddhism
Answer: b) Eighteen types
138. What role did guilds play in the economy? a) They
collected taxes for the government b) They implemented
FOREIGN KINGDOMS -
INDO-GREEKS
and defined rules of work and controlled the quality of the
finished product and its prices c) They provided loans to148. Who were the Indo-Greeks descended from? a)
merchants d) They organized religious festivals Soldiers of Cyrus b) Greek generals of Alexander who
Answer: b) They implemented and defined rules of ruled Iran and Afghanistan c) Merchants from Athens d)
work and controlled the quality of the finished productSailors from Sparta
and its prices Answer: b) Greek generals of Alexander who ruled
139. Whom did the guilds safeguard through their Iran and Afghanistan
regulations? a) Only the artisans b) Only the customers 149. Which regions did the Indo-Greeks conquer in
c) Both the artisans and the customers d) The government India? a) Parts of Punjab and Kabul valley b) Parts of
officials Sindh and Gujarat c) Parts of Rajasthan and Haryana d)
Answer: c) Both the artisans and the customers Parts of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
Answer: a) Parts of Punjab and Kabul valley
IKSHVAKU DYNASTY 150. When did the Indo-Greek kingdom start? a) When
140. Who were the successors of Satavahanas in theGraeco-Bactrian King Demetrius invaded India around 180
Deccan region? a) Pallavas b) Ikshvakus c) Chalukyas d) BC b) When Alexander invaded India around 326 BC c)
Rashtrakutas When Seleucus invaded India around 305 BC d) When
Answer: b) Ikshvakus Antiochus invaded India around 190 BC
141. In which region did the Ikshvakus rule? a) Answer: a) When Graeco-Bactrian King Demetrius
Western Krishna-Guntur region b) Eastern Krishna-Guntur invaded India around 180 BC
region c) Northern Krishna-Guntur region d) Southern 151. Who was Demetrius? a) Son of Alexander b) Son of
Krishna-Guntur region Euthydemus I c) Son of Seleucus d) Son of Antiochus
Answer: b) Eastern Krishna-Guntur region Answer: b) Son of Euthydemus I
142. What was the capital of the Ikshvakus? a) 152. Which regions did Demetrius conquer? a)
Amaravati b) Vijayapuri (modern Nagarjunakonda inNorthern Afghanistan and parts of Sindh b) Southern
Andhra Pradesh) c) Vengi d) Palakkad Afghanistan and parts of Punjab c) Eastern Afghanistan
Answer: b) Vijayapuri (modern Nagarjunakonda in and parts of Kashmir d) Western Afghanistan and parts of
Andhra Pradesh) Baluchistan
143. During which centuries did the Ikshvakus rule? a) Answer: b) Southern Afghanistan and parts of Punjab
Second and third centuries AD b) Third and fourth153. Who was the most famous Indo-Greek King? a)
centuries AD c) Fourth and fifth centuries AD d) First and Demetrius b) Euthydemus c) Menander I Soter d)
second centuries AD Apollodotus
Answer: b) Third and fourth centuries AD Answer: c) Menander I Soter
144. How does Matsya Purana refer to the Ikshvakus? 154. By what other names was Menander I Soter
a) Andhrajatiya b) Dakshinapathiya c) Shriparvatiya known? a) Minedra, Minadra or Milinda (in Pali) b)
Andhras d) Krishnadesha rulers Dimitrios, Diodotus or Demetrios c) Antiochos,
Answer: c) Shriparvatiya Andhras Apollodoros or Artemidoros d) Euthydemos, Eukratides or
Heliokles
Answer: a) Minedra, Minadra or Milinda (in Pali)
155. What was Menander initially? a) A king of 164. How did Sakas come to North-Western India? a)
Gandhara b) A king of Bactria c) A king of Parthia d) A By sea route b) After crossing Hindukush c) Through
king of Scythia Central Asian passes d) Via Persian Gulf
Answer: b) A king of Bactria Answer: b) After crossing Hindukush
156. What was the extent of Menander's empire? a) 165. Which regions did Sakas rule? a) Punjab and
From Kabul river valley in the West to the Ravi river in theKashmir b) Sind and Saurashtra c) Gujarat and Rajasthan
East and from Swat valley in the North to Arachosia in thed) Afghanistan and Baluchistan
South b) From Indus river in the West to Yamuna river in Answer: b) Sind and Saurashtra
the East and from Kashmir in the North to Rajasthan in the166. With whom were Sakas in constant
South c) From Helmand river in the West to Chenab river confrontation? a) Indo-Greeks in the North and Parthians
in the East and from Hindu Kush in the North to Thar in the South b) Kushanas in the North and Indo-Greeks in
desert in the South d) From Amu Darya in the West tothe South c) Satavahanas in the South and Kushanas in
Sutlej river in the East and from Pamir mountains in the the North d) Parthians in the North and Satavahanas in
North to Arabian Sea in the South the South
Answer: a) From Kabul river valley in the West to the Answer: c) Satavahanas in the South and Kushanas in
Ravi river in the East and from Swat valley in thethe North
North to Arachosia in the South 167. Who was the most powerful Saka king? a)
157. Where is Arachosia located? a) In modern Pakistan Nahapana b) Rudradaman I c) Chashtana d) Jayadaman
b) Helmand in Afghanistan c) In modern India d) InAnswer: b) Rudradaman I
modern Iran 168. What did Rudradaman I resist? a) The expansion
Answer: b) Helmand in Afghanistan of Kushanas to the South of Yamuna b) The expansion of
158. What helps us understand the history of Satavahana to the North of Narmada c) The expansion of
Indo-Greek kingdoms? a) Their inscriptions b) Their Indo-Greeks to the East of Indus d) The expansion of
coins c) Their sculptures d) Their literature Parthians to the West of Afghanistan
Answer: b) Their coins Answer: b) The expansion of Satavahana to the North
159. Which religions were followed by Indo-Greekof Narmada
kings? a) Only Buddhism b) Only Hinduism c) Some169. What was significant about Rudradaman I's
became Buddhist, others worshipped Lord Vishnu d) Only Junagarh inscription? a) It was the first long inscription
Greek religion in Prakrit b) It was the first ever long inscription in chaste
Answer: c) Some became Buddhist, others Sanskrit c) It was the first inscription in Greek d) It was the
worshipped Lord Vishnu first bilingual inscription
Answer: b) It was the first ever long inscription in
chaste Sanskrit
SAKAS (INDO-SCYTHIANS)
160. In which century did Central Asian tribes invade
the Scythian region? a) First century BC b) Second PARTHIANS
century BC c) Third century BC d) Fourth century BC 170. What followed the Saka rule in North-Western
Answer: b) Second century BC India? a) Kushana rule b) Parthian rule c) Indo-Greek rule
161. Which region did the Central Asian tribes andd) Gupta rule
Chinese tribes invade? a) Region of present-dayAnswer: b) Parthian rule
Afghanistan b) Region of present-day Pakistan c) Region171. Where did Parthians have their roots? a)
of present-day Kazakhstan d) Region of present-day Iran Afghanistan b) Central Asia c) Iran d) Greece
Answer: c) Region of present-day Kazakhstan Answer: c) Iran
162. What did the invasion promote the Scythians to 172. How much territory did Parthians rule compared
do? a) Move towards India directly b) Move towardsto Sakas and Greeks? a) Larger territory b) Similar
Bactria and Parthia c) Move towards China d) Moveterritory c) Only a small portion of North-Western India d)
towards Iran Entire North-Western India
Answer: b) Move towards Bactria and Parthia Answer: c) Only a small portion of North-Western
163. What are Scythians who migrated to India known India
as? a) Indo-Parthians b) Indo-Scythians c) Indo-Bactrians173. In which century did Parthians rule in
d) Indo-Kushans North-Western India? a) Second century AD b) First
Answer: b) Indo-Scythians century AD c) Third century AD d) Fourth century AD
Answer: b) First century AD
174. Who was the most renowned Parthian king? a)Answer: b) A large number of Roman gold coins
Arsaces b) Mithridates c) Gondophernes d) Phraates 186. What does the presence of Roman gold coins
Answer: c) Gondophernes also indicate? a) Political relations with Romans b)
175. For what construction were Parthians noted? a)Growing trade with the Romans c) Cultural exchange with
Hindu temples b) Buddhist monastery Takht-i-Bahi c) Jain Romans d) Military alliances with Romans
monasteries d) Fire temples Answer: b) Growing trade with the Romans
Answer: b) Buddhist monastery Takht-i-Bahi
176. Where is Takht-i-Bahi located? a) In Afghanistan b)
In Iran c) Mardan, Pakistan d) In India
KUSHANA RULERS
Answer: c) Mardan, Pakistan 187. Who was Kujula Kadphises the successor of? a)
177. What is the current status of Takht-i-Bahi? a)Demetrius, the first Greek prince b) Menander, the famous
UNESCO World Heritage Site b) National Monument c) Greek king c) Hermaeus, the last Greek prince of the
Archaeological Reserve d) Religious Center Kabul valley d) Apollodotus, the Bactrian king
Answer: a) UNESCO World Heritage Site Answer: c) Hermaeus, the last Greek prince of the
Kabul valley
188. What type of coins did Kujula mint? a) Gold coins
KUSHANAS in place of silver coins b) Silver coins in place of gold coins
178. Where were the Kushanas originally from? a) Iran c) Copper coins in place of silver coins d) Bronze coins in
b) Chinese Turkestan c) Afghanistan d) Central Asia place of copper coins
Answer: b) Chinese Turkestan Answer: c) Copper coins in place of silver coins
179. When did Kushanas come to Afghanistan? a)189. What influence can be seen in Kujula's coins? a)
Second century AD b) First century AD c) Third century Greek influence b) Roman influence c) Chinese influence
AD d) First century BC d) Persian influence
Answer: b) First century AD Answer: b) Roman influence
180. Kushanas are considered to be one of the 190. What was the relationship between Vima
branches of which tribe? a) Four branches of the SakaKadphises and Kujula? a) Vima was the brother of
tribe b) Five branches of the Yuezhi tribe c) Six branches Kujula b) Vima was the son of Kujula c) Vima was the
of the Hun tribe d) Three branches of the Scythian tribe father of Kujula d) Vima was the cousin of Kujula
Answer: b) Five branches of the Yuezhi tribe Answer: b) Vima was the son of Kujula
181. Where did the Yuezhi tribe originally live? a) In 191. What did Vima Kadphises do with the Kushana
Iran b) In Afghanistan c) In the Chinese frontier or Central empire? a) He reduced the empire size b) He further
Asia d) In India expanded the Kushana empire c) He divided the empire d)
Answer: c) In the Chinese frontier or Central Asia He abandoned the empire
182. Which groups did Kushanas displace? a) Answer: b) He further expanded the Kushana empire
Mauryas, Shungas and Kanvas b) Indo-Greeks, Sakas 192. Which regions did Vima annex to his empire? a)
and Parthians c) Guptas, Harsha and Palas d) Kashmir and Punjab b) Sindh and Gujarat c) Taxila and
Satavahanas, Ikshvakus and Pallavas Punjab d) Afghanistan and Baluchistan
Answer: b) Indo-Greeks, Sakas and Parthians Answer: c) Taxila and Punjab
183. Where did Kushanas establish their kingdom? a)193. Who was the most powerful Kushana king? a)
In Delhi and Agra b) In Taxila and Peshawar c) In Lahore Kujula Kadphises b) Vima Kadphises c) Kanishka d)
and Multan d) In Kabul and Kandahar Huvishka
Answer: b) In Taxila and Peshawar Answer: c) Kanishka
184. Which regions did Kushanas later control? a) 194. What title did Kanishka adopt? a) Maharaja b)
Entire Punjab plain and Eastern Ganga plain b) Entire Rajatiraja c) Kaiser d) Shahanshah
Punjab plain and Western Ganga plain c) Entire Sindh Answer: c) Kaiser
plain and Northern Ganga plain d) Entire Rajasthan plain 195. Which regions did Kanishka control? a) Uttar
and Central Ganga plain Pradesh, Punjab, Kashmir, North-Western Frontier
Answer: b) Entire Punjab plain and Western GangaProvince and Bahawalpur of Northern Sind b) Bihar,
plain Bengal, Orissa, Assam and parts of Myanmar c)
185. What indicates the prosperity of India during theMaharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Kushana period? a) A large number of Chinese silver and Kerala d) Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
coins b) A large number of Roman gold coins c) A largeChhattisgarh and Jharkhand
number of Persian copper coins d) A large number of
Greek bronze coins
Answer: a) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kashmir, ideas on religion, culture, art and administration c) New
North-Western Frontier Province and Bahawalpur of agricultural methods d) New trade practices
Northern Sind Answer: b) New ideas on religion, culture, art and
196. What was organised under Kanishka's administration
patronage? a) Third Buddhist Council b) Fourth Buddhist 206. How were foreigners incorporated into Indian
Council c) Fifth Buddhist Council d) Second Buddhist society? a) They remained separate b) They were
Council incorporated into the caste structure c) They formed new
Answer: b) Fourth Buddhist Council castes d) They were excluded from society
197. Where was the Fourth Buddhist CouncilAnswer: b) They were incorporated into the caste
organised? a) In Pataliputra b) In Kashmir c) In Taxila d) structure
In Peshawar 207. How did Indian sources refer to Greeks? a)
Answer: b) In Kashmir Mlecchas b) Yavanas c) Barbaras d) Antyajas
198. In which year was the Fourth Buddhist Council Answer: b) Yavanas
organised? a) 72 AD b) 78 AD c) 85 AD d) 90 AD 208. Into which caste were Sakas absorbed? a)
Answer: b) 78 AD Brahmin caste b) Vaishya caste c) Kshatriya caste d)
Shudra caste
Answer: c) Kshatriya caste
POST-MAURYAN 209. In which centuries did Sakas emerge as Rajput
ADMINISTRATION clans? a) 7th and 8th century b) 8th and 9th century c) 9th
199. Who were the first to introduce the Satrapa and 10th century d) 10th and 11th century
system of government in India? a) Indo-Greeks b) Answer: c) 9th and 10th century
Parthians c) Sakas d) Kushanas 210. What resulted in changed social status for
Answer: c) Sakas Vaishyas and Shudras? a) Religious reforms b) Political
200. What was the chief feature of the Satrapa changes c) The growth of arts, crafts and trade d) Military
system? a) Single ruler system b) Joint rule by conquests
Mahakshatrapa (Raja) and Satrapa (Yuvaraja) c)Answer: c) The growth of arts, crafts and trade
Democratic council system d) Feudal system
Answer: b) Joint rule by Mahakshatrapa (Raja) and RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS IN
Satrapa (Yuvaraja)
201. Through whom did Sakas and Parthians govern POST-MAURYAN PERIOD
their Indian possessions? a) Rajas and Maharajas b)211. Which religions did people follow in the
Strategoi and Satraps c) Amatyas and Mahamatras d)post-Mauryan phase? a) Only Buddhism b) Only
Senapatis and Bhandagarikas Hinduism c) Vedic Sanantanadharma, Buddhism and
Answer: b) Strategoi and Satraps Jainism d) Only Jainism
202. What was the district officer known as under Answer: c) Vedic Sanantanadharma, Buddhism and
Greek rulers? a) Strategos b) Merider c) Satrap d)Jainism
Mahakshatrapa 212. What was the rulers' approach to religion? a)
Answer: b) Merider They made their personal religion the state religion b)
203. What was the military commandant known as They never made their personal religion the state religion
under Greek rulers? a) Merider b) Strategos c) Satrap d) c) They banned other religions d) They forced conversion
Mahakshatrapa to their religion
Answer: b) Strategos Answer: b) They never made their personal religion
204. What were the senior officials known as in the the state religion
general administrative structure? a) Strategoi and213. Apart from Vedic ritualism, which other religion
Satraps b) Mahamatras and Rajjukas c) Amatyas andflourished during this period? a) Buddhism b) Jainism
Sachivas d) Senapatis and Koshadhyakshas c) Bhagavatism d) Shaivism
Answer: b) Mahamatras and Rajjukas Answer: c) Bhagavatism
214. Who set up a pillar in honour of Vishnu near
Vidisha? a) Roman ambassador Marcus b) Greek
SOCIAL CONDITIONS INambassador Heliodorus c) Persian ambassador Rustam
POST-MAURYAN PERIOD d) Chinese ambassador Chang
205. What entered into various aspects of Indian life Answer: b) Greek ambassador Heliodorus
due to foreigners? a) New military techniques b) New215. Which sects emerged from Buddhism during this
period? a) Theravada and Mahayana b) Mahayana and
Hinayana c) Hinayana and Vajrayana d) Vajrayana and226. What type of coins did Romans export to India in
Tantric large numbers? a) Silver coins b) Copper coins c) Gold
Answer: b) Mahayana and Hinayana coins d) Bronze coins
216. Into which sects did Jainism split by the first Answer: c) Gold coins
century AD? a) Svetambaras and Digambaras b)227. How many Roman gold coins have been found in
Digambaras and Svetambaras c) Terapanthis and India during excavations? a) Around 4,000 b) Around
Bisapanthis d) Murtipujaks and Sthanakvasis 5,000 c) Around 6,000 d) Around 7,000
Answer: b) Digambaras and Svetambaras Answer: c) Around 6,000
228. Which Roman writer commented on Rome's trade
with India? a) Tacitus b) Pliny c) Livy d) Plutarch
TRADE IN POST-MAURYAN Answer: b) Pliny
PERIOD 229. What did Pliny write about Rome's trade with
217. What occurred during the Post-Mauryan period India? a) Rome gained much wealth from trade with India
regarding trade? a) Trade declined significantly b)b) Rome was drained of gold due to its trade relations with
Massive trade expansion and related activities occurred c)India c) Rome exported more than it imported from India
Trade remained stagnant d) Only local trade existed d) Trade with India was not profitable for Rome
Answer: b) Massive trade expansion and relatedAnswer: b) Rome was drained of gold due to its trade
activities occurred relations with India
218. Trade between which regions increased 230. Where did many Roman traders live during this
substantially during this period? a) India and China b) period? a) North India b) West India c) South India d)
India and Persia c) India and Rome d) India and Greece East India
Answer: c) India and Rome Answer: c) South India
219. Where is the evidence for increased India-Rome 231. Where had many traders from South India
trade visible? a) In the North under Kushanas b) In the settled? a) In Greece b) In Persia c) In Rome d) In China
West under Sakas c) In the South of Satavahanas, i.e.,Answer: c) In Rome
Tamil kingdoms d) In the East under Kalinga rulers
Answer: c) In the South of Satavahanas, i.e., Tamil COINAGE IN POST-MAURYAN
kingdoms
220. What did Romans mainly import from India? a) PERIOD
Textiles b) Spices c) Precious stones d) Gold 232. For what purpose were Roman gold coins largely
Answer: b) Spices used? a) Daily transactions b) Religious offerings c)
221. What other items were also exported from India Higher transactions d) Military payments
to Rome? a) Weapons and armor b) Muslin, pearls,Answer: c) Higher transactions
jewellery and precious stones c) Grains and vegetables d) 233. What type of gold coins did Indo-Greek rulers
Animals and birds mint? a) Many but poor quality gold coins b) Few but
Answer: b) Muslin, pearls, jewellery and preciousfinest gold coins c) Only silver-plated coins d) No gold
stones coins at all
222. From where were some products brought to India Answer: b) Few but finest gold coins
and then exported to Rome? a) From Persia b) From234. Which dynasty issued gold coins in considerable
Arabia c) From China d) From Central Asia numbers? a) Satavahanas b) Sakas c) Kushanas d)
Answer: c) From China Parthians
223. To which part of the Roman Empire were Chinese Answer: c) Kushanas
products exported via India? a) Western part b)235. From where did Kushanas extract gold? a) From
Northern part c) Eastern part d) Southern part Southern India b) From Central Asia c) From Western
Answer: c) Eastern part India d) From Eastern India
224. What did Romans export to India? a) Silk and Answer: b) From Central Asia
porcelain b) Wine and various types of pottery c) Weapons 236. From which regions might Kushanas have also
and tools d) Books and manuscripts procured gold? a) Tamil Nadu and the gold mines of
Answer: b) Wine and various types of pottery Khetri in Rajasthan b) Karnataka and the gold mines of
225. Which other kingdom also carried out trade with Dhalbhum in Jharkhand c) Kerala and the gold mines of
Romans? a) Satavahanas b) Sakas c) Kushanas d)Hutti in Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh and the gold mines
Parthians of Anantapur
Answer: c) Kushanas Answer: b) Karnataka and the gold mines of
Dhalbhum in Jharkhand
237. What type of gold coins did Kushanas issue? a) 247. Where did another set of artists create a new
Roman type gold b) Greek type gold c) Dinar type gold d) style different from the Greek model? a) In Gandhara b)
Persian type gold In Mathura c) In Amaravati d) In Sarnath
Answer: c) Dinar type gold Answer: b) In Mathura
238. Under which rule did Dinar type gold coins later 248. What did this new style in Mathura become
become abundant? a) Satavahana rule b) Pallava rule c) known as? a) Gandhara School of Art b) Mathura School
Gupta rule d) Chalukya rule of Art c) Amaravati School of Art d) Gupta School of Art
Answer: c) Gupta rule Answer: b) Mathura School of Art
239. What were day-to-day transactions carried out249. What became predominant during the
using? a) Gold and silver coins b) Coins made from lead, Post-Mauryan period? a) Stone carving b) Metal working
potin or copper c) Only barter system d) Precious stone c) Manufacturing of luxurious handicrafts d) Textile
currency weaving
Answer: b) Coins made from lead, potin or copper Answer: c) Manufacturing of luxurious handicrafts
240. What type of coins had Kushanas also issued 250. Where were many craft materials found? a) In
apart from gold? a) Silver coins b) Bronze coins c) Satavahana complexes b) In Saka complexes c) In
Copper coins d) Iron coins Kushana complexes d) In Parthian complexes
Answer: c) Copper coins Answer: c) In Kushana complexes
251. How many occupations were mentioned in the
Pre-Mauryan text Digha Nikaya? a) 20 occupations b)
ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN 24 occupations c) 30 occupations d) 36 occupations
POST-MAURYAN PERIOD Answer: b) 24 occupations
241. What enriched Indian art during the Post-Mauryan 252. How many kinds of workers were mentioned in
period? a) Indigenous innovations b) Cultural interaction the post-Mauryan text Mahavastu? a) 30 kinds b) 36
with Western Asia c) Royal patronage d) Religious reforms kinds c) 40 kinds d) 45 kinds
Answer: b) Cultural interaction with Western Asia Answer: b) 36 kinds
242. What were brought into the cities of Northern253. Where were the 36 kinds of workers mentioned as
India? a) Chinese paintings and calligraphy b) Persian living? a) In the town of Pataliputra b) In the town of
carpets and textiles c) Sculptures of Greek and Roman Taxila c) In the town of Rajgir d) In the town of Ujjain
Gods d) Arabian manuscripts and books Answer: c) In the town of Rajgir
Answer: c) Sculptures of Greek and Roman Gods 254. How many works does 'Milindapanho' mention?
243. Where did the new style of sculpturing interest a) 60 works b) 70 works c) 75 works d) 80 works
Indian artists? a) In Mathura b) In Gandhara c) In Answer: c) 75 works
Amaravati d) In Sarnath 255. Out of the 75 works mentioned in Milindapanho,
Answer: b) In Gandhara how many are connected to crafts? a) 50 b) 55 c) 60 d)
244. What did the new style in Gandhara later come to 65
be known as? a) Mathura School of Art b) Gandhara Answer: c) 60
School of Art c) Amaravati School of Art d) Sarnath School256. How many crafts were associated with metals
of Art and precious stones? a) Six crafts b) Seven crafts c)
Answer: b) Gandhara School of Art Eight crafts d) Nine crafts
245. When did the image of Buddha emerge in India? Answer: c) Eight crafts
a) During the third and fourth century AD b) During the first 257. Which materials were the eight crafts associated
and second century AD c) During the second and thirdwith? a) Gold, silver, lead, tin, copper, brass, iron and
century BC d) During the first century BC and first century precious stones or jewels b) Gold, silver, bronze, tin,
AD copper, zinc, iron and diamonds c) Silver, copper, lead, tin,
Answer: b) During the first and second century AD brass, zinc, iron and rubies d) Gold, copper, lead, tin,
246. What was significant about the Buddha image? a) bronze, brass, steel and emeralds
It was the first wooden sculpture b) It was the first bronzeAnswer: a) Gold, silver, lead, tin, copper, brass, iron
casting c) It was the first time any God-like creation on and precious stones or jewels
stone was engraved and started worshipping d) It was the258. What other materials were mentioned in
first painting on canvas Milindapanho? a) Various kinds of wood, stone, clay and
Answer: c) It was the first time any God-like creationlime b) Various kinds of brass, zinc, antimony and red
on stone was engraved and started worshipping arsenic c) Various kinds of silk, cotton, wool and leather d)
Various kinds of spices, herbs, medicines and oils
Answer: b) Various kinds of brass, zinc, antimony and
red arsenic
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN
259. What were found in large numbers during POST-MAURYAN PERIOD
excavations denoting Kushana periods? a) Gold 270. In which field was much progress made during
artifacts b) Silver artifacts c) Iron artefacts d) Bronzethe Post-Mauryan Period? a) Astronomy b) Mathematics
artifacts c) Metallurgy d) Medicine
Answer: c) Iron artefacts Answer: c) Metallurgy
271. What shows the exchange in the field of
LITERATURE IN metallurgy? a) The presence of Chinese engineers in
Satavahana court b) The presence of Greek engineers in
POST-MAURYAN PERIOD Kushana court c) The presence of Roman engineers in
260. What witnessed development during the KushanaSaka court d) The presence of Persian engineers in
period? a) Literature and Prakrit language b) Literature Parthian court
and Sanskrit language c) Literature and Pali language d) Answer: b) The presence of Greek engineers in
Literature and Tamil language Kushana court
Answer: b) Literature and Sanskrit language 272. Engineering skills in building what are evident
261. When were major Sanskrit texts of the period from their remains? a) Temples and palaces b) Dams
written? a) During Satavahana period b) During Sakaand irrigation tanks c) Roads and bridges d) Forts and
period c) During this time (Kushana period) d) During walls
Parthian period Answer: b) Dams and irrigation tanks
Answer: c) During this time (Kushana period) 273. Which branch of mathematics seems to have
262. Who wrote Buddhacharita? a) Vasumitra b) been well-developed? a) Algebra b) Arithmetic c)
Asvaghosha c) Nagarjuna d) Sushruta Geometry d) Trigonometry
Answer: b) Asvaghosha Answer: c) Geometry
263. Who wrote Mahabhibhasha? a) Asvaghosha b)274. In which field was Greek influence quite evident?
Vasumitra c) Nagarjuna d) Sushruta a) Medicine b) Astronomy c) Metallurgy d) Engineering
Answer: b) Vasumitra Answer: b) Astronomy
264. Who wrote Madhyamika-Sutra? a) Asvaghosha b)275. From which text is Greek influence in astronomy
Vasumitra c) Nagarjuna d) Sushruta evident? a) Surya Siddhanta b) Panch Siddhantika c)
Answer: c) Nagarjuna Brahma Siddhanta d) Arya Siddhanta
265. Who wrote Sushruta Samhitha? a) Asvaghosha b) Answer: b) Panch Siddhantika
Vasumitra c) Nagarjuna d) Sushruta 276. In which field did Indian knowledge make
Answer: d) Sushruta remarkable progress? a) Astronomy b) Mathematics c)
266. What does 'Milindpanho' contain? a) Religious Medicine d) Engineering
teachings b) The dialogues between Nagasena and king Answer: c) Medicine
Menander c) Historical chronicles d) Scientific treatises 277. Who was Kanishka's court physician? a) Sushruta
Answer: b) The dialogues between Nagasena and king b) Charaka c) Vagbhata d) Dhanvantari
Menander Answer: b) Charaka
267. Who wrote 'Milindpanho'? a) King Menander b)278. What did Charaka write? a) Sushruta Samhita b)
Nagasena c) Asvaghosha d) Vasumitra Charaka Samhita c) Ashtanga Hridaya d) Madhav Nidana
Answer: b) Nagasena Answer: b) Charaka Samhita
268. How many plays did Bhasa write? a) Ten plays b) 279. Charaka Samhita is a major work on which
Twelve plays c) Thirteen plays d) Fifteen plays system of medicine? a) Unani b) Siddha c) Ayurveda d)
Answer: c) Thirteen plays Allopathy
269. Which plays are mentioned among Bhasa's Answer: c) Ayurveda
works? a) Abhijnanasakuntalam, Vikramorvasiyam and280. Which school specialized in Surgery? a) The
Malavikagnimitram b) Svapnavasavadatta, Ravanabadh school at Pataliputra b) The school at Taxila c) The school
and Urubhanga c) Mudrarakshasa, Devichandragupta and at Varanasi d) The school at Ujjain
Janakiharana d) Ratnavali, Priyadarsika and Nagananda Answer: c) The school at Varanasi
Answer: b) Svapnavasavadatta, Ravanabadh and 281. What is Sushrita Samhita described as? a) A
Urubhanga treatise on medicine b) An encyclopaedia of surgery c) A
manual on anatomy d) A guide to pharmacology
Answer: b) An encyclopaedia of surgery
282. Who compiled Sushrita Samhita? a) Charaka b) 9. Which works by Vishakhadatta provide information
Sushruta c) Vagbhata d) Dhanvantari about the rise of the Guptas? a) Abhijanasakuntalam
Answer: b) Sushruta and Meghadutam b) Devi Chandraguptam and
283. At whose court did Sushruta also stay? a) Mudrarakshasa c) Kumarasambhava and Raghuvansham
Satakarni's court b) Rudradaman's court c) Kanishka's d) Urubhanga and Swapnavasavadatta
court d) Menander's court Answer: b) Devi Chandraguptam and Mudrarakshasa
Answer: c) Kanishka's court 10. Which Chinese traveller visited India during
Chandragupta II's reign? a) Hiuen Tsang b) I-Tsing c)
Gupta Empire MCQ Fa-Hien d) Sung Yun
Answer: c) Fa-Hien
Questions with 11. During which period did Fa-Hien visit India? a)
389-404 AD b) 399-414 AD c) 409-424 AD d) 419-434 AD

Answers Answer: b) 399-414 AD

12. Which inscription is considered a reliable source
for Chandragupta II? a) Allahabad pillar inscription b)
Introduction and Foundation Junagarh Rock inscription c) Girnar inscription d) Bilsada
1. The disintegration of which two powers paved the edict
way for the emergence of the Gupta Empire? a) Answer: a) Allahabad pillar inscription
Mauryas and Sungas b) Kushanas and Satavahanas c) 13. The Junagarh Rock inscription belongs to which
Sakas and Pahlavas d) Cholas and Pandyas Gupta ruler? a) Chandragupta II b) Samudragupta c)
Answer: b) Kushanas and Satavahanas Skandagupta d) Kumaragupta
2. In which year did the Guptas establish their ruleAnswer: c) Skandagupta
over the middle Gangetic basin? a) 300 AD b) 310 AD 14. Which type of coins provide valuable information
c) 320 AD d) 330 AD about the Gupta period? a) Samudragupta-type coins b)
Answer: c) 320 AD Kumaradevi-type coins c) Skandagupta-type coins d)
3. The Gupta age is also known as: a) The Dark Age of Ramagupta-type coins
India b) The Classical Age or Golden Age of India c) TheAnswer: b) Kumaradevi-type coins
Medieval Age of India d) The Bronze Age of India
Answer: b) The Classical Age or Golden Age of India Rulers of Gupta Empire
4. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty? a)Chandragupta I (319-335 AD)
Ghatokacha b) Chandragupta I c) Srigupta d) 15. Chandragupta I married a princess from which
Samudragupta kingdom? a) Magadha b) Kosala c) Lichchavi d) Kashi
Answer: c) Srigupta Answer: c) Lichchavi
5. What title did Srigupta use? a) Maharajadhiraja b) 16. The Lichchavi princess was from which region? a)
Maharaja c) Samrat d) Chakravarti Bihar b) Nepal c) Bengal d) Assam
Answer: b) Maharaja Answer: b) Nepal
6. The Poona copper plate inscription describes 17. When did Chandragupta I ascend the throne? a)
Srigupta as: a) Maharaja of Gupta dynasty b) Adiraja ofAbout 310 AD b) About 315 AD c) About 320 AD d) About
Gupta dynasty c) Samrat of Gupta dynasty d) Chakravarti 325 AD
of Gupta dynasty Answer: c) About 320 AD
Answer: b) Adiraja of Gupta dynasty 18. Which regions did Chandragupta I rule over? a)
7. Who succeeded Srigupta and ruled from 280-319 Saket, Prayag and Magadha b) Ujjain, Malwa and Gujarat
AD? a) Chandragupta I b) Ghatokacha c) Samudragupta c) Kashi, Kaushambi and Pataliputra d) Nepal, Assam and
d) Ramagupta Bengal
Answer: b) Ghatokacha Answer: a) Saket, Prayag and Magadha
Sources of Gupta Empire 19. Chandragupta I was the first Gupta ruler to: a)
Marry a foreign princess b) Assume the title
8. Which Puranas give royal genealogy of Gupta
Maharajadhiraja and issue gold coins c) Perform
kings? a) Vaya, Vishnu, Matsya, Skanda and Markandeya
Ashvamedha sacrifice d) Conquer South India
b) Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Garuda and Bhagavata c) Agni,
Answer: b) Assume the title Maharajadhiraja and issue
Vayu, Kurma, Varaha and Narada d) Matsya, Kurma,
gold coins
Varaha, Vamana and Kalki
Answer: a) Vaya, Vishnu, Matsya, Skanda andSamudragupta (335-380 AD)
Markandeya 20. Who succeeded Chandragupta I? a) Ramagupta b)
Chandragupta II c) Samudragupta d) Kumaragupta
Answer: c) Samudragupta 32. How many rulers of Eastern Deccan and South
21. The Allahabad pillar inscription describingIndia were conquered by Samudragupta? a) 10 b) 12 c)
Samudragupta's achievements was composed by: a)15 d) 18
Kalidasa b) Harisena c) Bhartrhari d) Vishakhadatta Answer: b) 12
Answer: b) Harisena 33. Samudragupta's rule reached as far as which city
22. The Allahabad pillar was originally erected by: a) in Tamil Nadu? a) Madurai b) Thanjavur c) Kanchi d)
Chandragupta Maurya b) Bindusara c) Emperor Ashoka d)Tirunelveli
Kanishka Answer: c) Kanchi
Answer: c) Emperor Ashoka 34. Group Five of Samudragupta's conquests
23. Samudragupta is known as: a) The Great Conquerorincluded: a) South Indian rulers b) Forest kingdoms c)
of India b) The Napoleon of India c) The Alexander ofSakas and Kushans d) Himalayan states
India d) The Caesar of India Answer: c) Sakas and Kushans
Answer: b) The Napoleon of India 35. Some of the Sakas and Kushans conquered by
24. Why was Samudragupta called the Napoleon of Samudragupta were ruling in: a) Central Asia b)
India? a) He conquered many countries b) He was Afghanistan c) Iran d) Arabia
undefeated throughout his political life c) He had a largeAnswer: b) Afghanistan
army d) He was a great administrator Empire Outside India
Answer: b) He was undefeated throughout his political36. Which ruler of Sri Lanka sent a missionary to
life Samudragupta? a) Mahinda b) Devanampiya Tissa c)
25. Apart from being a conqueror, Samudragupta was Meghavarman d) Mahasena
also a: a) Great architect and sculptor b) Poet and Answer: c) Meghavarman
musician c) Philosopher and mathematician d) Doctor and 37. The Sri Lankan ruler sought permission to build a
scientist Buddhist temple at: a) Sarnath b) Bodh Gaya c) Nalanda
Answer: b) Poet and musician d) Sanchi
26. In his coins, Samudragupta is shown playingAnswer: b) Bodh Gaya
which musical instrument? a) Flute b) Tabla c) Veena d) 38. The Buddhist temple at Bodh Gaya developed into:
Sitar a) A large university b) A huge monastic establishment c)
Answer: c) Veena A major pilgrimage center d) A royal palace
Places Conquered by Samudragupta Answer: b) A huge monastic establishment
27. Group One of Samudragupta's conquests Ramagupta (380 AD)
included: a) Eastern Himalayan states b) Princes of 39. Ramagupta's name does not appear in: a) Chinese
Ganga-Yamuna doab c) Forest kingdoms of Vindhya sources b) Official records of Gupta dynasty c)
region d) Rulers of Eastern Deccan Archaeological evidence d) Buddhist texts
Answer: b) Princes of Ganga-Yamuna doab Answer: b) Official records of Gupta dynasty
28. Group Two of Samudragupta's conquests 40. Information about Ramagupta comes from the
included: a) Sakas and Kushans b) Forest kingdoms ofSanskrit play: a) Mudrarakshasa b) Devichandraguptam
Vindhya region c) Rulers of Eastern Himalayan states andc) Abhijanasakuntalam d) Urubhanga
frontier states d) Princes of Ganga-Yamuna doab Answer: b) Devichandraguptam
Answer: c) Rulers of Eastern Himalayan states and 41. According to the play, Ramagupta surrendered to:
frontier states a) Hun enemy b) Kushana enemy c) Shaka enemy d)
29. The republics of Punjab were included in whichPallava enemy
group of Samudragupta's conquests? a) Group One b)Answer: c) Shaka enemy
Group Two c) Group Three d) Group Four 42. Who killed the Shaka enemy after Ramagupta's
Answer: b) Group Two surrender? a) Samudragupta b) Chandragupta II c)
30. Group Three of Samudragupta's conquests were Kumaragupta d) Skandagupta
known as: a) Himalayan Rajyas b) Atavika Rajyas c)Answer: b) Chandragupta II
Dakshinapatha Rajyas d) Uttarapatha Rajyas 43. Coins attributed to Ramagupta have been
Answer: b) Atavika Rajyas discovered in: a) Eastern India b) Western India c)
31. The Atavika Rajyas were situated in which region? Central India d) Southern India
a) Eastern Himalayas b) Western Ghats c) Vindhya region Answer: c) Central India
d) Eastern Deccan
Chandragupta II (380-412 AD)
Answer: c) Vindhya region
44. According to Devichandraguptam, how did
Chandragupta II become emperor? a) He inherited the
throne naturally b) He was elected by ministers c) He 57. Among the Nine Gems, who was the famous
removed and killed his brother Ramagupta d) He defeatedastronomer and mathematician? a) Kalidasa b)
external enemies Varahamihira c) Amarsimha d) Dhanvantari
Answer: c) He removed and killed his brother Answer: b) Varahamihira
Ramagupta Kumaragupta (415-455 AD)
45. During whose reign did the Gupta empire reach its 58. Which sacrifice did Kumaragupta perform? a)
height in territorial expansion? a) Samudragupta b) Rajasuya b) Vajapeya c) Ashvamedha d) Agnichayana
Chandragupta I c) Chandragupta II d) Kumaragupta Answer: c) Ashvamedha
Answer: c) Chandragupta II 59. What type of coins did Kumaragupta issue? a)
46. Chandragupta II married his daughter PrabhavatiRajasuya type coins b) Ashvamedha type coins c)
to: a) A Pallava prince b) A Chalukya prince c) VakatakaVajapeya type coins d) Hiranyagarbha type coins
prince Rudrasena-II d) A Chola prince Answer: b) Ashvamedha type coins
Answer: c) Vakataka prince Rudrasena-II 60. Which famous university did Kumaragupta
47. Which regions did Chandragupta II conquer thatestablish? a) Takshashila University b) Vikramashila
had been under Shaka rule? a) Eastern Malwa andUniversity c) Nalanda University d) Vallabhi University
Bengal b) Western Malwa and Gujarat c) Northern Punjab Answer: c) Nalanda University
and Kashmir d) Southern Karnataka and Andhra 61. Which edict provides information about the
Answer: b) Western Malwa and Gujarat beginning of Kumaragupta's reign? a) Allahabad edict
48. For how many centuries had Western Malwa and b) Bilsada edict c) Junagarh edict d) Girnar edict
Gujarat been under Shaka rule? a) Two centuries b)Answer: b) Bilsada edict
Three centuries c) Four centuries d) Five centuries
Skandagupta (455-467 AD)
Answer: c) Four centuries
62. What was Skandagupta's chief claim to fame? a)
49. The conquest of Western Malwa and Gujarat gave
Territorial expansion b) Religious reforms c) Defence of
Chandragupta II access to: a) Rich agricultural land b)
territorial integrity against foreign invasion and internal
Important trade routes c) Western Sea coast famous for
upheavals d) Economic prosperity
trade and commerce d) Large mineral deposits
Answer: c) Defence of territorial integrity against
Answer: c) Western Sea coast famous for trade and
foreign invasion and internal upheavals
commerce
63. Which armies did Skandagupta defeat? a) Shaka
50. Which title did Chandragupta II adopt? a)
armies b) Huna armies c) Kushana armies d) Pallava
Maharajadhiraja b) Vikramaditya c) Paramabhattaraka d)
armies
Parama Daivata
Answer: b) Huna armies
Answer: b) Vikramaditya
64. The defeat of Huna armies is indicated by which
51. The title Vikramaditya had first been used by a
inscription? a) Allahabad inscription b) Bhittari Stone
ruler from: a) Pataliputra b) Ujjain c) Kannauj d) Mathura
inscription c) Junagarh inscription d) Girnar inscription
Answer: b) Ujjain
Answer: b) Bhittari Stone inscription
52. The Ujjain ruler first used the title Vikramaditya in:
65. Skandagupta's Girnar inscription mentions the
a) 48 BC b) 58 BC c) 68 BC d) 78 BC
breach at: a) Lake Pushkarni b) Lake Sudarshana c) Lake
Answer: b) 58 BC
Manasarovar d) Lake Chilika
53. The title Vikramaditya was adopted as a mark of
Answer: b) Lake Sudarshana
victory over: a) The Kushans b) The Hunas c) The Sakas
66. The breach at Lake Sudarshana occurred in: a) 450
d) The Pahlavas
AD b) 455 AD c) 460 AD d) 465 AD
Answer: c) The Sakas
Answer: b) 455 AD
Nine Gems of Chandragupta II 67. Lake Sudarshana had been originally built during
54. The court of Chandragupta II was located at: a) which ruler's reign? a) Chandragupta Maurya b)
Pataliputra b) Ujjain c) Kannauj d) Ayodhya Bindusara c) Ashoka d) Chandragupta I
Answer: b) Ujjain Answer: a) Chandragupta Maurya
55. The scholars at Chandragupta II's court were 68. In how much time was Lake Sudarshana repaired?
known as: a) Ashtadiggajas b) Navratnas or Nine Gemsa) 1 month b) 2 months c) 3 months d) 6 months
c) Pancha Panditas d) Sapta Rishis Answer: b) 2 months
Answer: b) Navratnas or Nine Gems 69. With whose death did the glory of Gupta empire
56. Which of the following was NOT one of the Ninefade rapidly? a) Chandragupta II b) Kumaragupta c)
Gems? a) Kalidasa b) Varahamihira c) Bhartrhari d) VetalaSkandagupta d) Budhagupta
Bhatta Answer: c) Skandagupta
Answer: c) Bhartrhari
70. In which year did Skandagupta die? a) 465 AD b) Answer: b) Artisans, merchants and scribes
467 AD c) 470 AD d) 475 AD 83. Artisans and bankers were organised into: a)
Answer: b) 467 AD Military units b) Religious orders c) Their own separate
guilds d) Government departments
Society and Administration in Answer: c) Their own separate guilds
Gupta Empire 84. Numerous guilds of artisans and traders were
71. The administration in Gupta period was: a) Highly located at: a) Bhita and Vaishali b) Bhita and Waist c)
decentralized b) Highly centralized c) Federal in nature d)Waist and Mandasor d) Mandasor and Bulandshahar
Republican in nature Answer: b) Bhita and Waist
Answer: b) Highly centralized 85. At Mandasor, which craftsmen maintained their
72. Where were all powers concentrated in Gupta own guilds? a) Pottery makers b) Silk weavers c) Metal
administration? a) With the ministers b) With the king c)workers d) Stone carvers
With local governors d) With military commanders Answer: b) Silk weavers
Answer: b) With the king 86. In the district of Bulandshahar, which group had
their own guilds? a) Farmers b) Weavers c) Oil-pressers
Provincial and Local Administration
d) Blacksmiths
73. The Gupta empire was divided into divisions
Answer: c) Oil-pressers
called: a) Vishayas b) Bhuktis c) Vithis d) Janapadas
87. The representative administration prevailed in
Answer: b) Bhuktis
which regions? a) South India and Deccan b) Western
74. Each bhukti was placed under the charge of: a)
India and Gujarat c) North Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Vishayapati b) Uparika c) Kumaramatya d)
and adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh d) Eastern India
Mahabaladhikrita
and Assam
Answer: b) Uparika
Answer: c) North Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and
75. The bhuktis were divided into districts called: a)
adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh
Vithis b) Villages c) Vishayas d) Janapadas
88. The charters marked with royal Garuda seal were
Answer: c) Vishayas
issued to: a) Common citizens b) Government officials c)
76. Each Vishaya was placed under the charge of: a)
The vassals d) Religious leaders
Uparika b) Vishayapati c) Village headman d)
Answer: c) The vassals
Kumaramatya
89. What became a regular affair in Gupta period
Answer: b) Vishayapati
regarding land grants? a) Grants to military officers b)
77. In Eastern India, Vishayas were divided into: a)
Grants of fiscal and administrative concessions to priests
Villages directly b) Vithis c) Bhuktis d) Janapadas
and administrators c) Grants to foreign traders d) Grants
Answer: b) Vithis
to local kings
78. Who became more important during the Gupta
Answer: b) Grants of fiscal and administrative
period in village administration? a) The king's
concessions to priests and administrators
representative b) The village priest c) The village
90. Religious functionaries were granted: a) Military
headman d) The local military commander
positions b) Tax free land c) Administrative posts d) Trade
Answer: c) The village headman
privileges
79. The village headman managed affairs with the
Answer: b) Tax free land
assistance of: a) Royal officers b) Local soldiers c)
91. Religious functionaries were authorised to collect:
Village elders d) Tax collectors
a) Only land taxes b) Only trade taxes c) All taxes from
Answer: c) Village elders
peasants d) Only religious donations
80. No land transactions could come into force
Answer: c) All taxes from peasants
without the consent of: a) The king b) Village headman
92. The villages granted to beneficiaries could not be
only c) Town's leading local elements d) Royal ministers
entered by: a) Local merchants b) Royal agents c)
Answer: c) Town's leading local elements
Common people d) Religious leaders
81. In urban administration, considerable share was
Answer: b) Royal agents
given to: a) Royal appointees b) Military officers c)
93. The abundance of gold coins suggests that higher
Organised professional bodies d) Religious leaders
officials were paid: a) In land grants only b) In kind only
Answer: c) Organised professional bodies
c) In cash d) Through tax collection rights
82. Which groups served on the same corporate body
Answer: c) In cash
in urban administration? a) Priests, warriors and farmers
b) Artisans, merchants and scribes c) Soldiers,
Officers During Gupta Age
administrators and judges d) Teachers, doctors and
engineers
94. The Commander-in-chief during Gupta period was one-fourth of the produce c) One-fourth to one-sixth of the
called: a) Mahadandanayaka b) Mahabaladhikrita c) produce d) One-third to one-fourth of the produce
Mahapratihara d) Mahasandhivigrahaka Answer: c) One-fourth to one-sixth of the produce
Answer: b) Mahabaladhikrita 108. When the royal army passed through
95. The Chief Justice was known as: a) countryside: a) Soldiers had to buy their own food b) The
Mahabaladhikrita b) Mahadandanayaka c) Dandapashika king provided all supplies c) Local people had to feed it d)
d) Vinayasthitisansthapak Army carried all provisions
Answer: b) Mahadandanayaka Answer: c) Local people had to feed it
96. Who was responsible for maintenance of Royal 109. Peasants had to supply what for royal officers on
Palace? a) Mahapratihara b) Bhandagaradhikrita c)duty in rural areas? a) Only food grains b) Only animals
Mahapakshapatatik d) Sarvadhyaksha c) Only furniture d) Animals, food grains, furniture etc.
Answer: a) Mahapratihara Answer: d) Animals, food grains, furniture etc.
97. The post-war mediator was called: a) 110. In Central and Western India, villagers were
Mahadandanayaka b) Mahasandhivigrahaka c) subjected to forced labour called: a) Begar b) Vishti c)
Dandapashika d) Vinayasthitisansthapak Veth d) Uzhavar
Answer: b) Mahasandhivigrahaka Answer: b) Vishti
98. The head of Police Department was: a) 111. Vishti was meant for serving: a) Only the royal
Mahadandanayaka b) Dandapashika c) Mahapratihara d) army b) Only royal officials c) Royal army and officials d)
Sarvadhyaksha Local administrators
Answer: b) Dandapashika Answer: c) Royal army and officials
99. Who was the Head of Royal Treasury? a) Judiciary
Mahapakshapatatik b) Bhandagaradhikrita c)112. What was clearly defined for the first time during
Sarvadhyaksha d) Vinayasthitisansthapak Gupta period? a) Administrative and military law b) Civil
Answer: b) Bhandagaradhikrita and criminal law c) Religious and secular law d) Local and
100. The Head of Account Department was: a)imperial law
Bhandagaradhikrita b) Mahapakshapatatik c)Answer: b) Civil and criminal law
Sarvadhyaksha d) Vinayasthitisansthapak 113. Theft and adultery came under: a) Civil law b)
Answer: b) Mahapakshapatatik Criminal law c) Religious law d) Administrative law
101. Who was the Head of Education Department? a) Answer: b) Criminal law
Sarvadhyaksha b) Vinayasthitisansthapak c)114. Disputes regarding property came under: a)
Mahashwapati d) Vinayapura Criminal law b) Civil law c) Religious law d) Military law
Answer: b) Vinayasthitisansthapak Answer: b) Civil law
102. The Inspector of all Central departments was: a)115. Guilds of artisans and merchants were governed
Vinayasthitisansthapak b) Sarvadhyaksha c)by: a) Royal laws only b) Religious laws only c) Their own
Mahashwapati d) Mahamahipilapati laws d) Local customs only
Answer: b) Sarvadhyaksha Answer: c) Their own laws
103. The Controller of Cavalry was: a) Sarvadhyaksha 116. Seals indicating flourishing guilds have been
b) Mahashwapati c) Mahamahipilapati d) Vinayapura found at: a) Bhita and Mandasor b) Vaishali and Bhita
Answer: b) Mahashwapati near Allahabad c) Waist and Bulandshahar d) Pataliputra
104. Who controlled the Elephantry? a) Mahashwapatiand Ujjain
b) Mahamahipilapati c) Vinayapura d) Khadyat Pakika Answer: b) Vaishali and Bhita near Allahabad
Answer: b) Mahamahipilapati
Bureaucracy in Administration
105. The official who presented different feasts at the
117. The first signs of bureaucracy in India emerged
king's court was: a) Mahamahipilapati b) Vinayapura c)
during: a) Mauryan period b) Kushana period c) Gupta
Khadyat Pakika d) Sarvadhyaksha
period d) Post-Gupta period
Answer: b) Vinayapura
Answer: c) Gupta period
106. The Inspector of royal kitchen was: a) Vinayapura
118. The most important officers in the Gupta Empire
b) Khadyat Pakika c) Mahapratihara d)
were: a) Upariks b) Vishayapatis c) Kumaramatyas d)
Bhandagaradhikrita
Mahabaldhikrits
Answer: b) Khadyat Pakika
Answer: c) Kumaramatyas
Economy 119. Kumaramatyas were appointed by the king in: a)
107. The king collected taxes varying from: a) All provinces b) Home provinces c) Border provinces d)
One-eighth to one-sixth of the produce b) One-sixth toConquered territories
Answer: b) Home provinces
120. Kumaramatyas were possibly paid: a) In landAnswer: b) Assimilation of foreigners into Indian
grants b) In cash c) In kind d) Through tax collection rights society
Answer: b) In cash 132. Each group of foreigners was considered: a)
121. Recruitment in Gupta administration was: a)Outside caste system b) A new kind of Hindu caste c)
Confined to upper varnas only b) Not confined to upper Equal to Brahmanas d) Part of existing castes
varnas only c) Open to all castes equally d) Based on Answer: b) A new kind of Hindu caste
merit only 133. The second factor for caste division was: a)
Answer: b) Not confined to upper varnas only Economic specialization b) Absorption of tribal people into
122. In Gupta administration: a) Each person held only Brahmanical society through land grants c) Religious
one office b) Several offices were in hands of same personconversions d) Political changes
c) Offices were temporary appointments d) All officersAnswer: b) Absorption of tribal people into
were foreigners Brahmanical society through land grants
Answer: b) Several offices were in hands of same 134. Whose position improved in Gupta period? a)
person Kshatriyas and Vaishyas b) Brahmanas and Kshatriyas c)
123. During Gupta period, posts became: a) Elective b) Shudras and women d) Vaishyas and Shudras
Temporary c) Hereditary d) Rotational Answer: c) Shudras and women
Answer: c) Hereditary 135. Shudras and women were now permitted to: a)
Perform Vedic rituals b) Listen to epics and Puranas c)
Social Life Study Sanskrit grammar d) Become priests
124. Who provides information about social life of Answer: b) Listen to epics and Puranas
Gupta era? a) Hiuen Tsang b) Fa-Hien c) I-Tsing d) 136. Which new God could Shudras and women
Megasthenes worship? a) Vishnu b) Shiva c) Krishna d) Brahma
Answer: b) Fa-Hien Answer: c) Krishna
125. According to Fa-Hien, Magadha was: a) Sparsely137. During Gupta period, which group increased in
populated with poor people b) Full of cities and its rich number? a) Brahmanas b) Kshatriyas c) Untouchables d)
people followed Buddhism c) Dominated by Hindu templesVaishyas
d) Mainly agricultural with few cities Answer: c) Untouchables
Answer: b) Full of cities and its rich people followed138. Which untouchable group especially increased in
Buddhism number? a) Chandalas b) Matangas c) Antyajas d)
126. Till which year did India carry on trade with Nishadas
Eastern Roman Empire? a) 540 AD b) 550 AD c) 560 ADAnswer: a) Chandalas
d) 570 AD 139. According to Fa-Hien, where did Chandalas live?
Answer: b) 550 AD a) Inside villages b) Outside the village c) In city centers d)
127. What did India export to Eastern Roman Empire? Near temples
a) Spices b) Cotton c) Silk d) Precious stones Answer: b) Outside the village
Answer: c) Silk 140. What occupation did Chandalas follow according
128. The striking development of Gupta period wasto Fa-Hien? a) Agriculture and cattle rearing b) Craft
emergence of: a) Merchant landlords b) Warrior landlordsproduction and trade c) Meat and fisheries d) Religious
c) Priestly landlords at cost of local peasants d) Royalservices
landlords Answer: c) Meat and fisheries
Answer: c) Priestly landlords at cost of local peasants
129. Land grants to Brahmanas on large scale suggest Trade
that: a) Royal power declined b) Brahmanical supremacy 141. In the earlier part of Gupta period, towns: a)
reached new height c) Local administration improved d)Declined and became poor b) Grew and prospered c)
Agricultural productivity increased Remained static d) Were destroyed by wars
Answer: b) Brahmanical supremacy reached new Answer: b) Grew and prospered
height 142. Trade during Gupta period was conducted: a)
130. Castes divided into numerous sub-castes due to: Only within India b) Only with Western Asia c) Within India,
a) One factor only b) Two factors c) Three factors d) Four with Western Asia and South-East Asia d) Only with
factors South-East Asia
Answer: b) Two factors Answer: c) Within India, with Western Asia and
131. The first factor for division of castes was: a) TribalSouth-East Asia
absorption b) Assimilation of foreigners into Indian society
c) Economic changes d) Religious reforms
143. As trade grew, knowledge improved in: a) 155. When was the word 'Hindu' first used? a) During
Agriculture and irrigation b) Sea voyage and ship-buildingGupta period b) During Mauryan period c) Later time by
c) Mining and metallurgy d) Textiles and crafts Arabs d) During Vedic period
Answer: b) Sea voyage and ship-building Answer: c) Later time by Arabs
144. Compared to earlier periods, ships built during 156. Arabs used the word 'Hindu' to refer to: a) A
Gupta era were: a) Smaller in size b) Larger in size c)specific religion b) People of Hind (India) c) A particular
Same in size d) Made of different materials caste d) A geographical region
Answer: b) Larger in size Answer: b) People of Hind (India)
145. Which port handled large part of trade with 157. The Hindus were worshippers of: a) Buddha,
South-East Asian countries? a) Broach b) Sopara c)Mahavira and Guru Nanak b) Agni, Vayu and Varuna c)
Tamralipti (Tamluk) d) Kalyan Shiva, Shakti and Vishnu d) Indra, Surya and Chandra
Answer: c) Tamralipti (Tamluk) Answer: c) Shiva, Shakti and Vishnu
146. Tamralipti port was located in: a) Western coast b)158. Which Lord emerged as God of devotion during
Eastern coast - Ganga delta c) Southern coast d) NorthernGupta period? a) Shiva b) Brahma c) Vishnu d) Ganesha
rivers Answer: c) Vishnu
Answer: b) Eastern coast - Ganga delta 159. Lord Vishnu came to be represented as saviour
147. Suvarnabhumi mentioned in the text refers to: a) of: a) All humanity b) The varna system c) Buddhist
Indonesia b) Thailand c) Myanmar d) Malaysia monks d) Foreign invaders
Answer: c) Myanmar Answer: b) The varna system
148. Yavadvipa refers to: a) Sri Lanka b) Java c)160. Which Purana was compiled in honour of Lord
Sumatra d) Borneo Vishnu? a) Shiva Purana b) Vishnu Purana c) Brahma
Answer: b) Java Purana d) Devi Purana
149. Kamboja in the text refers to: a) Afghanistan b) Iran Answer: b) Vishnu Purana
c) Cambodia d) Vietnam 161. Which law-book was named after Vishnu? a)
Answer: c) Cambodia Manusmriti b) Yajnavalkyasmriti c) Vishnusmriti d)
150. Which were the main ports on West coast? a) Naradasmriti
Tamralipti, Chandraketugarh and Arikamedu b) Broach, Answer: c) Vishnusmriti
Sopara and Kalyan c) Puhar, Korkai and Muziri d) 162. By which century did the famous Vaishnava work
Barbaricum, Barygaza and Nelkynda Bhagavad Gita appear? a) Third century AD b) Fourth
Answer: b) Broach, Sopara and Kalyan century AD c) Fifth century AD d) Sixth century AD
151. Indian goods were taken to which regions Answer: b) Fourth century AD
through land and sea routes? a) Only to Central Asia b)163. Bhagavad Gita taught devotion to: a) Lord Rama
Only to Mediterranean c) Mecca, Arabia, Iran andb) Lord Shiva c) Lord Krishna d) Lord Vishnu
Mediterranean lands d) Only to China Answer: c) Lord Krishna
Answer: c) Mecca, Arabia, Iran and Mediterranean 164. Bhagavad Gita emphasized: a) Abandonment of all
lands duties b) Performance of functions assigned to each varna
152. Who travelled over land to Central Asia andc) Rejection of caste system d) Universal brotherhood
China? a) Only traders b) Only missionaries c) OnlyAnswer: b) Performance of functions assigned to each
diplomats d) Caravans of traders and missionaries ofvarna
religion 165. When Vishnu comes to Earth to help men, it is
Answer: d) Caravans of traders and missionaries of called: a) Darshan b) Moksha c) Avatara or incarnation d)
religion Mukti
Answer: c) Avatara or incarnation
Religion 166. Which older books were compiled during Gupta
153. During Gupta era, Buddhism: a) Received period? a) Vedas and Upanishads b) Ramayana,
increased royal patronage b) No longer received royal Mahabharata and some Puranas c) Aranyakas and
patronage c) Was completely abolished d) Became the Brahmanas d) Sutras and Shastras
state religion Answer: b) Ramayana, Mahabharata and some
Answer: b) No longer received royal patronage Puranas
154. Which religion became powerful during Gupta 167. These older books are now treated as: a)
era? a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Hinduism d)Historical texts b) Literary works c) Religious texts d)
Zoroastrianism Scientific treatises
Answer: c) Hinduism Answer: c) Religious texts
168. Religious sacrifices by Gupta kings were: a) As 179. What was decorated with sculpture in early
frequent as in Vedic times b) More frequent than Vedictemples? a) The roof b) The walls c) The entrance gate d)
times c) Not as frequent as in Vedic times d) Never The floor
performed Answer: c) The entrance gate
Answer: c) Not as frequent as in Vedic times 180. The number of rooms in temples gradually
169. Which God became prominent in later phase of increased from: a) One to many more b) Two to four c)
Gupta era? a) Vishnu b) Brahma c) Shiva, the God ofThree to five d) Four to six
Destruction d) Indra Answer: a) One to many more
Answer: c) Shiva, the God of Destruction 181. An example of earliest Hindu temple is found at:
170. What became a common feature of Hinduism a) Sanchi b) Ajanta c) Deogarh (Jhansi district) d)
from Gupta period? a) Meditation in forests b) Idol Elephanta
worship in temples c) River worship d) Fire sacrifice Answer: c) Deogarh (Jhansi district)
Answer: b) Idol worship in temples 182. Examples of brick temples are found at: a)
171. The images of Gods were placed in a small roomMathura and Sarnath b) Bhitargaon in Kanpur and Bhitari
called: a) Mandapa b) Shikhara c) Garbha griha d)in Ghazipur c) Ajanta and Ellora d) Sanchi and Amaravati
Pradakshinapatha Answer: b) Bhitargaon in Kanpur and Bhitari in
Answer: c) Garbha griha Ghazipur
172. The Gupta kings followed what policy towards183. A bronze image of Buddha over two metres high
different religious sects? a) Policy of conversion b)is found at: a) Sarnath b) Mathura c) Sultanganj near
Policy of suppression c) Policy of tolerance d) Policy ofBhagalpur d) Nalanda
favoritism Answer: c) Sultanganj near Bhagalpur
Answer: c) Policy of tolerance 184. Beautiful images of Buddha were made at: a)
173. Was there any persecution of Buddhists and Ajanta and Ellora b) Sarnath and Mathura c) Sanchi and
Jains during Gupta period? a) Yes, widespread Amaravati d) Gandhara and Taxila
persecution b) Limited persecution c) No example of Answer: b) Sarnath and Mathura
persecution d) Only of Buddhists 185. The greatest specimen of Buddhist art is
Answer: c) No example of persecution provided by: a) Gandhara sculptures b) Mathura
sculptures c) Ajanta paintings d) Sarnath sculptures
Art and Architecture Answer: c) Ajanta paintings
174. Who were patrons of art and literature among 186. Ajanta paintings are also known as: a) Frescoes b)
Gupta rulers? a) Chandragupta I and Kumaragupta b) Murals c) Canvas paintings d) Miniatures
Samudragupta and Chandragupta II c) Ramagupta and Answer: b) Murals
Skandagupta d) Kumaragupta and Skandagupta 187. Ajanta paintings depict: a) Only current life of
Answer: b) Samudragupta and Chandragupta II Buddha b) Only previous lives of Buddha c) Various
175. For the first time in Gupta period, images events in life of Gautama Buddha and previous life of
emerged of: a) Buddha and Mahavira b) Foreign Gods c)Buddha d) Hindu mythology
Vishnu, Shiva and other Hindu Gods d) Vedic deities Answer: c) Various events in life of Gautama Buddha
Answer: c) Vishnu, Shiva and other Hindu Gods and previous life of Buddha
176. How was the leading God represented compared188. Ajanta paintings provide information about: a)
to subordinate gods? a) Same size as subordinate gods Only religious life b) Only political history c) Cultural and
b) Smaller than subordinate gods c) Large in size,social life d) Only economic conditions
subordinate gods smaller scale d) Different colors Answer: c) Cultural and social life
Answer: c) Large in size, subordinate gods smaller 189. Ajanta paintings are described as: a) Symbolic and
scale abstract b) Simple and plain c) Lifelike and detailed d)
177. This size difference in God representationsGeometric patterns
shows: a) Artistic limitations b) Clear social distinction and Answer: c) Lifelike and detailed
hierarchy c) Religious beliefs d) Economic factors
Answer: b) Clear social distinction and hierarchy Literature
178. Early temples consisted of: a) Multiple rooms b) 190. The Gupta period is remarkable for production of:
One room where God's image was kept c) Large halls d)a) Religious literature only b) Secular literature c) Scientific
Tall towers literature only d) Historical literature only
Answer: b) One room where God's image was kept Answer: b) Secular literature
191. How many plays were written by Bhasa? a) 10 b)
12 c) 13 d) 15
Answer: c) 13 Answer: c) Aryabhatta
192. The most famous play by Bhasa was: a) 204. Aryabhatta wrote his famous work in: a) 489 AD
Abhijnanasakuntalam b) Urubhanga c) Meghadutam d) b) 499 AD c) 509 AD d) 519 AD
Mudrarakshasa Answer: b) 499 AD
Answer: b) Urubhanga 205. The name of Aryabhatta's famous work was: a)
193. Who wrote Abhijnanasakuntalam? a) Bhasa b) Surya Siddhantika b) Brihatsamhita c) Aryabhatiya d)
Vishakhadatta c) Kalidasa d) Bhartrhari Panchasiddhantika
Answer: c) Kalidasa Answer: c) Aryabhatiya
194. Abhijnanasakuntalam is considered: a) Good 206. Which two major works did Varahamihira write?
regional literature b) One of best hundred literary works in a) Aryabhatiya and Surya Siddhantika b) Brihatsamhita
the world c) Only important in India d) Primarily religious and Panchasiddhantika c) Amarakosa and Meghadutam
text d) Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita
Answer: b) One of best hundred literary works in the Answer: b) Brihatsamhita and Panchasiddhantika
world 207. Who wrote 'Surya Siddhantika'? a) Aryabhatta b)
195. Which other works did Kalidasa write? a)Varahamihira c) Brahmagupta d) Bhaskara
Urubhanga and Mudrarakshasa b) Meghadutam and Answer: c) Brahmagupta
Raghuvansham c) Kumarasambhava and Ritusamhara d)208. Which three great physicians belonged to Gupta
Both b and c period? a) Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata b)
Answer: d) Both b and c Dhanvantari, Charaka and Sushruta c) Vagbhata,
196. What was compiled during this period in verse Dhanvantari and Madhava d) Charaka, Vagbhata and
form? a) Historical chronicles b) Various Smritis or Madhava
law-books c) Scientific treatises d) Trade manuals Answer: a) Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata
Answer: b) Various Smritis or law-books 209. Gupta craftsmen distinguished themselves in
197. Who made considerable development in Sanskritwork with: a) Gold and silver b) Iron and bronze c)
grammar? a) Kalidasa and Bhartrhari b) Panini and Copper and tin d) Lead and zinc
Patanjali c) Amarasimha and Varahamihira d) CharakaAnswer: b) Iron and bronze
and Sushruta 210. The iron pillar found at Delhi near Mehrauli was
Answer: b) Panini and Patanjali manufactured in: a) Third century AD b) Fourth century
198. Who wrote the remarkable work Amarakosa? a) AD c) Fifth century AD d) Sixth century AD
Kalidasa b) Bhartrhari c) Amarasimha d) Varahamihira Answer: b) Fourth century AD
Answer: c) Amarasimha 211. The iron pillar at Delhi has not gathered rust in
199. Amarasimha was an expert in the court of: a)subsequent: a) 12 centuries b) 15 centuries c) 18
Samudragupta b) Chandragupta II c) Kumaragupta d)centuries d) 20 centuries
Skandagupta Answer: b) 15 centuries
Answer: b) Chandragupta II
Decline of the Gupta Empire
Science 212. Successors of Chandragupta II had to face
200. There was tremendous progress in which fields invasion by: a) Shakas from Western India b) Hunas from
during Gupta period? a) Only Mathematics b) Only Central Asia c) Kushanas from Afghanistan d) Pallavas
Astronomy c) Mathematics, astronomy, astrology and from South India
medicine d) Only Medicine Answer: b) Hunas from Central Asia
Answer: c) Mathematics, astronomy, astrology and213. The Huna invasion occurred in: a) First half of fifth
medicine century AD b) Second half of fifth century AD c) First half
201. When did the decimal system originate? a) Fourth of sixth century AD d) Second half of sixth century AD
century AD b) Fifth century AD c) Sixth century AD d)Answer: b) Second half of fifth century AD
Seventh century AD 214. By which year had Hunas occupied Eastern
Answer: b) Fifth century AD Malwa and Central India? a) 480 AD b) 485 AD c) 490
202. The decimal system is testified by a GuptaAD d) 495 AD
inscription of: a) 440 AD from Pataliputra b) 448 AD from Answer: b) 485 AD
Allahabad c) 455 AD from Ujjain d) 460 AD from Mathura 215. Which intermediate regions came under Huna
Answer: b) 448 AD from Allahabad possession? a) Bengal and Assam b) Gujarat and
203. Who was the first astronomer to state Rajasthan c) Punjab and Rajasthan d) Bihar and Orissa
fundamental problems of astronomy? a) Varahamihira Answer: c) Punjab and Rajasthan
b) Brahmagupta c) Aryabhatta d) Bhaskara
216. Who successfully challenged the authority ofAnswer: b) Paramesvara, Maharajadhiraja and
Guptas? a) Harsha of Kannauj b) Yasodharman of MalwaParamabhattaraka
c) Pulakesin II of Chalukya d) Mahendravarman of Pallava 229. Gupta kingship was: a) Elective b) Hereditary c)
Answer: b) Yasodharman of Malwa Based on merit d) Rotational
217. In which year did Yasodharman set up pillars of Answer: b) Hereditary
victory? a) 530 AD b) 532 AD c) 535 AD d) 540 AD 230. Royal power was limited by absence of: a) Strong
Answer: b) 532 AD army b) Firm practice of primogeniture c) Administrative
218. Yasodharman's conquest covered: a) Only Centralsystem d) Economic resources
India b) Western India c) Almost whole of Northern India d)Answer: b) Firm practice of primogeniture
Eastern India 231. Primogeniture means: a) Rule by eldest son b) First
Answer: c) Almost whole of Northern India child receives the property c) Merit-based succession d)
219. In North Bengal, Gupta governors tended toElection by nobles
become: a) More loyal b) Independent c) Religious Answer: b) First child receives the property
leaders d) Military commanders 232. What slowly developed in the Gupta empire? a)
Answer: b) Independent Democracy b) Republic system c) Feudalism d) Military
220. Their feudatories in Samatata refers to: a) rule
North-West Bengal b) South-West Bengal c) North-EastAnswer: c) Feudalism
Bengal d) South-East Bengal 233. The king maintained: a) Only feudal forces b) A
Answer: d) South-East Bengal standing army supplemented by feudatory forces c) No
221. Which dynasty rose to power in Bihar and Uttar permanent army d) Only mercenary forces
Pradesh? a) Maitrakas b) Pushyamitras c) Maukharis d) Answer: b) A standing army supplemented by
Later Guptas feudatory forces
Answer: b) Pushyamitras 234. Which military tactic became prominent? a)
222. The Pushyamitras had their capital at: a) Elephant warfare b) Naval warfare c) Horse archery d)
Pataliputra b) Kannauj c) Ayodhya d) Varanasi Siege warfare
Answer: b) Kannauj Answer: c) Horse archery
223. By which year had Bihar and Uttar Pradesh235. The Gupta military was: a) Well-matched for all
passed out of Gupta rule? a) 540 AD b) 550 AD c) 560 enemies b) Superior to all contemporary armies c) Not
AD d) 570 AD matched for facing external and internal enemies d) Only
Answer: b) 550 AD good for internal conflicts
224. Guptas found it difficult to maintain large Answer: c) Not matched for facing external and
professional army due to: a) Lack of soldiers b) Growing internal enemies
practice of land grants reducing revenues c) Foreign
invasions d) Internal rebellions Post-Gupta Era MCQ
Answer: b) Growing practice of land grants reducing
revenues
225. The migration of silk weavers from Gujarat to
Questions with
Malwa occurred in: a) 463 AD b) 473 AD c) 483 AD d)
493 AD
Answers
Answer: b) 473 AD
226. The silk weavers' adoption of non-productive
Disintegration of Gupta Empire
professions showed: a) Increased prosperity b) Lack of and Northern India
economic prosperity c) Change in fashion d) Political 1. In which century did the Gupta empire disintegrate?
pressure a) Fifth century AD b) Sixth century AD c) Seventh century
Answer: b) Lack of economic prosperity AD d) Fourth century AD
227. There was not much demand for: a) Metal goods Answer: b) Sixth century AD
b) Agricultural products c) Cloth produced by silk weavers 2. What happened to Northern India after the
d) Luxury items disintegration of the Gupta empire? a) It united under
Answer: c) Cloth produced by silk weavers one ruler b) It slowly split up into small kingdoms c) It was
228. Which titles did Gupta kings adopt? a) Maharajaconquered by foreign invaders d) It became a republic
and Samrat b) Paramesvara, Maharajadhiraja andAnswer: b) It slowly split up into small kingdoms
Paramabhattaraka c) Chakravarti and Ekarat d) 3. What was the nature of relationship between the
Rajadhiraja and Parama Daivata small kingdoms in Northern India after Gupta fall? a)
They were peaceful allies b) They were continually fighting
with one another c) They formed a confederation d) They14. How were the Gaudas known among the four
ignored each other kingdoms? a) They were the most powerful b) They were
Answer: b) They were continually fighting with one quite lesser known c) They were the most cultured d) They
another were the largest
4. What happened to Magadha and its capital Answer: b) They were quite lesser known
Pataliputra after the fall of the Guptas? a) They gained15. Who was the most powerful ruler of the Gaudas?
more importance b) They remained equally important c) a) Bhatarka b) Dhruvasena II c) Shashanka d) Toramana
They lost importance d) They were destroyed Answer: c) Shashanka
Answer: c) They lost importance 16. What did Shashanka do to the Maukhari kingdom?
a) He formed an alliance with them b) He invaded
Five Major Centres of Power in Makhauri's, killed Grahavarman and imprisoned Rajyasri
North India c) He ignored them completely d) He paid tribute to them
Answer: b) He invaded Makhauri's, killed
Maukharis
Grahavarman and imprisoned Rajyasri
5. Which region did the Maukharis hold? a) Eastern
17. What did Shashanka do to Rajyavardhan? a) He
Uttar Pradesh b) Western Uttar Pradesh around Kannauj
imprisoned him b) He formed an alliance with him c) He
c) Central Uttar Pradesh d) Southern Uttar Pradesh
murdered him d) He made him a feudatory
Answer: b) Western Uttar Pradesh around Kannauj
Answer: c) He murdered him
6. Which part of Magadha did the Maukharis conquer?
18. Who was Rajyavardhan? a) A minister of Shashanka
a) The entire Magadha b) Half of Magadha c) A part of
b) The ruler of Thaneshwar and brother of Rajyasri c) A
Magadha d) They did not conquer any part
Buddhist monk d) A merchant
Answer: c) A part of Magadha
Answer: b) The ruler of Thaneshwar and brother of
7. Who were the powerful rulers of the Maukhari
Rajyasri
dynasty? a) Isanavarman and his son Sarvavarman b)
Bhatarka and Dhruvasena II c) Toramana and Mihirakula
Hunas
d) Prabhakaravardhan and Harsha 19. What race were the Hunas? a) Black race b) Yellow
Answer: a) Isanavarman and his son Sarvavarman race c) White race d) Mixed race
8. What title did Isanavarman and SarvavarmanAnswer: c) White race
adopt? a) Paramabhattaraka b) Maharajadhiraja c)20. Over which regions did the Hunas establish their
Chakravartin d) Samrat supremacy? a) Kashmir, Punjab and Western India b)
Answer: b) Maharajadhiraja Bengal and Bihar c) Tamil Nadu and Kerala d) Assam and
Manipur
Maitrakas
Answer: a) Kashmir, Punjab and Western India
9. Where did the Maitrakas establish their kingdom? a)
21. From approximately when did the Hunas establish
Bengal b) Saurashtra with Vallabhi as capital c) Kashmir d)
their supremacy? a) 400 AD onwards b) 500 AD
Thanesar
onwards c) 600 AD onwards d) 450 AD onwards
Answer: b) Saurashtra with Vallabhi as capital
Answer: b) 500 AD onwards
10. Under whose able guidance did Vallabhi become a
22. What was the nature of the Huna race? a) They
seat of learning and culture? a) Dhruvasena II b)
were cultured b) They were peaceful c) They were
Bhatarka c) Isanavarman d) Shashanka
barbarous d) They were scholarly
Answer: b) Bhatarka
Answer: c) They were barbarous
11. What did Vallabhi become under Bhatarka's
23. From where did the Hunas come to India? a)
guidance? a) Only a seat of learning b) Only a centre for
Central Asia b) Western Asia c) Eastern Asia d) Southern
trade c) A seat of learning and culture, and a centre for
Asia
trade and commerce d) A military stronghold
Answer: a) Central Asia
Answer: c) A seat of learning and culture, and a centre
24. Who was the oldest ruler of the Hunas? a)
for trade and commerce
Mihirakula b) Toramana c) Yashodharman d) Bhatarka
12. Who was the most important ruler of the
Answer: b) Toramana
Maitrakas? a) Bhatarka b) Dhruvasena II c) Isanavarman
25. Who was the most uncultured Huna ruler? a)
d) Sarvavarman
Toramana b) Mihirakula c) Yashodharman d) Skandagupta
Answer: b) Dhruvasena II
Answer: b) Mihirakula
Gaudas Pushyabhuti Dynasty
13. Over which territory did the Gaudas rule? a)
26. Where did the major Pushyabhuti dynasty rule? a)
Saurashtra b) Bengal c) Kashmir d) Punjab
Kannauj b) Thanesar in Haryana c) Pataliputra d) Ujjain
Answer: b) Bengal
Answer: b) Thanesar in Haryana
27. Over whom did the Pushyabhutis extend their Answer: c) On the Narmada river
authority? a) Only their immediate neighbors b) All the39. Who stopped Harsha's southward march? a)
other feudatories c) Foreign kingdoms d) Buddhist Pulakeshin I b) Chalukyan King Pulakeshin II c)
monasteries Vikramaditya VI d) Krishna I
Answer: b) All the other feudatories Answer: b) Chalukyan King Pulakeshin II
28. Who was the first ruler of the Pushyabhuti40. Over which regions did Pulakeshin II rule? a) Tamil
dynasty? a) Harshavardhana b) Prabhakaravardhan c)Nadu and Kerala b) A great part of modern Karnataka and
Rajyavardhan d) Grahavarman Maharashtra c) Bengal and Bihar d) Punjab and Kashmir
Answer: b) Prabhakaravardhan Answer: b) A great part of modern Karnataka and
29. What titles did Prabhakaravardhan assume? a)Maharashtra
Maharaja and Samrat b) Paramabhattaraka and41. Where was Pulakeshin II's capital located? a)
Maharajadhiraja c) Chakravartin and Parameshwar d) Vatapi b) Badami in the modern Bijapur district of
Rajadhiraja and Paramabhattaraka Karnataka c) Pattadakal d) Aihole
Answer: b) Paramabhattaraka and Maharajadhiraja Answer: b) Badami in the modern Bijapur district of
30. In which text was Prabhakaravardhan known as Karnataka
Pratapshila? a) Kadambari b) Harshacharita c)
Rajatarangini d) Gaudavaho
Administration under
Answer: b) Harshacharita Harshavardhana
31. Which famous ruler belonged to the Pushyabhuti 42. What kind of administrator was Harsha? a) A lazy
dynasty? a) Chandragupta II b) Samudragupta c) administrator b) An efficient administrator c) A corrupt
Harshavardhana d) Pulakeshin II administrator d) An absent administrator
Answer: c) Harshavardhana Answer: b) An efficient administrator
Harshavardhana (606-647 AD) 43. How did Harsha look into the affairs of the state?
32. What were the years of Harshavardhana's reign? a) a) Through his ministers only b) He personally looked into
600-650 AD b) 606-647 AD c) 610-655 AD d) 605-648 AD the affairs c) Through written reports only d) He delegated
Answer: b) 606-647 AD everything
33. From whose study is the early history of Harsha's Answer: b) He personally looked into the affairs
reign reconstructed? a) Chinese pilgrim records b) His 44. What did Harsha constantly do in his empire? a)
court poet Banabhatta c) Archaeological excavations d) He stayed in his capital b) He travelled into different parts
Foreign traveler accounts of his empire c) He went on hunting expeditions d) He
Answer: b) His court poet Banabhatta meditated in monasteries
34. What works did Banabhatta write? a) Harshacharita Answer: b) He travelled into different parts of his
and Kadambari b) Rajatarangini andempire
Vikramankadeva-charita c) Gita Govinda and 45. On whose lines did Harsha govern his empire? a)
Katha-Saritasagara d) Nagananda and Ratnavali On the same lines as the Mauryas b) On the same lines
Answer: a) Harshacharita and Kadambari as the Guptas c) On entirely new principles d) Following
35. Where did Harsha move his capital fromforeign models
Thanesar? a) Pataliputra b) Kannauj c) Ujjain d) Vallabhi Answer: b) On the same lines as the Guptas
Answer: b) Kannauj 46. What major difference was there in Harsha's
36. What did Harsha set out on after moving his administration compared to the Guptas? a) It was more
capital? a) A religious pilgrimage b) A long campaign c) Acentralized b) It had become more feudal and
diplomatic mission d) A trade expedition decentralised c) It was more democratic d) It was more
Answer: b) A long campaign military-oriented
37. Which parts of Northern India did Harsha Answer: b) It had become more feudal and
conquer? a) Punjab, Eastern Rajasthan and the Ganga decentralised
valley as far as Assam b) Bengal, Bihar and Orissa c) 47. What assisted Harsha in his administration? a) A
Kashmir, Punjab and Sind d) Gujarat, Maharashtra and Parliament b) A Council of Ministers c) A Senate d) A
Karnataka Supreme Court
Answer: a) Punjab, Eastern Rajasthan and the GangaAnswer: b) A Council of Ministers
valley as far as Assam 48. What were Harsha's ministers called? a) Mantri or
38. Where was Harsha's southward march stopped? a)Amatya b) Sachiv or Amatya c) Councillor or Adviser d)
At the Godavari river b) At the Krishna river c) On the Senapati or Mantri
Narmada river d) At the Tungabhadra river Answer: b) Sachiv or Amatya
49. Who was the Mahasandhivigradhikrita? a) Chief60. Into how many parts were Harsha's revenues
Justice b) Minister of war and peace c) Finance Minister d)divided? a) Three parts b) Four parts c) Five parts d) Six
Foreign Secretary parts
Answer: b) Minister of war and peace Answer: b) Four parts
50. What was the role of Mahabaladhikrita? a) Finance 61. What was the first part of revenue earmarked for?
Minister b) Foreign Secretary c) Officer in Supreme a) Religious purposes b) The expenditure of the King c)
Command in the area d) Chief Justice Scholars d) Officials
Answer: c) Officer in Supreme Command in the area Answer: b) The expenditure of the King
51. What was the yamacetis responsible for? a) Military62. What was the second part of revenue used for? a)
affairs b) Watcher of Royal harem c) Financial matters d)Military expenses b) Scholars c) Religious purposes d)
Foreign relations Public works
Answer: b) Watcher of Royal harem Answer: b) Scholars
52. What was the superintendent of soldiers barrack 63. What was the third part of revenue allocated for?
called? a) Senapati b) Pathi c) Yamacetis d) Rajasthaniya a) The King's expenses b) The endowment of officials and
Answer: b) Pathi public servants c) Religious purposes d) Scholars
53. What new post was created by Harsha and what Answer: b) The endowment of officials and public
was its function? a) Pathi - superintendent of soldiers b)servants
Rajasthaniya - the Foreign Secretary c) Yamacetis - 64. What was the fourth part of revenue used for? a)
watcher of royal harem d) Mahabaladhikrita - supreme Military purposes b) Scholars c) Officials d) Religious
commander purposes
Answer: b) Rajasthaniya - the Foreign Secretary Answer: d) Religious purposes
54. What was the strength of Harsha's standing army 65. How were ministers and high rank officers
in horses? a) 50,000 b) 80,000 c) 1,00,000 d) 1,20,000 rewarded? a) With gold and silver b) With titles and
Answer: c) 1,00,000 honors c) They were endowed with land d) With cash
55. How many elephants did Harsha's army have? a) payments
50,000 b) 60,000 c) 70,000 d) 80,000 Answer: c) They were endowed with land
Answer: b) 60,000 66. Under whose reign did the feudal practice of
56. To whom did land grants continue to be made? a) rewarding officers with grants of land seem to have
Soldiers for military service b) Priests for special servicesbegun? a) Under the Guptas b) Under Harsha c) Under
tendered to the state c) Merchants for trade promotion d) the Mauryas d) Under the Chalukyas
Farmers for agricultural development Answer: b) Under Harsha
Answer: b) Priests for special services tendered to the
state
Law and Order under Harsha
57. What is Harsha credited with in addition to grants67. How was law and order maintained in Harsha's
to priests? a) The grant of land to merchants b) The grantempire? a) Very well maintained b) Not so well
of land to the officers by charters c) The grant of money tomaintained c) Perfectly maintained d) There was complete
soldiers d) The grant of titles to nobles anarchy
Answer: b) The grant of land to the officers byAnswer: b) Not so well maintained
charters 68. What experience did the Chinese pilgrim
58. What concessions did Harsha's grants to officers Hiuen-Tsang have regarding law and order? a) He was
allow? a) Different concessions from priests b) The samealways safe b) He was robbed of his belongings several
concessions to priests as were allowed by the earlier times c) He was given royal protection d) He never faced
grants c) No concessions at all d) Special military any problems
concessions Answer: b) He was robbed of his belongings several
Answer: b) The same concessions to priests as were times
allowed by the earlier grants 69. According to Hiuen-Tsang, what punishments were
given for crimes? a) Light punishments b) Severe
Revenue System under Harsha punishments c) Warning only d) Fines only
59. Who informs us about Harsha's revenue division? Answer: b) Severe punishments
a) Banabhatta b) The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang c) 70. What punishment was given to robbers according
Arab travelers d) Court inscriptions to the laws? a) Death sentence b) Life imprisonment c)
Answer: b) The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang The right hand of the robber was amputated d) Heavy fine
Answer: c) The right hand of the robber was
amputated
 83. When did the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang leave
Religious Policy of Harsha China? a) 625 AD b) 629 AD c) 630 AD d) 635 AD
71. What kind of religious policy did Harsha follow? a) Answer: b) 629 AD
Intolerant religious policy b) Tolerant religious policy c) 84. How did Hiuen-Tsang describe India? a) As a poor
Anti-religious policy d) Sectarian policy country b) As a rich and prosperous country c) As a
Answer: b) Tolerant religious policy war-torn country d) As a backward country
72. What was Harsha's religion in his early years? a) Answer: b) As a rich and prosperous country
Buddhist b) Jain c) Saivite d) Vaishnava 85. Which religions were popular in India according to
Answer: c) Saivite Hiuen-Tsang? a) Only Buddhism b) Only Hinduism c)
73. What did Harsha gradually become? a) A Jain Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism d) Only Jainism
patron b) A great patron of Buddhism c) A Vaishnava Answer: c) Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism
devotee d) An atheist 86. Which places in the doab had become important
Answer: b) A great patron of Buddhism according to Hiuen-Tsang? a) Delhi and Agra b) Prayag
74. Where did Harsha organize assemblies? a) Atand Kannauj c) Mathura and Vrindavan d) Ayodhya and
Kannauj b) At Thanesar c) At Prayag d) At Nalanda Varanasi
Answer: c) At Prayag Answer: b) Prayag and Kannauj
75. How frequently did Harsha organize assemblies at87. How were the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas reported
Prayag? a) Every 3 years b) Every 5 years c) Every 7 to have lived? a) They led a luxurious life b) They led a
years d) Every 10 years simple life c) They lived in poverty d) They lived as
Answer: b) Every 5 years ascetics
76. Who attended Harsha's assemblies at Prayag? a) Answer: b) They led a simple life
Only Buddhist monks b) Only Hindu priests c) All the88. How did the nobles and priests live? a) They led a
tributary princes, ministers, nobles etc. d) Only foreignsimple life b) They lived in poverty c) They led a luxurious
diplomats life d) They lived as ascetics
Answer: c) All the tributary princes, ministers, noblesAnswer: c) They led a luxurious life
etc. 89. What did Hiuen-Tsang call the Shudras? a)
77. Into how many sects were the Buddhists divided in Servants b) Agriculturists c) Laborers d) Slaves
the time of the Chinese pilgrim? a) 15 sects b) 18 sectsAnswer: b) Agriculturists
c) 20 sects d) 25 sects 90. Why is Hiuen-Tsang's information about Shudras
Answer: b) 18 sects as agriculturists significant? a) Because they were not
78. What was the most famous Buddhist center? a)involved in agriculture before b) Because in the earlier
Vikramshila b) Nalanda c) Vallabhi d) Odantapuri texts, they are represented as serving the three higher
Answer: b) Nalanda Varnas c) Because they were previously only warriors d)
79. What did Nalanda maintain? a) A great Hindu Because they were formerly only traders
university b) A great Buddhist university meant forAnswer: b) Because in the earlier texts, they are
Buddhist monks c) A secular university d) A medical represented as serving the three higher Varnas
college 91. What did the Chinese pilgrim take notice of
Answer: b) A great Buddhist university meant for regarding untouchables? a) They lived in palaces b)
Buddhist monks Scavengers, executioners, etc. lived outside the villages
80. How many students, monks and scholars did and used to consume garlic and onion c) They were
Nalanda have? a) 5,000 b) 8,000 c) 10,000 d) 15,000 respected in society d) They held high positions
Answer: c) 10,000 Answer: b) Scavengers, executioners, etc. lived
81. From how many villages' revenues was the outside the villages and used to consume garlic and
monastery at Nalanda supported? a) 100 villages b)onion
150 villages c) 200 villages d) 250 villages 92. How did the dress of the people vary according to
Answer: c) 200 villages Hiuen-Tsang? a) It was uniform throughout India b) It
82. When did Nalanda become a huge monasticvaried from region to region c) Only the rich had different
establishment? a) In the time of the Guptas b) In the time dress d) It was determined by caste
of Harshavardhana c) In the time of the Palas d) In theAnswer: b) It varied from region to region
time of the Mauryas 93. How did Hiuen-Tsang describe Indians? a) As
Answer: b) In the time of Harshavardhana proud and arrogant b) As simple, humble and honest c) As
Hiuen-Tsang's Account on dishonest and cunning d) As aggressive and violent
Answer: b) As simple, humble and honest
Harsha
94. What were Indians particular about according to105. What happened as the number of grantees
Hiuen-Tsang? a) Wealth accumulation b) Cleanliness c) increased? a) The king became more powerful b) More
Social status d) Religious rituals and more land transferred into the hands of the grantees
Answer: b) Cleanliness c) Revenue increased d) Administration improved
Answer: b) More and more land transferred into the
Society Under Harsha hands of the grantees
95. Who used to get more revenue from the land106. How did the increasing land grants affect the
among the wealthy? a) Kshatriyas b) Brahmins c) officers' relationship with the king? a) They became
Vaishyas d) Shudras more dependent on the king b) The officers were now less
Answer: b) Brahmins dependent on the king c) There was no change d) They
96. What were the grants to wealthy brahmins called? became hostile to the king
a) Devadana grants b) Agrahara or Brahmadeya grants c) Answer: b) The officers were now less dependent on
Rajadana grants d) Dharma grants the king
Answer: b) Agrahara or Brahmadeya grants 107. How did those with large grants of land often
97. What did Brahmins conduct for the king? a) Militarybehave? a) As loyal servants b) Like independent rulers
campaigns b) Trade negotiations c) Religious ceremoniesc) As religious leaders d) As merchants
and rituals d) Administrative meetings Answer: b) Like independent rulers
Answer: c) Religious ceremonies and rituals 108. Who was collecting the revenue and how was it
98. What else did some Brahmins write for the king? divided? a) The king collected and kept all b) The
a) Legal documents b) Biographies of the king c) Military revenue was being collected by the feudal officers and it
strategies d) Trade agreements was divided between the feudatories and the King c) Only
Answer: b) Biographies of the king central officers collected revenue d) Local people collected
99. In what capacity were a number of brahminstheir own revenue
employed? a) As soldiers b) As traders c) As officers d)Answer: b) The revenue was being collected by the
As farmers feudal officers and it was divided between the
Answer: c) As officers feudatories and the King
100. Who were the people living in the towns mainly?
a) Farmers and peasants b) Artisans and traders c) Education and Learning Under
Soldiers and guards d) Priests and scholars
Answer: b) Artisans and traders
Harsha
101. Why were Shudras the poorest? a) Because they 109. Who were responsible for performing religious
were lazy b) Because most of them were either cultivators ceremonies and teaching? a) Kshatriyas b) The
or peasants c) Because they were not allowed to work d) brahmins c) Vaishyas d) Buddhist monks
Because they spent all their money Answer: b) The brahmins
Answer: b) Because most of them were either 110. Where were the schools held? a) In palaces b) In
cultivators or peasants temples c) In separate buildings d) In homes
102. Who continued to do the work that wereAnswer: b) In temples
considered low in society apart from the Shudras? a)111. Which children were taught in the temple
Poor Brahmins b) The untouchables c) Foreign slaves d)schools? a) All children regardless of caste b) Only
Prisoners Brahmin children c) The higher caste children d) Only
Answer: b) The untouchables royal children
Answer: c) The higher caste children
Economy Under Harsha 112. What subjects did most children learn in temple
103. What kind of control did the king have overschools? a) Trade and commerce b) Sanskrit and
revenue? a) Complete direct control b) The king did notMathematics and read the religious books c) Military
have direct control over the revenue c) Partial control d) tactics d) Agriculture
No control at all Answer: b) Sanskrit and Mathematics and read the
Answer: b) The king did not have direct control over religious books
the revenue 113. What was still the language of learning and
104. What increased during Harsha's period regarding literature? a) Prakrit b) Sanskrit c) Apabhramsha d) Local
salary payments? a) Cash payments b) The systems oflanguages
paying salaries by grants of revenue of land c) Payment inAnswer: b) Sanskrit
kind d) Payment in gold 114. What was perhaps the most popular work in
Answer: b) The systems of paying salaries by grants Sanskrit during this period? a) Ramayana b)
of revenue of land
Mahabharata c) The Katha-Saritasagara, a collection of127. What were the names of the three plays written
stories d) Bhagavad Gita by Harsha? a) Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika b)
Answer: c) The Katha-Saritasagara, a collection of Abhijnanasakuntalam, Vikramorvasiyam and
stories Malavikagnimitram c) Mrichchhakatika, Mudrarakshas and
115. What kind of biographies were written during this Uttararamacharita d) Swapnavasavadattam,
period? a) Biographies of saints b) Biographies of kings c) Pratijnayaugandharayana and Ratnavali
Biographies of scholars d) Biographies of merchants Answer: a) Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika
Answer: b) Biographies of kings 128. In which language did Harsha write his plays? a)
116. Which biography was written by Bilhana? a) Prakrit b) Sanskrit c) Apabhramsha d) Local dialect
Harshacharita b) Vikramanta-deva-charita c) RajataranginiAnswer: b) Sanskrit
d) Kadambari
Answer: b) Vikramanta-deva-charita
Spread of Civilisation in Eastern
117. Who wrote the remarkable history of Kashmir India : Kamarupa Kingdom
called the Rajatarangini? a) Bilhana b) Kalhana c) 129. Which was the major kingdom that flourished in
Banabhatta d) Jayadeva Eastern India? a) Pala b) Kamarupa c) Gauda d)
Answer: b) Kalhana Chandra
118. In which century was the Rajatarangini written? a) Answer: b) Kamarupa
10th century b) 11th century c) 12th century d) 13th130. What was the modern state of Assam called in
century ancient times? a) Kamarupa and Pragjotish b) Davaka
Answer: c) 12th century and Kamarupa c) Pragjotish and Kamta d) Only Kamarupa
119. The worship of which deity had increased in Answer: a) Kamarupa and Pragjotish
Northern India? a) Shiva b) Vishnu c) Krishna d) Brahma 131. What was the name of another kingdom in this
Answer: c) Krishna region mentioned in Samudragupta's Allahabad
120. Which love story was very popular during this inscription? a) Pragjotish b) Davaka c) Kamta d)
period? a) The story of Radha and Krishna b) The story of Ratnapitha
Sita and Rama c) The story of Rukmini and Krishna d) The Answer: b) Davaka
story of Parvati and Shiva 132. How was Davaka mentioned in the Allahabad
Answer: a) The story of Radha and Krishna inscription of Samudragupta? a) As a conquered
121. Who wrote the famous Gita Govinda? a) Bilhana territory b) As the border state along with Kamarupa c) As
b) Kalhana c) Jayadeva d) Banabhatta a tributary state d) As an enemy state
Answer: c) Jayadeva Answer: b) As the border state along with Kamarupa
122. What were the other languages developing from? 133. At one time, up to where did the kingdom of
a) Sanskrit directly b) The Apabhramsha languages Kamarupa extend? a) Only Assam b) Northern and
spoken by the common people c) Foreign languages d) Western Bengal, some bordering lands of China as well as
Pali and Prakrit Davaka c) Only Bengal d) Only China borders
Answer: b) The Apabhramsha languages spoken by Answer: b) Northern and Western Bengal, some
the common people bordering lands of China as well as Davaka
123. Which early language forms were being spoken 134. By which single dynasty was this region ruled
in Western India? a) Early forms of Hindi and Punjabi b) from the time of Mahabharata? a) Till the middle of the
Early forms of Marathi and Gujarati c) Early forms of Tamil sixth century b) Till the middle of the seventh century till
and Telugu d) Early forms of Bengali and Assamese Bhaskaravarma c) Till the eighth century d) Till the ninth
Answer: b) Early forms of Marathi and Gujarati century
124. Which early language form was being spoken inAnswer: b) Till the middle of the seventh century till
Eastern India? a) Hindi b) Punjabi c) Bengali d) Bhaskaravarma
Assamese 135. What are the sources of history of the Kamarupa
Answer: c) Bengali dynasty? a) Only inscriptions b) The Dubi and
125. What kind of literary figure was Harsha? a) HeNidhanapur copper plates of Bhaskaravarma c) Only
was not interested in literature b) Harsha was a literary foreign accounts d) Only archaeological evidence
figure c) He only patronized literature d) He bannedAnswer: b) The Dubi and Nidhanapur copper plates of
literature Bhaskaravarma
Answer: b) Harsha was a literary figure 136. What other sources include information about the
126. How many plays did Harsha write? a) Two plays b) Kamarupa dynasty? a) Genealogical seals from Nalanda
Three plays c) Four plays d) Five plays and accounts of Banabhatta and Hiuen-Tsang b) Only
Answer: b) Three plays
Chinese accounts c) Only archaeological remains d) Only 147. What title does the Nalanda seal give to
local folklore Pushyavarma? a) Paramabhattaraka b) Maharajadhiraja
Answer: a) Genealogical seals from Nalanda and c) Chakravartin d) Samrat
accounts of Banabhatta and Hiuen-Tsang Answer: b) Maharajadhiraja
148. What was Samudravarma's reign period? a)
Ancestors of Kamrupa Dynasty 370-394 AD b) 374-398 AD c) 380-404 AD d) 375-399 AD
137. From whom does the Kamarupa dynasty claim its Answer: b) 374-398 AD
descent according to epics and Puranas? a) From Lord 149. What was Balavarma's reign period? a) 395-419
Vishnu directly b) From the Asura Naraka who was theAD b) 398-422 AD c) 400-424 AD d) 402-426 AD
son of Vishnu (in his Varaha incarnation) and the Earth c)Answer: b) 398-422 AD
From Lord Brahma d) From the Pandavas 150. What was Kalyanavarma's reign period? a)
Answer: b) From the Asura Naraka who was the son of 420-444 AD b) 422-446 AD c) 425-449 AD d) 418-442 AD
Vishnu (in his Varaha incarnation) and the Earth Answer: b) 422-446 AD
138. Why is the Kamarupa dynasty also called 151. What was Ganapativarma's reign period? a)
Bhauma? a) Because they were earth worshippers b)444-468 AD b) 446-470 AD c) 450-474 AD d) 448-472 AD
Because they ruled over fertile land c) Because Bhauma Answer: b) 446-470 AD
means the son of Bhumi (Earth) d) Because they came 152. What was Mahendravarma's reign period? a)
from underground 468-492 AD b) 470-494 AD c) 472-496 AD d) 475-499 AD
Answer: c) Because Bhauma means the son of Bhumi Answer: b) 470-494 AD
(Earth) 153. What was Narayanavarma's reign period? a)
139. Who was Naraka's son according to the dynasty's 492-516 AD b) 494-518 AD c) 495-519 AD d) 490-514 AD
claim? a) Pushyavarma b) Bhagadatta c) Bhaskaravarma Answer: b) 494-518 AD
d) Samudravarma 154. What did Narayanavarma and his predecessor
Answer: b) Bhagadatta perform? a) One horse sacrifice b) Two horse sacrifices
140. What is Bhagadatta said to have done? a) Hec) Three horse sacrifices d) No horse sacrifices
conquered China b) He took part in the Mahabharata war Answer: b) Two horse sacrifices
c) He founded Buddhism d) He wrote the Vedas 155. What does the performance of horse sacrifices by
Answer: b) He took part in the Mahabharata war Narayanavarma show? a) His religious devotion b) He
141. According to inscriptions, for how long did king may have become independent of the Gupta empire in the
Bhagadatta and his successors rule in Kamarupa? a)first half of the sixth century c) His military strength d) His
About 2,000 years b) About 3,000 years c) About 4,000 wealth
years d) About 5,000 years Answer: b) He may have become independent of the
Answer: b) About 3,000 years Gupta empire in the first half of the sixth century
142. Who came after the long rule of Bhagadatta and 156. What was Bhutivarma's reign period? a) 516-540
his successors? a) Bhaskaravarma b) Samudravarma c) AD b) 518-542 AD c) 520-544 AD d) 515-539 AD
King Pushyavarma d) Balavarma Answer: b) 518-542 AD
Answer: c) King Pushyavarma 157. By what other name is Bhutivarma known? a)
Rulers of Kamarupa Dynasty Mahabalavarma b) Mahabhutivarma c) Mahendravarma d)
143. How many kings ruled Kamarupa according to Mahakalyanavarma
the sources? a) Ten kings b) Twelve kings c) Thirteen Answer: b) Mahabhutivarma
kings d) Fifteen kings 158. What happened to Kamarupa under Bhutivarma?
Answer: c) Thirteen kings a) It declined b) Kamarupa became a powerful kingdom c)
144. What was Pushyavarma's reign period? a)It split into smaller parts d) It was conquered
340-364 AD b) 350-374 AD c) 360-384 AD d) 355-379 AD Answer: b) Kamarupa became a powerful kingdom
Answer: b) 350-374 AD 159. What areas did Kamarupa include under
145. When did Pushyavarma become the first king ofBhutivarma? a) Only Assam b) The whole of the
the dynasty? a) In about 340 AD b) In about 350 AD c) InBrahmaputra valley and Sylhet and extended to the West
about 360 AD d) In about 355 AD as far as the Karatoya river c) Only Bengal d) Only the
Answer: b) In about 350 AD Brahmaputra valley
146. What does the Nalanda seal call Pushyavarma? a) Answer: b) The whole of the Brahmaputra valley and
The 'lord of Kamarupa' b) The 'lord of Pragjotish' c) TheSylhet and extended to the West as far as the
'lord of Davaka' d) The 'lord of Assam' Karatoya river
Answer: b) The 'lord of Pragjotish' 160. What continued to be the traditional boundary of
Kamarupa for a long time? a) The Brahmaputra river b)
The Ganges river c) The Karatoya river d) The MeghnaAnswer: b) Harshavardhana in the first half of the
river seventh century
Answer: c) The Karatoya river 173. What was Bhaskaravarma's relationship with
161. What was Chandramukhavarma's reign period? a) Harshavardhana? a) They were enemies b) He was an
540-564 AD b) 542-566 AD c) 544-568 AD d) 538-562 AD ally of king Harshavardhana c) They were neutral d) They
Answer: b) 542-566 AD never met
162. What was Sthitavarma's reign period? a) 564-588Answer: b) He was an ally of king Harshavardhana
AD b) 566-590 AD c) 568-592 AD d) 562-586 AD 174. In which text is Bhaskaravarma described? a)
Answer: b) 566-590 AD Kadambari b) Harshacharita of Banabhatta c)
163. What is Sthitavarma said to have performed? a) Rajatarangini d) Vikramankadeva-charita
Two horse sacrifices b) A horse sacrifice c) An Answer: b) Harshacharita of Banabhatta
Ashvamedha yajna d) No sacrifices 175. Who was Bhaskaravarma's ambassador sent to
Answer: b) A horse sacrifice Harsha? a) Silabhadra b) Hamsavega c) Banabhatta d)
164. What was Susthitavarma's reign period? a) Hiuen-Tsang
588-593 AD b) 590-595 AD c) 592-597 AD d) 585-590 AD Answer: b) Hamsavega
Answer: b) 590-595 AD 176. Why did Bhaskaravarma send his ambassador to
165. Who do some historians think was the ally of Harsha? a) To declare war b) With presents to have an
Mahasenagupta instead of a Maukhari king? a) alliance with Harsha c) To seek refuge d) To trade
Bhaskaravarma b) Susthitavarma c) Sasanka of Gauda d) Answer: b) With presents to have an alliance with
Supratishthitavarma Harsha
Answer: c) Sasanka of Gauda 177. With whose help did Bhaskaravarma succeed in
166. What was Supratishthitavarma's reign period? a)occupying a large portion of Bengal? a) With the help
593-598 AD b) 595-600 AD c) 597-602 AD d) 590-595 AD of Sasanka b) With the help of Harsha c) With his own
Answer: b) 595-600 AD army d) With Chinese help
167. What did Gauda king Sasanka do toAnswer: b) With the help of Harsha
Supratisthitavarma and Bhaskaravarma? a) He formed178. From whose kingdom did Bhaskaravarma occupy
an alliance with them b) Sasanka defeated and imprisoned a large portion of Bengal? a) From Harsha's kingdom b)
Supratisthitavarma and Bhaskaravarma soon after the From the kingdom of Sasanka c) From the Gupta kingdom
death of their father Susthitavarma c) He ignored them d) d) From the Pala kingdom
He made them his vassals Answer: b) From the kingdom of Sasanka
Answer: b) Sasanka defeated and imprisoned
Supratisthitavarma and Bhaskaravarma soon after the
Account of Hiuen-Tsang on
death of their father Susthitavarma Bhaskaravarma
168. How did both brothers escape from Sasanka's 179. Over which monastery did Bhaskaravarma have
prison? a) They were rescued by allies b) Both brothers influence according to Hiuen-Tsang? a) Vikramshila b)
managed to escape from the prison of the Gauda king c) The Buddhist monastery of Nalanda c) Odantapuri d)
They were released d) They died in prison Vallabhi
Answer: b) Both brothers managed to escape from theAnswer: b) The Buddhist monastery of Nalanda
prison of the Gauda king 180. Who was the head of Nalanda monastery? a)
169. For how long did Supratishthitavarma rule after Hiuen-Tsang b) Silabhadra c) Hamsavega d) Banabhatta
escaping? a) For a long period b) For a short period c)Answer: b) Silabhadra
For ten years d) He didn't rule at all 181. What did Bhaskaravarma ask Silabhadra to send
Answer: b) For a short period him? a) Buddhist texts b) The 'great pilgrim of China' c)
170. What was Bhaskaravarma's reign period? a) Money for the monastery d) Religious relics
598-648 AD b) 600-650 AD c) 602-652 AD d) 595-645 AD Answer: b) The 'great pilgrim of China'
Answer: b) 600-650 AD 182. Who was the 'great pilgrim of China'? a) Fa-Hien
171. When did Bhaskaravarma become king? a) After b) Hiuen-Tsang c) I-Tsing d) Another Chinese monk
Susthitavarma b) After Supratishthitavarma c) After Answer: b) Hiuen-Tsang
Sthitavarma d) After Chandramukhavarma 183. What does Hiuen-Tsang's story show about
Answer: b) After Supratishthitavarma Bhaskaravarma's control? a) He had control over South
172. Whose contemporary was Bhaskaravarma? a) Bengal only b) Bhaskaravarma had control over North
Pulakeshin II b) Harshavardhana in the first half of the Bengal and also some influence over Nalanda in Bihar c)
seventh century c) Sasanka d) Dharmapala He had no real control d) He controlled only Assam
Answer: b) Bhaskaravarma had control over North Answer: b) A warrior named Vapyata
Bengal and also some influence over Nalanda in Bihar 193. Over what territory did Gopala consolidate his
authority? a) Only East Bengal b) Almost the whole of
Decline of Kamarupa Dynasty Bengal c) Only West Bengal d) Bengal and Bihar
184. When did the Kamarupa dynasty come to an end? Answer: b) Almost the whole of Bengal
a) With the death of Susthitavarma b) With the death of194. What was Gopala's religion? a) He was a Hindu b)
Bhaskaravarma c) With the death of Supratishthitavarma He was an ardent Buddhist c) He was a Jain d) He
d) With invasion by Palas followed multiple religions
Answer: b) With the death of Bhaskaravarma Answer: b) He was an ardent Buddhist
185. In what way did the Kamarupa dynasty end 195. According to Tibetan Lama Taranatha, what did
similar to another kingdom? a) Similar to the GuptaGopala build? a) The celebrated monastery at Nalanda
kingdom b) In the same way as it happened with theb) The celebrated monastery at Odantapuri (modern
kingdom of Harsha c) Similar to the Chalukya kingdom d) Bihar/sharif Bihar) c) The monastery at Vikramshila d) The
Similar to the Pallava kingdom monastery at Vallabhi
Answer: b) In the same way as it happened with the Answer: b) The celebrated monastery at Odantapuri
kingdom of Harsha (modern Bihar/sharif Bihar)
186. What does the evidence indicate happened to the 196. What was Dharmapala's reign period? a) 760-800
kingdom after Bhaskaravarma's death? a) It wasAD b) 770-810 AD c) 775-815 AD d) 765-805 AD
divided among his sons b) The kingdom was occupied by Answer: b) 770-810 AD
a Mlechchha ruler named Salastambha c) It was annexed 197. What was Dharmapala's relationship to Gopala?
by Harsha d) It became independent a) He was Gopala's brother b) He was the son and the
Answer: b) The kingdom was occupied by a successor of Gopala c) He was Gopala's cousin d) He was
Mlechchha ruler named Salastambha not related to Gopala
Other Dynasties in Post-Gupta Answer: b) He was the son and the successor of
Gopala
Era 198. What did Dharmapala do to the kingdom? a) He
Pala Dynasty reduced its size b) He extended the kingdom c) He kept it
187. What happened to Bengal from 650 to 750 AD the same d) He lost most of it
after Harsha's death? a) It prospered under local rule b)Answer: b) He extended the kingdom
The province was subjected to internal disorder, anarchy 199. Which religion did Dharmapala follow? a)
and confusion c) It was peacefully governed d) It was Hinduism b) Buddhism c) Jainism d) Multiple religions
conquered by foreigners Answer: b) Buddhism
Answer: b) The province was subjected to internal200. Soon after his accession, in what struggle did
disorder, anarchy and confusion Dharmapala get involved? a) With local rebels b) With
188. What was the period of anarchy in Bengalthe two main powers of the time i.e. the Pratiharas and the
referred to as? a) Kali Yuga b) Matsyanyaya (the rule ofRashtrakutas c) With foreign invaders d) With Buddhist
strong devouring the weak) c) Arajaka d) Yuganta monasteries
Answer: b) Matsyanyaya (the rule of strong devouring Answer: b) With the two main powers of the time i.e.
the weak) the Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas
189. What did the period of anarchy give birth to? a) 201. In which famous struggle was Dharmapala one of
Foreign invasion b) A revolution by the people c) Religious the participants? a) The Kalinga War b) The Tripartite
reform d) Economic collapse Struggle c) The Battle of Tarain d) The Chalukya-Pallava
Answer: b) A revolution by the people conflict
190. How was Gopala chosen as the first king of Pala Answer: b) The Tripartite Struggle
dynasty? a) He conquered the throne b) He inherited it c) 202. Who were the other participants in the Tripartite
The local chief Gopala was elected (Grahita) by theStruggle besides Dharmapala? a) Harsha and
leading men of Bengal d) He was appointed by Harsha Pulakeshin II b) Vatsaraja of Pratihara dynasty and Dhruva
Answer: c) The local chief Gopala was electedof Rashtrakuta dynasty c) Chandragupta and Bindusara d)
(Grahita) by the leading men of Bengal Rajendra Chola and Mahipala
191. What was Gopala's reign period? a) 740-760 AD b)Answer: b) Vatsaraja of Pratihara dynasty and Dhruva
750–770 AD c) 755-775 AD d) 745-765 AD of Rashtrakuta dynasty
Answer: b) 750–770 AD 203. What famous Buddhist establishment did
192. Who was Gopala's father? a) Dharmapala b) A Dharmapala found? a) Nalanda University b) The famous
warrior named Vapyata c) Devapala d) Bhaskaravarma Buddhist establishment (University) at Vikramashila
(Bhagalpur district) c) Odantapuri University d) Vallabhi215. What does the Bhagalpur Inscription record
University about Narayanapala? a) His military victories b) In the
Answer: b) The famous Buddhist establishment 17th year of his reign, he granted Mudgagiri (Munghyr) a
(University) at Vikramashila (Bhagalpur district) village in Tira-Bhukti (Tirhut), to the shrine of Shiva and
204. According to Taranatha, how many religious built one thousand temples in the honour of the same deity
institutions did Dharmapala found? a) 25 religiousc) His death d) His conversion to Buddhism
institutions b) 50 religious institutions c) 75 religious Answer: b) In the 17th year of his reign, he granted
institutions d) 100 religious institutions Mudgagiri (Munghyr) a village in Tira-Bhukti (Tirhut),
Answer: b) 50 religious institutions to the shrine of Shiva and built one thousand temples
205. Who was Dharmapala the patron of? a) The great in the honour of the same deity
Buddhist author Haribhadra b) Banabhatta c) Kalhana d) 216. By whom was Narayanapala succeeded? a)
Jayadeva Strong rulers b) Weak rulers like Rajyapala, Gopala II and
Answer: a) The great Buddhist author Haribhadra Vigrahapala II c) Foreign rulers d) Military generals
206. What did Dharmapala do for Nalanda University? Answer: b) Weak rulers like Rajyapala, Gopala II and
a) He founded it b) He revived the Nalanda University and Vigrahapala II
200 villages were set apart for meeting its expenses c) He 217. What was Mahipala I's reign period? a) 980-1028
destroyed it d) He converted it to a Hindu institution AD b) 988-1036 AD c) 990-1038 AD d) 985-1033 AD
Answer: b) He revived the Nalanda University and 200Answer: b) 988-1036 AD
villages were set apart for meeting its expenses 218. What was Mahipala I's relationship to Vigrahapala
207. What was Devapala's reign period? a) 800-840 ADII? a) He was Vigrahapala II's brother b) He was the son of
b) 810-850 AD c) 815-855 AD d) 805-845 AD Vigrahapala II c) He was Vigrahapala II's cousin d) He was
Answer: b) 810-850 AD not related
208. How is Devapala considered among Pala kings? Answer: b) He was the son of Vigrahapala II
a) As an average ruler b) He is considered as the most219. When did Mahipala I ascend the throne? a) 985
notable Pala king c) As the weakest ruler d) As only a AD b) 988 AD c) 990 AD d) 992 AD
religious leader Answer: b) 988 AD
Answer: b) He is considered as the most notable Pala 220. Who invaded Mahipala I's state and defeated
king him? a) Mahmud of Ghazni b) Rajendra Chola c) Prithviraj
209. What was Devapala's attitude towards Chauhan d) Harsha
Buddhism? a) He opposed it b) A great patron of Answer: b) Rajendra Chola
Buddhism c) He was neutral d) He converted to Hinduism 221. Which inscription records the details of Rajendra
Answer: b) A great patron of Buddhism Chola's conquests in the North? a) The Allahabad
210. What did Devapala construct in Magadha? a) Inscription b) The Tirumalai Inscription of Rajendra Chola
Hindu temples only b) Buddhist temples and monasteries c) The Aihole Inscription d) The Junagadh Inscription
c) Palaces and forts d) Trade centers Answer: b) The Tirumalai Inscription of Rajendra
Answer: b) Buddhist temples and monasteries Chola
211. Who sat on the throne after Devapala's short222. What was the result of Rajendra Chola's
reign? a) His son b) His nephew Vigrahapala c) His invasion? a) Establishment of permanent Chola rule b)
brother d) An elected king The invasion did not lead to the establishment of the
Answer: b) His nephew Vigrahapala Chola suzerainty over Bengal c) Complete conquest of
212. What was Narayanapala's reign period? a)Bengal d) Destruction of the Pala dynasty
840-898 AD b) 850-908 AD c) 855-913 AD d) 845-903 AD Answer: b) The invasion did not lead to the
Answer: b) 850-908 AD establishment of the Chola suzerainty over Bengal
213. What was Narayanapala's relationship to223. What revolt took place during Mahipala I's
Vigrahapala? a) He was Vigrahapala's brother b) He wasperiod? a) Revolt of Brahmins b) Revolt of Kaivartas c)
the son and successor of Vigrahapala c) He was Revolt of Buddhists d) Revolt of merchants
Vigrahapala's cousin d) He was not related to Vigrahapala Answer: b) Revolt of Kaivartas
Answer: b) He was the son and successor of224. What happened to Pala power after Mahipala I's
Vigrahapala death? a) It became stronger b) The Pala power declined
214. What kind of ruler did Narayanapala prove to be?due to internal conflicts and external invasions c) It
a) Very strong b) He proved to be weak ruler c) Average d) remained stable d) It expanded further
Efficient Answer: b) The Pala power declined due to internal
Answer: b) He proved to be weak ruler conflicts and external invasions
225. What was Ramapala's reign period? a) 1070-1123 Jodhpur c) A kingdom in Gujarat d) A kingdom in
AD b) 1077-1130 AD c) 1080-1133 AD d) 1075-1128 AD Maharashtra
Answer: b) 1077-1130 AD Answer: b) Marwar in Rajasthan and built the Temple
226. What expeditions did Ramapala carry out? a) city of Osean, near Jodhpur
Against the Cholas b) Expeditions against the 236. Who was the first important ruler of the Gurjara
Kaivartas—suppressed them and captured their chief c) Pratihara dynasty? a) Harichandra b) Nagabhatta I c)
Against the Pratiharas d) Against foreign invaders Vatsaraja d) Mihir Bhoja
Answer: b) Expeditions against the Answer: b) Nagabhatta I
Kaivartas—suppressed them and captured their chief 237. From where to where did Nagabhatta I's reign
227. In which book is Ramapala mentioned? a) extend? a) From Delhi to Agra b) From Mandore
Harshacharita b) Sandhyakara Nandi's book Ramcharita, (Jodhpur) to Malwa, Gwalior and Bharuch c) From Ujjain
which is the biography of Ramapala c) Rajatarangini d) to Kannauj d) From Ajmer to Mathura
Vikramankadeva-charita Answer: b) From Mandore (Jodhpur) to Malwa,
Answer: b) Sandhyakara Nandi's book Ramcharita, Gwalior and Bharuch
which is the biography of Ramapala 238. Where was Nagabhatta I's capital? a) Mandore b)
228. By whom was Ramapala succeeded? a) Strong Avanti in Malwa c) Gwalior d) Bharuch
rulers b) Kumarpala, Gopal III and Madanpalle who wereAnswer: b) Avanti in Malwa
all weak rulers c) Foreign conquerors d) Buddhist monks 239. During whose times did Junaid, another Arab
Answer: b) Kumarpala, Gopal III and Madanpalle who commander, invade India after Mohammad Bin
were all weak rulers Qasim? a) During Harichandra's times b) During
229. By which century had the Pala power faded? a) Nagabhatta I's times c) During Vatsaraja's times d) During
By the beginning of the 12th century b) By the middle of Mihir Bhoja's times
the 12th century c) By the end of the 12th century d) By Answer: b) During Nagabhatta I's times
the 13th century 240. Who defended the Western Frontiers along with
Answer: b) By the middle of the 12th century Nagabhatta I? a) Palas and Rashtrakutas b) His
feudatories such as Chauhans and Guhilots c) Chalukyas
Gurjara Pratihara Dynasty and Pallavas d) Cholas and Pandyas
230. Over which parts of India did the GurjaraAnswer: b) His feudatories such as Chauhans and
Pratiharas rule? a) Southern India b) Much parts of theGuhilots
Northern India c) Eastern India d) Western India only 241. What were the Arabs capable of doing to the
Answer: b) Much parts of the Northern India Western Frontiers despite being defeated? a) Nothing
231. During which centuries did the Gurjara Pratiharas significant b) A lot of damage to their Western Frontiers c)
rule? a) 5th to 10th century AD b) 6th to 11th century ADConverting the population d) Establishing permanent
c) 7th to 12th century AD d) 4th to 9th century AD bases
Answer: b) 6th to 11th century AD Answer: b) A lot of damage to their Western Frontiers
232. From where do the Gurjara Pratiharas find their242. What happened to Junaid? a) He conquered India
origin? a) Ujjain or Mandsaur b) Delhi or Agra c) Kannaujb) Junaid was defeated c) He established a kingdom d) He
or Mathura d) Ajmer or Jodhpur converted to Hinduism
Answer: a) Ujjain or Mandsaur Answer: b) Junaid was defeated
233. Due to whose military skills were Arabs confined 243. What was Junaid's successor compelled to do?
to Sind from 7th to 11th century AD? a) Due to the a) Continue the invasion b) Tamin was compelled to run
military skills of Rajputs b) Due to the military skills of back to Arab c) Establish peace d) Pay tribute
Gurjar Pratiharas c) Due to Chalukya military skills d) DueAnswer: b) Tamin was compelled to run back to Arab
to Pala military skills 244. What is the defeat of the Arabs known as? a)
Answer: b) Due to the military skills of Gurjar Battle of Panipat b) Battle of Rajasthan c) Battle of
Pratiharas Plassey d) Battle of Tarain
234. Who was the founder of the Gurjara Pratihara Answer: b) Battle of Rajasthan
dynasty? a) Nagabhatta I b) Harichandra in sixth century245. What did Vatsaraja capture? a) Ujjain b) Kannauj c)
c) Vatsaraja d) Mihir Bhoja Pataliputra d) Thanesar
Answer: b) Harichandra in sixth century Answer: b) Kannauj
235. What did the successors of Harichandra 246. With whom did Vatsaraja come in direct conflict
establish? a) A kingdom in Bengal b) Marwar inafter capturing Kannauj? a) The Rashtrakutas b) The
Rajasthan and built the Temple city of Osean, nearPalas of Bengal c) The Chalukyas d) The Cholas
Answer: b) The Palas of Bengal
247. Whom did Vatsaraja defeat? a) Govinda III b) 259. What is Mihir Bhoja known as? a) A great
Dharmapala of Pala dynasty c) Pulakeshin II d) Krishna III administrator b) One of the great empire builders c) A
Answer: b) Dharmapala of Pala dynasty religious reformer d) A patron of arts
248. In which year was Vatsaraja defeated by the Answer: b) One of the great empire builders
Rashtrakuta king Dhruva? a) 785 AD b) 786 AD c) 787260. What happened to Mihir Bhoja initially? a) He was
AD d) 788 AD always victorious b) After some initial defeats conquered
Answer: b) 786 AD the territories c) He never faced any opposition d) He
249. When did Vatsaraja die? a) 804 AD b) 805 AD c)inherited a large empire
806 AD d) 807 AD Answer: b) After some initial defeats conquered the
Answer: b) 805 AD territories
250. What initially happened to Nagabhatta II? a) He 261. Which modern territories did Mihir Bhoja
was always victorious b) Initially defeated by Rashtrakuta conquer? a) Bengal, Bihar and Orissa b) Modern
king Govinda III c) He immediately captured Kannauj d) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu,
He formed an alliance with Rashtrakutas Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh d) Punjab, Haryana and
Answer: b) Initially defeated by Rashtrakuta king Uttar Pradesh
Govinda III Answer: b) Modern Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya
251. What did Nagabhatta II do after his initial defeat?Pradesh
a) He surrendered b) Later recovered and captured 262. What did Mihir Bhoja build at the Gwalior fort? a)
Kannauj c) He fled the country d) He became a vassal The Red Fort b) The Teli Mandir c) The Qutub Minar d)
Answer: b) Later recovered and captured Kannauj The Charminar
252. How is Nagabhatta II regarded among Gurjara Answer: b) The Teli Mandir
Pratihara rulers? a) As an average ruler b) As the most
important and powerful rulers of the Gurjara Pratiharas c)
Decline of Gurjara Pratihara
As the weakest ruler d) As only a religious leader Dynasty
Answer: b) As the most important and powerful rulers 263. What did the beginning of the 10th century bring
of the Gurjara Pratiharas to the Gurjara Pratiharas? a) More strength b)
253. What is Nagabhatta II best known for? a) HisWeakness in the Gurjara Pratiharas c) Expansion of
military victories b) Rebuilding the Somnath Temple in 815territory d) Religious reform
AD, which was destroyed by Arab armies of Junayad in Answer: b) Weakness in the Gurjara Pratiharas
725 AD c) His religious reforms d) His administrative skills 264. In which year was the Gurjara Pratihara King
Answer: b) Rebuilding the Somnath Temple in 815 AD, Bhoja II overthrown? a) 910 AD b) 912 AD c) 914 AD d)
which was destroyed by Arab armies of Junayad in 915 AD
725 AD Answer: b) 912 AD
254. What kind of structure was the rebuilt Somnath 265. Who overthrew Bhoja II? a) Ramapala b) A Pala
Temple? a) A wooden structure b) A large structure of red king Mahipala I c) Mahmud of Ghazni d) A Rashtrakuta
sandstone c) A marble structure d) A brick structure king
Answer: b) A large structure of red sandstone Answer: b) A Pala king Mahipala I
255. By whom was the rebuilt Somnath Temple again 266. What did the feudatories do when the Pratiharas
destroyed and when? a) By Arab armies in 900 AD b) In showed weakness? a) They remained loyal b) The
1024 by Mahmud of Ghazni c) By local rulers in 950 AD d) feudatories took the advantage of the temporary
By Rajput armies in 1100 AD weakness of the Pratiharas and declared their
Answer: b) In 1024 by Mahmud of Ghazni independence c) They formed an alliance d) They sought
256. Who was the next important king after foreign help
Nagabhatta II? a) Vatsaraja b) Mihir Bhoja c) Harichandra Answer: b) The feudatories took the advantage of the
d) Bhoja II temporary weakness of the Pratiharas and declared
Answer: b) Mihir Bhoja their independence
257. Till which year did Mihir Bhoja rule? a) 880 AD b) 267. What did the major feudatories Guhilots do? a)
885 AD c) 890 AD d) 875 AD They remained loyal to Pratiharas b) Guhilots captured
Answer: b) 885 AD Chittor and founded the Mewar Kingdom c) They migrated
258. What title did Mihir Bhoja assume? a) to other regions d) They became Buddhist monks
Maharajadhiraja b) Adivaraha c) Paramabhattaraka d)Answer: b) Guhilots captured Chittor and founded the
Chakravartin Mewar Kingdom
Answer: b) Adivaraha
268. What did the Chauhans establish? a) TheAnswer: b) The founder of the Rashtrakuta dynasty
Chauhans Kingdom in Delhi b) The Chauhans Kingdom in 279. Whom did Dantidurga defeat and from whom did
Ajmer c) A kingdom in Gujarat d) A kingdom in Bengal he capture Malwa? a) The Chalukyas b) The Gurjaras c)
Answer: b) The Chauhans Kingdom in Ajmer The Pallavas d) The Palas
Answer: b) The Gurjaras
Rashtrakuta Dynasty 280. How did Dantidurga annex the Chalukya
269. Who stated about the Rashtrakuta period: "Thekingdom? a) Through peaceful negotiations b) By
period of Rashtrakuta ascendancy in the defeating Kirtivarman II c) Through marriage alliance d) By
Deccan...constitutes perhaps the most brilliantpaying tribute
chapter in the history of India"? a) Dr. R.C. Majumdar b)Answer: b) By defeating Kirtivarman II
Dr AS Altekar c) Dr. Romila Thapar d) Dr. K.A. Nilakanta281. What did the Rashtrakutas become after
Sastri Dantidurga's conquests? a) Feudatories of Chalukyas b)
Answer: b) Dr AS Altekar A paramount power in the Deccan c) Vassals of Palas d)
270. According to Dr AS Altekar, during which period Allies of Pratiharas
was the Rashtrakuta ascendancy? a) From about 750 Answer: b) A paramount power in the Deccan
AD to 975 AD b) From about 753 AD to 982 AD c) From282. What was Krishna I's reign period? a) 750-770 AD
about 760 AD to 990 AD d) From about 740 AD to 970 AD b) 756-773 AD c) 760-777 AD d) 755-775 AD
Answer: b) From about 753 AD to 982 AD Answer: b) 756-773 AD
271. Until which period does Dr AS Altekar consider 283. What is Krishna I known as? a) A weak ruler b)
the Rashtrakuta period as the most brilliant chapter? Also a great conqueror c) Only a religious leader d) A
a) Till the rise of the Mughals b) Till the rise of thepeaceful administrator
Marathas as an imperial power in the 18th century c) TillAnswer: b) Also a great conqueror
the British period d) Till the Vijayanagara period 284. Whom did Krishna I defeat? a) The Pratiharas and
Answer: b) Till the rise of the Marathas as an imperialPalas b) The Gangas and the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi
power in the 18th century c) The Cholas and Pandyas d) The Pallavas and Hoysalas
272. What does the term 'Rashtrakuta' literally mean?Answer: b) The Gangas and the Eastern Chalukyas of
a) King of the country b) Designated officer-in-charge of Vengi
territorial division called Rashtra c) Ruler of people d) 285. What did Krishna I build at Ellora? a) The Ajanta
Commander of army caves b) The magnificent rock-cut monolithic Kailasha
Answer: b) Designated officer-in-charge of territorialtemple c) The Elephanta caves d) The Karla caves
division called Rashtra Answer: b) The magnificent rock-cut monolithic
273. Where did the Rashtrakutas originally belong? a) Kailasha temple
Modern Bijapur b) Lattalura, modern Latur in the 286. Who succeeded Krishna I and till when did he
Maharashtra c) Modern Pune d) Modern Nagpur rule? a) Govinda III who ruled till 800 AD b) His son
Answer: b) Lattalura, modern Latur in the Maharashtra Dhruva who ruled till 793 AD c) Amoghavarsha I who ruled
274. What was the origin of the Rashtrakutas? a) Theytill 814 AD d) Krishna III who ruled till 780 AD
were of Tamil origin b) They were of Kannada origin c) Answer: b) His son Dhruva who ruled till 793 AD
They were of Telugu origin d) They were of Marathi origin 287. What was Govinda III's reign period? a) 790-811
Answer: b) They were of Kannada origin AD b) 793-814 AD c) 795-816 AD d) 788-812 AD
275. What was the mother tongue of theAnswer: b) 793-814 AD
Rashtrakutas? a) Marathi b) Kannada c) Telugu d) Tamil 288. What kind of victories did Govinda III achieve? a)
Answer: b) Kannada Victories over South Indian kingdoms b) Victories over
276. Initially, under whom were the Rashtrakutas North Indian kingdoms c) Only naval victories d) Only
feudatories? a) Under the Pallavas b) Under thedefensive victories
Chalukyas of Badami c) Under the Cholas d) Under the Answer: b) Victories over North Indian kingdoms
Pandyas 289. Whose submission did Govinda III successfully
Answer: b) Under the Chalukyas of Badami obtain? a) Only Pala rulers b) Gurjara Pratihara
277. What was Dantidurga's reign period? a) 730-750 Nagabhatta II, Dharmapala of Pala Empire and other small
AD b) 735-756 AD c) 740-760 AD d) 732-755 AD principalities in Kannauj c) Only Pratihara rulers d) Only
Answer: b) 735-756 AD South Indian rulers
278. What is Dantidurga known as? a) The greatest Answer: b) Gurjara Pratihara Nagabhatta II,
Rashtrakuta king b) The founder of the Rashtrakuta Dharmapala of Pala Empire and other small
dynasty c) The last Rashtrakuta king d) The most cultured principalities in Kannauj
Rashtrakuta king
290. What was Amoghavarsha I's reign period? a) as far as Kanyakumari d) He went as far as Thanjavur
810-874 AD b) 814-878 AD c) 816-880 AD d) 812-876 AD only
Answer: b) 814-878 AD Answer: b) He went as far as Rameswaram and
291. For how long did Amoghavarsha I rule? a) 60 occupied it for some time
years b) 64 years c) 66 years d) 62 years 304. What did Krishna III build in the conquered
Answer: b) 64 years territories? a) Palaces and forts b) Several temples
292. What had Amoghavarsha I lost control over? a) including the Krishneswara temple at Rameswaram c)
The entire kingdom b) Malwa and Gangavadi c) OnlyAdministrative buildings d) Trade centers
coastal regions d) Only northern territories Answer: b) Several temples including the
Answer: b) Malwa and Gangavadi Krishneswara temple at Rameswaram
293. Despite territorial losses, what was305. Which region did Krishna III possess throughout
Amoghavarsha I's reign popular for? a) Militaryhis reign? a) The entire Deccan b) The Tondaimandalam
conquests b) The cultural development c) Economic region including the capital Kanchi c) Only Karnataka d)
prosperity d) Religious reforms Only Maharashtra
Answer: b) The cultural development Answer: b) The Tondaimandalam region including the
294. Which religion did Amoghavarsha I follow? a)capital Kanchi
Buddhism b) Jainism c) Shaivism d) Vaishnavism 306. What happened to the power of the Rashtrakutas
Answer: b) Jainism after Krishna III's death? a) It increased further b) The
295. Who was Amoghavarsha I's chief preceptor? a) power of the Rashtrakutas declined c) It remained stable
Haribhadra b) Jinasena c) Akalanka d) Siddhasena d) It was transferred to allies
Answer: b) Jinasena Answer: b) The power of the Rashtrakutas declined
296. What was Amoghavarsha I also known as? a) A
Kannauj
great warrior b) A patron of letters c) A temple builder d) A
and the Tripartite
trade promoter Struggle
Answer: b) A patron of letters 307. For how long did the Tripartite struggle continue?
297. What famous work did Amoghavarsha I write? a) a) For about 80 years b) For nearly a century c) For about
A Sanskrit epic b) The famous Kannada work, 120 years d) For 150 years
Kavirajamarga c) A Prakrit drama d) A religious treatise Answer: b) For nearly a century
Answer: b) The famous Kannada work, Kavirajamarga 308. What does the Tripartite struggle refer to? a)
298. What city did Amoghavarsha I build as the Struggle among four dynasties b) The struggle among the
Rashtrakuta capital? a) Badami b) The city of Malkhed or three important dynasties of the period i.e. the
Manyakheda c) Pattadakal d) Aihole Gurjara-Pratiharas of Ujjain/Mandsaur, the Palas of
Answer: b) The city of Malkhed or Manyakheda Bengal and the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta, Karnataka c)
299. What was Krishna III's reign period? a) 930-962 Struggle between two dynasties d) Struggle among five
AD b) 936-968 AD c) 940-972 AD d) 934-966 AD dynasties
Answer: b) 936-968 AD Answer: b) The struggle among the three important
300. Among the successors of Amoghavarsha I, whodynasties of the period i.e. the Gurjara-Pratiharas of
was famous for his expeditions? a) Govinda IV b)Ujjain/Mandsaur, the Palas of Bengal and the
Krishna III c) Indra III d) Amoghavarsha II Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta, Karnataka
Answer: b) Krishna III 309. Where was Kannauj located that made it
301. Against whom did Krishna III march and defeat? important? a) On a river route b) On the significant trade
a) The Palas b) The Cholas and defeated them at route c) On a mountain pass d) Near the sea
Takkolam c) The Pratiharas d) The Chalukyas Answer: b) On the significant trade route
Answer: b) The Cholas and defeated them at Takkolam 310. Why was Kannauj commercially and strategically
302. After defeating the Cholas, where did Krishna III very important? a) Because of its religious significance b)
march? a) He marched further North b) He marched Because it was located on the significant trade route c)
further South and captured Tanjore c) He marched to theBecause of its fertile land d) Because of its natural
West d) He returned to his capital resources
Answer: b) He marched further South and captured Answer: b) Because it was located on the significant
Tanjore trade route
303. How far did Krishna III go and what did he 311. In whose favour did the Tripartite struggle
occupy? a) He went as far as Madurai b) He went as far ultimately end? a) The Palas b) The Gurjara-Pratihara
as Rameswaram and occupied it for some time c) He wentruler Nagabhata II c) The Rashtrakutas d) A foreign ruler
Answer: b) The Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Nagabhata II
312. What did Nagabhata II found at Kannauj? a) A Answer: b) Both the story of Rama and the life of king
Buddhist monastery b) The Gurjara-Pratihara kingdom at Ramapala of Bengal
Kannauj c) A trade center d) A military base 323. During whose reign was the Ramacharita written?
Answer: b) The Gurjara-Pratihara kingdom at Kannauj a) During Dharmapala's reign b) During the reign of the
313. For how long did the Gurjara-Pratihara kingdom Pala king, Mahipal c) During Devapala's reign d) During
at Kannauj survive? a) For about one century b) For Ramapala's reign
nearly two centuries c) For three centuries d) For 150Answer: b) During the reign of the Pala king, Mahipal
years 324. What were written in large numbers during this
Answer: b) For nearly two centuries period? a) Religious texts b) A large number of treatises
on poetics c) Historical chronicles d) Scientific works
Language and Literature in Answer: b) A large number of treatises on poetics
Post-Gupta Era 325. Who wrote Kavyamimamsa? a) Dhananjaya b)
314. What remained the main language of literature inRajashekhara c) Bhoja d) Hemachandra
the Post-Gupta Era? a) Prakrit b) Sanskrit c) Answer: b) Rajashekhara
Apabhramsha d) Local languages 326. Who wrote Dasharupa? a) Rajashekhara b)
Answer: b) Sanskrit Dhananjaya c) Bhoja d) Kshemendra
315. Which languages were used for writing BuddhistAnswer: b) Dhananjaya
and Jain religious literature? a) Sanskrit and 327. Who wrote Saraswati Kanthabharana? a)
Apabhramsha b) Pali and Prakrit c) Only Pali d) Only Hemachandra b) Bhoja c) Rajashekhara d) Kshemendra
Prakrit Answer: b) Bhoja
Answer: b) Pali and Prakrit 328. Who wrote Kavyanushasana? a) Bhoja b)
316. Whose Gaudavaho was the last major work in theHemachandra c) Rajashekhara d) Dhananjaya
older tradition of Prakrit? a) Banabhatta's b) Vakapati's Answer: b) Hemachandra
c) Bharavi's d) Magha's 329. Who wrote Kavikanthabharana? a) Hemachandra
Answer: b) Vakapati's b) Kshemendra c) Bhoja d) Rajashekhara
317. What was Vakapati's Gaudavaho? a) A religiousAnswer: b) Kshemendra
text b) A biography of Yashovarman of Kannauj c) A Society in Post-Gupta Era
poetry collection d) A historical chronicle 330. Apart from the four varnas, which important class
Answer: b) A biography of Yashovarman of Kannauj emerged as a jati during this period? a) Merchants b)
318. What represents the last stage of PrakritKayasthas, the scribes of the administration c) Warriors d)
languages? a) Pali b) The Apabhramsha c) Sanskrit d) Artisans
Regional languages Answer: b) Kayasthas, the scribes of the
Answer: b) The Apabhramsha administration
319. Why was Apabhramsha considered important? a)331. What were the Kayasthas responsible for? a)
Because it was used for religious texts b) Because the Military affairs b) Writing documents and maintaining
modern languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Banglarecords c) Religious ceremonies d) Trade and commerce
have all evolved from it c) Because it was the court Answer: b) Writing documents and maintaining
language d) Because it was used for trade records
Answer: b) Because the modern languages like Hindi, 332. From which period are references of Kayasthas
Gujarati, Marathi and Bangla have all evolved from it available? a) From the Gupta period b) From the Mauryan
320. What shows considerable development during period itself c) From the Harappan period d) From the
the Post-Gupta period? a) Architecture only b) Literature Vedic period
c) Trade only d) Agriculture only Answer: b) From the Mauryan period itself
Answer: b) Literature 333. By which century did Kayasthas come to be
321. What constitutes a special feature of literature in regarded as a distinct jati? a) By the sixth century b) By
this period? a) Religious themes only b) A number of the seventh century c) By the eighth century d) By the fifth
kavyas with two fold or even more significance c) Only century
historical works d) Only philosophical treatises Answer: b) By the seventh century
Answer: b) A number of kavyas with two fold or even 334. Which marriage rules did the smriti authorities of
more significance this period follow? a) New marriage rules b) The older
322. What does the Ramacharita of Sandhyakaramarriage rules c) Foreign marriage customs d) Buddhist
Nandi present? a) Only the story of Rama b) Both the marriage rules
story of Rama and the life of king Ramapala of Bengal c)Answer: b) The older marriage rules
Only the life of Ramapala d) Buddhist teachings
335. What new ideas and practices does the literatureabounding in needs, those which were black or yellow
reflect regarding marriages? a) Child marriage b) New and those which owed their fertility to rivers or rains
ideas and practices regarding remarriages c) Inter-caste 344. What irrigation methods are mentioned in the
marriage d) Love marriage inscriptions? a) Only canals b) Irrigation by the arahata
Answer: b) New ideas and practices regarding (Persian wheel) and by leather buckets c) Only wells d)
remarriages Only tanks
336. What do the words punarbhu and didhishuAnswer: b) Irrigation by the arahata (Persian wheel)
mean? a) A widowed woman b) A remarried woman c) Aand by leather buckets
divorced woman d) A single woman 345. What variety of textiles do the records mention?
Answer: b) A remarried woman a) Only cotton textiles b) A great variety and qualities of
337. How frequently are these words mentioned in the textiles such as woolen and hempen yarns, garments
literature? a) Rarely b) Frequently c) Never d) made of silk, deer's hair and sheep and goat's wool c)
Occasionally Only silk textiles d) Only linen textiles
Answer: b) Frequently Answer: b) A great variety and qualities of textiles
338. What was accepted by the authorities regarding such as woolen and hempen yarns, garments made of
women's rights? a) Right to education only b) The silk, deer's hair and sheep and goat's wool
women's right to inherit property c) Right to work only d) 346. Which professions related to textiles are
Right to vote mentioned in contemporary literature? a) Only weavers
Answer: b) The women's right to inherit property b) The professions of weavers, dyers and the tailor c) Only
339. What was the widow entitled to according to themerchants d) Only spinners
authorities? a) Only maintenance b) To succeed to the Answer: b) The professions of weavers, dyers and the
whole estate of her issueless, deceased husband c) Half tailor
of the estate d) Only personal belongings 347. What was Saurashtra famous for in metal
Answer: b) To succeed to the whole estate of her industry? a) Iron industry b) Bell industry c) Copper
issueless, deceased husband industry d) Gold industry
Answer: b) Bell industry
Economic Life in Post-Gupta Era 348. What was Vanga known for in metal industry? a)
340. What do the literary and inscriptional evidences Iron industry b) Tin industry c) Copper industry d) Silver
show about the Post-Gupta period? a) Economic industry
decline b) The advanced state of agriculture, trade andAnswer: b) Tin industry
economy c) Stagnation in trade d) Only agricultural 349. How many kinds of gems are mentioned in
development various texts? a) Around 25 kinds b) Around 33 kinds c)
Answer: b) The advanced state of agriculture, tradeAround 40 kinds d) Around 30 kinds
and economy Answer: b) Around 33 kinds
341. How many articles did Medhatithi include in the 350. Which gems are analyzed for their good qualities
category of grain (dhanya)? a) Fifteen articles b) Ain the texts? a) Only diamond and ruby b) Diamond,
group of seventeen articles (including rice and barley) c) emerald, ruby, pearls, sapphire, etc. c) Only pearls and
Twenty articles d) Twelve articles sapphire d) Only emerald and ruby
Answer: b) A group of seventeen articles (including Answer: b) Diamond, emerald, ruby, pearls, sapphire,
rice and barley) etc.
342. What does Abhidhanaratnamala mention about 351. What do Arab, Chinese, and Indian sources
cereals? a) Only rice varieties b) A large variety of cerealsmention about trade? a) Decline in trade b) The flow of
and other food grains with their synonyms c) Only wheattrade between East and West via India c) Only local trade
varieties d) Only barley varieties d) Only sea trade
Answer: b) A large variety of cereals and other foodAnswer: b) The flow of trade between East and West
grains with their synonyms via India
343. How were soils classified according to352. From where were the best breed of horses
Abhidhanaratnamala? a) Only as fertile and barren b) imported? a) From Europe b) From Central and Western
Variously as fertile, barren, fallow, desert, excellent as well Asia c) From Africa d) From Southeast Asia
as those green with grass or abounding in needs, thoseAnswer: b) From Central and Western Asia
which were black or yellow and those which owed their353. What attracted foreign merchants to settle in
fertility to rivers or rains c) Only by color d) Only by fertility India? a) Religious freedom b) The prosperity of the
Answer: b) Variously as fertile, barren, fallow, desert,coastal towns of Gujarat, Malabar and Tamil c) Political
excellent as well as those green with grass or stability d) Low taxes
Answer: b) The prosperity of the coastal towns of Answer: b) Many Jain basadis (temples) and
Gujarat, Malabar and Tamil mahastambhas (pillar)
354. Which ports along the West coast of India were363. When was the colossal image at Sravanabelgola
referred to by Arab geographers? a) Only Mumbai andset up? a) In the Gupta period b) During this time c) In the
Chennai b) Debal (in Indus delta) Cambay J'hana, SoparaMauryan period d) In the medieval period
and Quilon c) Only Cochin and Mangalore d) Only Goa Answer: b) During this time
and Karwar 364. Which sect became popular during this time? a)
Answer: b) Debal (in Indus delta) Cambay J'hana,Vaishnavism b) Tantricism c) Shaivism d) Buddhism
Sopara and Quilon Answer: b) Tantricism
355. What types of guilds does Medhatithi mention? a) 365. When had Tantricism originated? a) In the fifth
Only trading guilds b) Both industrial and mercantile guilds century b) In the sixth century c) In the seventh century d)
c) Only craft guilds d) Only agricultural guilds In the eighth century
Answer: b) Both industrial and mercantile guilds Answer: b) In the sixth century
356. What did these guilds consist of? a) Only 366. From which century onwards did Tantricism
merchants b) People following common profession such become stronger? a) From the seventh century b) From
as tradesmen, artisans, money lenders, etc. c) Only the eighth century c) From the ninth century d) From the
artisans d) Only religious people tenth century
Answer: b) People following common profession such Answer: b) From the eighth century
as tradesmen, artisans, money lenders, etc. 367. Where was Tantricism strongest? a) In South India
b) In North-Eastern India c) In Western India d) In Central
Religion and Philosophy in India
Post-Gupta Era Answer: b) In North-Eastern India
357. What tendencies did both Buddhism and Jainism 368. With which region did Tantricism have close ties?
develop during this period? a) Atheistic tendencies b) a) China b) Tibet c) Burma d) Sri Lanka
Theistic tendencies on the analogy of shaivism and Answer: b) Tibet
Vaishnavism c) Materialistic tendencies d) Rationalistic Education in Post-Gupta Era
tendencies 369. What continued during the Post-Gupta period
Answer: b) Theistic tendencies on the analogy of regarding education? a) A completely new system was
shaivism and Vaishnavism introduced b) The system of education which had
358. What did Buddhism witness during this period? developed gradually in the earlier centuries continued c)
a) Only growth b) Not only decadence of pure Hinayana Education was banned d) Only religious education was
and Mahayana Buddhism, but also the appearance of aallowed
new phase of the religious philosophy c) Complete Answer: b) The system of education which had
disappearance d) Only decline developed gradually in the earlier centuries continued
Answer: b) Not only decadence of pure Hinayana and 370. What new sacrament did the later smritis
Mahayana Buddhism, but also the appearance of aintroduce? a) Marriage ceremony b) Vidyarambha
new phase of the religious philosophy (commencement of education) c) Thread ceremony d)
359. Among which classes did Jainism gain popularityNaming ceremony
in North and West India? a) Among farmers b) AmongAnswer: b) Vidyarambha (commencement of
the trading classes c) Among warriors d) Among priests education)
Answer: b) Among the trading classes 371. What was aksharasvikriti or aksharabhyasa? a)
360. What kind of patronage did Jainism receive in Religious rituals b) Training in the alphabet c) Military
South India? a) Limited patronage b) Extensive royaltraining d) Trade skills
patronage c) No patronage d) Only merchant patronage Answer: b) Training in the alphabet
Answer: b) Extensive royal patronage 372. Where was education imparted like in earlier
361. In the Deccan, which rulers honored Jainism? a)periods? a) In palaces b) In the temple c) In separate
Only Chalukyas b) The Gangas, Chalukyas and by schools d) In homes only
Rastrakuta rulers c) Only Rashtrakutas d) Only Pallavas Answer: b) In the temple
Answer: b) The Gangas, Chalukyas and by Rastrakuta 373. How were students taught in smaller village
rulers temples? a) By monks b) Students were taught by the
362. What were set up in different parts during thistemple priests c) By traveling teachers d) By local scholars
period related to Jainism? a) Only temples b) Many JainAnswer: b) Students were taught by the temple priests
basadis (temples) and mahastambhas (pillar) c) Only
monasteries d) Only schools
374. What did students do in larger temples? a) Only Answer: b) The famous temples of Orissa, especially
performed rituals b) Attended the college attached to the those of Bhubaneshwar
larger temples c) Only learned crafts d) Only meditated 383. What style are the Bhubaneshwar temples
Answer: b) Attended the college attached to the largerexamples of? a) Dravidian style b) Nagar style or North
temples Indian style c) Vesara style d) Indo-Islamic style
375. How was professional education maintained? a)Answer: b) Nagar style or North Indian style
Through royal schools b) Through the training given to 384. Where else do several excellent nagar style
apprentices in guilds and among the groups of artisans c)temples still stand? a) In Mathura b) Khajuraho in
Through private tutors d) Through monasteries only Bundelkhand c) In Varanasi d) In Ajmer
Answer: b) Through the training given to apprenticesAnswer: b) Khajuraho in Bundelkhand
in guilds and among the groups of artisans 385. Which temples in the Deccan are stylistically
376. What kind of instruction was imparted by saints different? a) Temples of Hampi b) The temples of Vatapi
and elders at a popular level? a) Complex Sanskrit (Badami) and Pattadakal (Bijapur district) c) Temples of
learning b) Oral instruction, much simpler than the Aihole d) Temples of Halebidu only
Sanskrit learning of the colleges c) Only religious Answer: b) The temples of Vatapi (Badami) and
instruction d) Only practical skills Pattadakal (Bijapur district)
Answer: b) Oral instruction, much simpler than the 386. What do these Deccan temples stand on? a) Flat
Sanskrit learning of the colleges ground b) An elaborately decorated base or plinth c)
377. What did the numerous mathas and other centres Raised platforms only d) Natural rock formations
of education enable? a) Only local learning b) Ideas to Answer: b) An elaborately decorated base or plinth
flow freely and quickly from one part of the country to 387. Which temple at Halebidu is mentioned as a good
another c) Religious conversion d) Political unity example? a) The Chennakesava temple b) The
Answer: b) Ideas to flow freely and quickly from one Hoysalesvara temple c) The Belur temple d) The
part of the country to another Somnathpur temple
378. Where was education also available besidesAnswer: b) The Hoysalesvara temple
temples? a) Only in Hindu institutions b) In the Jain and 388. What is special about the Hoysalesvara temple?
Buddhist monasteries at Vikramshila, Oddantapura,a) It is the largest temple b) Though incomplete, is
Vallabhi and Nalanda c) Only in royal courts d) Only in unsurpassed by any Indian temple in both its structural
private homes and its decorative features c) It is the oldest temple d) It
Answer: b) In the Jain and Buddhist monasteries athas the tallest tower
Vikramshila, Oddantapura, Vallabhi and Nalanda Answer: b) Though incomplete, is unsurpassed by
379. What were Vikramshila, Oddantapura, Vallabhi any Indian temple in both its structural and its
and Nalanda? a) Trade centers b) Great centres of higherdecorative features
learning c) Military bases d) Religious pilgrimage sites only 389. Besides free standing temples, what else exists
Answer: b) Great centres of higher learning in the South? a) Only paintings b) Temples are also hewn
out of solid rock c) Only sculptures d) Only monasteries
Art and Architecture in Answer: b) Temples are also hewn out of solid rock
Post-Gupta Era 390. Which temple at Ellora is regarded as an
380. What kind of age was the Post-Gupta Era for artarchitectural marvel? a) The Vishnu temple b) The
and architecture? a) A declining age b) A fruitful age c) A Kailash temple, dedicated to Shiva c) The Jain temple d)
stagnant age d) An experimental age The Buddha temple
Answer: b) A fruitful age Answer: b) The Kailash temple, dedicated to Shiva
381. From what is it apparent that the Post-Gupta Era391. During whose reign was the Kailash temple at
was fruitful for art and architecture? a) From historical Ellora excavated? a) During Amoghavarsha's reign b)
accounts b) From the numerous temples that are standing During the reign of Krishna I of the Rashtrakuta dynasty c)
for the 1200 years c) From foreign descriptions d) From During Govinda III's reign d) During Dantidurga's reign
paintings only Answer: b) During the reign of Krishna I of the
Answer: b) From the numerous temples that are Rashtrakuta dynasty
standing for the 1200 years
382. Which temples of Orissa are mentioned as
SANGAM AGE AND
magnificent specimens? a) Temples of Puri only b) The
famous temples of Orissa, especially those of SOUTH INDIAN
Bhubaneshwar c) Temples of Cuttack d) Temples of
Konark only
 Answer: b) Kapatapuram
HISTORY - MCQ 12. The only text that survived from the second
Sangam was: a) Tirukkural b) Tolkappiyam c)
QUESTIONS Silappadikaram d) Pattupattu
Answer: b) Tolkappiyam
SANGAM AGE - BASIC 13. The third Sangam was held at: a) Kapatapuram b)
Puhar c) Madurai d) Thanjavur
INTRODUCTION Answer: c) Madurai
1. The Sangam Period in South India lasted from: a)
2nd century BC to 2nd century AD b) 3rd century BC to
SCRIPT AND COMPILATION
3rd century AD c) 4th century BC to 4th century AD d) 1st 14. The earliest script used by Tamils was: a) Tamil
century BC to 1st century AD script b) Brahmi script c) Grantha script d) Devanagari
Answer: b) 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD script
2. The Sangam Period covered which modern Answer: b) Brahmi script
states/regions: a) Tamil Nadu and Kerala only b) Tamil15. The angular script evolved from late ancient and
Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil early medieval period was called: a) Tamil script b)
Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh only d) Kerala and Brahmi script c) Grantha script d) Pallava script
Karnataka only Answer: c) Grantha script
Answer: b) Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra 16. Modern Tamil script is derived from: a) Brahmi
Pradesh script b) Grantha script c) Devanagari script d) Sanskrit
3. The Sangam Period was named after: a) The capitalscript
city Sangam b) The Sangam academies held during the Answer: b) Grantha script
period c) The Sangam river d) The Sangam mountains 17. The Sangam literature was finally compiled in its
Answer: b) The Sangam academies held during the present form during: a) 200-500 AD b) 300-600 AD c)
period 400-700 AD d) 100-400 AD
4. The Sangam academies flourished under the royalAnswer: b) 300-600 AD
patronage of: a) Chera kings b) Chola kings​ LANGUAGE AND NATURE OF
c) Pandya kings of Madurai d) Pallava kings
Answer: c) Pandya kings of Madurai SANGAM LITERATURE
5. At the Sangams, eminent scholars functioned as: a)18. Tamil is the oldest among the spoken literary
Royal advisors b) Military commanders c) Board oflanguages of: a) India b) North India c) South India d)
censors d) Trade representatives Central India
Answer: c) Board of censors Answer: c) South India
19. Sangam literature deals with: a) Religious matters
THREE SANGAMS only b) Secular matters c) Mythological stories d) Royal
6. According to Tamil legends, how many Sangamsgenealogies
were held: a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five Answer: b) Secular matters
Answer: b) Three 20. Sangam literature covers activities like: a)
7. The three Sangams were popularly called: a) Government, war, charity, trade b) Worship, agriculture c)
Muchchangam b) Trichangam c) Sangamam d)Both a and b d) Religious ceremonies only
Mahasangam Answer: c) Both a and b
Answer: a) Muchchangam 21. Notable poets and thinkers of Sangam age
8. The first Sangam was believed to be held at: a) include: a) Tolkappiyar, Tiruvalluvar, Illango Adigal b)
Kapatapuram b) Chennai c) Madurai d) Kanchipuram Sittalai Sattanar, Nakkirar, Kapilar c) Paraner, Auvaiyar,
Answer: c) Madurai Mangudi Marudanar d) All of the above
9. The first Sangam was attended by: a) Kings and Answer: d) All of the above
ministers b) Gods and legendary sages c) Poets and 22. Sangam literature can be divided into how many
scholars d) Merchants and traders groups: a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
Answer: b) Gods and legendary sages Answer: b) Two
10. How many literary works of the first Sangam are23. The two groups of Sangam literature are: a)
available: a) One b) Two c) Three d) None Religious and secular b) Narrative and didactic c) Poetry
Answer: d) None and prose d) Tamil and Sanskrit
11. The second Sangam was held at: a) Madurai b)Answer: b) Narrative and didactic
Kapatapuram c) Puhar d) Kanchi
24. The major themes of Sangam literature are: a) Love39. Ettutogai is a collection of: a) Seven anthologies b)
and revenge b) Poetry c) War and peace d) Both a and b Eight anthologies c) Nine anthologies d) Ten anthologies
Answer: d) Both a and b Answer: b) Eight anthologies
40. Aingurunuru was compiled by: a) Rudrasarman b)
TOLKAPPIYAM Gudalur Kilar c) Unknown compiler d) Nakkirar
25. Tolkappiyam was written by: a) Tiruvalluvar b) Answer: b) Gudalur Kilar
Tolkappiyar c) Illango Adigal d) Nakkirar 41. Aingurunuru consists of: a) 400 poems b) 500 erotic
Answer: b) Tolkappiyar poems c) 600 poems d) 300 poems
26. Tolkappiyar was one of the disciples of: a) SageAnswer: b) 500 erotic poems
Agastya b) Sage Vishwamitra c) Sage Bharadwaj d) Sage 42. Agananuru was compiled by: a) Gudalur Kilar b)
Vashishta Rudrasarman c) Nakkirar d) Unknown compiler
Answer: a) Sage Agastya Answer: b) Rudrasarman
27. Tolkappiyam has how many disciples of Sage43. Agananuru consists of: a) Love poems b) War
Agastya: a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 16 poems c) Religious poems d) Trade poems
Answer: b) 12 Answer: a) Love poems
28. Tolkappiyam is divided into how many major parts: 44. Narrinai comprises: a) 300 short poems on love b)
a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five 400 short poems on love c) 500 short poems on love d)
Answer: b) Three 600 short poems on love
29. Each part of Tolkappiyam consists of how manyAnswer: b) 400 short poems on love
iyals (sub-parts): a) Seven b) Eight c) Nine d) Ten 45. Kuruntogai has: a) 300 love poems b) 400 love
Answer: c) Nine poems c) 500 love poems d) 600 love poems
30. The total number of sutras in Tolkappiyam is: a) Answer: b) 400 love poems
1512 b) 1612 c) 1712 d) 1812 46. Purananuru consists of: a) 300 poems in praise of
Answer: b) 1612 kings b) 400 poems in praise of kings c) 500 poems in
PATTUPATTU praise of kings d) 600 poems in praise of kings
31. Pattupattu means: a) Eight poems b) Ten poems c) Answer: b) 400 poems in praise of kings
Twelve poems d) Sixteen poems 47. In Purananuru, which dynasties are referred: a)
Answer: b) Ten poems Mauryas and Guptas b) Nandas and Mauryas c) Cheras
32. The poetry in Pattupattu was divided into how and Cholas d) Pandyas and Pallavas
many main groups: a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four Answer: b) Nandas and Mauryas
Answer: b) Two 48. Kalithogai comprises: a) War poems b) Love poems
33. Aham in Pattupattu deals with: a) War and politics b) c) Religious poems d) Trade poems
Love and subjective experience c) Trade and commerce Answer: b) Love poems
d) Religious matters 49. Paripadal has how many poems: a) 20 b) 22 c) 24 d)
Answer: b) Love and subjective experience 26
34. Puram in Pattupattu deals with: a) Private emotions Answer: c) 24
b) Love stories c) Matters capable of externalization d)50. Paripadal poems are in praise of: a) Kings b) Gods
Family relationships c) Warriors d) Merchants
Answer: c) Matters capable of externalization Answer: b) Gods
35. Murugarruppadai was written by: a) Nattanar b) 51. Padirruppattu is a collection of: a) 6 poems in
Nakkirar c) Kannan d) Mangudi Marudam praise of Chera kings b) 8 poems in praise of Chera kings
Answer: b) Nakkirar c) 10 poems in praise of Chera kings d) 12 poems in
36. Sirupanarruppadai was written by: a) Nakkirar b)praise of Chera kings
Nattanar c) Kannan d) Mangudi Marudam Answer: b) 8 poems in praise of Chera kings
Answer: b) Nattanar PATHINENKILKANAKKU
37. Maduraikkanji was written by: a) Nakkirar b) 52. Pathinenkilkanakku means: a) Sixteen Minor Works
Nattanar c) Mangudi Marudam d) Kannan b) Seventeen Minor Works c) Eighteen Minor Works d)
Answer: c) Mangudi Marudam Nineteen Minor Works
38. Pattinappalai was written by: a) Nakkirar b) Nattanar Answer: c) Eighteen Minor Works
c) Kannan d) Mangudi Marudam 53. These works are called minor because: a) They are
Answer: c) Kannan less important b) The poems are shorter in form c) They
ETTUTOGAI were written later d) They have fewer authors
Answer: b) The poems are shorter in form
54. The most important among Pathinenkilkanakku is: 68. Kovalan's wife was: a) Madhavi b) Kannagi c)
a) Silappadikaram b) Tirukkural c) Tolkappiyam d)Manimekalai d) Devayani
Manimekalai Answer: b) Kannagi
Answer: b) Tirukkural 69. In the end, who takes revenge for Kovalan's death:
55. Tirukkural was written by: a) Tolkappiyar b) Illango a) Madhavi b) Manimekalai c) Kannagi d) The Chola king
Adigal c) Tiruvalluvar d) Sattanar Answer: c) Kannagi
Answer: c) Tiruvalluvar 70. Kannagi takes revenge from: a) The Chola king b)
56. Tirukkural is known as: a) The Bible of Tamil land b)The Pandyan king c) The Chera king d) The Pallava king
The Gita of Tamil land c) The Veda of Tamil land d) The Answer: b) The Pandyan king
Upanishad of Tamil land 71. Silappadikaram marks the beginning of: a) Madhavi
Answer: a) The Bible of Tamil land cult b) Kannagi cult or Pattini cult c) Kovalan cult d) Chola
57. Tirukkural is a compound of: a) Dharmashastra and cult
Arthashastra b) Arthashastra and Kamasutra c) Answer: b) Kannagi cult or Pattini cult
Dharmashastra, Arthashastra and Kamasutra d) 72. The Pattini cult involves worship of: a) Madhavi as
Dharmashastra and Kamasutra the dancer b) Kovalan as the merchant c) Kannagi as the
Answer: c) Dharmashastra, Arthashastra and real wife d) Manimekalai as the daughter
Kamasutra Answer: c) Kannagi as the real wife
58. Pathinenkilkanakku was translated into English73. Which Ceylonese king was present at the
by: a) Dr A Dakshinamurthy b) Dr K Nachimuthu c) Dr R installation of Kannagi Goddess: a) Dutugamunu b)
Nagaswamy d) Dr S Vaiyapuri Gajabahu c) Mahasena d) Kassapa
Answer: a) Dr A Dakshinamurthy Answer: b) Gajabahu
59. Pathinenkilkanakku was translated into English in:74. The installation of Kannagi Goddess was done by:
a) 2008 b) 2009 c) 2010 d) 2011 a) Chola king Karikala b) Pandya king c) Chera king
Answer: c) 2010 Senguttuvan d) Pallava king
60. Most books in Pathinenkilkanakku deal with: a)Answer: c) Chera king Senguttuvan
War and politics b) Love and romance c) Morals and75. Manimekalai was written by: a) Illango Adigal b)
ethics d) Trade and commerce Poet Sattanar c) Tiruvalluvar d) Tolkappiyar
Answer: c) Morals and ethics Answer: b) Poet Sattanar
76. Manimekalai is the daughter of: a) Kannagi and
THE EPICS Kovalan b) Kovalan and Madhavi c) Madhavi and another
61. The two epics of early Christian era are: a) merchant d) Kannagi and another person
Silappadikaram and Tolkappiyam b) Silappadikaram and Answer: b) Kovalan and Madhavi
Manimekalai c) Manimekalai and Tirukkural d) 77. The main aim of Manimekalai epic was to show
Tolkappiyam and Tirukkural excellence of: a) Hinduism b) Buddhism c) Jainism d)
Answer: b) Silappadikaram and Manimekalai Local religion
62. Silappadikaram means: a) The Golden Anklet b) TheAnswer: b) Buddhism
Silver Anklet c) The Jewelled Anklet d) The Royal Anklet 78. In Manimekalai, the painful life is due to loss of: a)
Answer: c) The Jewelled Anklet Madurai city b) Kanchi city c) Puhar city d) Thanjavur city
63. Silappadikaram was written by: a) Sattanar b) Answer: c) Puhar city
Illango Adigal c) Tiruvalluvar d) Tolkappiyar 79. Manimekalai is the only important ancient work
Answer: b) Illango Adigal that gives glimpse of: a) Political developments b)
64. Illango Adigal was: a) Son of Karikala b) Brother of Economic conditions c) Development of fine arts d)
Karikala c) Grandson of Karikala d) Father of Karikala Religious practices
Answer: c) Grandson of Karikala Answer: c) Development of fine arts
65. Silappadikaram was written in: a) 1st century AD b)
2nd century AD c) 3rd century AD d) 4th century AD MEGALITH CULTURE
Answer: b) 2nd century AD 80. Megaliths are: a) Big stone structures b) Graves
66. The merchant in Silappadikaram is: a) Kovalan of encircled by big pieces of stone c) Temple structures d)
Madurai b) Kovalan of Puhar c) Kovalan of Kanchi d) Palace structures
Kovalan of Thanjavur Answer: b) Graves encircled by big pieces of stone
Answer: b) Kovalan of Puhar 81. Megaliths are found in: a) Plains of the peninsula b)
67. Kovalan falls in love with: a) Kannagi b) Madhavi c) Coastal areas of the peninsula c) All upland areas of the
Manimekalai d) Devayani peninsula d) River valleys of the peninsula
Answer: b) Madhavi Answer: c) All upland areas of the peninsula
82. The concentration of megaliths is in: a) Western 95. Megasthenes mentioned that Pandya kingdom was
Tamil Nadu and Kerala b) Eastern Andhra and Tamil Naduruled by: a) A king b) A woman c) A council d) Twin rulers
c) Northern Karnataka and Andhra d) Southern Kerala andAnswer: b) A woman
Karnataka 96. The territories of Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras
Answer: b) Eastern Andhra and Tamil Nadu were probably: a) Inside the Mauryan empire b) Outside
83. The popular pottery with megalithic people was: a)the Mauryan empire c) Partially in Mauryan empire d)
Red ware b) Black ware c) Black and red ware d) Grey Vassals of Mauryan empire
ware Answer: b) Outside the Mauryan empire
Answer: c) Black and red ware
84. The practice of burying goods with dead bodies
PANDYAN KINGDOM
was based on belief that: a) Dead would return to earth 97. Pandyan territory occupied: a) Northwestern portion
b) Dead would need them in next world c) Goods wouldof peninsula b) Northeastern portion of peninsula c)
protect the dead d) Goods would bring prosperity Southernmost and Southeastern portion of peninsula d)
Answer: b) Dead would need them in next world Southwestern portion of peninsula
85. The dynasties mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions Answer: c) Southernmost and Southeastern portion of
were probably in: a) Iron Age phase b) Megalithic phase peninsula
c) Neolithic phase d) Bronze Age phase 98. Pandyan territory included modern districts: a)
Answer: b) Megalithic phase Tirunelveli, Ramnad and Madurai b) Thanjavur, Trichy and
86. In Southern Tamil Nadu, megalithic people buriedSalem c) Coimbatore, Erode and Dharmapuri d)
skeletons inside: a) Stone chambers b) Urns made of Kanyakumari, Nagercoil and Tuticorin
red pottery c) Wooden coffins d) Cloth wrappings Answer: a) Tirunelveli, Ramnad and Madurai
Answer: b) Urns made of red pottery 99. The capital of Pandya kingdom was: a) Tirunelveli
87. The practice in Krishna-Godavari valley was: a) b) Ramnad c) Madurai d) Kanyakumari
Urn-burial b) List-burial or pit-burial surrounded by stone Answer: c) Madurai
circles c) Cremation d) Tree burial 100. Madurai became: a) A great military centre b) A
Answer: b) List-burial or pit-burial surrounded bygreat cultural centre c) A great trade centre d) A great
stone circles religious centre
88. Megalithic people produced: a) Paddy only b) Ragi Answer: b) A great cultural centre
only c) Paddy and ragi d) Wheat and barley 101. Pandyan kings profited from trade with: a) Greek
Answer: c) Paddy and ragi empire b) Roman empire c) Persian empire d) Chinese
89. Megalithic people generally did not settle in: a)empire
Hills b) Uplands c) Plains or low lands d) Forests Answer: b) Roman empire
Answer: c) Plains or low lands 102. Pandyan kings sent embassies to: a) Roman
emperor Trajan b) Roman emperor Augustus c) Roman
THREE EARLY KINGDOMS - emperor Hadrian d) Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius
Answer: b) Roman emperor Augustus
INTRODUCTION 103. In early centuries, who enjoyed considerable
90. The area south of Krishna river was divided into: influence in Pandya kingdom: a) Kshatriyas b) Vaishyas
a) Two kingdoms b) Three kingdoms c) Four kingdoms d) c) Brahmanas d) Shudras
Five kingdoms Answer: c) Brahmanas
Answer: b) Three kingdoms 104. Pandyan kings performed: a) Buddhist ceremonies
91. The three kingdoms were: a) Pandya, Chola and b) Jain rituals c) Local tribal rites d) Vedic sacrifices
Pallava b) Pandya, Chola and Chera c) Chola, Chera and Answer: d) Vedic sacrifices
Pallava d) Pandya, Pallava and Rashtrakuta
Answer: b) Pandya, Chola and Chera CHOLA KINGDOM
92. Chera kingdom was also called: a) Tamil Nadu b) 105. The Chola kingdom was called: a) Cholamandalam
Karnataka c) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh or Coromandal b) Choladesha c) Cholapuri d) Cholanadu
Answer: c) Kerala Answer: a) Cholamandalam or Coromandal
93. The Pandyas were first mentioned by: a) Kautilya b) 106. Chola kingdom was situated: a) South-western part
Megasthenes c) Pliny d) Ptolemy of Pandya territory b) North-eastern part of Pandya
Answer: b) Megasthenes territory c) North-western part of Pandya territory d)
94. According to Megasthenes, Pandya kingdom was South-eastern part of Pandya territory
famous for: a) Spices b) Pearls c) Cotton d) Silk Answer: b) North-eastern part of Pandya territory
Answer: b) Pearls
107. Chola kingdom was between: a) Krishna and 122. Chera country was situated: a) East and South of
Godavari rivers b) Pennar and Velur rivers c) Kaveri and Pandya land b) West and North of Pandya land c) North
Vaigai rivers d) Palar and Ponnaiyar rivers and East of Pandya land d) South and West of Pandya
Answer: b) Pennar and Velur rivers land
108. The chief centre of Chola political power was: a) Answer: b) West and North of Pandya land
Puhar b) Uraiyur c) Thanjavur d) Kumbakonam 123. Chera kingdom included: a) Broad plains between
Answer: b) Uraiyur sea and mountains b) Narrow strip of land between sea
109. Uraiyur was famous for: a) Pearl trade b) Spice and mountains c) Mountain regions only d) Coastal plains
trade c) Cotton trade d) Silk trade only
Answer: c) Cotton trade Answer: b) Narrow strip of land between sea and
110. In middle of 2nd century BC, which Chola kingmountains
conquered Sri Lanka: a) Karikala b) Elara c) Rajendra d) 124. Chera kingdom covered portion of modern: a)
Rajaraja Tamil Nadu state b) Karnataka state c) Kerala state d)
Answer: b) Elara Andhra Pradesh state
111. Elara ruled Sri Lanka for: a) Nearly 40 years b) Answer: c) Kerala state
Nearly 50 years c) Nearly 60 years d) Nearly 30 years 125. Cheras owed their importance to trade with: a)
Answer: b) Nearly 50 years Greeks b) Romans c) Persians d) Arabs
112. The Chola kingdom flourished around 100 ADAnswer: b) Romans
under: a) Elara b) Karikala c) Rajendra d) Rajaraja 126. Romans set up how many regiments at Muziris:
Answer: b) Karikala a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
113. Karikala founded: a) Uraiyur b) Puhar c) ThanjavurAnswer: b) Two
d) Kumbakonam 127. Muziris is identical with: a) Kochi b) Calicut c)
Answer: b) Puhar Cranganore d) Trivandrum
114. Karikala constructed embankment along Kaveri Answer: c) Cranganore
river of: a) 150 km b) 160 km c) 170 km d) 180 km 128. Roman regiments were set up to protect their: a)
Answer: b) 160 km Citizens b) Interests c) Religion d) Culture
115. Puhar is identical with: a) Uraiyur b)Answer: b) Interests
Kaveripattanam c) Thanjavur d) Kumbakonam 129. The most important event in Chera political
Answer: b) Kaveripattanam history was fight against: a) Pandyas in 140 AD b)
116. Kaveripattanam was: a) Pandya capital b) Chera Cholas in about 150 AD c) Pallavas in 160 AD d) Romans
capital c) Chola capital d) Pallava capital in 170 AD
Answer: c) Chola capital Answer: b) Cholas in about 150 AD
117. Excavations at Puhar show it had: a) A large 130. According to Chera poets, their greatest king
palace b) A large temple c) A large dockyard d) A large was: a) Udayavarman b) Senguttuvan c) Cheran
fort Senguttuvan d) Imayavaramban
Answer: c) A large dockyard Answer: b) Senguttuvan
118. Main source of Chola wealth was trade in: a)131. Senguttuvan was also called: a) The White Chera
Pearls b) Spices c) Cotton cloth d) Precious stones b) The Red Chera c) The Golden Chera d) The Black
Answer: c) Cotton cloth Chera
119. Chola navy sailed as far as: a) Mouths of Answer: b) The Red Chera
Brahmaputra and Mahanadi b) Mouths of Ganga and 132. Red Chera's actual name was: a) Senguttuvan b)
Irrawaddy c) Mouths of Krishna and Godavari d) Mouths of Cenkuttuvan c) Both a and b d) Cheran Chenguttuvan
Narmada and Tapti Answer: c) Both a and b
Answer: b) Mouths of Ganga and Irrawaddy 133. According to Silappadikaram, Senguttuvan: a)
120. Under Karikala's successors, Chola power: a)Invaded the South and crossed Kaveri b) Invaded the
Rapidly expanded b) Remained stable c) Rapidly declined North and crossed Ganga c) Invaded the East and
d) Slowly increased crossed Krishna d) Invaded the West and crossed
Answer: c) Rapidly declined Narmada
121. Kaveripattanam was: a) Rebuilt by successors b)Answer: b) Invaded the North and crossed Ganga
Destroyed c) Renamed d) Abandoned
Answer: b) Destroyed
ECONOMIC LIFE OF THREE
CHERA KINGDOM KINGDOMS
134. The three states profited from: a) Agriculture onlyAnswer: b) The king
b) Trade only c) Natural resources and foreign trade d)148. In Sangam texts, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas: a)
Military conquests Appear as regular varnas b) Do not appear as regular
Answer: c) Natural resources and foreign trade varnas c) Are mentioned frequently d) Are the dominant
135. The spice especially in demand in Western worldclasses
was: a) Cardamom b) Cinnamon c) Pepper d) Turmeric Answer: b) Do not appear as regular varnas
Answer: c) Pepper 149. The class of warriors was: a) Absent in society b)
136. The sea yielded: a) Fish and salt b) Pearls c) Corals Present in society c) Merged with priests d) Part of
d) Both b and c merchant class
Answer: b) Pearls Answer: b) Present in society
137. The mines produced: a) Iron and copper b) Gold 150. Captains of army were given the title: a) Senapati
and silver c) Precious stones d) Coal and limestone b) Mahabali c) Enadi d) Dandanayaka
Answer: c) Precious stones Answer: c) Enadi
138. Early Tamil poems mentioned wearing of complex 151. The title Enadi was given at: a) Birth ceremony b)
patterns on: a) Cotton b) Silk c) Wool d) Linen Marriage ceremony c) A formal ceremony d) Victory
Answer: b) Silk celebration
139. From very early times, Tamil traders were Answer: c) A formal ceremony
engaged with: a) Greek or Hellenistic kingdom of Egypt152. Civil and military offices under Cholas and
b) Arabia, Malaya archipelago and China c) Both a and b Pandyas were held by: a) Brahmanas b) Kshatriyas c)
d) Roman empire only Vallalas or rich peasants d) Local chiefs
Answer: c) Both a and b Answer: c) Vallalas or rich peasants
140. Transit duties were levied on: a) Local farmers b)153. The ruling caste was called: a) Vallalas b) Arasar c)
Merchants who moved with goods from place to place c) Brahmanas d) Enadi
Artisans d) Court officials Answer: b) Arasar
Answer: b) Merchants who moved with goods from 154. Arasar had matrimonial relations with: a)
place to place Brahmanas b) Kshatriyas c) Vallalas d) Local chiefs
141. The land produced: a) Paddy and ragi b) Sugarcane Answer: c) Vallalas
c) Both a and b d) Wheat and barley 155. Vallalas constituted the: a) Third caste b) Fourth
Answer: c) Both a and b caste c) Second caste d) Fifth caste
142. The state maintained a regular army from: a) Answer: b) Fourth caste
Foreign tribute b) Trade profits c) Taxes collected from156. Vallalas had: a) Agricultural land only b) Vast pasture
peasantry d) Royal treasury land c) Trading establishments d) Military equipment
Answer: c) Taxes collected from peasantry Answer: b) Vast pasture land
157. Vallalas constituted: a) The military class b) The
SOCIAL LIFE OF THREE priestly class c) The peasantry d) The merchant class
KINGDOMS Answer: c) The peasantry
143. Taxes enabled the king to maintain: a) 158. The peasantry was divided into: a) Upper and
Professional army only b) Poets and priests only c) Both lower b) Rich and poor c) Local and foreign d) Hindu and
professional army and poets/priests d) Palace andnon-Hindu
administration Answer: b) Rich and poor
Answer: c) Both professional army and poets/priests 159. Rich peasants: a) Ploughed the land themselves b)
144. The priests were mainly from: a) Local tribes b) Did not plough but employed labourers c) Used family
Priest class c) Royal family d) Merchant class members for farming d) Rented out all their land
Answer: b) Priest class Answer: b) Did not plough but employed labourers
145. Brahmanas first appear in Tamil land during: a) 160. Agricultural operations were generally carried out
Pre-Sangam age b) Sangam age c) Post-Sangam age d)by: a) Male labourers b) Women of the lowest class
Medieval period (Kadaisiyar) c) Rich peasants d) Slaves only
Answer: b) Sangam age Answer: b) Women of the lowest class (Kadaisiyar)
146. Many Brahmanas functioned as: a) Military161. The status of Kadaisiyar appears to be: a) Higher
commanders b) Trade representatives c) Court poets d)than slaves b) Equal to slaves c) Lower than slaves d)
Agricultural supervisors Same as free labourers
Answer: c) Court poets Answer: c) Lower than slaves
147. Court poets were rewarded by: a) The merchants 162. Low class artisans were called: a) Kadaisiyar b)
b) The king c) The priests d) The nobles Pulaiyans c) Arasar d) Vallalas
Answer: b) Pulaiyans 176. Vakatakas dominated: a) Bundelkhand only b)
163. Pulaiyans used to make: a) Metal tools b) Pottery c)Central Provinces only c) Bundelkhand, Central Provinces,
Rope charpaiys d) Wooden furniture Berar, Northern Deccan d) Deccan only
Answer: c) Rope charpaiys Answer: c) Bundelkhand, Central Provinces, Berar,
164. Pulaiyans used as mats: a) Cloth materials b) Northern Deccan
Grass and leaves c) Animal skins d) Wooden planks 177. Information about Vakatakas comes from: a)
Answer: c) Animal skins Inscriptions only b) Puranas only c) Inscriptions and
165. In society also existed: a) Only outcastes b) OnlyPuranas d) Foreign accounts only
forest tribes c) Several outcastes and forest tribes d) NoAnswer: c) Inscriptions and Puranas
tribal communities 178. Vakatakas were: a) Kshatriyas b) Brahmins c)
Answer: c) Several outcastes and forest tribes Vaishyas d) Local tribes
Answer: b) Brahmins
RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THREE 179. In their inscriptions, Vakatakas called
KINGDOMS themselves: a) Suryaputras b) Haritaputras c)
166. Brahmanical influence was confined to: a) Entire Chandraputras d) Agniputras
Tamil territory b) Small part of Tamil territory c) Coastal Answer: b) Haritaputras
areas only d) Urban centers only 180. The founder of Vakataka dynasty was: a)
Answer: b) Small part of Tamil territory Pravarasena b) Rudrasena I c) Vindhyasakti d) Rudrasena
167. Brahmanical influence was limited to: a) Lower II
levels of Tamil society b) Middle levels of Tamil society c) Answer: c) Vindhyasakti
Upper levels of Tamil society d) All levels equally 181. Pravarasena assumed imperial titles such as: a)
Answer: c) Upper levels of Tamil society Maharaja and Raja b) Maharajadhiraja and Samrat c)
168. The chief local deity worshipped was: a) Vishnu b)Chakravarti and Samrat d) Rajadhiraja and Maharaja
Shiva c) Murugan d) Ganesha Answer: b) Maharajadhiraja and Samrat
Answer: c) Murugan 182. Pravarasena performed: a) Rajasuya and
169. Murugan was also called: a) Kartikeya b) Ashvamedha b) Ashvamedha and Vajapeya c) Vajapeya
Subramaniya c) Skanda d) All of the above and Rajasuya d) Only Ashvamedha
Answer: b) Subramaniya Answer: b) Ashvamedha and Vajapeya
170. The worship of which deity is mentioned in texts: 183. Rudrasena I faced defeat by: a) Chandragupta II b)
a) Shiva b) Vishnu c) Brahma d) Indra Samudragupta c) Kumaragupta d) Skandagupta
Answer: b) Vishnu Answer: b) Samudragupta
171. People offered to the dead: a) Flowers b) Fruits c) 184. Rudrasena II married: a) Dhruvadevi b)
Paddy d) Water Prabhavatigupta c) Dattadevi d) Kuberanaga
Answer: c) Paddy Answer: b) Prabhavatigupta
172. What practice was introduced: a) Burial b)185. Prabhavatigupta was daughter of: a)
Cremation c) Tree disposal d) Water disposal Samudragupta b) Chandragupta II c) Kumaragupta d)
Answer: b) Cremation Skandagupta
173. Burial practices of megalithic phase were: a)Answer: b) Chandragupta II
Completely abandoned b) Not abandoned c) Modified186. Under Prabhavatigupta's influence, Rudrasena II
completely d) Replaced by new methods became: a) Shaivite b) Vaishnavite c) Buddhist d) Jain
Answer: b) Not abandoned Answer: b) Vaishnavite
187. Pravarasena II built temple of: a) Vishnu at
ORGANIZATION OF NEW Pravarapura b) Shiva at Pravarapura c) Ramachandra at
Pravarapura d) Krishna at Pravarapura
KINGDOMS IN DECCAN Answer: c) Ramachandra at Pravarapura
174. Between 300-600 AD, many new kingdoms arose 188. Pravarasena II composed famous Prakrit poem:
in: a) North India b) Deccan c) Central India d) Eastern a) Gatha Saptashati b) Setubandha c) Hala Saptashati d)
India Vajjalaggam
Answer: b) Deccan Answer: b) Setubandha
VAKATAKAS 189. Kalidasa wrote Meghadutam in whose court: a)
175. Vakataka rulers were contemporary of: a) MauryaPravarasena b) Rudrasena II c) Pravarasena II d)
dynasty b) Gupta dynasty c) Pallava dynasty d) Chola Vindhyasakti
dynasty Answer: c) Pravarasena II
Answer: b) Gupta dynasty
 Answer: b) Jainism
CHALUKYAS 204. Chalukyas developed which style of temple
190. Chalukyas ruled Deccan from: a) 5th to 7th century building: a) Nagara style b) Dravidian style c) Deccan or
AD b) 6th to 8th century AD c) 7th to 9th century AD d) 8th Vesara style d) Indo-Islamic style
to 10th century AD Answer: c) Deccan or Vesara style
Answer: b) 6th to 8th century AD 205. Chalukya temple building can be divided into: a)
191. Chalukyas again ruled from: a) 9th to 11th centuryOne stage b) Two stages c) Three stages d) Four stages
AD b) 10th to 12th century AD c) 11th to 13th century ADAnswer: b) Two stages
d) 12th to 14th century AD 206. The first stage of Chalukya temples is
Answer: b) 10th to 12th century AD represented by: a) Temples at Pattadakal b) Temples at
192. The Central Government under Chalukyas of Aihole and Badami c) Temples at Ellora d) Temples at
Badami exercised: a) Direct control over village Elephanta
administration b) Paternalistic control over villageAnswer: b) Temples at Aihole and Badami
administration c) No control over village administration d) 207. Aihole was: a) A capital city b) A town of temples c)
Military control over village administration A trade center d) A military base
Answer: b) Paternalistic control over village Answer: b) A town of temples
administration 208. Aihole had how many temples: a) 50 b) 60 c) 70 d)
193. Chalukya army consisted of: a) Large standing80
army b) Small standing army c) No standing army d) Answer: c) 70
Mercenary army 209. The remarkable temples at Aihole were: a) Ladh
Answer: b) Small standing army Khan Temple only b) Jain Temple of Meguti only c) Ladh
194. Chalukya army looked after: a) Military duties only Khan Temple, Jain Temple of Meguti, Durga Temple and
b) Civil administration when needed c) Trade and Huchimalligudi Temple d) Durga Temple only
commerce d) Religious ceremonies Answer: c) Ladh Khan Temple, Jain Temple of Meguti,
Answer: b) Civil administration when needed Durga Temple and Huchimalligudi Temple
195. Chalukyas promoted: a) Sanskrit only b) Prakrit 210. The second stage of Chalukya temples is
only c) Both Sanskrit and Prakrit d) Local languages only represented by: a) Temples at Aihole b) Temples at
Answer: c) Both Sanskrit and Prakrit Badami c) Temples at Pattadakal d) Temples at Ellora
196. Gangaraja Durvinita was a: a) Chalukyan king b) Answer: c) Temples at Pattadakal
Chalukyan minister c) Famous Chalukyan feudal lord d) 211. At Pattadakal, there are how many temples in
Chalukyan general Northern style: a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Six
Answer: c) Famous Chalukyan feudal lord Answer: b) Four
197. Gangaraja Durvinita wrote a book on Grammar212. At Pattadakal, there are how many temples in
called: a) Jainendra Vyakarana b) Shabavatara c) Southern style: a) Four b) Five c) Six d) Seven
Mitaksara d) Brihatkatha Answer: c) Six
Answer: b) Shabavatara 213. Northern style is also called: a) Vesara style b)
198. Gangaraja Durvinita translated BrihatkathaDravidian style c) Nagara style d) Chalukya style
written by: a) Bharavi b) Gunadhya c) Dandin d) Kalidasa Answer: c) Nagara style
Answer: b) Gunadhya 214. Southern style is also called: a) Nagara style b)
199. Brihatkatha was translated into: a) Prakrit b) Tamil Dravidian style c) Vesara style d) Pallava style
c) Sanskrit d) Kannada Answer: b) Dravidian style
Answer: c) Sanskrit 215. The prominent temples at Pattadakal are: a) Ladh
200. Udayadeva wrote: a) Shabavatara b) JainendraKhan and Durga temples b) Papanatha and Virupaksha
Vyakarana c) Mitaksara d) Brihatkatha temples c) Meguti and Huchimalligudi temples d) Kailasa
Answer: b) Jainendra Vyakarana and Ellora temples
201. Vijnanesvara wrote: a) Shabavatara b) Jainendra Answer: b) Papanatha and Virupaksha temples
Vyakarana c) Mitaksara d) Brihatkatha 216. Chalukyas perfected the art of: a) Wood building b)
Answer: c) Mitaksara Brick building c) Stone building d) Metal work
202. Though Chalukyas were Brahmin Hindus, they Answer: c) Stone building
promoted: a) Only Hinduism b) Buddhism only c) Jainism 217. Stone building involved: a) Using mortar to join
only d) Other religions including Jainism stones b) Stones finely joined without mortar c) Rough
Answer: d) Other religions including Jainism stone work d) Stone and brick combination
203. Under Chalukyas, which religion made hugeAnswer: b) Stones finely joined without mortar
progress: a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Christianity d) Islam
218. Stone architecture had two main components: a)Answer: c) Great struggle between Pallavas and
Shikhara and Mandapa b) Vimana and Mandapa c)Chalukyas
Garbhagriha and Shikhara d) Vimana and Shikhara 233. The most successful Pallava king was: a) Simha
Answer: b) Vimana and Mandapa Vishnu b) Mahendravarman c) Narasimhavarman I d)
219. Cave paintings began: a) During Chalukya era b) Aparajitavarman
Earlier than Chalukya era c) After Chalukya era d) Only in Answer: c) Narasimhavarman I
Chalukya era 234. Narasimhavarman I ruled from: a) 620-658 AD b)
Answer: b) Earlier than Chalukya era 630-668 AD c) 640-678 AD d) 650-688 AD
220. Some finest specimens of cave paintings Answer: b) 630-668 AD
belonged to: a) Gupta era b) Maurya era c) Chalukya era 235. Narasimhavarman I adopted the title: a)
d) Pallava era Mamallapuram b) Vatapikonda c) Pallavadhiraja d)
Answer: c) Chalukya era Dakshinapatha
221. At Ajanta, a painting depicts reception given to:Answer: b) Vatapikonda
a) Chinese ambassador by Harsha b) Roman ambassador236. In 642 AD, Narasimhavarman occupied: a) Kanchi
by Pulakeshin I c) Persian ambassador by Pulakeshin II d) b) Madurai c) Vatapi d) Badami
Greek ambassador by Vikramaditya Answer: c) Vatapi
Answer: c) Persian ambassador by Pulakeshin II 237. Narasimhavarman killed: a) Pulakeshin I b)
Pulakeshin II c) Vikramaditya I d) Vikramaditya II
PALLAVAS Answer: b) Pulakeshin II
222. The term Pallava means: a) Ruler b) Creeper c) 238. Prominent scholars who achieved in literature
Warrior d) Protector due to Pallava patronage: a) Bharavi and Dandin b)
Answer: b) Creeper Dignaga and Mayursarman c) Both a and b d) Kalidasa
223. Pallava is Sanskrit version of Tamil word: a) and Bharavi
Tondai b) Pallavi c) Pallan d) Tondar Answer: c) Both a and b
Answer: a) Tondai 239. Pallava power was wiped out by: a) Rajaraja I b)
224. Tondai also means: a) Ruler b) Creeper c) Warrior Aditya I c) Rajendra I d) Kulottunga I
d) King Answer: b) Aditya I
Answer: b) Creeper 240. Aditya I routed: a) Simha Vishnu b)
225. Pallavas established their authority in: a) CholaMahendravarman c) Narasimhavarman I d)
Nadu b) Pandya Nadu c) Tondai Nadu d) Chera Nadu Aparajitavarman
Answer: c) Tondai Nadu Answer: d) Aparajitavarman
226. Tondai Nadu means: a) Land of Kings b) Land of241. Most important medieval Karnataka educational
Warriors c) Land of Creepers d) Land of Priests institution of Pallavas: a) Mathas b) Ghatikas c)
Answer: c) Land of Creepers Gurukulas d) Vidyalayas
227. In Tamil, word Pallava is also synonym of: a) KingAnswer: b) Ghatikas
b) Robber c) Warrior d) Priest 242. Ghatikas were located near: a) Palaces b) Temples
Answer: b) Robber c) Markets d) Rivers
228. The real founder of Pallava dynasty was: a)Answer: b) Temples
Mahendravarman b) Narasimhavarman I c) Simha Vishnu
d) Aparajitavarman CONFLICT BETWEEN
Answer: c) Simha Vishnu
229. Simha Vishnu ruled from: a) 565-590 AD b)
CHALUKYAS AND PALLAVAS
575-600 AD c) 585-610 AD d) 595-620 AD 243. The long struggle was between: a) Pallavas of
Answer: b) 575-600 AD Kanchi and Cholas of Thanjavur b) Pallavas of Kanchi and
230. Mahendravarman ruled from: a) 590-620 AD b) Chalukyas of Badami c) Chalukyas of Badami and
600-630 AD c) 610-640 AD d) 620-650 AD Pandyas of Madurai d) Cholas and Pandyas
Answer: b) 600-630 AD Answer: b) Pallavas of Kanchi and Chalukyas of
231. Mahendravarman was defeated by: a) Pulakeshin IBadami
b) Pulakeshin II c) Vikramaditya I d) Vikramaditya II 244. The struggle was for: a) Religious supremacy b)
Answer: b) Pulakeshin II Cultural dominance c) Supremacy in peninsular India d)
232. The defeat of Mahendravarman started: a) Pallava Trade control
expansion b) Chalukya decline c) Great struggle betweenAnswer: c) Supremacy in peninsular India
Pallavas and Chalukyas d) End of Pallava power 245. This conflict occurred from: a) 5th to 7th century
AD b) 6th to 8th century AD c) 7th to 9th century AD d) 8th
to 10th century AD
Answer: b) 6th to 8th century AD 260. Vikramaditya II attacked Kanchi: a) Two times b)
246. Pandyas joined this conflict as: a) Strong ally of Three times c) Four times d) Five times
Pallavas b) Strong ally of Chalukyas c) A poor third d)Answer: b) Three times
Equal partner with Chalukyas 261. In 740 AD, Vikramaditya II: a) Was defeated by
Answer: c) A poor third Pallavas b) Made peace with Pallavas c) Completely
247. Pandyas controlled: a) Kanchi and Mahabalipuramrouted the Pallavas d) Retreated from Pallava territory
b) Madurai and Tirunelveli district c) Badami andAnswer: c) Completely routed the Pallavas
surrounding areas d) Vatapi and nearby regions
Answer: b) Madurai and Tirunelveli district
KADAMBAS
248. Pallavas and Chalukyas quarrelled for: a) 262. Kadamba kingdom was founded by: a)
Religious differences b) Plunder, prestige and territorialMayursharma b) Kakusthanarma c) Both a and b d)
resources c) Trade routes only d) Cultural supremacy Unknown founder
Answer: b) Plunder, prestige and territorial resources Answer: a) Mayursharma
249. Both tried to establish supremacy over land263. Kadamba kingdom was founded in: a) 335 AD b)
between: a) Kaveri and Vaigai b) Krishna and345 AD c) 355 AD d) 365 AD
Tungabhadra c) Godavari and Krishna d) Pennar and Answer: b) 345 AD
Palar 264. Kadamba kingdom lasted till: a) 530 AD b) 540 AD
Answer: b) Krishna and Tungabhadra c) 550 AD d) 560 AD
250. The most famous Chalukya king was: a)Answer: b) 540 AD
Pulakeshin I b) Pulakeshin II c) Vikramaditya I d)265. Kadambas ruled: a) Southern Karnataka b)
Vikramaditya II Northern Karnataka and Kanpur area c) Eastern
Answer: b) Pulakeshin II Karnataka d) Western Karnataka only
251. Pulakeshin II ruled from: a) 599-632 AD b) 609-642 Answer: b) Northern Karnataka and Kanpur area
AD c) 619-652 AD d) 629-662 AD 266. Mayursharma defeated Pallavas for: a) Territorial
Answer: b) 609-642 AD expansion b) Religious reasons c) Helping native tribes d)
252. In first conflict, Pulakeshin II almost reached: a)Trade disputes
Madurai b) Thanjavur c) Pallava capital d) Kaveripattanam Answer: c) Helping native tribes
Answer: c) Pallava capital 267. After defeating Pallavas, Mayursharma: a)
253. Pallavas purchased peace by surrendering: a)Became their feudatory b) Made peace treaty c) Claimed
Southern provinces b) Northern provinces c) Eastern sovereignty d) Retreated to mountains
provinces d) Western provinces Answer: c) Claimed sovereignty
Answer: b) Northern provinces 268. Kadamba power reached peak during reign of: a)
254. Pulakeshin's second invasion ended in: a) Mayursharma b) Kakusthanarma c) Both had equal power
Complete success b) Partial success c) Failure d) d) Unknown ruler
Stalemate Answer: b) Kakusthanarma
Answer: c) Failure WESTERN GANGAS
255. Narasimhavarman occupied Vatapi in about: a) 269. Western Gangas were important ruling dynasty
632 AD b) 642 AD c) 652 AD d) 662 AD of: a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Andhra
Answer: b) 642 AD Pradesh
256. Pulakeshin II was probably killed in fight against:Answer: c) Karnataka
a) Harsha b) Cholas c) Pallavas d) Pandyas 270. Western Gangas ruled from: a) 300 to 700 AD b)
Answer: c) Pallavas 350 to 750 AD c) 400 to 800 AD d) 450 to 850 AD
257. Narasimhavarman assumed title: a) Pallavadhiraja Answer: b) 350 to 750 AD
b) Vatapi-konda c) Dakshinapathadhipati d)271. Western Gangas began rule when: a) Chola empire
Mamallapuram was expanding b) Pallava empire was weakening c)
Answer: b) Vatapi-konda Chalukya empire was rising d) Pandya empire was
258. Vatapi-konda means: a) Destroyer of Vatapi b)strengthening
Conqueror of Vatapi c) Builder of Vatapi d) Protector ofAnswer: b) Pallava empire was weakening
Vatapi 272. Initially, Western Ganga capital was: a) Talakadu
Answer: b) Conqueror of Vatapi b) Kolar c) Mysore d) Bangalore
259. Vikramaditya II ruled from: a) 723-735 AD b) Answer: b) Kolar
733-745 AD c) 743-755 AD d) 753-765 AD 273. Later, Western Gangas moved capital to: a) Kolar
Answer: b) 733-745 AD b) Mysore c) Talakadu d) Bangalore
Answer: c) Talakadu
274. Talakadu is on banks of: a) Krishna river b) Kaveri288. Rajaraja conquered: a) Kanchi b) Madurai c)
river c) Tungabhadra river d) Godavari river Thanjavur d) Uraiyur
Answer: b) Kaveri river Answer: b) Madurai
275. Talakadu is in modern: a) Bangalore district b) Kolar289. After conquering Madurai, Rajaraja: a) Killed the
district c) Mysore district d) Hassan district Pandyan king b) Captured the Pandyan king c) Made
Answer: c) Mysore district peace with Pandyan king d) Appointed new Pandyan king
Answer: b) Captured the Pandyan king
IMPERIAL CHOLAS 290. Rajaraja invaded: a) Burma b) Sri Lanka c) Malaysia
276. The founder of Imperial Chola empire was: a) d) Indonesia
Karikala b) Vijayalaya c) Rajaraja d) Rajendra Answer: b) Sri Lanka
Answer: b) Vijayalaya 291. Rajaraja annexed which part of Sri Lanka: a)
277. Vijayalaya was initially: a) Independent king b) ASouthern part b) Eastern part c) Northern part d) Western
feudatory of the Pallavas c) A feudatory of the Pandyas d) part
A feudatory of the Chalukyas Answer: c) Northern part
Answer: b) A feudatory of the Pallavas 292. The centers for India's trade with South-East Asia
278. Vijayalaya captured: a) Madurai in 840 AD b) were: a) Eastern coast and Western coast b) Coromandel
Kanchi in 845 AD c) Tanjore in 850 AD d) Uraiyur in 855coast and Malabar c) Northern ports and Southern ports d)
AD Kaveri delta and Krishna delta
Answer: c) Tanjore in 850 AD Answer: b) Coromandel coast and Malabar
279. The Cholas had defeated: a) Both Pallavas of293. One of Rajaraja's naval exploits was conquest of:
Kanchi and weakened Pandyas b) Only Pallavas of a) Lakshadweep b) Maldives c) Andaman Islands d)
Kanchi c) Only Pandyas d) Neither Pallavas nor Pandyas Nicobar Islands
Answer: a) Both Pallavas of Kanchi and weakenedAnswer: b) Maldives
Pandyas 294. Rajaraja annexed North-Western parts of: a)
280. Pallavas of Kanchi were also called: a) Pallava kingdom b) Pandya kingdom c) Western Ganga
Cholamandalam b) Tondaimandalam c) Pandyamandalam kingdom in Karnataka d) Chalukya kingdom
d) Cheramandalam Answer: c) Western Ganga kingdom in Karnataka
Answer: b) Tondaimandalam 295. Rajaraja captured: a) Kanchi b) Vengi c) Warangal
281. Cholas brought under their control: a) Northern d) Kalyani
Tamil country b) Southern Tamil country c) Eastern Tamil Answer: b) Vengi
country d) Western Tamil country 296. Rajendra I ruled from: a) 1004-1034 AD b)
Answer: b) Southern Tamil country 1014-1044 AD c) 1024-1054 AD d) 1034-1064 AD
282. It was hard for Cholas to defend against: a)Answer: b) 1014-1044 AD
Pallavas b) Pandyas c) Rashtrakutas d) Chalukyas 297. Before accession, Rajendra I had considerable
Answer: c) Rashtrakutas experience in: a) Trade and diplomacy b) Administration
283. Cholas rapidly recovered after death of: a) Krishna and warfare c) Religious affairs d) Cultural activities
II in 955 AD b) Krishna III in 965 AD c) Krishna IV in 975 Answer: b) Administration and warfare
AD d) Krishna I in 945 AD 298. Rajendra I carried forward: a) Peaceful policy of
Answer: b) Krishna III in 965 AD Rajaraja b) Annexationist policy of Rajaraja c) Defensive
284. The most prominent imperial Chola rulers were: policy of Rajaraja d) Isolationist policy of Rajaraja
a) Vijayalaya and Aditya I b) Rajaraja and Rajendra I c) Answer: b) Annexationist policy of Rajaraja
Kulottunga I and Vikrama Chola d) Rajadhiraja and 299. Rajendra I completely captured: a) Pallava and
Rajendra II Chalukya countries b) Pandya and Chera countries c)
Answer: b) Rajaraja and Rajendra I Ganga and Kadamba countries d) Rashtrakuta and
285. Rajaraja ruled from: a) 975-1004 AD b) 985-1014 Hoysala countries
AD c) 995-1024 AD d) 1005-1034 AD Answer: b) Pandya and Chera countries
Answer: b) 985-1014 AD 300. The conquest of Sri Lanka was completed with
286. Rajaraja destroyed Chera navy at: a) Quilon b) capture of: a) The capital city b) The army c) Crown and
Kochi c) Trivandrum d) Calicut royal insignia of king and queen d) The treasury
Answer: c) Trivandrum Answer: c) Crown and royal insignia of king and
287. After destroying Chera navy, Rajaraja attacked: a)queen
Kochi b) Quilon c) Calicut d) Cranganore 301. Sri Lanka was not able to free herself from Chola
Answer: b) Quilon control for: a) Another 40 years b) Another 50 years c)
Another 60 years d) Another 70 years
Answer: b) Another 50 years 314. The rulers of Sri Vijaya kingdom belonged to: a)
302. Rajendra I's most remarkable exploit was marchSailendra dynasty b) Majapahit dynasty c) Srivijaya
across: a) Karnataka to Maharashtra b) Andhra to Orissa dynasty d) Mataram dynasty
c) Kalinga to Bengal d) Kerala to Gujarat Answer: a) Sailendra dynasty
Answer: c) Kalinga to Bengal 315. Sailendra rulers were: a) Hindus b) Buddhists c)
303. In the march to Bengal, Chola armies crossed: a) Muslims d) Local animists
Krishna river b) Godavari river c) Mahanadi river d) Ganga Answer: b) Buddhists
river 316. Sailendra rulers had relations with Cholas that
Answer: d) Ganga river were: a) Hostile b) Neutral c) Cordial d) Competitive
304. In Bengal march, Chola armies defeated: a) OneAnswer: c) Cordial
local king b) Two local kings c) Three local kings d) Four 317. Sailendra ruler built Buddhist monastery at: a)
local kings Kanchipuram b) Mahabalipuram c) Nagapatnam d)
Answer: b) Two local kings Thanjavur
305. To commemorate Ganga conquest, Rajendra IAnswer: c) Nagapatnam
assumed title: a) Gangakonda Chola b) 318. Rajendra I endowed a village for: a) Building the
Gangaikondachola c) Ganga Vijaya Chola d) Ganga monastery b) Upkeeping the monastery c) Managing
Conquerer monastery affairs d) Providing security to monastery
Answer: b) Gangaikondachola Answer: b) Upkeeping the monastery
306. Gangaikondachola means: a) The Chola who
crossed Ganga b) The Chola who conquered Ganga c)
SOCIETY UNDER IMPERIAL
The Chola who ruled Ganga region d) The Chola who CHOLAS
settled near Ganga 319. In Chola dynasty, social order was based on: a)
Answer: b) The Chola who conquered Ganga Tribal system b) Varna system c) Caste system d) Class
307. Rajendra I built new capital near: a) Mouth of system
Krishna river b) Mouth of Godavari river c) Mouth of KaveriAnswer: b) Varna system
river d) Mouth of Vaigai river 320. Brahmins had: a) Few privileges b) Many privileges
Answer: c) Mouth of Kaveri river c) No special privileges d) Only religious privileges
308. The new capital was called: a) Rajendrapuram b) Answer: b) Many privileges
Gangaikondacholapuram c) Cholagangapuram d) 321. Brahmins were: a) Heavily taxed b) Lightly taxed c)
Gangachola Nagaram Exempted from taxation d) Taxed only during wars
Answer: b) Gangaikondacholapuram Answer: c) Exempted from taxation
309. Gangaikondacholapuram means: a) The city of322. Brahmins had great influence over: a) Trade and
Chola who crossed Ganga b) The city of Chola who commerce b) Military affairs c) The kingdom d) Agricultural
conquered Ganga c) The city built after Ganga victory d)production
The city named after Ganga Answer: c) The kingdom
Answer: b) The city of Chola who conquered Ganga 323. Chola emperors linked themselves to: a) Solar
310. Another remarkable exploit of Rajendra I was dynasty only b) Lunar dynasty only c) Solar and lunar
naval expedition against: a) Pallava empire b) Chalukya dynasties d) Divine dynasties
empire c) Sri Vijaya empire d) Rashtrakuta empire Answer: c) Solar and lunar dynasties
Answer: c) Sri Vijaya empire 324. Chola emperors called themselves: a) Rajputras b)
311. The naval expedition was in: a) 9th century b) 10th Brahmakshatriyas c) Devaputras d) Suryavamshis
century c) 11th century d) 12th century Answer: b) Brahmakshatriyas
Answer: b) 10th century 325. Trading communities claimed: a) Brahmin status b)
312. Sri Vijaya empire extended over: a) Malay Kshatriya status c) Vaishya status d) Shudra status
peninsula only b) Sumatra and Java only c) Malay Answer: c) Vaishya status
peninsula, Sumatra, Java and neighbouring islands d) 326. Trading communities called themselves: a)
Indonesian islands only Kamati, Vanijiya and Chettiar b) Bania, Agrawal and
Answer: c) Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Marwari c) Komati, Arya and Vysya d) Shetty, Nayak and
neighbouring islands Reddy
313. Sri Vijaya empire controlled: a) Land trade route to Answer: a) Kamati, Vanijiya and Chettiar
China b) Overseas trade route to China c) Both land and 327. Society was divided into: a) Sat Sudras and Asat
sea routes d) Regional trade only Sudras b) Upper Sudras and Lower Sudras c) Good
Answer: b) Overseas trade route to China Sudras and Bad Sudras d) Both a and b are same
Answer: d) Both a and b are same
328. Untouchability in Chola society was: a) Absent b) Answer: b) Provinces
Prevalent c) Discouraged d) Rare 342. Sometimes, governors of provinces were: a)
Answer: b) Prevalent Appointed from nobility b) Elected by people c) Princes of
329. Position of women was: a) Very high b) Very low c)royal family d) Military commanders
Average d) Superior to men Answer: c) Princes of royal family
Answer: c) Average 343. Officials were generally paid by: a) Cash salaries
330. Women were allowed to: a) Learn Vedas and attend b) Giving them assignments of revenue-bearing lands c)
religious ceremonies b) Participate in politics c) Lead Shares in trade profits d) Fixed land grants
military campaigns d) Become administrators Answer: b) Giving them assignments of
Answer: a) Learn Vedas and attend religiousrevenue-bearing lands
ceremonies 344. Chola rulers built: a) Network of canals b) Network
331. Women were: a) Part of imperial courts b) Not part ofof royal roads c) Network of temples d) Network of forts
imperial courts c) Occasionally in imperial courts d)Answer: b) Network of royal roads
Leaders of imperial courts 345. Royal roads were useful for: a) Trade only b) Army
Answer: b) Not part of imperial courts movement only c) Trade as well as army movement d)
332. Which system was prevalent in Chola society: a) Religious pilgrimages
Sati system b) Purdah system c) Devadasi system d) Answer: c) Trade as well as army movement
Widow remarriage system 346. In Chola empire, trade and commerce: a) Declined
Answer: c) Devadasi system b) Remained static c) Flourished d) Was controlled by
state
ADMINISTRATION UNDER Answer: c) Flourished
IMPERIAL CHOLAS 347. There were some huge: a) Military units b)
333. Chola rulers set up: a) Decentralized administration Administrative divisions c) Trade guilds d) Religious
b) Highly efficient system of administration c) Looseorganizations
administrative structure d) Military-based administration Answer: c) Trade guilds
Answer: b) Highly efficient system of administration 348. Trade guilds traded in: a) India only b) Sri Lanka
334. The Chola period was marked for: a) Culturalonly c) Java and Sumatra d) China only
development b) Religious expansion c) Great territorial Answer: c) Java and Sumatra
expansion d) Economic prosperity 349. Cholas improved: a) Military system b) Irrigation
Answer: c) Great territorial expansion system c) Educational system d) Legal system
335. The basic unit of administration was: a) Village b) Answer: b) Irrigation system
Nadu c) Mandalam d) Kottam 350. For irrigation, Cholas used: a) River Kaveri only b)
Answer: b) Nadu River Kaveri and other tributaries c) Tanks only d) Wells
336. Nadu consisted of: a) Unrelated villages b) Villages only
having close kinship ties and associations c) Urban Answer: b) River Kaveri and other tributaries
centers only d) Military outposts 351. For irrigation, Cholas also built: a) Canals b) Wells
Answer: b) Villages having close kinship ties and c) Many tanks d) Dams
associations Answer: c) Many tanks
337. Grants to Brahmans and temple authorities: a) 352. Some Chola rulers carried out elaborate survey
Decreased b) Remained same c) Increased d) Wereof: a) Population b) Land c) Trade d) Military strength
abolished Answer: b) Land
Answer: c) Increased 353. Land survey was done to fix: a) Village boundaries
338. Increased grants helped in: a) Reducing cultivation b) Government's share of land revenue c) Irrigation
b) Expanding cultivation c) Maintaining status quo d) requirements d) Settlement patterns
Creating conflicts Answer: b) Government's share of land revenue
Answer: b) Expanding cultivation 354. In addition to land tax, Chola rulers drew income
339. In Chola kingdom, Nadus were grouped into: a) from: a) Tolls on trade only b) Taxes on professions only
Kottams b) Valanadus c) Mandalams d) Rashtras c) Tolls on trade, taxes on professions and plunder d)
Answer: b) Valanadus Foreign tribute only
340. Chola state was divided into: a) Three Mandalams Answer: c) Tolls on trade, taxes on professions and
b) Four Mandalams c) Five Mandalams d) Six Mandalams plunder
Answer: b) Four Mandalams LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
341. Mandalams are also called: a) Districts b)
Provinces c) Regions d) Territories
355. The most important feature of Chola 368. Committee members had to be: a) Wealthy only b)
administration was: a) Centralized control b) Military Educated only c) Educated persons owning property d)
efficiency c) Running of autonomous institutions d)From noble families
Revenue collection Answer: c) Educated persons owning property
Answer: c) Running of autonomous institutions 369. Committee members had to retire every: a) Two
356. Each village had: a) Royal representative b) Its own years b) Three years c) Four years d) Five years
general assembly c) Military garrison d) Trade center Answer: b) Three years
Answer: b) Its own general assembly 370. Ur consisted of: a) All villagers b) All taxpaying
357. Village general assembly administered control residents of ordinary village c) Only Brahmans d) Only
over: a) Some village affairs b) All affairs of the village c)merchants
Only revenue matters d) Only judicial matters Answer: b) All taxpaying residents of ordinary village
Answer: b) All affairs of the village 371. The executive committee of Ur was called: a)
358. Village assembly was: a) Under strict central control Ganam b) Alunganattar c) Shashak Gana d) All of the
b) Partially controlled by center c) Free from control of above
Central Government d) Supervised by provincial Answer: b) Alunganattar
authorities 372. Ur was: a) Closed to all b) Open to all adult men c)
Answer: c) Free from control of Central Government Open only to educated d) Open only to wealthy
359. Village assembly enjoyed powers regarding: a)Answer: b) Open to all adult men
Some aspects of village administration b) All powers 373. Ur was dominated by: a) Young members b)
regarding village administration c) Only revenue collection Middle-aged members c) Older members of village d)
d) Only dispute resolution Educated members
Answer: b) All powers regarding village administration Answer: c) Older members of village
360. At village level, there were: a) One type of 374. Members of executive committee of Ur were
institution b) Two types of institutions c) Three types ofcalled: a) Alunganattar b) Shashak Gana or Ganam c)
institutions d) Four types of institutions Mahasabha d) Nadu representatives
Answer: b) Two types of institutions Answer: b) Shashak Gana or Ganam
361. The two assemblies were: a) Ur and Mahasabha b) 375. Exact number of Ur committee members is: a)
Ur and Sabha c) Sabha and Mahasabha d) Grama and Known from inscriptions b) Not known c) Fixed as twelve
Sabha d) Varied from 5 to 15
Answer: b) Ur and Sabha Answer: b) Not known
362. Sabha was also called: a) Grama Sabha b) 376. Procedure for election of Ur committee is: a) Well
Mahasabha c) Village Sabha d) Local Sabha documented b) Partially known c) Not known d) Similar to
Answer: b) Mahasabha Sabha
363. Ur was: a) Special assembly of Brahmans b) Answer: c) Not known
General assembly of the village c) Assembly of merchants377. There were other committees for: a) Assessment
d) Assembly of artisans and collection of land revenue b) Maintenance of law and
Answer: b) General assembly of the village order c) Justice d) All of the above
364. Ur was gathering of: a) All villagers b) Adult men inAnswer: d) All of the above
the village c) Elderly people only d) Educated people only 378. One important committee was: a) Education
Answer: b) Adult men in the village committee b) Tank committee c) Trade committee d)
365. Sabha functioned in: a) All villages b) Non-Brahman Religious committee
villages c) Brahman villages called Agraharams d) TradingAnswer: b) Tank committee
villages 379. Tank committee looked after: a) Construction of
Answer: c) Brahman villages called Agraharams tanks b) Maintenance of tanks c) Distribution of water to
366. Village affairs were managed by: a) The king's fields d) All of the above
representative b) Village headman c) An executiveAnswer: c) Distribution of water to fields
committee d) All adult males 380. Mahasabha could: a) Distribute new lands only b)
Answer: c) An executive committee Exercise ownership rights only c) Distribute new lands and
367. Executive committee members were: a) Appointedexercise ownership rights d) Neither distribute lands nor
by king b) Elected by drawing lots or rotation c) Hereditary exercise rights
positions d) Chosen by priests Answer: c) Distribute new lands and exercise
Answer: b) Elected by drawing lots or rotation ownership rights
381. Mahasabha could also: a) Raise loans for village Answer: b) Local teachers
and levy taxes b) Only raise loans c) Only levy taxes d) 394. There was: a) Separate school building b) No
Neither raise loans nor levy taxes separate school c) Multiple schools d) Residential schools
Answer: a) Raise loans for village and levy taxes Answer: b) No separate school
382. Eripatti land was: a) Temple land b) Tank land c) 395. School was held in: a) Village headman's house b)
Royal land d) Brahman land Temple courtyard c) Open fields d) Student's homes
Answer: b) Tank land Answer: b) Temple courtyard
383. Tank lands were: a) Lands around tanks b) Lands396. Young students were mostly: a) From all castes b)
irrigated by tanks c) Lands registered in name of particular Brahmins c) Merchants d) Farmers
tank d) Lands donated for tank maintenance Answer: b) Brahmins
Answer: c) Lands registered in name of particular tank 397. Students learnt lessons in: a) One language b)
Two languages c) Three languages d) Multiple languages
TYPE OF LAND GIFTS IN Answer: b) Two languages
CHOLA EMPIRE 398. Religious teachings were in: a) Tamil b) Sanskrit c)
384. According to Chola inscriptions, there were howPrakrit d) Local dialect
many types of land gifts: a) Four b) Five c) Six d) Seven Answer: b) Sanskrit
Answer: b) Five 399. Vedas had to be studied: a) Casually b) Very
385. Vellanvagai was: a) Land for Brahmanas b) Land for thoroughly c) Partially d) Optionally
non-Brahmana peasant proprietors c) Land for temples d) Answer: b) Very thoroughly
Land for schools 400. Students also learnt: a) Sanskrit only b) Tamil which
Answer: b) Land for non-Brahmana peasant was widely spoken c) Prakrit d) Multiple languages
proprietors Answer: b) Tamil which was widely spoken
386. Brahmadeya was: a) Land for schools b) Land for 401. Many Sanskrit works were: a) Translated into Tamil
temples c) Land gifted to Brahmanas d) Land for Jains b) Re-written in Tamil c) Adapted in Tamil d) All of the
Answer: c) Land gifted to Brahmanas above
387. Shalabhoga was: a) Land for temple maintenance b) Answer: b) Re-written in Tamil
Land for maintenance of a school c) Land for Jain 402. Famous Ramayana in Tamil was by: a) Kamban b)
institutions d) Land for royal use Valmiki c) Tulsidas d) Bharavi
Answer: b) Land for maintenance of a school Answer: a) Kamban
388. Devadana was: a) Land gifted to Brahmanas b) 403. Chola inscriptions were written in: a) Sanskrit only
Land for school maintenance c) Land gifted to temples d)b) Tamil only c) Both Sanskrit and Tamil d) Prakrit only
Land for Jain use Answer: c) Both Sanskrit and Tamil
Answer: c) Land gifted to temples 404. In Andhra region, the spoken language was: a)
389. Tirunamattukkani was: a) Different from Devadana Sanskrit b) Tamil c) Telugu d) Kannada
b) Same as Devadana c) Land for royal temples d) LandAnswer: c) Telugu
for village temples 405. In Telugu, there were adaptations of: a) Ramayana
Answer: b) Same as Devadana only b) Mahabharata only c) Mahabharata and Ramayana
390. Pallichchhandam was: a) Land for Hindu temples b)d) Puranas only
Land for Buddhist monasteries c) Land donated to Jaina Answer: c) Mahabharata and Ramayana
institutions d) Land for Christian churches 406. Nannayya is remembered for: a) Writing original
Answer: c) Land donated to Jaina institutions Telugu poetry b) Excellent adaptation of parts of
Mahabharata c) Translating Ramayana d) Writing Telugu
EDUCATION UNDER IMPERIAL grammar
Answer: b) Excellent adaptation of parts of
CHOLAS Mahabharata
391. Village assembly held meetings in: a) Village 407. Nannayya's adaptation was later added by: a)
square b) The temple c) Chief's house d) Open fields Tikkana b) Yerrapragada c) Srinatha d) Pothana
Answer: b) The temple Answer: a) Tikkana
392. Business discussed in meetings was: a) Recorded 408. In region around modern Mysore, the spoken
in palm leaves b) Recorded on temple walls c) Kept in oral language was: a) Tamil b) Telugu c) Kannada d)
tradition d) Written in books Malayalam
Answer: b) Recorded on temple walls Answer: c) Kannada
393. Temple priests were also: a) Village administrators 409. The three jewels of Kannada literature were: a)
b) Local teachers c) Military trainers d) Trade supervisors Pampa, Ponna and Ranna b) Harihara, Raghavanka and
Kumara Vyasa c) Basava, Allama and Akka Mahadevi d) 422. Mahabalipuram was: a) A capital city b) A popular
Purandara, Kanaka and Vijaya port and shore temple c) A military base d) A residential
Answer: a) Pampa, Ponna and Ranna area
410. Kannada became popular because: a) Royal Answer: b) A popular port and shore temple
patronage b) A group of religious teachers called423. Rajaraja and Rajendra I marked their victories by:
Lingayatas preached in Kannada c) Trade requirements d) a) Building palaces b) Erecting number of Shiva and
Administrative convenience Vishnu temples c) Constructing forts d) Creating
Answer: b) A group of religious teachers called monuments
Lingayatas preached in Kannada Answer: b) Erecting number of Shiva and Vishnu
temples
TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE 424. The most famous temple built by Rajaraja was: a)
UNDER IMPERIAL CHOLAS Kailashnatha temple at Kanchi b) Shore temple at
411. Temple architecture in South attained climax Mahabalipuram c) Brihadeeshwara temple at Tanjore d)
under: a) Pallavas b) Cholas c) Pandyas d) Chalukyas Ekambareshwara temple at Kanchi
Answer: b) Cholas Answer: c) Brihadeeshwara temple at Tanjore
412. The architectural style during Chola period is425. Brihadeeshwara temple was completed in: a)
called: a) Nagara b) Vesara c) Dravida d) Indo-Islamic 1000 AD b) 1005 AD c) 1010 AD d) 1015 AD
Answer: c) Dravida Answer: c) 1010 AD
413. Dravida style was confined largely to: a) North 426. Chola rulers adopted the practice of: a) Oral
India b) Central India c) South India d) Eastern India traditions for recording victories b) Having inscriptions
Answer: c) South India written on temple walls c) Writing chronicles d) Creating
414. Main feature of Dravida style was building: a) paintings of victories
Many horizontal levels b) Many storeys above garbhagrihaAnswer: b) Having inscriptions written on temple
c) Large courtyards d) Multiple entrances walls
Answer: b) Many storeys above garbhagriha 427. Temple wall inscriptions gave: a) Religious
415. Garbhagriha is: a) Entrance hall b) Prayer hall c)instructions b) Historical narrative of their victories c)
Innermost chamber where chief deity resides d) Outer Administrative details d) Economic information
courtyard Answer: b) Historical narrative of their victories
Answer: c) Innermost chamber where chief deity
resides
Delhi Sultanate MCQs -
416. Number of storeys varied from: a) Three to five b)
Four to six c) Five to seven d) Six to eight Complete Coverage
Answer: c) Five to seven
417. The typical style of storeys was called: a) Establishment of Delhi Sultanate
Shikhara b) Vimana c) Mandapa d) Gopura 1. After which battle did the Turks extend their
Answer: b) Vimana conquest from Punjab and Multan into the Ganga
418. Kailashnathar temple at Kanchi was built in reignvalley? a) Battle of Tarain b) Battle of Panipat c) Battle of
of: a) Simha Vishnu b) Mahendravarman c) Khanwa d) Battle of Plassey
Narasimhavarman d) Aparajitavarman Answer: a) Battle of Tarain
Answer: c) Narasimhavarman 2. For approximately how many years did Turkish
419. Seven Pagodas were built during reign of: a)invaders rule over vast parts of India to form the Delhi
Simha Vishnu b) Mahendravarman c) NarasimhavarmanSultanate? a) 50 years b) 100 years c) 150 years d) 200
d) Rajasimha years
Answer: c) Narasimhavarman Answer: b) 100 years
420. Striking feature of Kailashnatha temple and 3. Which regions did Turkish rulers successfully
Seven Pagodas: a) Built with finest marble b) Carved out extend their rule to besides the Ganga valley? a) Only
of solid rocks c) Made of brick and mortar d) Constructed Malwa and Gujarat b) Only Deccan and South India c)
with wood Malwa, Gujarat, Deccan and South India d) Only Bengal
Answer: b) Carved out of solid rocks and Bihar
421. Narasimhavarman also built: a) Thanjavur b) Answer: c) Malwa, Gujarat, Deccan and South India
Kanchipuram c) Mahabalipuram d) Kumbakonam 4. How many dynasties ruled the Delhi Sultanate? a) 4
Answer: c) Mahabalipuram b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
Answer: b) 5
 17. Why was Qutb-ud-din Aibak known as Lakh
Dynasties of Delhi Sultanate Baksh? a) Due to his bravery b) Due to his faithfulness c)
5. Which dynasty ruled from 1206-1290 AD? a) Khilji Due to his generosity d) Due to his conquests
Dynasty b) Mamluk Dynasty c) Tughlaq Dynasty d) SayyidAnswer: c) Due to his generosity
Dynasty 18. In which year did Qutb-ud-din Aibak lay the
Answer: b) Mamluk Dynasty foundation of Qutub Minar? a) 1192 AD b) 1199 AD c)
6. The Khilji Dynasty ruled during which period? a) 1206 AD d) 1210 AD
1290-1320 AD b) 1320-1414 AD c) 1414-1451 AD d) Answer: a) 1192 AD
1451-1526 AD 19. Qutub Minar was named after which Sufi saint? a)
Answer: a) 1290-1320 AD Nizamuddin Auliya b) Khwaja Qutb-ud-din Bakhtiyar Kaki
7. Which dynasty had the longest rule in the Delhi c) Moinuddin Chishti d) Farid-ud-din Ganj-i-Shakar
Sultanate? a) Mamluk Dynasty b) Khilji Dynasty c) Answer: b) Khwaja Qutb-ud-din Bakhtiyar Kaki
Tughlaq Dynasty d) Lodi Dynasty 20. What was the height of Qutub Minar? a) 200 ft b)
Answer: c) Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414 AD, 94 years) 220 ft c) 240 ft d) 260 ft
8. The Sayyid Dynasty ruled from: a) 1320-1414 AD b) Answer: c) 240 ft
1414-1451 AD c) 1451-1526 AD d) 1290-1320 AD 21. Which structure did Aibak build in Ajmer in 1199
Answer: b) 1414-1451 AD AD? a) Qutub Minar b) Adhai Din ka Jhonpra c) Iron Pillar
9. Which was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?d) Alai Darwaza
a) Tughlaq Dynasty b) Sayyid Dynasty c) Lodi Dynasty d)Answer: b) Adhai Din ka Jhonpra
Khilji Dynasty 22. How did Qutb-ud-din Aibak die? a) In battle b) Due
Answer: c) Lodi Dynasty to illness c) Injuries from fall while playing polo d)
Mamluk Dynasty (1206-1290 AD) Assassination
10. Why were the Mamluk rulers also known as Answer: c) Injuries from fall while playing polo
Slave-Kings? a) They enslaved many people b) Many 23. What was the game called that Aibak was playing
were either slaves or sons of slaves who became Sultanswhen he fell from his horse? a) Polo b) Chaugan c) Both
c) They traded in slaves d) They were defeated by slaves a and b d) Cricket
Answer: b) Many were either slaves or sons of slaves Answer: c) Both a and b
who became Sultans 24. Where is Qutb-ud-din Aibak's tomb located? a)
11. Who was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate? a) Delhi b) Lahore c) Ajmer d) Multan
Iltutmish b) Balban c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak d) Raziya Sultan Answer: b) Lahore
Answer: c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak Aram Shah (1210 AD)
12. Qutb-ud-din Aibak was the general of which ruler? 25. Who became the second sultan of the Mamluk
a) Mahmud of Ghazni b) Muizzuddin (Muhammad Ghori)dynasty? a) Iltutmish b) Aram Shah c) Balban d) Raziya
c) Genghis Khan d) Alauddin Khilji Sultan
Answer: b) Muizzuddin (Muhammad Ghori) Answer: b) Aram Shah
Qutb-ud-din Aibak (1206-1210 AD) 26. According to which historians, Aram Shah was the
13. In which year did Qutb-ud-din Aibak become ruler son of Qutb-ud-din Aibak? a) Ferishta and Al-Badaoni b)
after Ghori's death? a) 1205 AD b) 1206 AD c) 1207 ADBarani and Ibn Battuta c) Amir Khusrau and Isami d)
d) 1208 AD Yahya Sirhindi and Ferishta
Answer: b) 1206 AD Answer: a) Ferishta and Al-Badaoni
14. Who was the ruler of Ghazni that claimed rule over27. Why did Turkish nobles oppose Aram Shah? a) He
Delhi after Ghori's death? a) Taj-ud-din Yalduz b) was too generous b) He was incapable c) He was too
Nasir-ud-din Qabacha c) Iltutmish d) Aram Shah strict d) He was not Turkish
Answer: a) Taj-ud-din Yalduz Answer: b) He was incapable
15. Nasir-ud-din Qabacha was the Governor of which 28. During Aram Shah's reign, who rebelled in Sind?
regions? a) Bengal and Bihar b) Multan and Uch c)a) Taj-ud-din Yalduz b) Nasir-ud-din Qabacha c) Iltutmish
Gujarat and Malwa d) Delhi and Lahore d) Iwaz Khan
Answer: b) Multan and Uch Answer: b) Nasir-ud-din Qabacha
16. What was the capital of Delhi Sultanate under 29. Which forts did Nasir-ud-din Qabacha besiege
Qutb-ud-din Aibak? a) Delhi b) Lahore c) Multan d) during Aram Shah's reign? a) Delhi and Lahore b) Uch
Ghazni and Multan c) Ghazni and Kabul d) Ajmer and Nagaur
Answer: b) Lahore Answer: b) Uch and Multan
Iltutmish (1210-1236 AD)
30. Who invited Iltutmish to come to Delhi? a) Aram 43. Where did Iltutmish shift the capital from? a) Delhi
Shah b) Turkish chiefs of Delhi c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak d) to Lahore b) Lahore to Delhi c) Multan to Delhi d) Ghazni
Muhammad Ghori to Lahore
Answer: b) Turkish chiefs of Delhi Answer: b) Lahore to Delhi
31. Iltutmish was the Governor of which place before44. What were the two basic coins introduced by
becoming Sultan? a) Lahore b) Multan c) Badayun d) Iltutmish? a) Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham b) Silver
Bengal Tanka and Copper Jittal c) Gold Mohur and Silver Rupee
Answer: c) Badayun d) Copper Paisa and Silver Anna
32. What title did Iltutmish take after defeating Aram Answer: b) Silver Tanka and Copper Jittal
Shah? a) Sultan-ud-din b) Shamsuddin c) Nasir-ud-din d) 45. What were iqtas? a) Tax collection system b) Land
Ghiyasuddin assignments in lieu of cash salaries c) Military ranks d)
Answer: b) Shamsuddin Administrative divisions
33. In which year did Iltutmish defeat Taj-ud-din Yalduz Answer: b) Land assignments in lieu of cash salaries
in the third Battle of Tarain? a) 1214 AD b) 1215 AD c) 46. To whom did Iltutmish grant iqtas on a large scale?
1216 AD d) 1217 AD a) Hindu nobles b) Turkish officers c) Local chiefs d)
Answer: b) 1215 AD Religious leaders
34. In which year did Iltutmish drive away Qabacha Answer: b) Turkish officers
from Punjab? a) 1215 AD b) 1216 AD c) 1217 AD d)Turkan-i-Chahalgani (Group of Forty)
1218 AD 47. What was Turkan-i-Chahalgani? a) Army of forty
Answer: c) 1217 AD soldiers b) Group of Forty Turkish and non-Turkish amirs
35. Who destroyed the Khwarizm Empire in 1220 AD? c) Forty administrative divisions d) Forty religious scholars
a) Iltutmish b) Chengiz Khan c) Jalaluddin Mangbarani d)Answer: b) Group of Forty Turkish and non-Turkish
Muhammad Ghori amirs
Answer: b) Chengiz Khan 48. What was the role of Turkan-i-Chahalgani? a)
36. Who was Jalaluddin Mangbarani? a) Son of theMilitary commanders b) Tax collectors c) Advised and
Shah of Khwarizm b) Mongol general c) Turkish noble d)helped Sultan in administration d) Religious advisors
Governor of Bengal Answer: c) Advised and helped Sultan in
Answer: a) Son of the Shah of Khwarizm administration
37. Why did Iltutmish turn away Jalaluddin 49. What happened when Iltutmish died regarding the
Mangbarani? a) He was an enemy b) To avoid Group of Forty? a) They disbanded b) They became
confrontation with Mongols c) He had no resources d)more powerful c) Balance of power shifted and Sultan
Turkish nobles opposed it became their puppet d) They fled to other regions
Answer: b) To avoid confrontation with Mongols Answer: c) Balance of power shifted and Sultan
38. In which years did Iltutmish send army to Bengalbecame their puppet
under his son? a) 1225-26 AD b) 1226-27 AD c) 1227-28 50. Who finally eliminated the Group of Forty? a)
AD d) 1228-29 AD Raziya Sultan b) Balban c) Alauddin Khilji d) Muhammad
Answer: b) 1226-27 AD bin Tughlaq
39. What was the name of Iltutmish's son who led theAnswer: b) Balban
Bengal expedition? a) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud b)
Raziya Sultan (1236-1240 AD)
Ruknuddin Firuz c) Bahram Shah d) Masud Shah
51. Why did Iltutmish nominate his daughter Raziya to
Answer: a) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
the throne? a) She was the eldest child b) He considered
40. Who did Iltutmish's son defeat in Bengal? a) Tughril
none of his surviving sons worthy c) She was most
Beg b) Iwaz Khan c) Bhanudeva II d) Rai Rudra Dev
capable in warfare d) Turkish nobles requested it
Answer: b) Iwaz Khan
Answer: b) He considered none of his surviving sons
41. Which regions were brought back into Delhi
worthy
Sultanate after defeating Iwaz Khan? a) Gujarat and
52. Whom did Iltutmish induce to agree to Raziya's
Malwa b) Bengal and Bihar c) Sind and Multan d) Punjab
nomination? a) Only nobles b) Only theologians c)
and Haryana
Nobles and theologians (ulema) d) Military commanders
Answer: b) Bengal and Bihar
Answer: c) Nobles and theologians (ulema)
42. Who completed the construction of Qutub Minar?
53. What did Raziya Sultan's rule mark the beginning
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Balban d) Alauddin
of? a) Peace in the sultanate b) Struggle between
Khilji
monarchy and Turkan-i-Chahalgani c) Mongol invasions d)
Answer: b) Iltutmish
Economic prosperity
Answer: b) Struggle between monarchy and67. How did Bahram Shah die? a) Natural death b) In
Turkan-i-Chahalgani battle c) Killed by noblemen d) Due to illness
54. Who was Iltutmish's wazir that opposed Raziya'sAnswer: c) Killed by noblemen
elevation? a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Junaidi b) Balban c) Yaqut 68. In which year was Bahram Shah killed? a) May
Khan d) Altunia 1241 AD b) May 1242 AD c) June 1242 AD d) July 1242
Answer: a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Junaidi AD
55. What did Turkish nobles accuse Raziya of Answer: b) May 1242 AD
regarding Yaqut Khan? a) Making him wazir b) Being too Masud Shah (1242-46 AD)
friendly to him c) Giving him too much power d) All of the69. Who supported Alauddin Masud Shah to become
above ruler? a) Common people b) Turkish nobles c) Religious
Answer: b) Being too friendly to him leaders d) Military commanders
56. What was Yaqut Khan's position? a) Wazir b) Answer: b) Turkish nobles
Military commander c) Superintendent of Royal Stable d) 70. Masud Shah was whose grandson? a) Qutb-ud-din
Governor Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Balban d) Raziya Sultan
Answer: c) Superintendent of Royal Stable Answer: b) Iltutmish
57. What was Yaqut Khan's ethnicity? a) Turkish b) 71. Masud Shah was the son of which ruler? a) Bahram
Persian c) Abyssinian d) Arab Shah b) Ruknuddin c) Aram Shah d) Nasiruddin
Answer: c) Abyssinian Answer: b) Ruknuddin
58. Where did rebellions break out during Raziya's72. Who killed Masud Shah? a) Balban b) Hasan Ghori
reign? a) Lahore and Sirhind b) Delhi and Multan c) Muhazzabuddin c) Turkish nobles d) Mongol invaders
Bengal and Bihar d) Gujarat and Malwa Answer: b) Hasan Ghori Muhazzabuddin
Answer: a) Lahore and Sirhind 73. What was Hasan Ghori Muhazzabuddin's position
59. What happened to Yaqut Khan during the before killing Masud Shah? a) Military commander b)
rebellion? a) He escaped b) He was imprisoned c) He Noble and wazir c) Governor d) Religious leader
was killed d) He joined rebels Answer: b) Noble and wazir
Answer: c) He was killed
Nasiruddin Mahmud (1246-1266 AD)
60. Where was Raziya imprisoned? a) Lahore b) Sirhind
74. Who placed Nasiruddin on the throne in 1246 AD?
c) Tabarhind d) Delhi
a) Turkish nobles b) Ulugh Khan (Balban) c) Religious
Answer: c) Tabarhind
leaders d) Military commanders
61. Who was Altunia? a) Raziya's brother b) Her captor
Answer: b) Ulugh Khan (Balban)
whom she later married c) Turkish noble who opposed her
75. What position did Ulugh Khan assume after
d) Governor of Bengal
placing Nasiruddin on throne? a) Wazir b) Military
Answer: b) Her captor whom she later married
commander c) Naib (deputy) d) Governor
62. How did Raziya Sultan die? a) In battle against
Answer: c) Naib (deputy)
Turkish nobles b) Poisoned by enemies c) Killed by
76. How did Balban further strengthen his position? a)
bandits in forest d) Due to illness
By controlling the army b) By marrying his daughter to
Answer: c) Killed by bandits in forest
Nasiruddin c) By eliminating rivals d) By controlling
Bahram Shah (1240-42 AD) finances
63. Who was Muiz-ud-din Bahram Shah? a)Answer: b) By marrying his daughter to Nasiruddin
Independent ruler b) Puppet of Turkish nobles c) Powerful 77. In which year did Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud die?
sultan d) Governor under Raziya a) 1264 AD b) 1265 AD c) 1266 AD d) 1267 AD
Answer: b) Puppet of Turkish nobles Answer: b) 1265 AD
64. Who ran the administration during Bahram Shah's 78. According to which historians, Balban poisoned
reign? a) Bahram Shah himself b) Turkish noblesNasiruddin? a) Barani and Ferishta b) Ibn Battuta and
collectively c) Ikhtiyaruddin Aitigin d) Balban Isami c) Amir Khusrau and Al-Badaoni d) Yahya Sirhindi
Answer: c) Ikhtiyaruddin Aitigin and Barani
65. What new post was created during Bahram Shah's Answer: b) Ibn Battuta and Isami
reign? a) Wazir-i-Azam b) Naib-i-Mamaliqat c)
Balban (1266-87 AD)
Amir-ul-Umara d) Malik-us-Sharq
79. In which year did Balban ascend the throne? a)
Answer: b) Naib-i-Mamaliqat
1265 AD b) 1266 AD c) 1267 AD d) 1268 AD
66. What does Naib-i-Mamaliqat mean? a) Chief
Answer: b) 1266 AD
Minister b) Deputy of King c) Military Commander d) Chief
Justice
Answer: b) Deputy of King
80. What began with Balban's accession to throne? a) Ranthambore and Chittor c) Gwalior and Kalinjar d)
Period of weakness b) Era of strong, centralised Jodhpur and Bikaner
government c) Mongol invasions d) Economic decline Answer: a) Ajmer and Nagaur
Answer: b) Era of strong, centralised government 93. Which forts did Balban fail to capture? a) Ajmer
81. Which legendary Iranian king did Balban claim to and Nagaur b) Ranthambore and Gwalior c) Delhi and
be descendant of? a) Jamshid b) Afrasiyab c) Rustam d) Lahore d) Multan and Uch
Ferdowsi Answer: b) Ranthambore and Gwalior
Answer: b) Afrasiyab 94. Who was the Governor of Bengal who revolted in
82. How did Balban rule? a) Democratically b) In 1279 AD? a) Iwaz Khan b) Tughril Beg c) Bughra Khan d)
consultation with nobles c) Autocratically d) Through Nasir-ud-din
religious leaders Answer: b) Tughril Beg
Answer: c) Autocratically 95. What title did Tughril Beg assume when he
83. What was Balban's policy regarding governmentrevolted? a) Amir b) Wazir c) Sultan d) Malik
posts for Indian Muslims? a) He encouraged them b) HeAnswer: c) Sultan
gave them equal opportunities c) He excluded them from 96. Who did Balban appoint as Governor of Bengal
positions of power d) He preferred them over Turkish after killing Tughril? a) His brother b) His son Bughra
nobles Khan c) A Turkish noble d) A local ruler
Answer: c) He excluded them from positions of power Answer: b) His son Bughra Khan
84. How did Balban deal with Turkan-i-Chahalgani? a) 97. In which year did Balban die? a) 1286 AD b) 1287
He strengthened them b) He broke their power c) He AD c) 1288 AD d) 1289 AD
ignored them d) He made them advisors Answer: b) 1287 AD
Answer: b) He broke their power 98. Why didn't Bughra Khan accept the invitation to
85. What did Balban do to keep himself well informed?rule Delhi? a) He was too old b) He preferred to rule
a) Held regular meetings b) Toured the kingdom c) Bengal as Governor c) He feared Turkish nobles d) He
Appointed spies in every department d) Consulted was not interested in power
religious leaders Answer: b) He preferred to rule Bengal as Governor
Answer: c) Appointed spies in every department 99. Who was raised to throne by Turkish nobles after
86. Which military department did Balban re-organize?Balban's death? a) Bughra Khan b) Kaiqubad (Balban's
a) Diwan-i-Risalat b) Diwan-i-Arz c) Diwan-i-Insha d) grandson) c) Kaimurs d) Jalaluddin Khilji
Diwan-i-Qaza Answer: b) Kaiqubad (Balban's grandson)
Answer: b) Diwan-i-Arz 100. Who replaced Kaiqubad and for how long did he
87. What was the main external threat during Balban's rule? a) Bughra Khan for one year b) Kaimurs for little
reign? a) Rajput kingdoms b) Mongols c) Southern over three months c) Jalaluddin for six months d) Turkish
kingdoms d) Bengal rebellion nobles for two years
Answer: b) Mongols Answer: b) Kaimurs for little over three months
88. Which forts did Balban repair to prevent MongolPolicy of Consolidation by Balban
invasion? a) Delhi, Lahore and Multan b) Tabarhind,101. What policy did Balban adopt instead of
Sunam and Samana c) Ajmer, Nagaur and Ranthambore expansion? a) Policy of Aggression b) Policy of
d) Gwalior, Kalinjar and Mahoba Consolidation c) Policy of Diplomacy d) Policy of Isolation
Answer: b) Tabarhind, Sunam and Samana Answer: b) Policy of Consolidation
89. Which river did Balban prevent Mongols from 102. What ceremony did Balban insist on in his court?
crossing? a) Indus b) Yamuna c) Beas d) Sutlej a) Coronation and oath-taking b) Sijada (prostration) and
Answer: c) Beas paibos (kissing monarch's feet) c) Religious prayers and
90. With which Mongol commander did Balban offerings d) Military parade and review
maintain diplomatic relations? a) Chengiz Khan b) Answer: b) Sijada (prostration) and paibos (kissing
Halaku Khan c) Tarmashrin Khan d) Tair Bahadur monarch's feet)
Answer: b) Halaku Khan 103. What grand title did Balban assume? a)
91. Which regions' disturbances were suppressed by Sultan-ul-Azam b) Khalifat-ul-Allah c) Zill-i-Ilahi d)
Balban? a) Gujarat and Rajasthan b) Bengal and Bihar c) Shahanshah
Mewat, Doab, Awadh and Katihar d) Punjab and Sind Answer: c) Zill-i-Ilahi
Answer: c) Mewat, Doab, Awadh and Katihar 104. What does 'Zill-i-Ilahi' mean? a) Shadow of God b)
92. Which places in Eastern Rajputana did Balban Image of God c) Servant of God d) Representative of God
secure control over? a) Ajmer and Nagaur b) Answer: b) Image of God
105. Which festival did Balban introduce? a) Persian 117. How did Jalaluddin treat those who revolted
new year festival Nauroz b) Turkish victory celebration c)against him? a) Executed them immediately b)
Islamic harvest festival d) Mongol peace festival Imprisoned them for life c) Avoided harsh punishments
Answer: a) Persian new year festival Nauroz and sometimes rewarded them d) Exiled them from the
kingdom
Khilji Dynasty (1290-1320 AD) Answer: c) Avoided harsh punishments and
106. What was the probable origin of Khilji rulers? a) sometimes rewarded them
Pure Turkish b) Turko-Afghan c) Afghan-Arab d) 118. Why did many people consider Jalaluddin a weak
Persian-Turkish sultan? a) Because he lost many battles b) Because of
Answer: b) Turko-Afghan his tolerant and forgiving nature c) Because he was old d)
107. Which dynasty did the Khilji dynasty replace? a) Because he consulted others
Tughlaq dynasty b) Mamluk dynasty c) Sayyid dynasty d) Answer: b) Because of his tolerant and forgiving
Lodi dynasty nature
Answer: b) Mamluk dynasty
Alauddin Khilji (1296-1316 AD)
108. What is the Khilji dynasty termed as? a) Turkish
119. What was Alauddin Khilji's relationship to
Revolution b) Khilji Revolution c) Delhi Revolution d)
Jalaluddin? a) Brother and brother-in-law b) Nephew and
Afghan Revolution
son-in-law c) Cousin and friend d) Son and heir
Answer: b) Khilji Revolution
Answer: b) Nephew and son-in-law
Jalaluddin Khilji (1290-1296 AD) 120. What position was Alauddin appointed to after
109. Who ascended the throne after Kaimurs' death? helping Jalaluddin? a) Wazir b) Governor c) Amir-i-Tuzuk
a) Alauddin Khilji b) Firoz under title Jalaluddin Khilji c)(Master of Ceremonies) d) Military commander
Balban's son d) A Turkish noble Answer: c) Amir-i-Tuzuk (Master of Ceremonies)
Answer: b) Firoz under title Jalaluddin Khilji 121. After which expedition was Alauddin given the
110. In which year did Jalaluddin Khilji lay foundation iqta of Awadh? a) Devagiri expedition b) Bhilsa (Vidisha)
of Khilji dynasty? a) 1289 AD b) 1290 AD c) 1291 AD d) expedition c) Gujarat expedition d) Chittor expedition
1292 AD Answer: b) Bhilsa (Vidisha) expedition
Answer: b) 1290 AD 122. In which year did Alauddin's first expedition to
111. What position did Jalaluddin serve during Bhilsa take place? a) 1291 AD b) 1292 AD c) 1293 AD d)
Balban's reign? a) Wazir b) Governor c) Ariz-i-Mumalik 1294 AD
(Minister of War) d) Chief Justice Answer: b) 1292 AD
Answer: c) Ariz-i-Mumalik (Minister of War) 123. What additional position was Alauddin appointed
112. What do some scholars call the event of 1290? a) to after the Bhilsa expedition? a) Amir-i-Tuzuk b)
The Great Revolution b) The Dynastic Revolution of 1290Arizi-i-Mumalik (Minister of War) c) Wazir-i-Azam d)
c) The Turkish Conquest d) The Afghan Victory Governor of Delhi
Answer: b) The Dynastic Revolution of 1290 Answer: b) Arizi-i-Mumalik (Minister of War)
113. At what age did Jalaluddin Khilji ascend the 124. Which was the first Turkish expedition to
throne? a) 60 years b) 65 years c) 70 years d) 75 years Southern India led by Alauddin? a) Chittor expedition b)
Answer: c) 70 years Gujarat expedition c) Devagiri expedition d) Warangal
114. For how many years did Jalaluddin rule? a) 4expedition
years b) 5 years c) 6 years d) 7 years Answer: c) Devagiri expedition
Answer: c) 6 years 125. In which year did Alauddin lead the Devagiri
115. What was unique about Jalaluddin's view on stateexpedition? a) 1293 AD b) 1294 AD c) 1295 AD d) 1296
governance? a) State should be based on religious law b) AD
State should be based on willing support of people c) Answer: b) 1294 AD
State should be based on military power d) State should 126. How did Alauddin become Sultan? a) He was
be based on noble support chosen by nobles b) He inherited the throne c) He
Answer: b) State should be based on willing support murdered Jalaluddin in July 1296 AD d) He won in battle
of people Answer: c) He murdered Jalaluddin in July 1296 AD
116. How did Jalaluddin try to win goodwill of127. Whose policies did Alauddin decide to revive? a)
nobility? a) By harsh punishments b) By policy ofJalaluddin's policies b) Iltutmish's policies c) Balban's
tolerance c) By giving them more power d) By reducing policies of ruthless governance d) Qutb-ud-din Aibak's
their privileges policies
Answer: b) By policy of tolerance Answer: c) Balban's policies of ruthless governance
128. What did Alauddin curb regarding nobles andAnswer: b) To satisfy conquest ambitions and protect
Ulema? a) Their wealth only b) Powers of nobles and from invasion
Ulema's interference in state matters c) Their religious Amir Khusrau
activities d) Their social gatherings only 139. Who was the court poet of Alauddin Khilji? a)
Answer: b) Powers of nobles and Ulema's interference Barani b) Amir Khusrau c) Ibn Battuta d) Isami
in state matters Answer: b) Amir Khusrau
129. According to Barani, author of 'Tarikh-i-Firuz 140. Amir Khusrau was the disciple of which Sufi
Shahi', how many reasons did Alauddin figure out for saint? a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti b) Nizamuddin Auliya
state rebellions? a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Six c) Farid-ud-din Ganj-i-Shakar d) Khwaja Qutb-ud-din
Answer: b) Four Bakhtiyar Kaki
130. What was the first reason for state rebellionsAnswer: b) Nizamuddin Auliya
according to Alauddin? a) Excess wealth of nobles b) 141. Which of the following is NOT a major work of
Social intercourse among nobles c) Inefficiency of the spyAmir Khusrau? a) Tughlaq Nama b) Wast-ul-Hayat c)
system d) Use of wine Nuh Sipihr d) Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
Answer: c) Inefficiency of the spy system Answer: d) Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
131. What was the second reason for rebellions142. Which verse forms did Amir Khusrau introduce?
according to Alauddin? a) Inefficient spy system b)a) Ghazal, Masnavi, Rubai b) Qasida, Marsiya, Salam c)
General practice of the use of wine c) Social intercourse Doha, Chaupai, Sortha d) Bhajan, Kirtan, Aarti
among nobles d) Excess wealth of nobles Answer: a) Ghazal, Masnavi, Rubai
Answer: b) General practice of the use of wine 143. Qawwalis were originally written in which
132. What was the third reason for rebellions? a) Use language? a) Arabic b) Turkish c) Persian d) Urdu
of wine b) Inefficient spies c) Social intercourse amongAnswer: c) Persian
nobles and intermarriage d) Excess wealth 144. Who introduced Qawwalis in India? a) Nizamuddin
Answer: c) Social intercourse among nobles and Auliya b) Amir Khusrau c) Moinuddin Chishti d)
intermarriage Farid-ud-din
133. What was the fourth reason for rebellions? a)Answer: b) Amir Khusrau
Social gatherings b) Inefficient administration c) Religious
Agrarian Reforms
interference d) Excess of wealth in possession of certain
145. Alauddin was the first monarch in the Sultanate
nobles
to insist on what in the doab? a) Higher tax rates b)
Answer: d) Excess of wealth in possession of certain
Land revenue assessment based on measuring cultivated
nobles
land c) Direct collection by nobles d) Payment in kind only
134. What did Alauddin do regarding families with free
Answer: b) Land revenue assessment based on
land? a) Gave them more land b) Made them pay land tax
measuring cultivated land
for their holdings c) Took away their land completely d)
146. What did Alauddin want regarding khuts and
Reduced their land holdings
muqaddams? a) To give them special privileges b) To
Answer: b) Made them pay land tax for their holdings
make them tax collectors c) That they should pay same
135. What did Alauddin do to the spy system? a)
taxes as others d) To remove them from their positions
Abolished it b) Reduced its scope c) Reorganized and
Answer: c) That they should pay same taxes as others
made it more effective d) Put it under noble control
147. Who were khuts and muqaddams? a) Tax
Answer: c) Reorganized and made it more effective
collectors b) Military officers c) Landlords of the area d)
136. What did Alauddin prohibit? a) Trade and
Religious leaders
commerce b) Religious gatherings c) Use of liquor and
Answer: c) Landlords of the area
intoxicants d) Travel between cities
148. What was essential for success of direct state
Answer: c) Use of liquor and intoxicants
collection of land revenue? a) Military support b) Honest
137. What permission did nobles need from Alauddin?
amils and local officials c) Religious backing d) Noble
a) To travel outside Delhi b) To collect taxes c) To have
cooperation
social gatherings or intermarriages d) To build houses
Answer: b) Honest amils and local officials
Answer: c) To have social gatherings or
149. What did Alauddin insist regarding accounts of
intermarriages
officials? a) They should be kept secret b) They should
138. Why did Alauddin establish a huge permanent
be audited strictly c) They should be simplified d) They
standing army? a) To collect taxes efficiently b) To satisfy
should be in Persian only
conquest ambitions and protect from invasion c) To control
Answer: b) They should be audited strictly
the nobles only d) To maintain law and order
150. Whose agrarian reforms did Alauddin's measures
provide basis for? a) Babur and Humayun b) Sher Shah
and Akbar c) Jahangir and Shah Jahan d) Aurangzeb and163. How many independent sources provided daily
Bahadur Shah market reports to Alauddin? a) One b) Two c) Three d)
Answer: b) Sher Shah and Akbar Four
151. Who sat on throne for few days after Alauddin'sAnswer: b) Two
death in 1316 AD? a) Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah b) Malik 164. What were the two independent sources of
Kafur c) Khusrau d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq market reports? a) Nobles and military b) Barid
Answer: b) Malik Kafur (intelligence officer) and munhiyans (secret spies) c)
152. Who deposed Malik Kafur? a) Khusrau b)Religious leaders and merchants d) Local governors and
Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq d) tax collectors
Turkish nobles Answer: b) Barid (intelligence officer) and munhiyans
Answer: b) Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah (secret spies)
153. Who defeated and killed Khusrau in battle? a)Expansion of Sultanate - Conquests of
Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah b) Malik Kafur c) Ghiyasuddin
Alauddin Khilji
Tughlaq d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
165. In which year did Alauddin conquer Gujarat? a)
Answer: c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
1298 AD b) 1299 AD c) 1300 AD d) 1301 AD
Market Regulations of Alauddin Khilji Answer: b) 1299 AD
154. What was considered one of the great wonders of 166. Who was the native king of Gujarat? a) Rai Karan
the world by contemporaries during Alauddin's time? (Solankis) b) Rana Hamir Deva c) Rana Ratan Singh d)
a) His military conquests b) His measures to control the Ram Chandra Dev
markets c) His building projects d) His administrativeAnswer: a) Rai Karan (Solankis)
reforms 167. Who were the Sultanate's commanders in Gujarat
Answer: b) His measures to control the markets expedition? a) Alauddin and Ulugh Khan b) Nusrat Khan
155. How many different markets did Alauddin set up and Ulugh Khan c) Malik Kafur and Nusrat Khan d)
in Delhi? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five Alauddin and Malik Kafur
Answer: b) Three Answer: b) Nusrat Khan and Ulugh Khan
156. What was the grain market called? a) Sarai Adl b) 168. Which temple was plundered during Gujarat
Mandi c) Bazaar-i-Ghalla d) Shahna-i-Mandi conquest? a) Somnath temple b) Nataraja temple c)
Answer: b) Mandi Jagannath temple d) Vishwanath temple
157. What was the cloth market called? a) Mandi b)Answer: a) Somnath temple
Sarai Adl c) Bazaar-i-Kapra d) Shahna-i-Kapra 169. Who did Nusrat purchase during Gujarat
Answer: b) Sarai Adl expedition? a) Malik Kafur b) Kafur Hazar Dinari c) Yaqut
158. What was sold in the third market? a) Grains and Khan d) Altunia
clothes b) Precious stones and metals c) Horses, slaves, Answer: b) Kafur Hazar Dinari
cattle etc. d) Books and manuscripts 170. Which queen did Alauddin marry after Gujarat
Answer: c) Horses, slaves, cattle etc. conquest? a) Rani Padmavati b) Kamala Devi c) Deval
159. Which region did Alauddin declare for direct stateDevi d) Rudrama Devi
land revenue payment? a) Punjab region b) Doab region Answer: b) Kamala Devi
from Meerut to Allahabad c) Gujarat region d) Rajasthan171. In which year did Alauddin conquer
region Ranthambore? a) 1300 AD b) 1301 AD c) 1302 AD d)
Answer: b) Doab region from Meerut to Allahabad 1303 AD
160. The doab region extended from which two Answer: b) 1301 AD
places? a) Delhi to Lahore b) Meerut near Yamuna to172. Who was the ruler of Ranthambore? a) Rana
border of Kara near Allahabad c) Punjab to Gujarat d)Ratan Singh b) Rana Hamir Deva c) Rai Karan d) Sheetal
Bengal to Sind Dev
Answer: b) Meerut near Yamuna to border of Kara Answer: b) Rana Hamir Deva
near Allahabad 173. Who died during the Ranthambore expedition? a)
161. What was the designation of market Ulugh Khan b) Nusrat Khan c) Malik Kafur d) Alauddin
superintendent? a) Mandi-i-Shahna b) Shahna-i-Mandi c) himself
Amir-i-Mandi d) Malik-i-Mandi Answer: b) Nusrat Khan
Answer: b) Shahna-i-Mandi 174. In which year did Alauddin conquer Chittor? a)
162. Who assisted the market superintendent? a) 1302 AD b) 1303 AD c) 1304 AD d) 1305 AD
Noble representative b) Religious leader c) Intelligence Answer: b) 1303 AD
officer d) Military commander
Answer: c) Intelligence officer
175. Who was the ruler of Chittor? a) Rana Hamir Deva 190. Which famous diamond was taken away from
(Gehlot) b) Rana Ratan Singh (Gehlot) c) Rana Sanga d)Warangal? a) Hope Diamond b) Kohinoor Diamond c)
Maharana Pratap Darya-i-Noor d) Regent Diamond
Answer: b) Rana Ratan Singh (Gehlot) Answer: b) Kohinoor Diamond
176. Who was the eyewitness to Chittor conquest? a)191. What did the king of Warangal agree to pay? a)
Ibn Battuta b) Barani c) Amir Khusrau d) Isami One-time tribute b) Annual tribute to Delhi c) Military
Answer: c) Amir Khusrau support d) Half his territory
177. What ceremony was performed by women during Answer: b) Annual tribute to Delhi
Chittor conquest? a) Sati b) Jauhar c) Purdah d) Johar 192. In which year did Alauddin conquer
Answer: b) Jauhar Dwarasamudra? a) 1309 AD b) 1310 AD c) 1311 AD d)
178. Which legendary episode is associated with 1312 AD
Chittor conquest? a) Rani Durgavati episode b) Rani Answer: b) 1310 AD
Padmavati episode c) Rani Kamala Devi episode d) Rani 193. Who was the ruler of Dwarasamudra? a) Pratap
Rudrama Devi episode Rudra Dev II (Kakatiya) b) Veer Ballal III (Hoysala) c) Ram
Answer: b) Rani Padmavati episode Chandra Dev (Yadav) d) Vir Pandya
179. Who was given governorship of Chittor? a) Malik Answer: b) Veer Ballal III (Hoysala)
Kafur b) Ulugh Khan c) Alauddin's son Khizr Khan d) 194. In which year did Alauddin conquer Madurai? a)
Nusrat Khan 1310 AD b) 1311 AD c) 1312 AD d) 1313 AD
Answer: c) Alauddin's son Khizr Khan Answer: b) 1311 AD
180. What was Chittor renamed as? a) Alauddinabad b)195. Who was the ruler of Madurai? a) Veer Ballal III b)
Khizrabad c) Sultanabad d) Firuzabad Pratap Rudra Dev II c) Vir Pandya d) Ram Chandra Dev
Answer: b) Khizrabad Answer: c) Vir Pandya
181. In which year did Alauddin conquer Devagiri? a) 196. Which temple was devastated during Madurai
1306 AD b) 1307 AD c) 1308 AD d) 1309 AD conquest? a) Somnath temple at Gujarat b) Nataraja
Answer: b) 1307 AD temple at Chidambaram c) Jagannath temple at Puri d)
182. Who was the ruler of Devagiri? a) Veer Ballal III b)Meenakshi temple at Madurai
Ram Chandra Dev c) Pratap Rudra Dev II d) Vir Pandya Answer: b) Nataraja temple at Chidambaram
Answer: b) Ram Chandra Dev 197. In which year did Alauddin conquer Jalor? a)
183. Who led the Devagiri expedition in 1307? a) 1310 AD b) 1311 AD c) 1312 AD d) 1313 AD
Alauddin himself b) Ulugh Khan c) Malik Kafur d) Khizr Answer: b) 1311 AD
Khan 198. Who was the ruler of Jalor? a) Sheetal Dev b)
Answer: c) Malik Kafur Kanhar Deva c) Hamir Deva d) Ratan Singh
184. What title was given to Ram Chandra Dev? a) Rai Answer: b) Kanhar Deva
Rayan b) Malik-i-Sharq c) Amir-ul-Mulk d) Sultan-i-Gharb 199. Who conquered the fortress of Jalor? a) Malik
Answer: a) Rai Rayan Kafur b) Malik Kamal-ud-din c) Ulugh Khan d) Alauddin
185. In which year was the fortress of Siwana himself
conquered? a) 1307 AD b) 1308 AD c) 1309 AD d) 1310 Answer: b) Malik Kamal-ud-din
AD 200. In which year was Devagiri conquered for the
Answer: b) 1308 AD second time? a) 1312 AD b) 1313 AD c) 1314 AD d)
186. Who was the ruler of Siwana fortress? a) Kanhar1315 AD
Deva b) Sheetal Dev c) Hamir Deva d) Ratan Singh Answer: b) 1313 AD
Answer: b) Sheetal Dev 201. Who was the ruler of Devagiri during second
187. Who conquered the fortress of Siwana? a) Malikconquest? a) Ram Chandra Dev b) Shankara-deva c)
Kafur b) Malik Kamal-ud-din c) Ulugh Khan d) NusratVeer Ballal III d) Pratap Rudra Dev
Khan Answer: b) Shankara-deva
Answer: b) Malik Kamal-ud-din 202. What happened to Devagiri after 1313 conquest?
188. In which year did Alauddin conquer Warangal? a) a) It remained independent b) It was given to Ram
1308 AD b) 1309 AD c) 1310 AD d) 1311 AD Chandra Dev c) It was annexed and included in Sultanate
Answer: b) 1309 AD d) It was destroyed completely
189. Who was the ruler of Warangal? a) Veer Ballal IIIAnswer: c) It was annexed and included in Sultanate
(Hoysala) b) Pratap Rudra Dev II (Kakatiya) c) Ram
Chandra Dev (Yadav) d) Vir Pandya
Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414 AD)
Answer: b) Pratap Rudra Dev II (Kakatiya)
203. What was the original origin of Tughlaq dynasty? 216. What was Muhammad bin Tughlaq's name when
a) Pure Turkish b) Turko-Indian c) Afghan-Turkish d) he was a prince? a) Ghazi Khan b) Jauna Khan c) Firuz
Persian-Turkish Khan d) Ulugh Khan
Answer: b) Turko-Indian Answer: b) Jauna Khan
204. Which three main rulers primarily ruled the 217. Who did prince Jauna Khan defeat after
Tughlaq dynasty? a) Ghiyasuddin, Muhammad bin prolonged conflict? a) Bhanudeva II b) Rai Rudra Dev c)
Tughlaq, Firuz Shah b) Ghazi Malik, Jauna Khan, FiruzPratap Rudra Dev d) Ram Chandra Dev
Khan c) Tughlaq Shah, Muhammad Shah, Firuz Shah d) Answer: b) Rai Rudra Dev
All of the above 218. Which territory was annexed under direct
Answer: a) Ghiyasuddin, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Sultanate control after defeating Rai Rudra Dev? a)
Firuz Shah Bengal b) Gujarat c) Warangal d) Orissa
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (1320-25) Answer: c) Warangal
205. What was the original name of Ghiyasuddin 219. Who was the ruler of Jajanagar in Orissa? a) Rai
Tughlaq? a) Tughlaq Shah b) Ghazi Malik c) MuhammadRudra Dev b) Bhanudeva II c) Pratap Rudra Dev d) Veer
Shah d) Firuz Shah Ballal III
Answer: b) Ghazi Malik Answer: b) Bhanudeva II
206. In which year did Ghiyasuddin ascend the 220. Who did Bhanudeva II help in battle against Delhi
throne? a) 1319 AD b) 1320 AD c) 1321 AD d) 1322 AD Sultans? a) Warangal's Rai Rudra Dev b) Devagiri's Ram
Answer: b) 1320 AD Chandra Dev c) Hoysala's Veer Ballal III d) Pandya's Vir
207. Till which year did the Tughlaq dynasty rule? a) Pandya
1413 AD b) 1414 AD c) 1415 AD d) 1416 AD Answer: a) Warangal's Rai Rudra Dev
Answer: b) 1414 AD 221. Who led army against Bhanudeva II in 1324 AD?
208. During whose reign did Ghiyasuddin rise to a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq b) Ulugh Khan c) Malik Kafur
important position? a) Jalaluddin Khilji b) Alauddin Khilji d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak d) Balban Answer: b) Ulugh Khan
Answer: b) Alauddin Khilji 222. With whom did Muhammad bin Tughlaq have
209. In which year did Ghiyasuddin die? a) 1324 AD b) religious intercourse besides Muslim mystics? a)
1325 AD c) 1326 AD d) 1327 AD Christian priests and Buddhist monks b) Hindu yogis and
Answer: b) 1325 AD Jain saints c) Sikh gurus and Parsi priests d) Jewish
210. How did Ghiyasuddin die? a) In battle b) Due to rabbis and Zoroastrian priests
illness c) Crushed to death by collapse of stage d) Answer: b) Hindu yogis and Jain saints
Assassination by sword 223. Which Jain saint is specifically mentioned as
Answer: c) Crushed to death by collapse of stage conversing with Muhammad bin Tughlaq? a)
211. What was Ghiyasuddin attending when he died? Hemachandra Acharya b) Jinaprabha Suri c) Acharya
a) Court session b) Religious ceremony c) Event for his Ratnasuri d) Bhadrabahu
victories in Bengal d) Wedding ceremony Answer: b) Jinaprabha Suri
Answer: c) Event for his victories in Bengal 224. What did orthodox theologians accuse
212. Who do some historians suggest conspired to killMuhammad bin Tughlaq of being? a) A heretic b) A
Ghiyasuddin? a) Turkish nobles b) Muhammad Tughlaqrationalist c) An atheist d) A rebel
c) Bengali rulers d) Mongol invaders Answer: b) A rationalist
Answer: b) Muhammad Tughlaq 225. Why were orthodox theologians displeased with
Muhammad bin Tughlaq? a) He converted to another
Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1325-1351 AD)
religion b) He welcomed foreigners to nobility c) He
213. In which year did Muhammad bin Tughlaq ascend
stopped religious practices d) He destroyed mosques
the throne? a) 1324 AD b) 1325 AD c) 1326 AD d) 1327
Answer: b) He welcomed foreigners to nobility
AD
Answer: b) 1325 AD Ibn Battuta
214. Whose policy was in contrast to Muhammad bin226. Where was Ibn Battuta born? a) Cairo (Egypt) b)
Tughlaq's? a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq's b) Alauddin Khilji's Baghdad (Iraq) c) Tangier (Morocco) d) Damascus (Syria)
c) Balban's d) Iltutmish's Answer: c) Tangier (Morocco)
Answer: b) Alauddin Khilji's 227. In which year did Ibn Battuta reach Sind? a) 1332
215. What did the Tughlaqs do regarding the Deccan AD b) 1333 AD c) 1334 AD d) 1335 AD
region? a) Ignored it completely b) Made peace treaties c) Answer: b) 1333 AD
Annexed the Deccan region d) Made it tributary
Answer: c) Annexed the Deccan region
228. What position did Muhammad bin TughlaqAnswer: b) People of Delhi wrote abusive letters to
appoint Ibn Battuta to? a) Wazir (Minister) b) Qazi Sultan
(Judge) of Delhi c) Military commander d) Court historian 239. According to Isami, why was Deogir chosen as
Answer: b) Qazi (Judge) of Delhi capital? a) It was centrally located b) It was safer distance
229. Which campaigns did Ibn Battuta lead? a) Bengal from North-West frontier and Mongols c) It had better
and Orissa campaigns b) Kalanaur and Peshawarresources d) It was more populated
campaigns c) Gujarat and Rajasthan campaigns d) Answer: b) It was safer distance from North-West
Deccan and South India campaigns frontier and Mongols
Answer: b) Kalanaur and Peshawar campaigns 240. Who was asked to shift from Delhi to
230. When did the Mongol attack under Tarmashrin Daulatabad? a) Entire population b) Only government
Khan occur during Tughlaq's reign? a) 1325-1326 AD officials c) Upper classes - shaikhs, nobles, ulema d) Only
b) 1326-1327 AD c) 1327-1328 AD d) 1328-1329 AD military personnel
Answer: b) 1326-1327 AD Answer: c) Upper classes - shaikhs, nobles, ulema
231. In which book did Ibn Battuta record his 241. Was any attempt made to shift the rest of
observations? a) Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi b) Tughlaq Nama c)population? a) Yes, all were forced to move b) No
Kitab-ul-Rehla d) Fatawa-i-Jahandari attempt was made to shift rest of population c) Only
Answer: c) Kitab-ul-Rehla merchants were shifted d) Only artisans were shifted
232. What did Ibn Battuta record in his book? a) Answer: b) No attempt was made to shift rest of
Military strategies only b) Administrative policies only c) population
New cultures, peoples, beliefs, values etc. of Indian242. What facilities did Muhammad bin Tughlaq
subcontinent d) Religious practices only provide for the journey? a) Only rest houses b) Only
Answer: c) New cultures, peoples, beliefs, values etc. road construction c) Built road from Delhi to Deogir and
of Indian subcontinent set up rest houses d) No facilities were provided
Failed Experiments of Tughlaq Answer: c) Built road from Delhi to Deogir and set up
233. What was fundamentally wrong with Tughlaq'srest houses
administrative and strategic experiments? a) They243. Why did large number of people die during
were too expensive b) They were against Islamic law c) transfer? a) Mongol attacks b) Lack of food c) Rigorous
Nothing was fundamentally wrong, but they failed d) They travelling and heat d) Disease outbreak
were copied from other rulers Answer: c) Rigorous travelling and heat
Answer: c) Nothing was fundamentally wrong, but Expeditions of Khurasan and Qarachil
they failed (1329-1330 AD)
Transfer of Capital 244. Where was the expedition of Khurasan and
234. What was one of the most controversial Qarachil launched? a) Afghanistan mountains b)
measures of Muhammad bin Tughlaq? a) Introduction ofKumaon hills in Himalayas c) Rajasthan desert d) Deccan
new currency b) Transfer of capital from Delhi to Deogir c)plateau
Increase in taxes d) Dismissal of all nobles Answer: b) Kumaon hills in Himalayas
Answer: b) Transfer of capital from Delhi to Deogir 245. According to modern historians, what was the
235. What was Deogir renamed as? a) Tughlaqabad b)expedition actually aimed at? a) Conquest of China b)
Muhammadabad c) Daulatabad d) Sultanabad Kashmir to control horse entry from Chinese side c) Tibet
Answer: c) Daulatabad for trade routes d) Afghanistan for strategic control
236. According to Barani, in which years did Sultan Answer: b) Kashmir to control horse entry from
decide to shift capital? a) 1325-26 AD b) 1326-27 AD c) Chinese side
1327-28 AD d) 1328-29 AD 246. From which Chinese region did horses come? a)
Answer: b) 1326-27 AD Mongolia b) Manchuria c) Sinkiang d) Tibet
237. According to Barani, why did Sultan want to shiftAnswer: c) Sinkiang
capital to Daulatabad? a) It was safer from Mongols b) It247. What did later historians wrongly suggest about
was more centrally located c) It had better climate d) It Khurasan expedition? a) It aimed at Tibet b) It aimed at
was his birthplace conquest of China c) It aimed at Afghanistan d) It aimed at
Answer: b) It was more centrally located Central Asia
238. According to Ibn Battuta, why did Sultan shift the Answer: b) It aimed at conquest of China
capital? a) For strategic reasons b) People of Delhi wrote248. What happened to the armies in inhospitable
abusive letters to Sultan c) For economic benefits d) ToHimalayan region? a) They won great victories b) They
escape Mongol attacks established permanent bases c) They suffered disaster d)
They made peace treaties
Answer: c) They suffered disaster b) The idea was new in India c) People preferred gold
249. Where is the Qarachil region located in present coins d) It was too complicated
day? a) Kashmir b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttarakhand d)Answer: b) The idea was new in India
Afghanistan 261. What precautions did the State fail to take
Answer: b) Himachal Pradesh regarding new coins? a) Proper weight measurement b)
250. What was the result of invasion of Qarachil andCheck the imitation of coins issued by mints c) Proper
Qandhar? a) Great success b) Moderate success c)metal quality d) Standard size
Partial success d) Failure Answer: b) Check the imitation of coins issued by
Answer: d) Failure mints
251. According to belief, out of an army of 10,000, how 262. What problem arose due to lack of precautions?
many returned? a) 100 persons b) 50 persons c) 10a) Coins became too expensive b) People refused to use
persons d) None coins c) People began forging new coins d) Coins lost
Answer: c) 10 persons their shine
252. What did the hill rajas eventually do? a) Fought to Answer: c) People began forging new coins
the end b) Accepted over-lordship of Delhi c) Fled to other 263. According to Barani, where did people begin to
regions d) Made alliance with Mongols mint token currency? a) In official mints only b) In their
Answer: b) Accepted over-lordship of Delhi houses c) In markets d) In temples
Token Currency Answer: b) In their houses
253. What was another controversial project of 264. What problem did common man face with copper
Muhammad bin Tughlaq? a) Capital transfer b) coins? a) They were too heavy b) They were too small c)
Introduction of Token Currency c) Military expeditions d) Failed to distinguish between royal and locally made coins
Administrative reforms d) They were too expensive
Answer: b) Introduction of Token Currency Answer: c) Failed to distinguish between royal and
254. According to Barani, why did Sultan introducelocally made coins
token currency? a) To promote trade b) Treasury was 265. What was Sultan forced to do regarding token
empty due to conquest schemes c) To reduce silver currency? a) Increase its value b) Withdraw the token
shortage d) To copy Chinese system currency c) Make it compulsory d) Mix it with gold
Answer: b) Treasury was empty due to conquest Answer: b) Withdraw the token currency
schemes Doab Crisis
255. What did Muhammad introduce in place of silver266. What scheme did Muhammad bin Tughlaq launch
coin? a) Gold coin b) Copper coin (Jittal) c) Bronze coin in the Doab? a) Military recruitment scheme b) Tax
d) Iron coin collection improvement c) Scheme to extend and improve
Answer: b) Copper coin (Jittal) cultivation d) Urban development scheme
256. What was the silver coin called? a) Jittal b) Tanka Answer: c) Scheme to extend and improve cultivation
c) Dinar d) Dirham 267. How was the Doab area organized for the
Answer: b) Tanka cultivation scheme? a) Into military zones b) Into
257. What did Sultan order about the copper coin? a) It development blocs headed by officials c) Into tax collection
should be worth half of silver coin b) It should be acceptedunits d) Into religious districts
as equivalent to tanka c) It should be used only for smallAnswer: b) Into development blocs headed by officials
purchases d) It should be mixed with silver 268. What was the responsibility of the official
Answer: b) It should be accepted as equivalent to heading each development bloc? a) Collect taxes
tanka efficiently b) Maintain law and order c) Extend cultivation
258. Which ruler had successfully experimented with by giving loans and induce superior crops d) Recruit
token currency before Muhammad? a) Mahmud ofsoldiers
Ghazni b) Qublai Khan of China c) Harun al-Rashid d)Answer: c) Extend cultivation by giving loans and
Saladin induce superior crops
Answer: b) Qublai Khan of China 269. Why did the Doab scheme largely fail? a) Farmers
259. Which Mongol ruler of Iran had alsorefused to participate b) Men chosen were inexperienced
experimented with token currency? a) Hulagu Khan b)and dishonest c) Weather conditions were bad d) Mongol
Ghazan Khan c) Ilkhan Ahmad d) Arghun Khan invasions disrupted it
Answer: b) Ghazan Khan Answer: b) Men chosen were inexperienced and
260. Why was the idea of token currency difficult fordishonest
people to accept in India? a) It was against religious law
270. What did the dishonest officials do? a) Fled with 282. Did Firuz attempt to annex Orissa after gathering
money b) Misappropriated money for their own use c) plunder? a) Yes, he annexed it b) No attempt was made
Gave money to enemies d) Invested money elsewhere to annex Orissa c) He made it tributary d) He left a
Answer: b) Misappropriated money for their own use governor there
271. What happened to the large sums advanced forAnswer: b) No attempt was made to annex Orissa
the project? a) They generated huge profits b) They were 283. Against which place in Punjab hills did Firuz lead
partly recovered c) Could not be recovered d) Were stolen a campaign? a) Jammu b) Kangra c) Chamba d) Kullu
by farmers Answer: b) Kangra
Answer: c) Could not be recovered 284. What were Firuz's longest campaigns to deal
Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388 AD) with? a) Orissa and Bengal rebellions b) Mongol
272. Who succeeded Muhammad bin Tughlaq? a) His invasions c) Rebellions in Gujarat and Thatta (Sind) d)
son b) His brother c) His cousin Firuz Shah Tughlaq d) A Rajput resistance
Turkish noble Answer: c) Rebellions in Gujarat and Thatta (Sind)
Answer: c) His cousin Firuz Shah Tughlaq 285. Which city was founded by Firuz Shah Tughlaq?
273. What happened to the Sultanate under Firuz Shaha) Firuzabad b) Jaunpur c) Hisar-Firuzah d) All of the
regarding territorial expansion? a) Many new territoriesabove
were added b) No new territories could be added c) LostAnswer: b) Jaunpur
some territories but gained others d) Doubled the territory 286. In whose memory was Jaunpur named? a) Firuz
Answer: b) No new territories could be added Shah himself b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (Jauna Khan) c)
274. What problem faced Firuz Tughlaq after his A Sufi saint d) Firuz's father
accession? a) Mongol invasions b) Economic crisis c) Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (Jauna Khan)
Preventing imminent breakup of Delhi Sultanate d) 287. During whose time did jizyah become a separate
Religious conflicts tax? a) Alauddin Khilji b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Firuz
Answer: c) Preventing imminent breakup of DelhiShah Tughlaq d) Balban
Sultanate Answer: c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
275. What policy did Firuz adopt towards nobles? a) 288. What was jizyah earlier considered part of? a)
Harsh punishment b) Trying to appease the nobles c) Trade tax b) Land revenue c) Military tax d) Religious
Complete elimination d) Balanced approach offering
Answer: b) Trying to appease the nobles Answer: b) Land revenue
276. What did Firuz make no attempt to do regarding 289. Why did Firuz refuse to exempt Brahmans from
South India and Deccan? a) Make peace treaties b)jizyah? a) They were wealthy b) They opposed his rule c)
Re-assert his authority c) Send diplomatic missions d) This was not provided in sharia law d) They refused to pay
Collect tribute other taxes
Answer: b) Re-assert his authority Answer: c) This was not provided in sharia law
277. How many campaigns did Firuz lead into Bengal? 290. Who were exempt from jizyah according to Firuz?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four a) All Hindus b) Only Brahmans c) Women, children,
Answer: b) Two disabled and indigent d) Merchants and traders
278. Were Firuz's Bengal campaigns successful? a) Answer: c) Women, children, disabled and indigent
Completely successful b) Partially successful c) 291. What did Firuz Shah patronize despite his
Unsuccessful d) Led to temporary success orthodoxy? a) Hindu festivals b) Music and was fond of
Answer: c) Unsuccessful wine c) Non-Islamic architecture d) Foreign religions
279. What happened to Bengal under Firuz Shah? a) ItAnswer: b) Music and was fond of wine
was conquered b) It was lost by the Sultanate c) It became 292. What was Firuz the first ruler to do regarding
tributary d) It remained under control Hindu religious works? a) Banned them completely b)
Answer: b) It was lost by the Sultanate Had them translated from Sanskrit to Persian c) Promoted
280. Against which ruler did Firuz Shah campaign in them in original form d) Used them for administration
Jajnagar (Orissa)? a) Bhanudeva II b) The local ruler c) A Answer: b) Had them translated from Sanskrit to
Mongol chief d) A rebel governor Persian
Answer: b) The local ruler 293. Why did Firuz translate Hindu religious works to
281. What did Firuz do to temples in Orissa? a)Persian? a) To criticize them b) For better understanding
Protected them b) Renovated them c) Destroyed them d) of Hindu ideas and practices c) To convert Hindus d) To
Converted them to mosques study their military tactics
Answer: c) Destroyed them Answer: b) For better understanding of Hindu ideas
and practices
294. Besides religious works, what other books were307. What problems surfaced after Firuz's death? a)
translated during Firuz's reign? a) Books on music,Mongol invasions b) Administrative and political problems
medicine and mathematics b) Books on trade and c) Economic crisis d) Religious conflicts
commerce c) Books on military tactics d) Books onAnswer: b) Administrative and political problems
agriculture only 308. What started once again after Firuz's death? a)
Answer: a) Books on music, medicine andForeign invasions b) Economic prosperity c) Struggle for
mathematics power between sultan and nobles d) Religious harmony
295. What was Firuz keenly interested in? a) Military Answer: c) Struggle for power between sultan and
conquest b) Economic improvement of the country c)nobles
Religious conversion d) Foreign relations 309. What happened to provincial governors after
Answer: b) Economic improvement of the country Firuz's death? a) They remained loyal b) They became
296. What large department did Firuz set up? a) Military independent c) They were dismissed d) They formed
department b) Religious department c) Department of alliance
public works d) Intelligence department Answer: b) They became independent
Answer: c) Department of public works 310. To what area was the Sultan of Delhi confined
297. What did the department of public works lookafter Firuz's death? a) Entire Delhi Sultanate b) Northern
after? a) Tax collection b) Military recruitment c) His India only c) Small area surrounding Delhi d) Only the Red
building programme d) Religious activities Fort
Answer: c) His building programme Answer: c) Small area surrounding Delhi
298. What did Firuz repair and dig for irrigation and 311. According to Firuz's will, from where to where did
water supply? a) Wells and tanks b) Number of canals c) the dominion extend? a) Kashmir to Kanyakumari b)
Dams and reservoirs d) Underground tunnels Lahore to Bengal c) Delhi to Palam d) Punjab to Gujarat
Answer: b) Number of canals Answer: c) Delhi to Palam
299. What was the length of the longest canal built by312. What was the title mentioned in Firuz's will for
Firuz? a) 150 kilometers b) 200 kilometers c) 250 Sultans of Delhi? a) Sultan-ul-Azam b)
kilometers d) 300 kilometers Shahanshah-i-Hind c) Lord of the Universe d) Zill-i-Ilahi
Answer: b) 200 kilometers Answer: c) Lord of the Universe
300. From which river to which place did the longest Nasiruddin Mahmud (1390-1394 AD)
canal run? a) Yamuna to Delhi b) Sutlej to Hansi c)313. Who was Nasiruddin Mahmud in relation to Firuz
Ganga to Agra d) Indus to Lahore Shah Tughlaq? a) His brother b) His son c) His nephew
Answer: b) Sutlej to Hansi d) His grandson
301. Another canal took off from which river? a) Sutlej Answer: b) His son
b) Ganga c) Yamuna d) Indus 314. What position does Nasiruddin Mahmud hold in
Answer: c) Yamuna Tughlaq dynasty? a) First ruler b) Most powerful ruler c)
302. What were the canals meant for? a) Transportation Last ruler d) Most successful ruler
only b) Irrigation purposes and providing water to new Answer: c) Last ruler
towns c) Defense purposes d) Trade routes 315. How far did Nasiruddin Mahmud's empire
Answer: b) Irrigation purposes and providing water toextend? a) Entire North India b) Delhi and surrounding
new towns areas c) Till Palam of Delhi d) Only the capital city
303. Which towns did Firuz build? a) Firuzabad and Answer: c) Till Palam of Delhi
Tughlaqabad b) Hissar-Firuzah and Firozabad c) Jaunpur 316. What happened to the Tughlaq dynasty after
and Delhi d) Hisar and Hansi Nasiruddin's death? a) It continued under new ruler b) It
Answer: b) Hissar-Firuzah and Firozabad was taken over by nobles c) Timur Lang attacked and
304. Where is Hissar-Firuzah located in modern ended it d) It merged with another dynasty
times? a) Punjab b) Haryana c) Uttar Pradesh d)Answer: c) Timur Lang attacked and ended it
Rajasthan
Timur's Attack of Delhi (1398 AD)
Answer: b) Haryana
317. From where did Timur start his expedition? a)
305. Where is Firozabad located in modern times? a)
Samarqand b) Kabul c) Ghazni d) Kandahar
Haryana b) Punjab c) Uttar Pradesh d) Delhi
Answer: b) Kabul
Answer: c) Uttar Pradesh
318. In which month and year did Timur start his
306. In which year did Firuz die? a) 1387 AD b) 1388
expedition? a) July 1398 AD b) August 1398 AD c)
AD c) 1389 AD d) 1390 AD
September 1398 AD d) October 1398 AD
Answer: b) 1388 AD
Answer: b) August 1398 AD
319. When did Timur reach Delhi? a) November 1398 Answer: c) Sayyids or descendants of Prophet
AD b) December 1398 AD c) January 1399 AD d)Muhammad
February 1399 AD Khizr Khan (1414-1421 AD)
Answer: b) December 1398 AD 331. Who appointed Khizr Khan as ruler of Multan? a)
320. What did Timur do to towns on his way to Delhi?Turkish nobles b) Timur after defeating Delhi army in 1398
a) Made peace treaties b) Captured and looted all townsc) Last Tughlaq sultan d) Local chiefs
c) Bypassed them d) Made them tributary Answer: b) Timur after defeating Delhi army in 1398
Answer: b) Captured and looted all towns 332. Whom did Khizr Khan defeat to occupy Delhi? a)
321. Who was the last Sultan of Tughlaq dynasty Nasiruddin Mahmud b) Sultan Daulat Khan c) Firuz Shah
during Timur's attack? a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq b) Tughlaq d) Turkish nobles
Nasiruddin Mahmud c) Sultan Mahmud Shah d) Answer: b) Sultan Daulat Khan
Muhammad bin Tughlaq 333. What dynasty did Khizr Khan found after
Answer: c) Sultan Mahmud Shah occupying Delhi? a) Tughlaq dynasty b) Lodi dynasty c)
322. What did Sultan Mahmud Shah and his Vazir do Sayyid dynasty d) Khilji dynasty
when Timur approached? a) Fought bravely b) Fled from Answer: c) Sayyid dynasty
Delhi c) Surrendered d) Asked for peace 334. What title did Khizr Khan assume instead of
Answer: b) Fled from Delhi Sultan? a) Amir-ul-Umara b) Malik-us-Sharq c) Rayati-Ala
323. What did Timur order after capturing Delhi? a) d) Wazir-i-Azam
Peaceful occupation b) General massacre and plunder c) Answer: c) Rayati-Ala
Religious conversion d) Administrative takeover 335. Who claimed that Khizr Khan was descendant of
Answer: b) General massacre and plunder the prophet? a) Ibn Battuta b) Barani c) Yahya Sirhindi,
324. For how many days did the massacre andauthor of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi d) Amir Khusrau
plunder continue? a) 10 days b) 15 days c) 20 days d) Answer: c) Yahya Sirhindi, author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak
25 days Shahi
Answer: b) 15 days 336. What was Khizr Khan's position among Sayyid
325. What did Timur take with him from Delhi? a) Only rulers? a) Least competent b) Most competent c) Average
gold and jewels b) Many Indian artisans like masons,ruler d) Most orthodox
stone cutters, carpenters c) Only royal family members d)Answer: b) Most competent
Military equipment only
Mubarak Shah (1412-1434 AD)
Answer: b) Many Indian artisans like masons, stone
337. Who ascended the throne after Khizr Khan's
cutters, carpenters
death? a) Muhammad Shah b) Mubarak Shah c) Alam
326. How did some of the artisans help Timur later? a)
Shah d) Bahlol Lodi
They fought in his army b) They helped put up fine
Answer: b) Mubarak Shah
buildings in Samarqand c) They became his advisors d)
338. During which years did Mubarak Shah rule? a)
They trained his soldiers
1421-1434 AD b) 1412-1434 AD c) 1414-1434 AD d)
Answer: b) They helped put up fine buildings in
1420-1434 AD
Samarqand
Answer: b) 1412-1434 AD
327. What was Timur's capital? a) Kabul b) Bukhara c)
339. Who ruled after Mubarak Shah? a) Alam Shah b)
Samarqand d) Tashkent
Muhammad Shah c) Khizr Khan II d) Bahlol Lodi
Answer: c) Samarqand
Answer: b) Muhammad Shah
Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451 AD) 340. During which years did Muhammad Shah rule? a)
328. What was the position of Sayyid dynasty in Delhi 1434-1445 AD b) 1430-1440 AD c) 1435-1445 AD d)
Sultanate sequence? a) Third dynasty b) Fourth dynasty 1434-1444 AD
c) Fifth dynasty d) Sixth dynasty Answer: a) 1434-1445 AD
Answer: b) Fourth dynasty 341. Who ascended throne in 1445 AD? a) Bahlol Lodi
329. After which dynasty did Sayyid dynasty come to b) Alam Shah c) Sikandar Lodi d) Ibrahim Lodi
power? a) Khilji dynasty b) Mamluk dynasty c) TughlaqAnswer: b) Alam Shah
dynasty d) Lodi dynasty 342. What kind of Sultan did Alam Shah prove to be?
Answer: c) Tughlaq dynasty a) Very competent b) Moderately successful c) Totally
330. What did the Sayyid ruling family claim to be? a)incompetent d) Religiously orthodox
Descendants of Turkish nobles b) Descendants of Afghan Answer: c) Totally incompetent
chiefs c) Sayyids or descendants of Prophet Muhammad Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526 AD)
d) Descendants of Persian kings
343. What was unique about the Lodi dynasty among 355. Who was Sikandar Lodi contemporary of in
Delhi Sultanate dynasties? a) It was the longest ruling b) Mewar? a) Maharana Pratap b) Rana Sanga c) Rana
It was the most successful c) It was the last ruling family Kumbha d) Rana Hamir
and first to be headed by Afghans d) It was the most Answer: b) Rana Sanga
orthodox 356. Who was Sikandar's contemporary in Gujarat? a)
Answer: c) It was the last ruling family and first to beBahadur Shah b) Mehmud Begrah c) Ahmad Shah d)
headed by Afghans Muzaffar Shah
Bahlol Lodi (1451-1489 AD) Answer: b) Mehmud Begrah
344. Who laid the foundation of Lodi dynasty? a)357. Which city did Sikandar Lodi found in 1504 AD?
Sikandar Lodi b) Ibrahim Lodi c) Bahlol Lodi d) Alam Shah a) Delhi b) Lahore c) Agra d) Jaunpur
Answer: c) Bahlol Lodi Answer: c) Agra
345. What was the ethnicity of Lodi dynasty rulers? a) 358. What did Sikandar make Agra? a) Military
Turkish b) Persian c) Afghans d) Arab headquarters b) Trade center c) His second capital d)
Answer: c) Afghans Religious center
346. What did Afghan nobles want Sultan to treat themAnswer: c) His second capital
as? a) Servants b) Subjects c) Equal partners rather than359. What new system of land measurement did
absolute monarch d) Military commanders Sikandar Lodi introduce? a) Gaj-e-Akbari b)
Answer: c) Equal partners rather than absolute Gaj-e-Sikandari c) Gaj-e-Ilahi d) Gaj-e-Sultani
monarch Answer: b) Gaj-e-Sikandari
347. In which regions did Bahlol Lodi successfullyIbrahim Lodi (1517-1526 AD)
suppress revolts? a) Gujarat and Rajasthan b) Bengal 360. Who helped Ibrahim Lodi become Sultan after
and Bihar c) Mewat and Doab d) Punjab and Sind Sikandar Lodi's death in 1517? a) Turkish nobles b)
Answer: c) Mewat and Doab Afghan nobles c) Persian nobles d) Local chiefs
348. In which year did Bahlol Lodi defeat the Sultan of Answer: b) Afghan nobles
Jaunpur? a) 1475 AD b) 1476 AD c) 1477 AD d) 1478 AD 361. Who invited Babur at Kabul to invade India? a)
Answer: b) 1476 AD Afghan nobles and Turkish chiefs b) Daulat Khan of Bihar
349. What did Bahlol Lodi do after defeating Sultan ofand Rana Sanga of Mewar c) Hindu rajas and Muslim
Jaunpur? a) Made peace treaty b) Made it tributary c) nobles d) Common people and religious leaders
Annexed it to Delhi Sultanate d) Left it independent Answer: b) Daulat Khan of Bihar and Rana Sanga of
Answer: c) Annexed it to Delhi Sultanate Mewar
Sikandar Lodi (1489-1517 AD) 362. In which year did Babur defeat Sultan Ibrahim
350. Who ascended throne after Bahlol Lodi's death? Lodi? a) 1525 AD b) 1526 AD c) 1527 AD d) 1528 AD
a) Ibrahim Lodi b) Sikandar Lodi c) A Turkish noble d) Answer: b) 1526 AD
Bahlol's brother 363. In which historic battle did Babur defeat Ibrahim
Answer: b) Sikandar Lodi Lodi? a) Second Battle of Panipat b) Battle of Khanwa c)
351. What was Sikandar Lodi's attitude towards First Battle of Panipat d) Battle of Ghaghra
non-Muslims? a) Very tolerant b) Moderately tolerant c) Answer: c) First Battle of Panipat
Showed little tolerance d) Completely tolerant 364. What was unique about Ibrahim Lodi's death? a)
Answer: c) Showed little tolerance He died of illness b) He was assassinated by nobles c) He
352. What did Sikandar Lodi re-impose onwas the first Sultan of Delhi killed in battlefield d) He died
non-Muslims? a) Higher land tax b) Jizyah c) Trade in prison
restrictions d) Travel restrictions Answer: c) He was the first Sultan of Delhi killed in
Answer: b) Jizyah battlefield
353. What did Sikandar Lodi believe regarding Mongol Invasion in Delhi
Sultan's position vis-a-vis nobles? a) Sultan should
consult nobles b) Sultan should be equal to nobles c) Sultanate
Sultan should have superior position d) Nobles should365. During which different rulers' reigns did Mongols
control Sultan invade India? a) Only during Tughlaq period b) Time to
Answer: c) Sultan should have superior position time during reign of different Delhi Sultanate rulers c) Only
354. How did Sikandar treat nobles and amirs? a) Very during Khilji period d) Only during Mamluk period
kindly b) As equals c) Compelled them to show formal Answer: b) Time to time during reign of different Delhi
respect and treated harshly d) Ignored them completely Sultanate rulers
Answer: c) Compelled them to show formal respectMongol Invasion at the time of Iltutmish
and treated harshly
366. In which year did Genghis Khan defeat the378. In which year did Mongols attack the Sultanate
Khwarizm empire? a) 1217 AD b) 1218 AD c) 1219 AD during Balban's reign? a) 1244 AD b) 1245 AD c) 1246
d) 1220 AD AD d) 1247 AD
Answer: b) 1218 AD Answer: b) 1245 AD
367. What did Genghis Khan do to Khwarizm empire?379. What was the result of 1245 AD Mongol attack? a)
a) Made it tributary b) Destroyed it completely c) MadeMongols won decisively b) Mongols were defeated by
peace with it d) Divided it among his generals Balban c) Peace treaty was signed d) Attack was repelled
Answer: b) Destroyed it completely by local forces
368. In which year did threat of Mongol invasion of Answer: b) Mongols were defeated by Balban
India come? a) 1220 AD b) 1221 AD c) 1222 AD d) 1223 Mongols Invasion during Khiljis
AD 380. Who was the chief defender of North-Western
Answer: b) 1221 AD frontiers during Balban's reign? a) Jalaluddin Khilji b)
369. Who escaped from Mongols and crossed Indus Salaluddin Khilji c) Alauddin Khilji d) Malik Kafur
river? a) Genghis Khan himself b) A Mongol general c)Answer: b) Salaluddin Khilji
Khwarizm crown prince d) A Turkish noble 381. Why was Salaluddin Khilji well-known? a) For his
Answer: c) Khwarizm crown prince administrative skills b) For his fighting skills against
370. What did Prince Khwarizm ask from Iltutmish? a) Mongols c) For his diplomatic abilities d) For his religious
Military help b) Asylum c) Trade relations d) Marriageknowledge
alliance Answer: b) For his fighting skills against Mongols
Answer: b) Asylum 382. In which year did Mongol commander Abdullah
371. What was Iltutmish's response to Prince attack Delhi? a) 1291 AD b) 1292 AD c) 1293 AD d) 1294
Khwarizm's request? a) He granted asylum b) He denied AD
as he did not want rivalry with Genghis Khan c) He helped Answer: b) 1292 AD
him fight Mongols d) He imprisoned the prince 383. With what size of force did Abdullah attack Delhi?
Answer: b) He denied as he did not want rivalry with a) 1,00,000 b) 1,25,000 c) 1,50,000 d) 2,00,000
Genghis Khan Answer: c) 1,50,000
Mongol Invasion at the Time of Balban 384. Who defeated Abdullah and his Mongol force? a)
372. In which year did Genghis Khan die? a) 1225 ADSalaluddin Khilji b) Jalaluddin Khilji c) Alauddin Khilji d)
b) 1226 AD c) 1227 AD d) 1228 AD Balban
Answer: b) 1226 AD Answer: b) Jalaluddin Khilji
373. What happened to Genghis Khan's empire after385. What happened after Jalaluddin defeated the
his death? a) It remained united b) It was destroyed c) It Mongols? a) All Mongols were killed b) Mongols fled back
divided between his sons d) It was conquered by enemies c) Peace treaty was signed d) Mongols were imprisoned
Answer: c) It divided between his sons Answer: c) Peace treaty was signed
374. Who was the Mongol General that headed386. How many Mongols accepted Islam and settled
towards Lahore? a) Hulagu Khan b) Tair Bahadur c) near Delhi? a) 3000 b) 4000 c) 5000 d) 6000
Chaghatai Khan d) Batu Khan Answer: b) 4000
Answer: b) Tair Bahadur 387. During whose reign were many battles fought
375. What did the subedar of Lahore do when Tair between Mongols and the army? a) Jalaluddin Khilji b)
Bahadur approached? a) Fought independently b) Alauddin Khilji c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq d) Firuz Shah
Surrendered immediately c) Asked for help from Sultan Tughlaq
Balban d) Fled from the city Answer: b) Alauddin Khilji
Answer: c) Asked for help from Sultan Balban 388. What was the final result of battles between
376. What was Balban's response to Lahore subedar's Alauddin and Mongols? a) Mongols won most battles b)
request for help? a) He sent immediate help b) He did Result was inconclusive c) Alauddin crushed the Mongols
not give any assistance c) He sent diplomatic mission d) decisively d) Peace treaty was permanent
He personally led army Answer: c) Alauddin crushed the Mongols decisively
Answer: b) He did not give any assistance
377. What happened to Lahore? a) It successfully
Summary Questions
defended itself b) It was captured by Mongols c) It was 389. How many major dynasties ruled the Delhi
abandoned d) It made peace treaty Sultanate in chronological order? a) 4 dynasties b) 5
Answer: b) It was captured by Mongols dynasties c) 6 dynasties d) 7 dynasties
Answer: b) 5 dynasties
390. Which dynasty had the shortest rule in Delhi
Local Administration
Sultanate? a) Sayyid Dynasty (37 years) b) Khilji Dynasty
(30 years) c) Mamluk Dynasty (84 years) d) Lodi Dynasty Q1. What were the administrative tracts called that the
(75 years) Turks divided their administration into? a) Subas b)
Answer: b) Khilji Dynasty (30 years) Iqtas c) Shiqs d) Parganas
391. Which ruler is known for market regulations and Answer: b) Iqtas
administrative reforms? a) Balban b) Iltutmish c)Q2. What were the holders of iqtas called? a) Muqtis
Alauddin Khilji d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq or Walis b) Shiqdar c) Amil d) Patwari
Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji Answer: a) Muqtis or Walis
392. Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi Q3. What were the muqtis expected to maintain in
Sultanate? a) Razia Sultan b) Rani Padmavati c) Kamala their tracts? a) Only collect revenue b) Only maintain
Devi d) Deval Devi soldiers c) Law and order and collect land revenue d)
Answer: a) Razia Sultan Build monuments
393. Which ruler's experiments are famous for their Answer: c) Law and order and collect land revenue
failure despite good intentions? a) Alauddin Khilji b)Q4. What were the muqtis expected to do with the
Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq d)money they collected? a) Send all to the government
Sikandar Lodi b) Keep everything for themselves c) Meet soldiers'
Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq salaries and keep the balance d) Distribute among
394. Which dynasty first successfully resisted Mongol nobles
invasions? a) Mamluk Dynasty b) Khilji Dynasty c) Answer: c) Meet soldiers' salaries and keep the
Tughlaq Dynasty d) Lodi Dynasty balance
Answer: a) Mamluk Dynasty (under Iltutmish and Q5. What did the iqtas later become? a) Villages b)
Balban) Provinces or subas c) Cities d) Forts
395. Which ruler completed the construction of QutubAnswer: b) Provinces or subas
Minar? a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Balban d) Q6. How many provinces were there under
Alauddin Khilji Muhammad bin Tughlaq? a) Twenty-two b)
Answer: b) Iltutmish Twenty-three c) Twenty-four d) Twenty-five
396. Who introduced the silver 'Tanka' and copperAnswer: c) Twenty-four
'Jittal' coins? a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak b) Iltutmish c) BalbanQ7. What were the administrative units below iqtas
d) Jalaluddin Khilji called? a) Parganas b) Shiqs c) Chaurasi d) Villages
Answer: b) Iltutmish Answer: b) Shiqs
397. Which ruler was known as 'Lakh Baksh'? a) Q8. Who controlled the shiqs? a) Muqtis b) Amil c)
Iltutmish b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak c) Balban d) Alauddin Khilji Shiqdar d) Wali
Answer: b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak Answer: c) Shiqdar
398. The Group of Forty (Turkan-i-Chahalgani) wasQ9. What was the administrative unit below shiqs
eliminated by whom? a) Raziya Sultan b) Balban c) called? a) Village b) Pargana c) Chaurasi d) Iqta
Iltutmish d) Alauddin Khilji Answer: b) Pargana
Answer: b) Balban Q10. How many units were parganas traditionally
399. Which ruler assumed the title 'Zill-i-Ilahi'? a) grouped into? a) 80 to 84 b) 100 to 84 c) 90 to 94 d) 110
Iltutmish b) Balban c) Alauddin Khilji d) Muhammad bin to 84
Tughlaq Answer: b) 100 to 84
Answer: b) Balban Q11. What was the traditional name for the grouped
400. Who ended the Delhi Sultanate by defeatingparganas? a) Suba b) Chaurasi c) Shiqs d) Iqta
Ibrahim Lodi? a) Sher Shah Suri b) Babur c) Humayun d) Answer: b) Chaurasi
Timur Q12. Who headed the pargana? a) Shiqdar b) Muqti c)
Answer: b) Babur Amil d) Patwari
Answer: c) Amil
Delhi Sultanate MCQ Q13. Who were the most important persons in the
village? a) Amil and Shiqdar b) Khut and Muqaddam c)

Questions with Patwari and Wali d) Muqti and Amil

Answer: b) Khut and Muqaddam
Q14. What were the khut in villages? a) Accountants
Answers b) Headmen c) Landowners d) Tax collectors
Answer: c) Landowners
Q15. What was another name for the village headman? Q28. What was Sharab? a) House tax b) Irrigation tax
a) Khut b) Muqaddam c) Patwari d) Amil c) Grazing tax d) Land tax
Answer: b) Muqaddam Answer: b) Irrigation tax
Q16. What was the village accountant known as? a) Q29. What was Ashraf? a) 1/5th of gross produce on
Khut b) Muqaddam c) Patwari d) Amil Muslim land b) 1/6th of gross produce on Muslim land
Answer: c) Patwari c) 1/10th of gross produce on Muslim land d) 1/12th of
gross produce on Muslim land
Economy in the Sultanate Answer: c) 1/10th of gross produce on Muslim land
Period Q30. On whose land was Ashraf levied? a) Hindus b)
Q17. What was the new system of taxation based on?Muslims c) All landowners d) Non-Muslims
a) Hindu scriptures b) Quran c) Local customs d)Answer: b) Muslims
Persian traditions Types of Lands
Answer: b) Quran Q31. What was Khalisa land? a) Land given as gift b)
Q18. How many kinds of taxes sanctioned by the Crown Land c) Feudatory land d) Military land
Quran were imposed? a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Six Answer: b) Crown Land
Answer: b) Four Q32. Who directly administered Khalisa land? a) Local
Q19. What were the four types of taxes sanctioned bynobles b) Central Government c) Military chiefs d)
the Quran? a) Kharaj, Zakat, Jeziah, Abwabs b) Kharaj, Religious leaders
Zakat, Jeziah, Khums c) Zakat, Jeziah, Sharab, Ashraf Answer: b) Central Government
d) Kharaj, Abwabs, Sharab, Ashraf Q33. Which region was brought under Khalisa land?
Answer: b) Kharaj, Zakat, Jeziah, Khums a) Punjab region b) Gujarat region c) Doab region d)
Q20. What was Zakat? a) Tax on non-Muslims b) LandDeccan region
tax c) Tax paid by well-to-do Muslims for helping theAnswer: c) Doab region
needy d) War booty tax Q34. What was Inam land also called? a) Khalisa b)
Answer: c) Tax paid by well-to-do Muslims for helping Iqta c) Waqf d) Both b and c
the needy Answer: c) Waqf
Q21. What type of tax was Zakat? a) Land tax b) Q35. To whom was Inam land given? a) Military chiefs
Religious tax c) Trade tax d) Military tax b) Hindu chiefs c) Muslim saints and scholars d)
Answer: b) Religious tax Government officials
Q22. What was Jeziah? a) Tax on Muslims b) Tax Answer: c) Muslim saints and scholars
levied on non-Muslims c) Land tax d) Trade tax Q36. In what manner was Inam land given? a) As
Answer: b) Tax levied on non-Muslims payment b) In gift or charity c) As loan d) As rent
Q23. What did non-Muslims receive in return for Answer: b) In gift or charity
paying Jeziah? a) Only property protection b) Only life Q37. What did the Sultan get from lands of Feudatory
protection c) Protection of life and property and Hindu Chiefs? a) Military service b) Annual fixed
exemption from military services d) Only military tributes c) Religious prayers d) Administrative help
exemption Answer: b) Annual fixed tributes
Answer: c) Protection of life and property andQ38. What was Iqta land? a) Crown land b) Religious
exemption from military services land c) Land granted by Sultan to military chiefs d)
Q24. What was Kharaj? a) Tax on Muslims b) Land tax Land of Hindu chiefs
paid mainly by Hindus c) Trade tax d) Religious tax Answer: c) Land granted by Sultan to military chiefs
Answer: b) Land tax paid mainly by Hindus Q39. For what purpose was Iqta land granted? a)
Q25. What was the rate of Kharaj? a) 1/5th of the Religious purposes b) Maintenance of a given number
produce b) 1/6th of the produce c) 1/10th of the of troopers c) Agricultural development d) Trade
produce d) 1/12th of the produce promotion
Answer: c) 1/10th of the produce Answer: b) Maintenance of a given number of troopers
Q26. What was Khums? a) Land tax b) Religious tax c) Q40. When was Iqta land normally taken back? a)
1/6th of the booty captured during war d) Trade tax After fixed period b) When Iqtadars were not in
Answer: c) 1/6th of the booty captured during war position to maintain the army c) When Sultan needed
Q27. What were Abwabs? a) Religious taxes b) Land it d) After Iqtadar's death
taxes c) Excess taxes like house tax, grazing tax etc. Answer: b) When Iqtadars were not in position to
d) War taxes maintain the army
Answer: c) Excess taxes like house tax, grazing tax
etc. Monetary System
Q41. What was the problem during the Sultanate Q52. What was the modern name of Anhilwara? a)
period regarding currency? a) Scarcity of gold b)Ahmedabad b) Patan c) Surat d) Vadodara
Scarcity of silver c) Scarcity of copper d) Scarcity of Answer: b) Patan
iron Q53. What was the modern name of Cambay? a)
Answer: b) Scarcity of silver Mumbai b) Surat c) Khambat d) Vadodara
Q42. What type of coins were introduced due to silver Answer: c) Khambat
scarcity? a) Pure copper coins b) Pure gold coins c)Q54. Where had Indian textiles already established
Silver-mixed copper coins d) Iron coins their position? a) European markets b) Chinese
Answer: c) Silver-mixed copper coins markets c) Trade of countries on Red Sea and Persian
Q43. What were the coins depicting images of Gulf d) African markets
Goddess Lakshmi, ox, horsemen and Sultan's name inAnswer: c) Trade of countries on Red Sea and Persian
Nagari script called? a) Tughlaq coins b) Delhiwala Gulf
coins c) Khalji coins d) Lodi coins Q55. Where were fine Indian textiles introduced during
Answer: b) Delhiwala coins this period? a) Europe b) Africa c) China d) America
Q44. Who mentions two new coins Dang and Dirham? Answer: c) China
a) Ibn Battuta b) Amir Khusrau c) Barani d) Al-Biruni Q56. How were Indian textiles valued in China? a)
Answer: c) Barani Less than silk b) Equal to silk c) More than silk d) Not
Q45. What were the two new coins mentioned by valued
Barani? a) Dang and Tanka b) Dang and Dirham c) Answer: c) More than silk
Dirham and Tanka d) Rupee and Dang Q57. What did India import from West Asia? a) Only
Answer: b) Dang and Dirham textiles b) Only horses c) High grade textiles,
glassware and horses d) Only glassware
Trade and Industry Answer: c) High grade textiles, glassware and horses
Q46. What marked the Sultanate period in terms of Q58. What type of textiles did India import from West
urban development? a) Growth of villages b) Growth Asia? a) Cotton b) Satin etc. c) Silk d) Wool
of towns and town life c) Growth of agriculture d)Answer: b) Satin etc.
Growth of military Q59. What came to India due to favorable trade
Answer: b) Growth of towns and town life balance? a) Only gold b) Only silver c) Gold and silver
Q47. How did a modern historian describe the d) Precious stones
Sultanate's economy? a) Agricultural economy b) Answer: c) Gold and silver
Flourishing urban economy c) Military economy d) Q60. What type of enterprise was India's foreign
Religious economy trade? a) Local enterprise b) Regional enterprise c)
Answer: b) Flourishing urban economy National enterprise d) International enterprise
Q48. How did Ibn Battuta describe Delhi? a) The Answer: d) International enterprise
smallest city in Islamic world b) The largest city in theQ61. What were the royal workshops called? a)
Western part of Islamic world c) The largest city in theIndustries b) Karkhanas c) Factories d) Mills
Eastern part of Islamic world d) The richest city in Answer: b) Karkhanas
Islamic world Q62. What did royal karkhanas cater to? a) Public
Answer: c) The largest city in the Eastern part of needs b) All needs of the sultan c) Military needs d)
Islamic world Religious needs
Q49. Which were the important cities in the Answer: b) All needs of the sultan
North-West during this period? a) Delhi and Agra b)Q63. What did royal karkhanas manufacture? a) Only
Lahore and Multan c) Kara and Lakhnauti d) Anhilwaraweapons b) Only clothes c) Costly articles made of
and Cambay silk, gold and silver ware etc. d) Only food items
Answer: b) Lahore and Multan Answer: c) Costly articles made of silk, gold and silver
Q50. Which were the important cities in the East ware etc.
during this period? a) Lahore and Multan b) Kara and
Lakhnauti c) Anhilwara and Cambay d) Delhi and Agra Industries in Sultanate Period
Answer: b) Kara and Lakhnauti Q64. What was the special feature of industries during
Q51. Which were the important cities in the West the Sultanate? a) Only Indian elements b) Only
during this period? a) Lahore and Multan b) Kara andPersian elements c) Combination of Arabic and
Lakhnauti c) Anhilwara (Patan) and Cambay Persian elements d) Only Arabic elements
(Khambat) d) Delhi and Agra Answer: c) Combination of Arabic and Persian
Answer: c) Anhilwara (Patan) and Cambay (Khambat) elements
Q65. What did royal industries fulfill during theQ78. In whose court did Amir Khusrau also live and
Sultanate period? a) Public requirements b)write Tughlaqnama? a) Alauddin Khilji b) Ghiyasuddin
Requirements of Sultan and royal family c) MilitaryTughlaq c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq d) Firoz Shah
requirements d) Religious requirements Tughlaq
Answer: b) Requirements of Sultan and royal family Answer: b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Q66. What materials were used by royal industries? a) Q79. What was Amir Khusrau known as? a)
Only silk b) Only gold and silver c) Silk, gold, silver Tuti-e-Hind or Parrot of India b) Bulbul-e-Hind c)
and other precious materials d) Only precious stones Sher-e-Hind d) Baaz-e-Hind
Answer: c) Silk, gold, silver and other precious Answer: a) Tuti-e-Hind or Parrot of India
materials Q80. What type of music fusion did Amir Khusrau
create? a) Indian and Arabic b) Persian and Arabic c)
Amir Khusrau Indian, Arabic and Persian d) Only Indian and Persian
Q67. What was Amir Khusrau's nationality? a) Arabic Answer: c) Indian, Arabic and Persian
b) Turkish c) Persian d) Indian Q81. Which musical instruments is Amir Khusrau
Answer: c) Persian credited with inventing? a) Tabla and sitar only b)
Q68. What were Amir Khusrau's life years? a) Tabla, sitar and modified veena c) Only veena d) Only
1250-1320 AD b) 1253-1325 AD c) 1255-1330 AD d) tabla
1260-1335 AD Answer: b) Tabla, sitar and modified veena
Answer: b) 1253-1325 AD
Q69. With how many rulers of Delhi Sultanate was Ibn-Battuta
Amir Khusrau associated? a) More than five b) More Q82. Where did Ibn-Battuta belong to? a) Egypt b)
than six c) More than seven d) More than eight Syria c) Morocco in South Africa d) Turkey
Answer: c) More than seven Answer: c) Morocco in South Africa
Q70. In how many languages could Amir KhusrauQ83. During whose reign did Ibn-Battuta come to
compose poetry? a) Two b) Three c) Four - Arabic, India? a) Alauddin Khilji b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq c)
Persian, Urdu d) Five Firoz Shah Tughlaq d) Balban
Answer: c) Four - Arabic, Persian, Urdu Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Q71. What style of singing did Amir Khusrau Q84. How many years did Ibn-Battuta spend in
innovate? a) Dhrupad b) Khayal c) Thumri d) Ghazal Muhammad bin Tughlaq's court? a) Six years b) Seven
Answer: b) Khayal years c) Eight years d) Nine years
Q72. What was the name of Amir Khusrau's book Answer: c) Eight years
about Alauddin's conquests? a) Ashiqa b) Nuh-Siphir Q85. What was the name of Ibn-Battuta's Arabic work?
c) Tarikh-i-Alai or Khazain-ul-Futuh d) Tughlaqnama a) The Travels b) The Rihla c) The Journey d) The
Answer: c) Tarikh-i-Alai or Khazain-ul-Futuh Adventures
Q73. What did Tarikh-i-Alai contain? a) Love stories b)Answer: b) The Rihla
Account of conquest of Alauddin c) Court matters d) Q86. What did Ibn-Battuta talk about in 'The Rihla'? a)
Religious teachings Only economic practices b) Only religious practices c)
Answer: b) Account of conquest of Alauddin Contemporary social, economic, cultural and religious
Q74. What was the name of Amir Khusrau's book practices d) Only political matters
containing love story? a) Tarikh-i-Alai b) Ashiqa c)Answer: c) Contemporary social, economic, cultural
Nuh-Siphir d) Tughlaqnama and religious practices
Answer: b) Ashiqa Q87. What trade did Ibn-Battuta also talk about in his
Q75. Whose love story did Ashiqa contain? a) Laila work? a) Textile trade b) Slave trade c) Spice trade d)
and Majnu b) Deval Rani and Khizr Khan c) Heer andHorse trade
Ranjha d) Romeo and Juliet Answer: b) Slave trade
Answer: b) Deval Rani and Khizr Khan Q88. What did Ibn-Battuta mention about India's soil?
Q76. What was another name for Amir Khusrau's a) It was poor quality b) It was highly cultivable c) It
Nuh-Siphir? a) Eight Skies b) Nine Skies c) Ten Skieswas sandy d) It was rocky
d) Seven Skies Answer: b) It was highly cultivable
Answer: b) Nine Skies Q89. How many crops could be grown in one year
Q77. Whose story did Nuh-Siphir contain? a) Alauddin according to Ibn-Battuta? a) One crop b) Two crops c)
Khilji b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Sultan Mubarak Three crops d) Four crops
Shah d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Answer: b) Two crops
Answer: c) Sultan Mubarak Shah
Q90. What village industries did Ibn-Battuta talk Answer: c) Combined principle of Slab and Beam
about? a) Only jaggery making b) Only oil extracting method
c) Jaggery making, oil extracting techniques and Q101. Which dynasties developed a new form of
weaving skills of women d) Only weaving Islamic architecture later followed by Mughals? a)
Answer: c) Jaggery making, oil extracting techniques Slave and Khilji dynasties b) Sayyid and Lodi
and weaving skills of women dynasties c) Tughlaq and Khilji dynasties d) Slave and
Tughlaq dynasties
Architecture of Sultanate Period Answer: b) Sayyid and Lodi dynasties
Q91. What type of architectural forms were introduced Q102. What was one pattern of the new Islamic
during Delhi Sultanate? a) Only Islamic forms b) Only architecture based on? a) Square plan with walkway
Indian forms c) New architectural forms and styles d)b) Octagonal plan surrounded by arched walkway with
European forms one storey in height c) Circular plan d) Triangular plan
Answer: c) New architectural forms and styles Answer: b) Octagonal plan surrounded by arched
Q92. What type of architecture emerged fromwalkway with one storey in height
synthesis of Indian and Islamic features? a) Mughal Q103. What was the other pattern of new Islamic
architecture b) Indo-Islamic architecture c) Persian architecture based on? a) Octagonal plan with
architecture d) Arabic architecture walkway b) Square plan without walkway with two or
Answer: b) Indo-Islamic architecture three storey in height c) Circular plan without walkway
Q93. What were the new architectural featuresd) Rectangular plan with walkway
introduced? a) Only arch and dome b) OnlyAnswer: b) Square plan without walkway with two or
lime-mortar c) The arch and dome, use of lime-mortar, three storey in height
development of true arch d) Only true arch
Answer: c) The arch and dome, use of lime-mortar, Structure and Monuments of
development of true arch
Q94. What did they do with temples and other
Sultanate Period
structures in the beginning? a) Destroyed them Q104. Who built Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi? a)
completely b) Left them as they were c) ConvertedIltutmish b) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak c) Alauddin Khilji d)
them into mosques d) Used them as palaces Balban
Answer: c) Converted them into mosques Answer: b) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
Q95. Which mosque was built using materials fromQ105. Who built Adhai Din-ka Jhonpra in Ajmer? a)
destroyed Hindu and Jain temples? a) Jama Masjid b) Iltutmish b) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak c) Alauddin Khilji d)
Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque c) Alai Darwaza d) JamatBalban
Khana Masjid Answer: b) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
Answer: b) Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque Q106. Who initiated the construction of Qutub Minar in
Q96. Where is Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque located? a) Delhi? a) Iltutmish b) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak c) Alauddin
Near Red Fort in Delhi b) Near Qutub Minar in Delhi c) Khilji d) Balban
In Agra d) In Lahore Answer: b) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
Answer: b) Near Qutub Minar in Delhi Q107. Who completed the construction of Qutub
Q97. From where did artisans come that helped in Minar? a) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Alauddin
precision of arch and dome? a) Central Asia b) WestKhilji d) Balban
Asia c) East Asia d) South Asia Answer: b) Iltutmish
Answer: b) West Asia Q108. Who built Alai Darwaza in Delhi? a)
Q98. Which tomb was adorned with the first true arch? Qutub-ud-Din Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Alauddin Khilji d)
a) Tomb of Iltutmish b) Tomb of Balban c) Tomb of Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Alauddin d) Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji
Answer: b) Tomb of Balban Q109. What was special about Alai Darwaza? a) It had
Q99. Which structure was adorned with the first true the first true arch b) It had the first true dome c) It was
dome? a) Qutub Minar b) Tomb of Balban c) Alai the tallest structure d) It was made of marble
Darwaza d) Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque Answer: b) It had the first true dome
Answer: c) Alai Darwaza Q110. Who initiated the construction of Jamat Khana
Q100. What construction principle was used in Masjid in Delhi? a) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak b) Iltutmish c)
Sultanate period structures? a) Only arch and dome b)Alauddin Khilji d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Slab and Beam method c) Combined principle of Slab Answer: c) Alauddin Khilji
and Beam method d) Only beam method
Q111. Who completed Jamat Khana Masjid? a) Answer: c) Constant warfare
Alauddin Khilji b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Khizr Q6. When did the Bahmani Empire decline? a) End of
Khan d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 14th century AD b) End of 15th century AD c) End of
Answer: c) Khizr Khan 16th century AD d) End of 17th century AD
Q112. Who built Nizamuddin Dargah (Mausoleum)? a)Answer: b) End of 15th century AD
Alauddin Khilji b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Q7. In which year did the Vijayanagara Empire end? a)
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq 1556 AD b) 1565 AD c) 1575 AD d) 1585 AD
Answer: b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq Answer: b) 1565 AD
Q113. Who initiated the construction of Tomb of Q8. The Vijayanagara Empire ended in which battle? a)
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in Delhi? a) Muhammad bin Battle of Talikota b) Battle of Bannihatti c) Battle of
Tughlaq b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq himself c) Firoz Shah Raichur d) Battle of Gulbarga
Tughlaq d) Alauddin Khilji Answer: b) Battle of Bannihatti
Answer: b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq himself
Q114. Who completed the Tomb of Ghiyasuddin
VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE -
Tughlaq? a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq himself b) FOUNDATION
Muhammad Tughlaq c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq d) Q9. Who founded the Vijayanagara kingdom in 1336
Alauddin Khilji AD? a) Harihara and Deva Raya b) Bukka and
Answer: b) Muhammad Tughlaq Krishnadeva Raya c) Harihara and Bukka d) Saluva
Q115. Who built the Tomb of Sikandar Lodi in Delhi? a)Narasimha and Bukka
Sikandar Lodi himself b) Ibrahim Lodi c) Bahlul Lodi Answer: c) Harihara and Bukka
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq Q10. Harihara and Bukka were initially feudatories of
Answer: b) Ibrahim Lodi which kingdom? a) Hoysalas of Mysore b) Kakatiyas

VIJAYANAGARA ANDofMadurai
Warangal c) Cholas of Thanjavur d) Pandyas of

Answer: b) Kakatiyas of Warangal

BAHMANI EMPIRE -Q11. After being feudatories, Harihara and Bukka
became ministers in which kingdom? a) Kampili
MCQ QUESTIONS (Karnataka) b) Warangal (Telangana) c) Madurai (Tamil
Nadu) d) Gulbarga (Karnataka)
INTRODUCTION AND Answer: a) Kampili (Karnataka)
Q12. Who attacked Kampili for giving refuge to a
OVERVIEW Muslim rebel? a) Alauddin Khilji b) Muhammad
Q1. In which century did the Vijayanagara andTughlaq c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq d) Bahlul Lodi
Bahmani Kingdoms emerge in the Deccan region ofAnswer: b) Muhammad Tughlaq
South India? a) 13th century AD b) 14th century AD c) Q13. What happened to Harihara and Bukka when
15th century AD d) 16th century AD Kampili was attacked? a) They fled to Kerala b) They
Answer: b) 14th century AD were killed in battle c) They were imprisoned and
Q2. For how many years did the Vijayanagara and converted to Islam d) They joined Muhammad
Bahmani kingdoms dominate the Deccan region? a) Tughlaq's army
More than 150 years b) More than 200 years c) MoreAnswer: c) They were imprisoned and converted to
than 250 years d) More than 300 years Islam
Answer: b) More than 200 years Q14. Who re-admitted Harihara and Bukka to
Q3. What was the religious nature of the VijayanagaraHinduism? a) Guru Madhvacharya b) Guru Vidyaranya
kingdom? a) Buddhist kingdom b) Jain kingdom c) c) Guru Shankaracharya d) Guru Ramanuja
Hindu kingdom d) Islamic kingdom Answer: b) Guru Vidyaranya
Answer: c) Hindu kingdom Q15. Where did Harihara and Bukka establish their
Q4. What type of sultanate was the Bahmani capital? a) Hampi b) Vijayanagara c) Anegundi d)
Sultanate? a) Turkish Sultanate b) Afghan Sultanate c) Penugonda
Persian Sultanate d) Arab Sultanate Answer: b) Vijayanagara
Answer: c) Persian Sultanate Q16. What term do historians use for the Vijayanagara
Q5. The relationship between Vijayanagara and kingdom? a) Karnataka Samrajyamu b) Vijayanagara
Bahmani kingdoms was characterized by: a) Peaceful Empire c) Deccan Empire d) South Indian Empire
coexistence b) Mutual cooperation c) ConstantAnswer: b) Vijayanagara Empire
warfare d) Trade partnerships
Q17. How was the Vijayanagara Empire described in HARIHARA I (1336-1356 AD)
contemporary literature and inscriptions? a) Q28. What did Harihara I found that was later renamed
Vijayanagara Empire b) Deccan Samrajyamu c) as Vijayanagara? a) Anagundi b) Vidyanagar c) Hampi
Karnataka Samrajyamu d) South Indian Samrajyamu d) Penugonda
Answer: c) Karnataka Samrajyamu Answer: b) Vidyanagar
FOUR DYNASTIES OF Q29. What was Harihara I's capital? a) Vijayanagara b)
Hampi c) Anagundi d) Vidyanagar
VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE Answer: c) Anagundi
Q18. How many dynasties ruled the Vijayanagara Q30. In which year did Harihara I annex the Hoysala
Empire? a) Three dynasties b) Four dynasties c) Five state? a) 1336 AD b) 1346 AD c) 1356 AD d) 1366 AD
dynasties d) Six dynasties Answer: b) 1346 AD
Answer: b) Four dynasties Q31. Which Hoysala ruler was killed by Harihara I? a)
Q19. Which dynasty ruled the Vijayanagara Empire Vir Ballal II b) Vir Ballal III c) Vir Someshwara d) Vir
from 1336-1485 AD? a) Saluva Dynasty b) Tuluva Narasimha
Dynasty c) Sangam Dynasty d) Aravidu Dynasty Answer: b) Vir Ballal III
Answer: c) Sangam Dynasty Q32. Besides the Hoysalas, which other ruler did
Q20. Who founded the Sangam Dynasty? a) Harihara I Harihara I defeat? a) Sultan of Delhi b) Sultan of
and Bukka I b) Saluva Narasimha c) Vira Narasimha Madurai c) Sultan of Gulbarga d) Sultan of Bijapur
Raya d) Tirumala II Answer: b) Sultan of Madurai
Answer: a) Harihara I and Bukka I BUKKA I (1356-1379 AD)
Q21. Which dynasty ruled from 1485-1505 AD? a) Q33. During Bukka I's reign, Vijayanagara faced
Sangam Dynasty b) Saluva Dynasty c) Tuluva Dynasty strong confrontation with which kingdom? a) Hoysala
d) Aravidu Dynasty kingdom b) Bahmani kingdom c) Chola kingdom d)
Answer: b) Saluva Dynasty Pandya kingdom
Q22. Who founded the Saluva Dynasty? a) Harihara I Answer: b) Bahmani kingdom
b) Saluva Narasimha c) Vira Narasimha Raya d) Q34. Who were Vijayanagara's main rivals in the South
Tirumala II during Bukka I's reign? a) Chola rulers b) Pandya
Answer: b) Saluva Narasimha rulers c) Sultans of Madurai d) Hoysala rulers
Q23. The Tuluva Dynasty ruled from which period? a) Answer: c) Sultans of Madurai
1485-1505 AD b) 1505-1570 AD c) 1570-1652 AD d) Q35. What was Bukka I's royal capital? a) Anagundi b)
1336-1485 AD Hampi c) Gutti d) Vijayanagara
Answer: b) 1505-1570 AD Answer: c) Gutti
Q24. Who founded the Tuluva Dynasty? a) SaluvaQ36. Under Bukka I, the Vijayanagara Empire
Narasimha b) Vira Narasimha Raya c) Tirumala II d) expanded to include which regions? a) Only
Krishnadeva Raya Karnataka b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu c) Whole of
Answer: b) Vira Narasimha Raya South India up to Rameshwaram d) Only Andhra
Q25. Which dynasty ruled from 1570-1652 AD? a) Pradesh
Sangam Dynasty b) Saluva Dynasty c) Tuluva Dynasty Answer: c) Whole of South India up to Rameshwaram
d) Aravidu Dynasty Q37. The expansion under Bukka I included the land
Answer: d) Aravidu Dynasty of which people in Kerala? a) Cholas b) Cheras c)
Q26. Who founded the Aravidu Dynasty? a) Vira Pandyas d) Pallavas
Narasimha Raya b) Tirumala II c) Rama Raya d)Answer: b) Cheras
Sadashiva Raya HARIHARA II (1379-1404 AD)
Answer: b) Tirumala II Q38. Harihara II was the first ruler to assume which
SANGAMA DYNASTYlegal titles? a) Sultan and Badshah b) Raja
Parmeshwara and Maharajadhiraja c) Chakravarti and
(1336-1485 AD) Samrat d) Rajadhiraja and Maharaja
Q27. What was unique about the early structure of the Answer: b) Raja Parmeshwara and Maharajadhiraja
Vijayanagara kingdom under the Sangam dynasty? a) Q39. With which kingdom did Harihara II form an
It was a military dictatorship b) It was a cooperative alliance? a) Hoysala kingdom b) Bahmani kingdom c)
commonwealth at first c) It was a feudal monarchy d) Chola kingdom d) Pandya kingdom
It was a republic Answer: b) Bahmani kingdom
Answer: b) It was a cooperative commonwealth at first
Q40. In which regions did Harihara II expand his Q51. The Tungabhadra Doab is the region between
territories against Gajapatis and Reddis? a) Western which two rivers? a) Krishna and Godavari b) Krishna
region b) Eastern region c) Northern region d) and Tungabhadra c) Godavari and Tungabhadra d)
Southern region Cauvery and Krishna
Answer: b) Eastern region Answer: b) Krishna and Tungabhadra
Q41. Which territories did Harihara II capture from the Q52. What was the second major area of conflict? a)
Bahmani kingdom in the Western region? a) Raichur Tungabhadra Doab b) Krishna-Godavari Delta c)
and Mudgal b) Belgaum and Goa c) Bidar and Marathwada d) Malabar Coast
Gulbarga d) Warangal and Karimnagar Answer: b) Krishna-Godavari Delta
Answer: b) Belgaum and Goa Q53. The Krishna-Godavari Delta was important
Q42. Where did Harihara II send an expedition? a)because it was a region of: a) Gold mines and
Maldives b) Ceylon (Sri Lanka) c) Burma d) Java strategic forts b) Fertile land and numerous ports c)
Answer: b) Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Religious centers and pilgrimage sites d) Mountain
DEVA RAYA I (1406-1422 AD) passes and trade routes
Q43. The reign of Deva Raya I began with a renewedAnswer: b) Fertile land and numerous ports
confrontation for which region? a) Krishna-Godavari Q54. What was the third major area of conflict? a)
Delta b) Tungabhadra Doab c) Marathwada d) Konkan Tungabhadra Doab b) Krishna-Godavari Delta c)
region Marathwada d) Coromandel Coast
Answer: b) Tungabhadra Doab Answer: c) Marathwada
Q44. Which Bahmani Sultan defeated Deva Raya I? a) Q55. Marathwada refers to which region? a) Eastern
Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah b) Muhammad Shah c) Ghats region b) Konkan Region of Western India c)
Firoz Shah d) Ahmad Shah I Deccan Plateau region d) Malabar Coast region
Answer: c) Firoz Shah Answer: b) Konkan Region of Western India
Q45. What was Deva Raya I forced to do after his DEVA RAYA II (1422-1446 AD)
defeat? a) Abdicate the throne b) Pay huge Q56. What titles did Deva Raya II assume? a) Raja
compensation and give his daughter in marriage to Parmeshwara and Maharajadhiraja b) Immadi
the Sultan c) Convert to Islam d) Become a vassal ofDevaraya, Proudha Devaraya and Gajabetekara c)
the Sultan Yavanaraja Sthapanacharya and Abhinava Bhoja d)
Answer: b) Pay huge compensation and give his Andhra Pitamaha and Andhra Bhoja
daughter in marriage to the Sultan Answer: b) Immadi Devaraya, Proudha Devaraya and
Q46. In which year did Deva Raya I construct a dam Gajabetekara
across the Tungabhadra River? a) 1406 AD b) 1410 AD Q57. During Deva Raya II's reign, the Vijayanagara
c) 1415 AD d) 1420 AD Empire extended to touch the shores of: a) Arabian
Answer: b) 1410 AD Sea b) Bay of Bengal c) Ceylon (Sri Lanka) d) Maldives
Q47. Which Venetian scholar and traveller visited Answer: c) Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Deva Raya I's court? a) Marco Polo b) Nicolo De ContiQ58. How did Deva Raya II strengthen his army? a) By
c) Ludovico di Varthema d) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier recruiting only Hindu soldiers b) By incorporating
Answer: b) Nicolo De Conti features of Delhi Sultanate armies c) By forming
Q48. Which temple was built by Deva Raya I? a) alliances with European powers d) By using only
Vitthalaswamy Temple b) Virupaksha Temple c) Hazar cavalry units
Rama Temple d) Krishnaswamy Temple Answer: b) By incorporating features of Delhi
Answer: c) Hazar Rama Temple Sultanate armies
Q49. Which inscription belongs to Deva Raya I's Q59. What major change did Deva Raya II make in his
reign? a) Hampi Inscription b) Sri Rangam Inscriptionmilitary recruitment? a) He recruited large numbers of
c) Tirupati Inscription d) Srirangapatna Inscription Muslims in his army b) He recruited only Brahmins c)
Answer: b) Sri Rangam Inscription He recruited European mercenaries d) He recruited
Chinese soldiers
THREE MAJOR AREAS OF Answer: a) He recruited large numbers of Muslims in
CONFLICT his army
Q50. What was the first major area of conflict between Q60. From where did Deva Raya II start buying horses
Vijayanagara and Bahmani kingdoms? a)in large numbers? a) Central Asia b) Arab countries c)
Krishna-Godavari Delta b) Tungabhadra Doab c)Persia d) Europe
Marathwada d) Konkan Coast Answer: b) Arab countries
Answer: b) Tungabhadra Doab
Q61. Which Persian traveller visited Vijayanagara Raya b) Timma and Imadi Narasimha c) Harihara III
during Deva Raya II's reign? a) Ibn Battuta b) Abdur and Bukka II d) Rama Raya and Tirumala
Razzaq c) Al-Beruni d) Sulaiman Answer: b) Timma and Imadi Narasimha
Answer: b) Abdur Razzaq Q71. Timma and Imadi Narasimha were titular kings in
Q62. Which Portuguese writer visited Vijayanagara the hands of which regent? a) Saluva Narasimha b)
during Deva Raya II's reign? a) Dominigos Paes b) Vira Narasimha c) Narasa Nayak d) Rama Raya
Nuniz c) Ludovico di Varthema d) Marco Polo Answer: c) Narasa Nayak
Answer: b) Nuniz
Q63. According to Nuniz, which kings paid tribute to
TULUVA DYNASTY (1505-1570
Deva Raya II? a) Kings of Ceylon, Maldives, and AD)
Burma b) Kings of Quilon, Sri Lanka, Pulicat, Pegu Q72. When did Narasa Nayak die? a) 1500 AD b) 1505
and Tenasserim c) Kings of Java, Sumatra, and MalayaAD c) 1510 AD d) 1515 AD
d) Kings of Persia, Arabia, and Afghanistan Answer: b) 1505 AD
Answer: b) Kings of Quilon, Sri Lanka, Pulicat, Pegu Q73. Who deposed Imadi Narasimha and became the
and Tenasserim new king? a) Krishnadeva Raya b) Vira Narasimha c)
Q64. Pegu and Tenasserim were located in whichAchyuta Deva Raya d) Sadashiva Raya
regions? a) Ceylon and Maldives b) Java and Sumatra Answer: b) Vira Narasimha
c) Burma and Malaya d) Persia and Arabia Q74. What was the relationship between Krishnadeva
Answer: c) Burma and Malaya Raya and Vira Narasimha? a) Father and son b)
Q65. What were the two Sanskrit works written by Brothers c) Uncle and nephew d) Cousins
Deva Raya II? a) Ushaparinayam and Jambavati Answer: b) Brothers
Kalyanam b) Mahanataka Sudhanidhi and aQ75. Who became the greatest ruler of the
commentary on Brahmasutras of Bhadrayana c) Vijayanagara Empire? a) Harihara I b) Deva Raya II c)
Amuktamalya and Kavyalankara Sangraham d)Krishnadeva Raya d) Bukka I
Manucharitamu and Harikathasaransamu Answer: c) Krishnadeva Raya
Answer: b) Mahanataka Sudhanidhi and a
KRISHNADEVA RAYA (1509-1530 AD)
commentary on Brahmasutras of Bhadrayana
Q76. How long did the battles last in which
SALUVA DYNASTY (1485-1505 Krishnadeva Raya compelled the ruler of Orissa to
restore territories? a) Five years b) Six years c) Seven
AD) years d) Eight years
Q66. Why did the Sangam Dynasty decline after Deva Answer: c) Seven years
Raya II's death? a) Due to foreign invasions b) Due to Q77. Which territories did the ruler of Orissa restore to
natural disasters c) Due to series of civil wars d) Due Vijayanagara? a) All territories up to river Godavari b)
to economic collapse All territories up to river Krishna c) All territories up to
Answer: c) Due to series of civil wars river Tungabhadra d) All territories up to river Cauvery
Q67. What was Saluva Narasimha's position beforeAnswer: b) All territories up to river Krishna
founding the dynasty? a) General of the army b) Q78. The hostile alliance was formed between
Governor of Chandragiri c) Minister of finance d) Krishnadeva Raya's which two main opponents? a)
Court poet Orissa and Bahmani b) Bijapur and Orissa c)
Answer: b) Governor of Chandragiri Golconda and Bijapur d) Ahmednagar and Bidar
SALUVA NARASIMHA (1485-1491 AD) Answer: b) Bijapur and Orissa
Q68. What was Saluva Narasimha's majorQ79. In which year did Krishnadeva Raya completely
achievement? a) He defeated the Bahmani Sultans b) defeat the Bijapur ruler? a) 1515 AD b) 1520 AD c)
He ended the civil war and brought peace c) He 1525 AD d) 1530 AD
expanded to Ceylon d) He built great temples Answer: b) 1520 AD
Answer: b) He ended the civil war and brought peace Q80. Which territories did Krishnadeva Raya briefly
Q69. Which Western regions did Saluva Narasimha capture from Bijapur? a) Raichur and Mudgal b)
conquer? a) Goa and Belgaum b) Western part ofBijapur and Belgaum c) Gulbarga and Bidar d)
Kannada, Honnavan, Bakanur and Bhatkal c) KonkanAhmednagar and Berar
and Marathwada d) Calicut and Cochin Answer: b) Bijapur and Belgaum
Answer: b) Western part of Kannada, Honnavan, Q81. Who described Krishnadeva Raya as the
Bakanur and Bhatkal "Greatest ruler of Tuluva dynasty"? a) Abdur Razzaq
Q70. Who were the later rulers after Saluva b) Nuniz c) Babur d) Ibn Battuta
Narasimha? a) Krishnadeva Raya and Achyuta Deva Answer: c) Babur
Q82. Under Krishnadeva Raya, Vijayanagara emerged temple c) Chennakesava temple d) Vitthalaswamy
as what in the South? a) The richest kingdom b) The temple
largest kingdom c) The strongest military power d)Answer: b) Hazara Rama temple
The most cultured kingdom Q93. How many poets adorned Krishnadeva Raya's
Answer: c) The strongest military power court? a) Six poets b) Seven poets c) Eight poets d)
Q83. Why did Krishnadeva Raya maintain friendlyNine poets
relations with Albuquerque? a) To get military support Answer: c) Eight poets
b) Due to the danger posed by Portuguese rise inQ94. What were the eight poets in Krishnadeva Raya's
trade and commerce c) To learn European military court called? a) Ashtadiggajas b) Ashtapradhan c)
techniques d) To establish diplomatic ties Navaratna d) Panchasakha
Answer: b) Due to the danger posed by PortugueseAnswer: a) Ashtadiggajas
rise in trade and commerce Q95. The Ashtadiggajas composed at least one what?
Q84. Who was Albuquerque? a) French ambassador a) Sanskrit epic b) Tamil poem c) Prabandha Kavyamu
b) Dutch merchant c) Portuguese Governor d) Spanish d) Persian ghazal
explorer Answer: c) Prabandha Kavyamu
Answer: c) Portuguese Governor Q96. Prabandha Kavyamu was what type of literary
Q85. Who was the Portuguese ambassador that was a style? a) A traditional Sanskrit style b) A new form of
resident of Vijayanagara kingdom? a) Dominigos PaesTelugu literary style c) A Persian poetic form d) A
b) Friar Louis c) Nuniz d) Ludovico di Varthema Tamil narrative style
Answer: b) Friar Louis Answer: b) A new form of Telugu literary style
Q86. In which languages was Krishnadeva Raya a Q97. Who among the Ashtadiggajas is considered as
gifted scholar? a) Sanskrit and Tamil b) Telugu and Andhra-Pitamah? a) Nandi Thimmana b) Allasani
Sanskrit c) Kannada and Telugu d) Persian andPeddanna c) Tenali Ramakrishna d) Dhurjate
Sanskrit Answer: b) Allasani Peddanna
Answer: b) Telugu and Sanskrit Q98. Which works were written by Allasani Peddanna?
Q87. Which Sanskrit works did Krishnadeva Rayaa) Parijatapaharavamu and Raja Shekara Charitamu b)
write? a) Mahanataka Sudhanidhi and commentary on Manucharitamu and Harikathasaransamu c) Raghava
Brahmasutras b) Ushaparinayam and JambavatiPandaviyam and Prabhavati Pradyumanu d)
Kalyanam c) Kavyalankara Sangraham andKavyalankara Sangraham and Ponduranga Mahtyamu
Manucharitamu d) Raghava Pandaviyam andAnswer: b) Manucharitamu and Harikathasaransamu
Prabhavati Pradyumanu Q99. Who wrote "Parijatapaharavamu"? a) Allasani
Answer: b) Ushaparinayam and Jambavati Kalyanam Peddanna b) Nandi Thimmana c) Madayyagari Mallana
Q88. Which Telugu work did Krishnadeva Raya write?d) Dhurjate
a) Manucharitamu b) Amuktamalya (Andal's story) c) Answer: b) Nandi Thimmana
Parijatapaharavamu d) Raghava Pandaviyam Q100. "Raja Shekara Charitamu" was written by: a)
Answer: b) Amuktamalya (Andal's story) Nandi Thimmana b) Madayyagari Mallana c) Dhurjate
Q89. What does the title "Yavanaraja Sthapanacharya" d) Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu
mean? a) Conqueror of foreign lands b) Restorer ofAnswer: b) Madayyagari Mallana
the Yavana kingdom (Bahmani) c) Protector of HinduQ101. Who wrote "Kalahasti Mahtyamu"? a)
dharma d) Great patron of arts Madayyagari Mallana b) Dhurjate c) Ayyalaraju
Answer: b) Restorer of the Yavana kingdom (Bahmani) Ramambhadrudu d) Pingali Suranna
Q90. Which of these titles was NOT taken byAnswer: b) Dhurjate
Krishnadeva Raya? a) Abhinava Bhoja b) Andhra Q102. "Sakalamata Sara Sangrahu" was written by: a)
Pitamaha c) Andhra Bhoja d) Gajabetekara Dhurjate b) Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu c) Pingali
Answer: d) Gajabetekara Suranna d) Ramarajabhushanudu
Q91. Which temples were built during Krishnadeva Answer: b) Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu
Raya's reign? a) Hazar Rama and Virupaksha temples Q103. Which two works were written by Pingali
b) Vitthalaswamy and Tirupati temples c) Suranna? a) Sakalamata Sara Sangrahu and
Krishnaswamy and Chennakesava temples d) Kavyalankara Sangraham b) Raghava Pandaviyam
Hoysaleswara and Belur temples and Prabhavati Pradyumanu c) Ponduranga
Answer: b) Vitthalaswamy and Tirupati temples Mahtyamu and Manucharitamu d) Kalahasti Mahtyamu
Q92. Which temple was expanded during Krishnadevaand Raja Shekara Charitamu
Raya's tenure? a) Virupaksha temple b) Hazara RamaAnswer: b) Raghava Pandaviyam and Prabhavati
Pradyumanu
Q104. "Kavyalankara Sangraham" was written by: a) off the various Muslim powers against one another d)
Pingali Suranna b) Ramarajabhushanudu c) TenaliHe submitted to their authority
Ramakrishna d) Allasani Peddanna Answer: c) He was able to play off the various Muslim
Answer: b) Ramarajabhushanudu powers against one another
Q105. "Ponduranga Mahtyamu" was written by: a)
Ramarajabhushanudu b) Tenali Ramakrishna c)
ARAVIDU DYNASTY (1570-1652
Pingali Suranna d) Dhurjate AD)
Answer: b) Tenali Ramakrishna Q117. Who founded the Aravidu Dynasty? a) Rama
ACHYUTA DEVA RAYA (1530-1542 AD) Raya b) Tirumala II c) Sri Ranga d) Venkata II
Q106. What happened after the death of Krishnadeva Answer: b) Tirumala II
Raya? a) Peaceful succession occurred b) There wasQ118. What was the relationship between Tirumala II
a struggle for succession c) The empire was divided and Rama Raya? a) Father and son b) Brothers c)
d) Foreign invasion took place Uncle and nephew d) Cousins
Answer: b) There was a struggle for succession Answer: b) Brothers
Q107. Who became the next ruler after the successionQ119. In whose name had Tirumala II ruled before
struggle following Krishnadeva Raya's death? a)founding the Aravidu Dynasty? a) Krishnadeva Raya
Sadashiva Raya b) Rama Raya c) Achyuta Deva Rayab) Achyuta Deva Raya c) Sadashiva Raya d) Harihara II
d) Tirumala II Answer: c) Sadashiva Raya
Answer: c) Achyuta Deva Raya Q120. Where did Tirumala II shift his capital from
Q108. Which temple was built during Achyuta Deva Hampi? a) Vijayanagara b) Penugonda c) Chandragiri
Raya's reign? a) Vitthalaswamy temple b) d) Anegundi
Tiruvengalanatha temple in Hampi c) Tirupati temple Answer: b) Penugonda
d) Hazara Rama temple Q121. Who succeeded Tirumala II? a) Venkata II b) Sri
Answer: b) Tiruvengalanatha temple in Hampi Ranga c) Sri Ranga III d) Rama Raya II
Q109. For how many years did Achyuta Deva Raya Answer: b) Sri Ranga
rule? a) 10 years b) 11 years c) 12 years d) 13 years Q122. During which period did Venkata II rule? a)
Answer: c) 12 years 1580-1614 AD b) 1586-1614 AD c) 1590-1614 AD d)
Q110. Who imprisoned Achyuta Deva Raya later? a) 1595-1614 AD
Sadashiva Raya b) His chief minister Rama Raya c) Answer: b) 1586-1614 AD
The Bahmani Sultan d) Portuguese forces Q123. When did Sri Ranga III rule? a) 1640-1644 AD b)
Answer: b) His chief minister Rama Raya 1641-1645 AD c) 1642-1646 AD d) 1643-1647 AD
Q111. What agreement had Achyuta Deva Raya made Answer: c) 1642-1646 AD
with Rama Raya? a) To divide the kingdom b) To share Q124. For approximately how many more years did
power c) To marry his daughter d) To make him heir the kingdom sustain after the Aravidu Dynasty was
Answer: b) To share power established? a) Fifty years b) One hundred years c)
SADASHIVA RAYA (1543-1567 AD) One hundred and fifty years d) Two hundred years
Q112. In which year did Sadashiva Raya ascend the Answer: b) One hundred years
throne? a) 1542 AD b) 1543 AD c) 1544 AD d) 1545 AD Q125. What happened to the territories during the later
Answer: b) 1543 AD Aravidu period? a) They expanded continuously b)
Q113. Until which year did Sadashiva Raya reign? a) They remained stable c) They decreased continually
1565 AD b) 1566 AD c) 1567 AD d) 1568 AD d) They were completely lost
Answer: c) 1567 AD Answer: c) They decreased continually
Q114. What was the relationship between Sadashiva Q126. During the later Aravidu period, the Raya was
Raya and Krishnadeva Raya? a) Brothers b) Father no longer counted in the political affairs of which
and son c) Uncle and nephew d) Son of Krishnadeva region? a) North India b) Central India c) South India
Raya d) Western India
Answer: d) Son of Krishnadeva Raya Answer: c) South India
Q115. During Sadashiva Raya's reign, the real power BATTLE OF BANNIHATTI
was vested in whose hands? a) The king himself b)
Q127. The Battle of Bannihatti is popularly known by
Rama Raja c) Achyuta Deva Raya d) Tirumala II
which other name? a) Battle of Talikota b) Battle of
Answer: b) Rama Raja
Raichur c) Battle of Hampi d) Battle of Penugonda
Q116. What strategy did Rama Raja employ with the
Answer: a) Battle of Talikota
Muslim powers? a) He formed permanent alliances b)
He declared war on all of them c) He was able to play
Q128. The Battle of Bannihatti was fought betweenQ139. The succession to the throne in Vijayanagara
Vijayanagara led by whom? a) Krishnadeva Raya b) was: a) Elective b) Hereditary c) By nomination d)
Sadashiva Raya c) Rama Raja d) Tirumala II Through conquest
Answer: c) Rama Raja Answer: b) Hereditary
Q129. How many Muslim Sultanates formed the Q140. In which book did Krishnadeva Raya write
confederation against Vijayanagara? a) Three about polity? a) Ushaparinayam b) Jambavati
Sultanates b) Four Sultanates c) Five Sultanates d) SixKalyanam c) Amuktamalyada d) Mahanataka
Sultanates Sudhanidhi
Answer: b) Four Sultanates Answer: c) Amuktamalyada
Q130. Who was Hussain Nizam Shah I associated Q141. According to Krishnadeva Raya in
with? a) Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Bidar d) Golconda "Amuktamalyada," what should the king do with great
Answer: b) Ahmednagar care? a) Collect taxes and build temples b) Attend to
Q131. Ali Adil Shah I was the ruler of: a) Ahmednagar the work of protecting the good and punishing the
b) Bijapur c) Bidar d) Golconda wicked c) Maintain friendly relations with neighbors d)
Answer: b) Bijapur Promote trade and commerce
Q132. Ali Barid Shah I ruled which sultanate? a) Answer: b) Attend to the work of protecting the good
Ahmednagar b) Bijapur c) Bidar d) Golconda and punishing the wicked
Answer: c) Bidar CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION
Q133. Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali was the ruler of: a) Q142. The king in Vijayanagara Empire was advised
Bijapur b) Bidar c) Golconda d) Ahmednagar by: a) Council of ministers (Mahapratinidhi) b)
Answer: c) Golconda Assembly of nobles c) Religious council d) Military
Q134. In which month and year was the Battle of council
Bannihatti fought? a) December 1564 b) January 1565 Answer: a) Council of ministers (Mahapratinidhi)
c) February 1565 d) March 1565 Q143. The council of ministers consisted of: a)
Answer: b) January 1565 Religious leaders b) Great nobles of the kingdom c)
Q135. What happened to Rama Raja during the battle? Military commanders d) Provincial governors
a) He escaped to safety b) He was wounded butAnswer: b) Great nobles of the kingdom
survived c) He was surrounded, taken prisoner and Q144. Who took the ultimate decisions in the
immediately executed d) He died fighting on theVijayanagara Empire? a) Council of ministers b) The
battlefield king himself c) Assembly of nobles d) Provincial
Answer: c) He was surrounded, taken prisoner and governors
immediately executed Answer: b) The king himself
Q136. The Battle of Bannihatti is generally considered Q145. The king enjoyed absolute authority in which
to mark: a) The beginning of Vijayanagara's decline b) matters? a) Only executive matters b) Only judicial
The end of the great age of Vijayanagara c) The start matters c) Executive, judicial and legislative matters
of Muslim dominance in South India d) The end ofd) Only religious matters
Hindu kingdoms in the Deccan Answer: c) Executive, judicial and legislative matters
Answer: b) The end of the great age of Vijayanagara
PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
VIJAYANAGARA Q146. The Vijayanagara kingdom was divided into
which primary administrative units? a) States or
ADMINISTRATION Mandalam b) Rajyas or Mandalam c) Pradesh or
CONCEPT OF KINGSHIP Mandalam d) Bhumi or Mandalam
Q137. What was the concept of kingship among Answer: b) Rajyas or Mandalam
Vijayanagara rulers? a) Democratic in nature b) High Q147. What does Mandalam mean in Vijayanagara
concept of kingship c) Shared power structure d) administration? a) Districts b) Provinces c) Villages d)
Federal system Sub-districts
Answer: b) High concept of kingship Answer: b) Provinces
Q138. Kingship in Vijayanagara was based on whichQ148. Below Rajyas or Mandalam, what was the next
principle? a) Constitutional monarchy b) Absolute administrative division? a) Nadu (district) b) Sthala
monarchy with welfare state policy c) Democratic (sub-district) c) Grama (village) d) Pargana
republic d) Feudal system Answer: a) Nadu (district)
Answer: b) Absolute monarchy with welfare stateQ149. What was Sthala in Vijayanagara
policy administration? a) District b) Sub-district c) Village d)
Province
Answer: b) Sub-district temples c) Military officials in charge of forts d) Trade
Q150. What was Grama in the administrative system?officials in charge of markets
a) District b) Sub-district c) Village d) Province Answer: c) Military officials in charge of forts
Answer: c) Village Q163. What were Amaranayakas? a) Chief military
Q151. Each province was under a governor known as: commanders b) Sub-nayaka who received land from
a) Nayaka b) Mandaleshvara c) Ayagar d) Gauda the nayaka c) Revenue collectors d) Religious
Answer: b) Mandaleshvara functionaries
Q152. Who was the village headman in Vijayanagara Answer: b) Sub-nayaka who received land from the
administration? a) Nayaka b) Mandaleshvara c) Gaudanayaka
d) Ayagar Q164. When nayakas gave away a portion of land to
Answer: c) Gauda temples or religious institutions free of tax, such
Q153. What was the basic unit of administration ingrants were called: a) Amaram b) Nayakattanam c)
Vijayanagara Empire? a) Village b) District c) Manya d) Inam
Sub-district d) Province Answer: c) Manya
Answer: a) Village Q165. The Nayakas were _______ in their areas and
Q154. What happened to village self-government were _______. a) Dependent, transferable b)
concepts under Vijayanagara rule? a) They were Independent, non-transferable c) Dependent,
strengthened b) They remained unchanged c) They non-transferable d) Independent, transferable
were considerably weakened d) They were completely Answer: b) Independent, non-transferable
abolished Q166. The Nayakara system became a major cause of:
Answer: c) They were considerably weakened a) Economic prosperity b) Military strength c) Decline
of Vijayanagara Empire d) Administrative efficiency
NAYAKARA AND AYAGAR Answer: c) Decline of Vijayanagara Empire
SYSTEM AYAGAR SYSTEM
Q155. What were the main components of Q167. During Vijayanagara rule, village administration
Vijayanagara administration? a) Rajya and Mandalam was organized in the form of: a) Nayakara system b)
system b) Nayakara and Ayagar system c) Central and Ayagar system c) Mandalam system d) Gauda system
provincial system d) Military and civil system Answer: b) Ayagar system
Answer: b) Nayakara and Ayagar system Q168. According to the Ayagar system, every village
NAYAKARA SYSTEM was: a) Part of a larger unit b) A separate unit c) Under
Q156. By whose time was the Nayakara systemdirect royal control d) Managed by the Nayakas
established? a) Harihara I b) Deva Raya II c)Answer: b) A separate unit
Krishnadeva Raya d) Sadashiva Raya Q169. How many functionaries were appointed by the
Answer: c) Krishnadeva Raya government in each village under the Ayagar system?
Q157. Nayakaras were a category of officers a) Ten functionaries b) Eleven functionaries c) Twelve
appointed by the king with rights over: a) Trade andfunctionaries d) Thirteen functionaries
commerce b) Land c) Military forces d) Religious Answer: c) Twelve functionaries
institutions Q170. The twelve functionaries were collectively
Answer: b) Land known as: a) Nayakas b) Ayagars c) Gaudas d)
Q158. The piece of land assigned to Nayakaras was Mandaleswara
called: a) Nayakattanam b) Amaram c) Manya d) Inam Answer: b) Ayagars
Answer: b) Amaram Q171. Once allotted, the Ayagar office became: a)
Q159. The Nayakara chiefs were known as: a)Temporary for 5 years b) Renewable every 10 years c)
Mandaleshvara or Ayagar b) Palaiyagars or Nayaka c) Hereditary d) Subject to annual review
Gauda or Patil d) Deshmukh or Deshpande Answer: c) Hereditary
Answer: b) Palaiyagars or Nayaka Q172. The Ayagars could _______ or _______ their
Q160. The landholding allocated to the nayakas wasoffice. a) Rent or lease b) Sell or mortgage c) Transfer
called: a) Amaram b) Nayakattanam c) Manya d) Jagir or exchange d) Divide or merge
Answer: b) Nayakattanam Answer: b) Sell or mortgage
Q161. What was a Dannayaka? a) Revenue official b) Q173. What were granted to Ayagars for their
Military official c) Religious official d) Trade official maintenance for perpetuity? a) Cash salaries b) Tax
Answer: b) Military official free lands or manyas c) Trading rights d) Military
Q162. Durga-Dannayakas were: a) Revenue officials in equipment
charge of districts b) Religious officials in charge of Answer: b) Tax free lands or manyas
 c) Only allowed religious education d) Completely
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION isolated from society
Q174. What was the most important source of revenue Answer: b) Allowed to access knowledge
in Vijayanagara Empire? a) Trade taxes b) CrownQ186. Many women were employed in: a) Military
lands c) Temple donations d) Military tributes services b) Religious institutions c) Royal households
Answer: b) Crown lands d) Agricultural work
Q175. Taxes were collected on the basis of Answer: c) Royal households
assessment fixed after: a) Annual estimates b) RoyalQ187. Which work gives a detailed account of the
decree c) Thorough survey d) Religious consultation caste system of the Vijayanagara Empire? a)
Answer: c) Thorough survey Ushaparinayam by Krishnadeva Raya b)
Q176. What was the tax rate on kuruvai (a type of rice) Amuktamalyada by Krishnadeva Raya c)
during winter? a) One-fourth of the produce b)Manucharitam by Allasani Peddana d)
One-third of the produce c) One-sixth of the produce Parijatapaharavamu by Nandi Thimmana
d) One-half of the produce Answer: c) Manucharitam by Allasani Peddana
Answer: b) One-third of the produce
Q177. The tax rate on sesame, ragi, horse-gram, etc. IMPORTANT TERMS
was: a) One-third b) One-fourth c) One-sixth d)
One-half
ASSOCIATED WITH
Answer: b) One-fourth VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE
Q178. What was the tax rate on millet and other crops Q188. What does "Ajamis" mean in Vijayanagara
cultivated on dry land? a) One-third b) One-fourth c)terminology? a) Arab lands b) Non-Arab lands c)
One-sixth d) One-eighth Persian lands d) Turkish lands
Answer: c) One-sixth Answer: b) Non-Arab lands
Q179. Besides land tax, various other taxes included Q189. "Kanikkai" was: a) Revenue from agriculture b)
all except: a) Property tax b) Tax on sale of produce c)Tax for maintenance of Army c) Religious donation d)
Education tax d) Tax on marriage Trade duty
Answer: c) Education tax Answer: b) Tax for maintenance of Army
Q180. Military contribution was levied during: a) Q190. What was "Nadu" in Vijayanagara
Harvest season b) Times of war c) Religious festivals administration? a) Village assembly b) Territorial Unit
d) Royal ceremonies c) Military division d) Religious center
Answer: b) Times of war Answer: b) Territorial Unit
SOCIETY IN VIJAYANAGARA Q191. "Nattar" referred to: a) Brahman priests b)
Military officials c) Dominant non-Brahman land
EMPIRE holders d) Royal servants
Q181. Under Vijayanagara rule, there was Answer: c) Dominant non-Brahman land holders
considerable growth of: a) Agriculture and irrigation Q192. What were "Periyanadu"? a) Large villages b)
b) Towns and urbanisation c) Military and fortificationsSupralocal assemblies covering multiple regions c)
d) Religious institutions Royal palaces d) Military fortifications
Answer: b) Towns and urbanisation Answer: b) Supralocal assemblies covering multiple
Q182. Who held the highest position in Vijayanagara regions
society? a) Kshatriyas b) Vaishyas c) Brahmanas d) Q193. "Sabha" was: a) Assembly of all villagers b)
Shudras Assembly of Brahmadeya villages c) Military council
Answer: c) Brahmanas d) Royal court
Q183. Brahmanas held high positions in which Answer: b) Assembly of Brahmadeya villages
matters? a) Only religious matters b) Only political Q194. "Ur" referred to: a) Assembly of the Nattar b)
matters c) Religious as well as political matters d) Village temple c) Market place d) Residential area
Only economic matters Answer: a) Assembly of the Nattar
Answer: c) Religious as well as political matters
Q184. The position of women in Vijayanagara society
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN
was: a) Very low b) Moderate c) Fairly high d) Equal toVIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE
men Q195. The economic condition in Vijayanagara Empire
Answer: c) Fairly high was characterized by: a) Moderate prosperity b)
Q185. Women in Vijayanagara society were: a) Denied Economic instability c) Unbounded prosperity d)
access to knowledge b) Allowed to access knowledge Severe poverty
Answer: c) Unbounded prosperity Q206. The principal imports into the empire were: a)
Q196. Agriculture in Vijayanagara Empire: a) WasCloth, rice, iron and spices b) Gold, silver and
neglected b) Flourished in different parts of the precious stones c) Horses, elephants, pearls, copper,
kingdom c) Was limited to certain regions d) Faced coral mercury, China silk and velvet d) Arms,
constant problems ammunition and military equipment
Answer: b) Flourished in different parts of theAnswer: c) Horses, elephants, pearls, copper, coral
kingdom mercury, China silk and velvet
Q197. What policy did the state pursue regarding Q207. The cheap means of transport for inland trade
agriculture? a) Laissez-faire policy b) Taxation-heavyincluded: a) Ships and boats only b) Kavadis,
policy c) Wise irrigation policy d) Export-oriented head-load, peak-horses, peck-bullocks, carts and
policy asses c) Only horse-drawn carts d) Only river
Answer: c) Wise irrigation policy transport
Q198. The principal industries in Vijayanagara were Answer: b) Kavadis, head-load, peak-horses,
related to: a) Agriculture and animal husbandry b)peck-bullocks, carts and asses
Textiles, mining and metallurgy c) Shipping andQ208. Horses were imported from: a) Arabia b) Persia
navigation d) Construction and architecture c) Central Asia d) Southeast Asia
Answer: b) Textiles, mining and metallurgy Answer: c) Central Asia
Q199. What was the most important of the minor Q209. Local traders who controlled the local markets
industries? a) Pottery b) Jewelry making c) Perfumery in Vijayanagara Empire were known as: a) Arab
d) Carpentry Chettis b) Khudrai Chettis c) Persian Chettis d) Tamil
Answer: c) Perfumery Chettis
Q200. Who played an important part in the economic Answer: b) Khudrai Chettis
life of the kingdom? a) Royal officials and tax Q210. What were used for coasting and overseas
collectors b) Priests and temple authorities c) trade? a) Carts and animals b) Ships c) River boats
Craftsmen and merchants guilds d) Militaryonly d) Land routes only
commanders and soldiers Answer: b) Ships
Answer: c) Craftsmen and merchants guilds
Q201. The most remarkable feature in the economic
ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN
condition was: a) Agriculture b) Industry c) Commerce VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE
d) Banking Q211. The Vijayanagara Empire became famous for: a)
Answer: c) Commerce Military conquests only b) Art, architecture, sculpture
Q202. Commerce in Vijayanagara included which and fine arts like dancing and music c) Religious
types? a) Only inland trade b) Only coastal trade c) reforms only d) Administrative innovations only
Inland, Coastal and Overseas d) Only overseas trade Answer: b) Art, architecture, sculpture and fine arts
Answer: c) Inland, Coastal and Overseas like dancing and music
Q203. The most important port on the Malabar coast Q212. During the Vijayanagara period, temples
was: a) Cochin b) Calicut c) Cannanore d) Quilon became: a) Simple in structure b) Very elaborate in
Answer: b) Calicut structure and organisation c) Smaller than before d)
Q204. Vijayanagara had commercial relations with Less important
which regions? a) Only Indian Ocean islands b) Only Answer: b) Very elaborate in structure and
Southeast Asian countries c) Islands in Indian ocean, organisation
Malay Archipelago, Burma, China, Arabia, Persia,Q213. Old temples were amplified by the addition of:
South Africa, Abyssinia and Portugal d) Only Middle a) Only towers b) Only paintings c) Pillared halls,
Eastern countries pavilions and other subordinate structures d) Only
Answer: c) Islands in Indian ocean, Malaydecorative elements
Archipelago, Burma, China, Arabia, Persia, South Answer: c) Pillared halls, pavilions and other
Africa, Abyssinia and Portugal subordinate structures
Q205. The principal articles of exports from
GOPURAMS AND MANDAPAS
Vijayanagara included: a) Horses, elephants and
Q214. What were the new features in Vijayanagara
pearls b) Cloth, rice, iron, saltpetre, sugar and spices
temple architecture? a) Circular towers and square
c) Copper, coral and mercury d) China silk and velvet
halls b) Raya Gopurams and Mandapas c) Curved
Answer: b) Cloth, rice, iron, saltpetre, sugar and
roofs and pointed arches d) Underground chambers
spices
and secret passages
Answer: b) Raya Gopurams and Mandapas
Q215. What were Raya Gopurams? a) Prayer halls b)or Holi b) Dussehra or Mahanavmi c) Ugadi or Gudi
Royal gateways c) Temple tanks d) Residential Padwa d) Pongal or Onam
quarters Answer: b) Dussehra or Mahanavmi
Answer: b) Royal gateways
Q216. Raya Gopurams often: a) Were smaller than
OTHER
central shrines b) Overshadow the towers on the DYNASTIES/SULTANATE OF
central shrines c) Were built underground d) Were
made of wood only DECCAN DURING
Answer: b) Overshadow the towers on the central
shrines
VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE
Q217. What were Mandapas? a) Temple towers b) IMAD SHAHI (1490-1574 AD)
Pavilions c) Storage rooms d) Residential areas Q228. The Imad Shahi dynasty ruled which region? a)
Answer: b) Pavilions Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Berar d) Golconda
Q218. What were the long structures that often ran Answer: c) Berar
around the shrines within the temple complex? a)Q229. Who founded the Imad Shahi dynasty? a) Yusuf
Curved walls b) Circular paths c) Pillared corridors d) Adil Khan b) Fatullah Khan Imad-ul-Mulk c) Malik
Underground tunnels Ahmad Bahri d) Quli Qutb Shah
Answer: c) Pillared corridors Answer: b) Fatullah Khan Imad-ul-Mulk
Q219. Which temples were built by Vijayanagara rulers Q230. What was the capital of the Imad Shahi
scattered all over the empire? a) Vittalaswamy,dynasty? a) Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Elichpur d)
Hazara-Ramaswamy, Krishnaswamy, Virupaksha b) Hyderabad
Brihadeswara, Gangaikonda Cholapuram, ThanjavurAnswer: c) Elichpur
c) Kailash, Ellora, Ajanta, Elephanta d) Somnath,ADIL SHAHI (1489-1490 AD)
Dwarka, Rameshwaram, Kedarnath Q231. The Adil Shahi dynasty ruled which region? a)
Answer: a) Vittalaswamy, Hazara-Ramaswamy,Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Berar d) Bidar
Krishnaswamy, Virupaksha Answer: a) Bijapur
MAHANAVMI DIBBA Q232. Who founded the Adil Shahi dynasty? a)
Q220. Who built the Mahanavmi Dibba? a) Harihara I Fatullah Khan Imad-ul-Mulk b) Yusuf Adil Khan c)
b) Deva Raya II c) Krishnadeva Raya d) Achyuta Deva Malik Ahmad Bahri d) Ali Barid
Raya Answer: b) Yusuf Adil Khan
Answer: c) Krishnadeva Raya Q233. Mohammad Adil Shah wrote which book? a)
Q221. Mahanavmi Dibba was built after the victory of:Rehla b) Kitab-e-Navras c) Matla-us-Sadain d)
a) Talikota b) Raichur c) Udaygiri d) Belgaum Tuhfat-un-Nuzzar
Answer: c) Udaygiri Answer: b) Kitab-e-Navras
Q222. What was the shape of Mahanavmi Dibba? a) Q234. In which language was 'Kitab-e-Navras' written?
Circular b) Triangular c) Rectangular d) Octagonal a) Persian b) Arabic c) Dakhini d) Urdu
Answer: c) Rectangular Answer: c) Dakhini
Q223. Mahanavmi Dibba looked like: a) A palace b) AQ235. Mohammad Adil Shah built which famous
temple c) A huge stage d) A fort structure? a) Charminar b) Gol Gumbaz c) Bidar Fort
Answer: c) A huge stage d) Ibrahim Rauza
Q224. What was the area of Mahanavmi Dibba? a) Answer: b) Gol Gumbaz
10000 sq feet b) 11000 sq feet c) 12000 sq feet d) Q236. Gol Gumbaz is the world's _______ largest
13000 sq feet dome. a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth
Answer: b) 11000 sq feet Answer: b) Second
Q225. What was the height of Mahanavmi Dibba? a) 30 NIZAM SHAHI (1490-1633 AD)
feet b) 35 feet c) 40 feet d) 45 feet Q237. The Nizam Shahi dynasty ruled which region?
Answer: c) 40 feet a) Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Golconda d) Bidar
Q226. What type of sculpture was made on Answer: b) Ahmednagar
Mahanavmi Dibba? a) Men sculpture b) Animal Q238. Who founded the Nizam Shahi dynasty? a)
sculpture c) Women sculpture d) God sculpture Yusuf Adil Khan b) Fatullah Khan Imad-ul-Mulk c)
Answer: c) Women sculpture Malik Ahmad Bahri d) Quli Qutb Shah
Q227. On which occasions was the Mahanavmi DibbaAnswer: c) Malik Ahmad Bahri
stage used to show superiority and power? a) Diwali
Q239. Who became a kingmaker in the Nizam Shahi Conti c) Rehla also called Tuhfat-un-Nuzzar fi Gharaib
dynasty? a) Yusuf Adil Khan b) Malik Ambar c) ul-Amsar wa Ajaib-ul-Afsar d) Voyage to India
Ibrahim Adil Shah d) Quli Qutb Shah Answer: c) Rehla also called Tuhfat-un-Nuzzar fi
Answer: b) Malik Ambar Gharaib ul-Amsar wa Ajaib-ul-Afsar
Q240. What was Malik Ambar's background? a)Q252. Nicolo de Conti was a traveller from which
Persian noble b) Turkish commander c) Siddi military country? a) Portugal b) Italy c) France d) Spain
leader and Prime Minister d) Arab merchant Answer: b) Italy
Answer: c) Siddi military leader and Prime Minister Q253. During whose time did Nicolo de Conti visit
QUTB SHAHI (1518-1687 AD) Vijayanagara? a) Harihara I b) Bukka I c) Deva Raya I
Q241. The Qutb Shahi dynasty ruled which region? a)d) Deva Raya II
Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Golconda d) Bidar Answer: c) Deva Raya I
Answer: c) Golconda Q254. Nicolo de Conti left his account in which work?
Q242. Who founded the Qutb Shahi dynasty? a) a) Rehla b) Travels of Nicolo de Conti c)
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali b) Quli Qutb Shah c) Ali Matla-us-Sadain d) Voyage to India
Qutb Shah d) Abdullah Qutb Shah Answer: b) Travels of Nicolo de Conti
Answer: b) Quli Qutb Shah Q255. Abdur Razzaq was an ambassador of: a) Timur
Q243. Which city was founded by Quli Qutb Shah? a) of Samarkand b) Shahrukh of Samarqand c) Babur of
Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Hyderabad d) Gulbarga Kabul d) Shah of Persia
Answer: c) Hyderabad Answer: b) Shahrukh of Samarqand
Q244. Which famous monument was built by Quli Q256. At whose court was Abdur Razzaq an
Qutb Shah? a) Gol Gumbaz b) Charminar c) Bidar Fortambassador? a) Vijayanagara king b) Bahmani Sultan
d) Ibrahim Rauza c) Zamorin of Calicut d) Sultan of Madurai
Answer: b) Charminar Answer: c) Zamorin of Calicut
Q245. In which years was Charminar built? a) 1589-90 Q257. Abdur Razzaq gives an account of whose
AD b) 1590-91 AD c) 1591-92 AD d) 1592-93 AD reign? a) Deva Raya I b) Deva Raya II c) Krishnadeva
Answer: c) 1591-92 AD Raya d) Harihara II
Answer: b) Deva Raya II
BARID SHAHI (1528-1619 AD)
Q258. In which work did Abdur Razzaq record his
Q246. The Barid Shahi dynasty ruled which region? a)
observations? a) Rehla b) Travels of Nicolo de Conti c)
Bijapur b) Ahmednagar c) Golconda d) Bidar
Matla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain d) Voyage to
Answer: d) Bidar
India
Q247. Who founded the Barid Shahi dynasty? a) Quli
Answer: c) Matla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain
Qutb Shah b) Ali Barid c) Malik Ahmad Bahri d) Yusuf
Q259. Athanasius Nikitin was a merchant from which
Adil Khan
country? a) Italy b) Russia c) France d) Germany
Answer: b) Ali Barid
Answer: b) Russia
Q248. Who built the Bidar Fort? a) Ali Barid b) Quli
Q260. Athanasius Nikitin described the conditions of
Qutb Shah c) Ahmad Shah Wali Bahman d)
the Bahmani kingdom under: a) Muhammad Shah I b)
Mohammad Adil Shah
Muhammad Shah II c) Muhammad Shah III d) Ahmad
Answer: c) Ahmad Shah Wali Bahman
Shah I
FAMOUS TRAVELLERS WHO Answer: c) Muhammad Shah III
Q261. In which work did Athanasius Nikitin describe
CAME TO VIJAYANAGARA his observations? a) Rehla b) Voyage to India c)
KINGDOM Matla-us-Sadain d) Travels in Egypt, India, Syria
Answer: b) Voyage to India
Q249. Abu Abdullah/Ibn Battuta was a traveller from
Q262. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a traveller from
which country? a) Persia b) Morocco c) Turkey d)
which country? a) Italy b) Portugal c) France d) Spain
Arabia
Answer: c) France
Answer: b) Morocco
Q263. What were Jean-Baptiste Tavernier's dates of
Q250. Ibn Battuta left account of whose reign? a)
birth and death? a) 1600-1684 b) 1605-1689 c)
Bukka I b) Harihara I c) Deva Raya I d) Krishnadeva
1610-1694 d) 1615-1699
Raya
Answer: b) 1605-1689
Answer: b) Harihara I
Q264. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier was a: a) Government
Q251. In which book did Ibn Battuta record his
official b) Religious missionary c) Private individual
travels? a) Matla-us-Sadain b) Travels of Nicolo de
and merchant d) Military commander
Answer: c) Private individual and merchant Q278. Marco Polo could rival which traveller's tag of
Q265. How many voyages did Tavernier make tothe greatest medieval traveller? a) Abdur Razzaq b)
Persia and India? a) Four voyages b) Five voyages c) Ibn Battuta c) Nicolo de Conti d) Jean-Baptiste
Six voyages d) Seven voyages Tavernier
Answer: c) Six voyages Answer: b) Ibn Battuta
Q266. Between which years did Tavernier make his
voyages? a) 1625 and 1663 b) 1630 and 1668 c) 1635
BAHMANI KINGDOM
and 1673 d) 1640 and 1678 Q279. Among all the independent kingdoms that arose
Answer: b) 1630 and 1668 on the ruins of the Delhi Sultanate, which was the
Q267. How many leagues (miles) did Tavernier cover most powerful? a) Gujarat Sultanate b) Bengal
according to his own account? a) 50,000 leaguesSultanate c) Bahmani kingdom d) Jaunpur Sultanate
(100,000 miles) b) 60,000 leagues (120,000 miles) c)Answer: c) Bahmani kingdom
70,000 leagues (140,000 miles) d) 80,000 leagues Q280. The Bahmani Sultanate was the first
(160,000 miles) independent _______ kingdom in South India. a)
Answer: b) 60,000 leagues (120,000 miles) Turkish b) Afghan c) Islamic d) Persian
Q268. Tavernier gave the earliest trustworthy account Answer: c) Islamic
of: a) Vijayanagara temples b) Bahmani administrationQ281. Who founded the Bahmani kingdom? a)
c) Golconda diamond mines d) Deccan trade routes Muhammad Shah b) Ahmad Shah I c) Alauddin Hasan
Answer: c) Golconda diamond mines Bahan Shah d) Taj-ud-Din Firuz Shah
Q269. Ludovico di Varthema was a merchant from Answer: c) Alauddin Hasan Bahan Shah
which country? a) Portugal b) Italy c) Spain d) France Q282. What was the capital of Bahmani kingdom? a)
Answer: b) Italy Bidar b) Gulbarga c) Bijapur d) Ahmednagar
Q270. During which years did Ludovico di Varthema Answer: b) Gulbarga
visit India? a) 1500-06 AD b) 1502-08 AD c) 1504-10 AD Q283. The Bahmani kingdom later split into how many
d) 1506-12 AD independent kingdoms? a) Four kingdoms b) Five
Answer: b) 1502-08 AD kingdoms c) Six kingdoms d) Seven kingdoms
Q271. Ludovico di Varthema left his memoirs in which Answer: b) Five kingdoms
work? a) Voyage to India b) Travels of Nicolo de ContiQ284. The five independent kingdoms that emerged
c) Travels in Egypt, India, Syria etc. d) Matla-us-Sadain from Bahmani were: a) Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Berar,
Answer: c) Travels in Egypt, India, Syria etc. Bidar and Gulbarga b) Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Berar,
Q272. Dominigos Paes was from which country? a) Bidar and Golconda c) Bijapur, Ahmednagar,
Spain b) Portugal c) Italy d) France Hyderabad, Bidar and Golconda d) Bijapur, Warangal,
Answer: b) Portugal Berar, Bidar and Golconda
Q273. At whose court did Dominigos Paes spend a Answer: b) Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Berar, Bidar and
number of years? a) Deva Raya II b) KrishnadevaGolconda
court c) Achyuta Deva Raya d) Sadashiva Raya PROMINENT BAHMANI KINGS
Answer: b) Krishnadeva court
ALAUDDIN HASAN BAHMAN SHAH (1347-58
Q274. Marco Polo arrived at India's which extremity?
a) Northern port b) Western port c) Eastern port d)AD)
Tamil port (opposite extremity) Q285. Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah was also known
Answer: d) Tamil port (opposite extremity) as: a) Hasan Gangu b) Hasan Quli c) Hasan Barid d)
Q275. Marco Polo arrived in India in which year while Hasan Adil
coming from China? a) 1288 AD b) 1290 AD c) 1292 AD Answer: a) Hasan Gangu
d) 1294 AD Q286. In which year did Hasan Gangu establish the
Answer: b) 1290 AD Bahmani dynasty? a) 1345 AD b) 1347 AD c) 1349 AD
Q276. What did Marco Polo find to his surprise in d) 1351 AD
Peninsular India? a) Spice markets b) Diamond mines Answer: b) 1347 AD
c) Tailors or seamstresses d) Buddhist monasteries Q287. Hasan Gangu claimed descent from which
Answer: c) Tailors or seamstresses famous Persian hero? a) Rustam b) Bahman c)
Q277. What problem did Marco Polo face regarding Isfandiyar d) Zal
tailors? a) They were very expensive b) They were not Answer: b) Bahman
skilled c) He failed to get coat made for himself d)MUHAMMAD SHAH (1358-1375 AD)
They refused to serve foreigners
Answer: c) He failed to get coat made for himself
Q288. What was Muhammad Shah's relationship to Bahmani and Vijayanagara b) Gajpati and Bahmani c)
Hassan? a) Brother b) Son c) Eldest son and Bahmani and Delhi Sultanate d) Bahmani and Gujarat
nominated heir d) Nephew Sultanate
Answer: c) Eldest son and nominated heir Answer: b) Gajpati and Bahmani
Q289. Muhammad Shah established a Council of how ALAUDDIN HUMAYUN (1458-1461 AD)
many Ministers? a) Six Ministers b) Seven Ministers c) Q300. How was Alauddin Humayun described as a
Eight Ministers d) Nine Ministers ruler? a) Just and kind b) Very cruel and barbaric c)
Answer: c) Eight Ministers Weak and ineffective d) Religious and pious
Q290. The Council of Eight Ministers was known as: a)Answer: b) Very cruel and barbaric
Ashtadiggajas b) Ashta-Pradhana c) Ashtamandal d) Q301. Who was made Prime Minister by Alauddin
Ashta-Mantri Humayun in his Empire? a) Malik Ambar b) Yusuf Adil
Answer: b) Ashta-Pradhana Khan c) Mahmud Gawan d) Ahmad Nizam Shah
Q291. Which empire later borrowed the concept ofAnswer: c) Mahmud Gawan
Ashta-Pradhana? a) Mughal Empire b) Maratha Empire
MUHAMMAD SHAH-III (1463-1482 AD)
c) Sikh Empire d) Mysore Kingdom
Q302. Muhammad Shah-III was the _______ ruler of
Answer: b) Maratha Empire
Bahmani kingdom. a) Greatest b) Last c) Most
TAJ-UD-DIN FIRUZ SHAH (1397-1422 AD) powerful d) Most cultured
Q292. What was the most remarkable step taken by Answer: b) Last
Firuz Shah Bahmani? a) Military expansion b) BuildingQ303. During Muhammad Shah-III's reign, which
monuments c) Induction of Hindus in administrationRussian traveller came to Bahmani empire? a)
on a large scale d) Trade with foreign countries Athanasius Nikitin b) Nicolo de Conti c) Abdur Razzaq
Answer: c) Induction of Hindus in administration on a d) Ibn Battuta
large scale Answer: a) Athanasius Nikitin
Q293. Firuz Shah Bahmani was well versed in whichQ304. What happened to Mahmud Gawan during
languages? a) Only Persian and Arabic b) Persian, Muhammad Shah-III's reign? a) He was promoted to
Arabic and Turkish only c) Persian, Arabic, Turkish,higher position b) He resigned from his post c) He was
Telugu, Kannada and Marathi d) Only local languages made killed after which Bahmani empire declined d)
Answer: c) Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Telugu, Kannada He died of natural causes
and Marathi Answer: c) He was made killed after which Bahmani
Q294. What skill did Firuz Shah Bahmani possess empire declined
apart from language knowledge? a) Painting b)
Calligraphy c) Music d) Architecture MAHMUD GAWAN
Answer: b) Calligraphy Q305. During whose reign did Mahmud Gawan rise to
AHMAD SHAH I (1422-1435 AD) prominence and power? a) Ahmad Shah I b) Alauddin
Q295. Ahmad Shah I was called a saint (wali) onHumayun Shah c) Muhammad Shah-III d) Alauddin
account of his association with which famous Sufi Ahmad II
saint? a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti b) Gesu Daraz c)Answer: b) Alauddin Humayun Shah
Shah Waliullah d) Nizamuddin Auliya Q306. What position did Mahmud Gawan hold? a)
Answer: b) Gesu Daraz Military commander b) Chief or Prime Minister c)
Q296. Ahmad Shah invaded which kingdom? a) Court poet d) Revenue minister
Vijayanagara b) Warangal c) Madurai d) Mysore Answer: b) Chief or Prime Minister
Answer: b) Warangal Q307. Mahmud Gawan was bestowed with which title?
Q297. In which year did Ahmad Shah shift the capital a) Malik-ul-Mulk b) Malik-ut-Tujjar c) Malik-us-Sharq d)
from Gulbarga to Bidar? a) 1427 AD b) 1428 AD c)Malik-ul-Umara
1429 AD d) 1430 AD Answer: b) Malik-ut-Tujjar
Answer: c) 1429 AD Q308. Mahmud Gawan was made tarafdar of which
place? a) Gulbarga b) Bidar c) Bijapur d) Ahmednagar
ALAUDDIN AHMAD II (1436-1458 AD)
Answer: c) Bijapur
Q298. During Alauddin Ahmad II's reign, which group
Q309. What did Mahmud Gawan try to do with Dakhnis
arrived and their influence increased? a) Turks b)
and Afaqis in the nobility? a) Eliminate them
Afghans c) Arabs d) Persians
completely b) Give preference to one group c)
Answer: b) Afghans
Accommodate both by giving them important
Q299. Under Alauddin Ahmad II's rule, there were
assignments d) Keep them away from important
series of conflicts between which kingdoms? a)
positions
Answer: c) Accommodate both by giving themAnswer: c) It disintegrated and various governors
important assignments became independent
Q310. Mahmud Gawan was the first to introduce what
in India? a) Gunpowder b) Artillery c) Cannons d) The Mughal Empire
Firearms
Answer: a) Gunpowder MCQs
Q311. Who was the first to introduce Artillery in India?
- Complete
a) Mahmud Gawan b) Babur c) Akbar d) Sher Shah
Answer: b) Babur
Question Bank
Q312. During which conflict did Mahmud Gawan
introduce gunpowder? a) Against Delhi Sultanate b)
Introduction to Mughal Empire
Against Gujarat Sultanate c) Against Vijayanagara Q1. How long did the Mughal Empire last? a) 200
Kingdom at Belgaum d) Against Gajpati kingdom years (1526-1726 AD) b) More than 300 years
Answer: c) Against Vijayanagara Kingdom at Belgaum (1526-1857 AD) c) 250 years (1526-1776 AD) d) 400
Q313. In which subjects was Mahmud Gawan well years (1526-1926 AD) Answer: b) More than 300 years
versed? a) Only Islamic Theology b) Islamic Theology, (1526-1857 AD)
Mathematics and Persian language c) Only Q2. The name 'Mughal' derives from which term? a)
Mathematics and Persian d) Military science and Persian b) Turkish c) Mongol d) Arabic Answer: c)
administration Mongol
Answer: b) Islamic Theology, Mathematics andQ3. From which lineage did Mughal rulers claim
Persian language descent? a) Mongols b) Timurids c) Safavids d)
Q314. Mahmud Gawan built which famous educational Ottomans Answer: b) Timurids
institution in Bidar? a) Mahmud Gawan College b) Q4. The Mughals were descendants of which two
Mahmud Gawan Madrasa c) Mahmud Gawan great lineages? a) Genghis Khan and Timur b)
University d) Mahmud Gawan School Genghis Khan and Alexander c) Timur and Akbar d)
Answer: b) Mahmud Gawan Madrasa Babur and Humayun Answer: a) Genghis Khan and
Q315. The Mahmud Gawan Madrasa in Bidar was the Timur
_______ library of that time. a) Smallest b) Largest c) Q5. Who was the founder and first emperor of the
Most beautiful d) Most ancient Mughal Dynasty? a) Humayun b) Akbar c) Babur d)
Answer: b) Largest Shah Jahan Answer: c) Babur

DECLINE OF BAHMANI EMPIRE Babur (1526-1530 AD)

Q316. After the death of Mahmud Gawan, the nobles Q6. What was Babur's full name? a) Zahir-ud-Din
were divided into which two groups? a) Sunni and Muhammad Babur b) Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
Shia b) Turks and Afghans c) Native Dakhnis and c) Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Babur d) Farid-ud-Din
new-comer Afaqis d) Military and civil officials Muhammad Babur Answer: a) Zahir-ud-Din
Answer: c) Native Dakhnis and new-comer Afaqis Muhammad Babur
Q317. What was the origin of Afaqis? a) Turkish originQ7. Babur was the eldest son of whom? a) Umar
b) Afghan origin c) Iranian origin d) Arab origin Sheikh Mirza b) Timur Shah c) Ibrahim Lodi d) Bahlul
Answer: c) Iranian origin Lodi Answer: a) Umar Sheikh Mirza
Q318. Afaqis were also called: a) Mughals b) Gharibs Q8. At what age did Babur ascend the throne of
c) Turks d) Afghans Fergana? a) 10 years b) 12 years c) 14 years d) 16
Answer: b) Gharibs years Answer: b) 12 years
Q319. What policy did Mahmud Gawan adopt towards Q9. In which year did Babur ascend the throne of
different groups? a) Policy of discrimination b) Policy Fergana? a) 1492 AD b) 1494 AD c) 1496 AD d) 1498
of favoring one group c) Broad policy of conciliationAD Answer: b) 1494 AD
d) Policy of elimination Q10. Where is Fergana located? a) Northern India b)
Answer: c) Broad policy of conciliation Afghanistan c) Transoxiana, Central Asia d) Iran
Q320. What happened to the Bahmani Empire afterAnswer: c) Transoxiana, Central Asia
Mahmud Gawan's death? a) It became stronger b) It Q11. Which city did Babur try to conquer as his
expanded further c) It disintegrated and various homeland? a) Kabul b) Samarkand c) Delhi d) Lahore
governors became independent d) It was conquered Answer: b) Samarkand
by Vijayanagara Q12. Who offered stiff resistance to Babur's attempt to
conquer Samarkand? a) Ibrahim Lodi b) Shaibani
Khan c) Rana Sanga d) Medini Rai Answer: b) Q28. In the Battle of Chanderi, Babur fought against
Shaibani Khan whom? a) Rana Sanga b) Medini Rai c) Ibrahim Lodi d)
Q13. Shaibani Khan was the chief of which people? a)Afghan Confederates Answer: b) Medini Rai
Afghans b) Mughals c) Uzbeks d) Turks Answer: c) Q29. The Battle of Ghaghra was fought on which
Uzbeks date? a) 5th May, 1529 AD b) 6th May, 1529 AD c) 7th
Q14. Whom did Babur defeat in the First Battle of May, 1529 AD d) 8th May, 1529 AD Answer: b) 6th May,
Panipat? a) Rana Sanga b) Ibrahim Lodi c) Medini Rai 1529 AD
d) Daulat Khan Answer: b) Ibrahim Lodi Q30. In the Battle of Ghaghra, Babur fought against
Q15. In which year was the First Battle of Panipat whom? a) Rana Sanga b) Medini Rai c) Eastern
fought? a) 1525 AD b) 1526 AD c) 1527 AD d) 1528 ADAfghan Confederates d) Ibrahim Lodi Answer: c)
Answer: b) 1526 AD Eastern Afghan Confederates
First Battle of Panipat Significance of Babur's Advent
Q16. On which exact date was the First Battle of Q31. For the first time since which empire's downfall
Panipat fought? a) 20th April, 1526 b) 21st April, 1526 did Kabul and Qandahar become integral parts of
c) 22nd April, 1526 d) 23rd April, 1526 Answer: b) 21st India? a) Mauryan Empire b) Gupta Empire c) Kushan
April, 1526 Empire d) Delhi Sultanate Answer: c) Kushan Empire
Q17. Where is Panipat located? a) Punjab b) Uttar Q32. Control of which two towns strengthened India's
Pradesh c) Haryana d) Rajasthan Answer: c) Haryana foreign trade? a) Delhi and Agra b) Kabul and
Q18. Approximately how many forces did Babur have Qandahar c) Lahore and Multan d) Samarkand and
in the First Battle of Panipat? a) 10,000 b) 15,000 c) Bukhara Answer: b) Kabul and Qandahar
20,000 d) 25,000 Answer: b) 15,000 Q33. Kabul and Qandahar were starting points for
Q19. How many pieces of field artillery did Baburcaravans meant for which destinations? a) China and
have? a) One dozen b) Two dozen c) Three dozen d) Mediterranean b) Europe and Africa c) Russia and
Four dozen Answer: b) Two dozen Arabia d) Persia and Turkey Answer: a) China and
Q20. Approximately how many men were in Ibrahim Mediterranean
Lodi's forces? a) 30,000 b) 40,000 c) 50,000 d) 60,000 Q34. What new modes of warfare did Babur introduce
Answer: b) 40,000 in India? a) Cavalry and infantry b) Gunpowder and
Q21. How many elephants did Ibrahim Lodi have? a) skilled combination of artillery and cavalry c) War
500 b) 800 c) 1000 d) 1200 Answer: c) 1000 elephants and horses d) Naval warfare Answer: b)
Q22. What proved to be decisive in Babur's victory? a) Gunpowder and skilled combination of artillery and
Superior cavalry b) Gunpowder and artillery c) More cavalry
soldiers d) Better strategy Answer: b) Gunpowder andQ35. In which languages was Babur deeply learned?
artillery a) Arabic and Turkish b) Persian and Arabic c) Hindi
Q23. Who were Babur's two important artillery men? and Persian d) Turkish and Hindi Answer: b) Persian
a) Ustad Ali and Mustafa b) Ustad Khan and Ali c) and Arabic
Mustafa and Ahmad d) Ali and Akbar Answer: a) UstadQ36. What is the name of Babur's famous memoirs? a)
Ali and Mustafa Baburnama b) Tuzuk-i-Baburi c) Humayunnama d)
Q24. What happened to Ibrahim Lodi in the battle? a)Akbarnama Answer: b) Tuzuk-i-Baburi
He fled the battlefield b) He was captured c) He died in Q37. In which language was Tuzuk-i-Baburi written? a)
the battlefield d) He surrendered Answer: c) He died in Persian b) Arabic c) Chagtai Turkish d) Hindi Answer:
the battlefield c) Chagtai Turkish
Q38. What is the current status of the Chagtai Turkish
Major Wars Won by Babur language? a) Still spoken b) Rarely spoken c) Extinct
Q25. The Battle of Khanwa was fought on which date?d) Official language Answer: c) Extinct
a) 16th March, 1527 AD b) 17th March, 1527 AD c) 18thQ39. What is the name of the famous garden laid out
March, 1527 AD d) 19th March, 1527 AD Answer: b) by Babur in Kabul? a) Bagh-e-Babur b) Char Bagh c)
17th March, 1527 AD Shalimar Bagh d) Nishat Bagh Answer: a)
Q26. In the Battle of Khanwa, Babur fought against Bagh-e-Babur
whom? a) Ibrahim Lodi b) Rana Sanga c) Medini Rai d) Q40. Where was Babur buried? a) Delhi b) Agra c)
Afghan Confederates Answer: b) Rana Sanga Kabul d) Samarkand Answer: c) Kabul
Q27. The Battle of Chanderi was fought on which
date? a) 28th January, 1528 AD b) 29th January, 1528 Humayun (1530-1540 AD,
AD c) 30th January, 1528 AD d) 31st January, 1528 AD
Answer: b) 29th January, 1528 AD
1555-1556 AD)
Q41. When did Humayun succeed Babur? a) Q56. The Siege of Chunar took place in which year? a)
November 1530 AD b) December 1530 AD c) January 1531 AD b) 1532 AD c) 1533 AD d) 1534 AD Answer: b)
1531 AD d) February 1531 AD Answer: b) December 1532 AD
1530 AD Q57. Who controlled the fort of Chunar before
Q42. At what age did Humayun become emperor? a) Humayun seized it? a) Mahmood Lodhi b) Sher Shah
21 years b) 23 years c) 25 years d) 27 years Answer: b)Suri c) Bahadur Shah d) Ibrahim Lodi Answer: b) Sher
23 years Shah Suri
Q43. To whom did Humayun give Mewat? a) Hindal b)Q58. Chunar fort was also known by which name? a)
Askari c) Kamran d) None of the above Answer: a) Gateway of Northern India b) Gateway of Eastern India
Hindal c) Gateway of Western India d) Gateway of Southern
Q44. To whom did Humayun give Sambhal? a) Hindal India Answer: b) Gateway of Eastern India
b) Askari c) Kamran d) None of the above Answer: b)Q59. What did Sher Shah promise to Humayun for the
Askari return of Chunar? a) Annual tribute b) Military support
Q45. To whom did Humayun give Punjab, Kabul andc) To be loyal to the Mughals d) Trade privileges
Qandahar? a) Hindal b) Askari c) Kamran d) None ofAnswer: c) To be loyal to the Mughals
the above Answer: c) Kamran Q60. What did Sher Shah send to Humayun as a
hostage? a) His brother b) One of his sons c) His
Humayun's Expeditions minister d) His general Answer: b) One of his sons
Q46. The Expedition of Kalinjar took place in which Q61. Who was Humayun afraid of that induced him to
year? a) 1530 AD b) 1531 AD c) 1532 AD d) 1533 AD abandon the Chunar siege? a) Sher Shah Suri b)
Answer: b) 1531 AD Bahadur Shah c) Mahmood Lodhi d) Rana Sanga
Q47. How many months after his accession didAnswer: b) Bahadur Shah
Humayun besiege Kalinjar? a) Four months b) Six Q62. What was Bahadur Shah aiming at? a) The
months c) Eight months d) Ten months Answer: b) Six conquest of Gujarat b) The conquest of Delhi c) The
months conquest of Bengal d) The conquest of Deccan
Q48. In which region is Kalinjar fort located? a) Malwa Answer: b) The conquest of Delhi
b) Gujarat c) Bundelkhand d) Rajasthan Answer: c) Q63. During which years did Humayun wage wars with
Bundelkhand Bahadur Shah? a) 1534-35 AD b) 1535-36 AD c)
Q49. Which forts formed the chain protecting Agra 1536-37 AD d) 1537-38 AD Answer: b) 1535-36 AD
from the South? a) Kalinjar, Bayana, Gwalior and Q64. Which provinces did Humayun conquer from
Dholpur b) Kalinjar, Chittor, Ranthambore and AjmerBahadur Shah? a) Sarangpur, Mandesar, Fort of
c) Gwalior, Chittor, Jodhpur and Bikaner d) Bayana, Mandu, Champaner and Diu b) Gujarat, Malwa,
Dholpur, Amber and Mewar Answer: a) Kalinjar, Rajasthan and Bihar c) Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and
Bayana, Gwalior and Dholpur Assam d) Punjab, Sindh, Kashmir and Afghanistan
Q50. Which dynasty ruled Kalinjar? a) Tomara b)Answer: a) Sarangpur, Mandesar, Fort of Mandu,
Chandela c) Chauhan d) Paramara Answer: b)Champaner and Diu
Chandela Q65. With the conquest of which region did Humayun
Q51. For how long did the Chandela ruler resist the complete his conquest in Central India? a) Malwa b)
siege of Kalinjar? a) Two weeks b) One month c) Two Gujarat c) Rajasthan d) Bundelkhand Answer: b)
months d) Three months Answer: b) One month Gujarat
Q52. How much gold did the Chandela ruler give toQ66. The Battle of Chausa was fought in which year?
Humayun? a) 10 tonnes b) 12 tonnes c) 15 tonnes d) a) 1538 AD b) 1539 AD c) 1540 AD d) 1541 AD Answer:
20 tonnes Answer: b) 12 tonnes b) 1539 AD
Q53. The Battle of Dauhariya was fought in which Q67. Who was defeated in the Battle of Chausa? a)
year? a) 1531 AD b) 1532 AD c) 1533 AD d) 1534 AD Sher Shah Suri b) Humayun c) Bahadur Shah d)
Answer: b) 1532 AD Ibrahim Lodi Answer: b) Humayun
Q54. In the Battle of Dauhariya, Humayun defeated Q68. What did the Battle of Chausa facilitate for Sher
whom? a) Sher Shah Suri b) Mahmood Lodhi c)Khan? a) Conquest of Gujarat b) March on to Delhi
Bahadur Shah d) Ibrahim Lodi Answer: b) Mahmoodand Agra c) Control of Bengal d) Alliance with Rajputs
Lodhi Answer: b) March on to Delhi and Agra
Q55. Mahmood Lodhi was an Afghan of which region? Q69. The Battle of Kannauj was fought in which year?
a) Bengal b) Bihar c) Gujarat d) Malwa Answer: b) a) 1539 AD b) 1540 AD c) 1541 AD d) 1542 AD Answer:
Bihar b) 1540 AD
Q70. Who defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj?Q86. Who gave Sher Khan the title of 'Sher Khan'? a)
a) Bahadur Shah b) Sher Shah Suri c) Mahmood Lodhi Humayun b) His ruler of Bihar c) Bahadur Shah d) His
d) Afghan Confederates Answer: b) Sher Shah Suri father Answer: b) His ruler of Bihar
Q71. Where did Humayun flee after the Battle of Q87. Sher Shah's empire extended from which
Kannauj? a) Gujarat b) Rajasthan c) Iran d) regions? a) Kabul to Bengal b) Bengal to the Indus c)
Afghanistan Answer: c) Iran Kashmir to Deccan d) Punjab to Gujarat Answer: b)
Q72. Why did Humayun lose the Battle of Kannauj? a) Bengal to the Indus
Inferior weapons b) Smaller army c) None of his Q88. Which region was excluded from Sher Shah's
brothers supported him d) Bad weather Answer: c) empire? a) Punjab b) Bengal c) Kashmir d) Bihar
None of his brothers supported him Answer: c) Kashmir
Q89. In the West, which regions did Sher Shah
Restoration of Humayun conquer? a) Punjab and Sindh b) Malwa and almost
(1555-1556 AD) entire Rajasthan c) Gujarat and Kathiawar d) Kashmir
Q73. Who was the last Sur ruler? a) Islam Shah b)and Afghanistan Answer: b) Malwa and almost entire
Ismail Shah c) Ibrahim Shah d) Ahmad Shah Answer: Rajasthan
b) Ismail Shah Major Battles of Sher Shah
Q74. In which year did Humayun get the opportunity Q90. The Battle of Chausa was fought on which exact
to regain his kingdom? a) 1554 AD b) 1555 AD c) 1556 date? a) 25th June, 1539 AD b) 26th June, 1539 AD c)
AD d) 1557 AD Answer: b) 1555 AD 27th June, 1539 AD d) 28th June, 1539 AD Answer: b)
Q75. In how many battles did Humayun defeat the 26th June, 1539 AD
Afghans in 1555 AD? a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four Q91. What happened to the Mughal army in the Battle
Answer: b) Two of Chausa? a) It was victorious b) It was defeated and
Q76. Which cities did Humayun recover in 1555 AD? a) Humayun fled to Agra c) It retreated to Delhi d) It
Lahore and Multan b) Delhi and Agra c) Kabul andsurrendered Answer: b) It was defeated and Humayun
Qandahar d) Gwalior and Dholpur Answer: b) Delhi fled to Agra
and Agra Q92. The Battle of Bilgram was fought on which date?
Q77. How did Humayun die? a) In battle b) From a) 16th May, 1540 b) 17th May, 1540 c) 18th May, 1540
illness c) From a fall from the first floor of the libraryd) 19th May, 1540 Answer: b) 17th May, 1540
building d) From poison Answer: c) From a fall from Q93. How many times did Sher Khan defeat the
the first floor of the library building Mughal army? a) Once b) Two times c) Three times d)
Q78. In which year did Humayun die? a) 1555 AD b) Four times Answer: b) Two times
1556 AD c) 1557 AD d) 1558 AD Answer: b) 1556 AD Q94. Where did Humayun take shelter after the Battle
Q79. In which city did Humayun die? a) Agra b) Delhiof Bilgram? a) At the Rajput courts b) At the court of
c) Lahore d) Kabul Answer: b) Delhi the Iranian king Tahmasp c) At the Afghan courts d) At
Sur Empire (1540-55 AD) the Deccan courts Answer: b) At the court of the
Q80. How many years did the Afghan rule under Sher Iranian king Tahmasp
Khan last? a) 10 years b) 15 years c) 20 years d) 25 Q95. The Battle of Kalinjar was fought on which date?
years Answer: b) 15 years a) 21st May, 1545 AD b) 22nd May, 1545 AD c) 23rd
Q81. The period 1540-1555 AD is known as whichMay, 1545 AD d) 24th May, 1545 AD Answer: b) 22nd
empire? a) Afghan Empire b) Sur Empire c) Lodhi May, 1545 AD
Empire d) Pathan Empire Answer: b) Sur Empire Q96. In the Battle of Kalinjar, Sher Khan fought
Q82. At what age did Sher Shah ascend the throne of against whom? a) Humayun b) Raja Kirat Singh c)
Delhi? a) 50 years b) 52 years c) 54 years d) 56 years Bahadur Shah d) Rana Sanga Answer: b) Raja Kirat
Answer: c) 54 years Singh
Q83. What was Sher Shah's original name? a) Farid b)Q97. What was the result of the Battle of Kalinjar for
Ahmad c) Hassan d) Ibrahim Answer: a) Farid the Afghans? a) They were defeated b) The fort of
Q84. Sher Shah's father was a jagirdar at which place?Kalinjar was taken by Afghan forces c) They retreated
a) Delhi b) Agra c) Jaunpur d) Patna Answer: c)d) They made peace Answer: b) The fort of Kalinjar
Jaunpur was taken by Afghan forces
Q85. The title of 'Sher Khan' was given to him for what Q98. How did Sher Shah die? a) In hand-to-hand
deed? a) Defeating Humayun b) Killing a lion c)combat b) From illness c) Due to cannon burst d)
Conquering Bengal d) Building forts Answer: b) KillingFrom poison Answer: c) Due to cannon burst
a lion
Central Administration of Sher Q113. What was done to every soldier's horse? a) It
was numbered b) It was branded with the imperial
Shah sign c) It was registered d) It was marked with colors
Q99. What did Sher Shah continue in administration? Answer: b) It was branded with the imperial sign
a) Decentralized system b) Strong central machinery Q114. Where did Sher Shah set up cantonments? a) In
of administration c) Tribal system d) Feudal systemdifferent parts of the empire b) Only in the capital c)
Answer: b) Strong central machinery of administration Only on borders d) Only in important cities Answer: a)
Q100. What comprised a pargana? a) A number ofIn different parts of the empire
cities b) A number of villages c) A number of districtsQ115. What was posted in each cantonment? a)
d) A number of states Answer: b) A number of villages Administrative officers b) Revenue collectors c) A
Q101. Who was in charge of law and order and general strong garrison d) Religious scholars Answer: c) A
administration in a pargana? a) Munsif b) Amil c) strong garrison
Shiqdar d) Faujdar Answer: c) Shiqdar Judicial System under Sher
Q102. Who looked after the collection of land revenue
in a pargana? a) Shiqdar b) Munsif or amil c) Faujdar Shah
d) Qanungo Answer: b) Munsif or amil Q116. What importance did Sher Shah give to the
Q103. What was above the pargana in administrative judicial system? a) Little importance b) Moderate
hierarchy? a) Sarkar b) Shiq or sarkar c) Subah d) importance c) Immense importance d) No importance
Mahal Answer: b) Shiq or sarkar Answer: c) Immense importance
Q104. Who was in charge of shiq or sarkar? a) Q117. Who were appointed to deliver justice in
Shiqdar-i-shiqdaran or faujdar b) Munsif-i-munsifan c) different places? a) Munsifs b) Kazis c) Amils d)
Both a and b d) Diwan Answer: c) Both a and b Shiqdar Answer: b) Kazis
Q118. In villages, who managed civil and criminal
Important Officials under Sher matters? a) Government officers b) Panchayats or
Shah landlords c) Religious heads d) Military officers
Q105. What was the responsibility of Diwan-i-Wizarat? Answer: b) Panchayats or landlords
a) Army b) Revenue and Finance c) Foreign Affairs d) Land Revenue System under
Communication Answer: b) Revenue and Finance
Q106. What was the responsibility of Diwan-i-Ariz? a) Sher Shah
Revenue b) In charge of Army c) Foreign Affairs d) Q119. What did Sher Shah insist on for land revenue
Intelligence Answer: b) In charge of Army assessment? a) Estimation of crops b) Measurement
Q107. What was the responsibility of Diwan-i-Rasalat?of the sown land c) Counting of farmers d)
a) Army b) Revenue c) Foreign Minister d) Assessment of soil quality Answer: b) Measurement
Communication Answer: c) Foreign Minister of the sown land
Q108. What was the responsibility of Diwan-i-Insha? a) Q120. What was the basis of land produce
Foreign Affairs b) Army c) Minister of Communication assessment before Sher Shah? a) Scientific
d) Intelligence Answer: c) Minister of Communication measurement b) Guess work c) Market rates d)
Q109. What was the responsibility of Barid? a) Historical records Answer: b) Guess work
Communication b) Intelligence c) Army d) RevenueQ121. What was a crop rate called? a) Patta b) Ray c)
Answer: b) Intelligence Kharif d) Rabi Answer: b) Ray
Q122. What was the state's share of the produce? a)
The Army under Sher Shah One-fourth b) One-third c) Half d) Two-thirds Answer:
Q110. Why did Sher Shah set up a strong army? a) To b) One-third
conquer new territories b) To administer his vast Q123. In which forms could peasants pay their share?
empire c) To fight the Mughals d) To suppress a) Only in cash b) Only in kind c) In cash or kind d)
rebellions Answer: b) To administer his vast empire Only in gold Answer: c) In cash or kind
Q111. How did Sher Shah recruit soldiers? a) Through Q124. What did the state prefer as payment? a) Kind
nobles b) Through zamindars c) Directly d) Through b) Cash c) Gold d) Silver Answer: b) Cash
contractors Answer: c) Directly Q125. What was the paper called on which all details
Q112. What was recorded for every soldier? a) His were written? a) Ray b) Patta c) Kharif d) Zakat
family details b) His descriptive roll (chehra) c) His Answer: b) Patta
property d) His caste Answer: b) His descriptive roll Q126. How often did Sher Shah conduct land
(chehra) assessment? a) Every two years b) Every year c)
Every five years d) Once in his reign Answer: b) Every Q140. How many sarais did Sher Shah build in total?
year a) 1500 b) 1700 c) 1900 d) 2000 Answer: b) 1700
Q127. Who were the revenue officials called Amils and Q141. At what distance were sarais built on the roads?
Qanungo responsible for? a) Collecting taxes b) a) Every one kos b) Every two kos c) Every three kos
Maintaining revenue record c) Measuring land d)d) Every four kos Answer: b) Every two kos
Supervising farmers Answer: b) Maintaining revenueQ142. How many kilometers is approximately two
record kos? a) Six km b) Eight km c) Ten km d) Twelve km
Q128. How many categories were cultivable lands Answer: b) Eight km
classified into? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five Q143. Who controlled the watchmen in every sarai? a)
Answer: b) Three Local governor b) Shahna (custodian) c) Military
Q129. What were the three categories of cultivableofficer d) Revenue collector Answer: b) Shahna
land? a) Good, middle and bad b) Fertile, semi-fertile (custodian)
and barren c) High, medium and low d) Rich, averageQ144. What have Sher Shah's roads and sarais been
and poor Answer: a) Good, middle and bad called? a) The backbone of the empire b) The arteries
Q130. What was the state's share based on? a) Best of the empire c) The lifelines of the empire d) The
produce b) Worst produce c) Average produce d) foundation of the empire Answer: b) The arteries of
Market price Answer: c) Average produce the empire
Q131. What was used to measure land? a) Royal gaz
b) Sikandari gaz c) Imperial gaz d) Standard gaz
Trade and Commerce under
Answer: b) Sikandari gaz Sher Shah
Q132. How many points was the Sikandari gaz? a) 30 Q145. What did Sher Shah direct his governors and
points b) 32 points c) 34 points d) 36 points Answer: amils regarding merchants? a) To tax them heavily b)
b) 32 points To treat merchants and travellers well and not harm
Roadways under Sher Shah them c) To monitor their activities d) To restrict their
Q133. What did Sher Shah pay great attention tomovements Answer: b) To treat merchants and
fostering? a) Agriculture and handicrafts b) Trade and travellers well and not harm them
commerce and improvement of communications c)Q146. Who did Sher Shah make responsible for any
Education and literature d) Art and architecture loss that a merchant suffered on roads? a) Local
Answer: b) Trade and commerce and improvement of governors b) Military officers c) Local village headmen
communications (muqaddams) and zamindars d) Revenue collectors
Q134. Which old road did Sher Shah restore? a) Royal Answer: c) Local village headmen (muqaddams) and
Highway b) Grand Trunk Road c) Imperial Road d) zamindars
King's Road Answer: b) Grand Trunk Road Q147. What helped in the growth of commerce and
Q135. The Grand Trunk Road extended from whichhandicrafts? a) Road construction b) Currency
river in the West? a) River Ganges b) River Yamuna c) reforms of Sher Shah c) Military protection d) Tax
River Indus d) River Chenab Answer: c) River Indus reduction Answer: b) Currency reforms of Sher Shah
Q136. The Grand Trunk Road extended to which place Q148. For how long did Sher Shah's silver rupee
in Bengal? a) Dacca b) Sonargaon c) Chittagong d) remain a standard coin? a) For decades b) For
Murshidabad Answer: b) Sonargaon centuries after him c) For his lifetime only d) For fifty
Q137. Which road did Sher Shah build from Agra? a) years Answer: b) For centuries after him
Agra to Delhi and Lahore b) Agra to Jodhpur andQ149. What were the two coins introduced by Sher
Chittor c) Agra to Patna and Bengal d) Agra to Kabul Shah? a) Mohur and Dam b) Rupaya and Mohur c)
and Qandahar Answer: b) Agra to Jodhpur and Chittor Rupaya (silver coin) and Dam (copper coin) d) Tanka
Q138. The road from Agra to Jodhpur and Chittorand Jital Answer: c) Rupaya (silver coin) and Dam
linked up with roads to which seaports? a) Bengal (copper coin)
seaports b) Malabar seaports c) Gujarat seaports d) Art and Architecture under Sher
Coromandel seaports Answer: c) Gujarat seaports
Q139. Which third road did Sher Shah build? a) From Shah
Delhi to Agra b) From Lahore to Multan c) From KabulQ150. Where did Sher Shah build his tomb? a) Delhi b)
to Peshawar d) From Patna to Bengal Answer: b) From Agra c) Sasaram d) Patna Answer: c) Sasaram
Lahore to Multan Q151. How is Sher Shah's tomb regarded? a) A good
example of architecture b) One of the masterpieces of
Sarai System under Sher Shah architecture c) An average architectural work d) A
simple structure Answer: b) One of the masterpieces Q166. What did Bairam Khan become due to his
of architecture power? a) Humble and respectful b) Very arrogant c)
Q152. What did Sher Shah build on the bank of the More careful d) Religious Answer: b) Very arrogant
Yamuna near Delhi? a) A fort called Red Fort b) A new Q167. What did Akbar want to assume by this time? a)
city known as Old Fort (Purana Qila) c) A palace Religious authority b) Full control c) Military command
complex d) A garden Answer: b) A new city known asd) Judicial powers Answer: b) Full control
Old Fort (Purana Qila) Q168. What position did Akbar remove Bairam Khan
Q153. What did Sher Shah build within the Old Fort? from? a) Commander b) Minister c) Wakil d) Governor
a) A palace b) A library c) A fine mosque d) A garden Answer: c) Wakil
Answer: c) A fine mosque Q169. Where did Akbar ask Bairam Khan to retire? a)
Q154. Which was one of the finest works in Hindi To his homeland b) To Mecca for pilgrimage c) To a
completed during Sher Shah's reign? a) Ramayan b) jagir d) To Delhi Answer: b) To Mecca for pilgrimage
Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jayasi c) Mahabharata Q170. How did Bairam Khan die? a) From illness b) In
d) Tulsidas's works Answer: b) Padmavat of Malik battle c) He was killed by an Afghan near Ahmedabad
Muhammad Jayasi d) From old age Answer: c) He was killed by an
Afghan near Ahmedabad
Akbar (1556-1605 AD) Q171. What became of Bairam Khan's son? a) He was
Q155. Akbar was born in which year? a) 1540 AD b) exiled b) He became an influential noble under Akbar
1542 AD c) 1544 AD d) 1546 AD Answer: b) 1542 AD as Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana c) He rebelled against
Q156. Where was Akbar born? a) Agra b) Delhi c) Akbar d) He died young Answer: b) He became an
Amarkot (Rajasthan) d) Lahore Answer: c) Amarkot influential noble under Akbar as Abdur Rahim
(Rajasthan) Khan-i-Khana
Q157. Where was Akbar when Humayun died? a) At
Delhi b) At Agra c) At Kalanaur in the Punjab d) At The Nine Gems (Navratnas) of
Lahore Answer: c) At Kalanaur in the Punjab
Q158. Where was Akbar crowned? a) Delhi b) Agra c)
Akbar
Kalanaur d) Lahore Answer: c) Kalanaur Q172. What was Raja Man Singh's position? a)
Q159. In which year was Akbar crowned? a) 1555 AD Foreign Minister b) Chief of Staff of the Mughal Army
b) 1556 AD c) 1557 AD d) 1558 AD Answer: b) 1556 AD c) Finance Minister d) Home Minister Answer: b) Chief
Q160. At what age was Akbar crowned? a) 13 years of Staff of the Mughal Army
and 2 months b) 13 years and 4 months c) 14 yearsQ173. What was Miyan Tansen famous for? a) Military
and 2 months d) 14 years and 4 months Answer: b) 13 skills b) Administrative abilities c) Being a renowned
years and 4 months singer who composed many ragas d) Diplomatic skills
Q161. Who was Akbar's tutor? a) Abdur Rahim b) Answer: c) Being a renowned singer who composed
Bairam Khan c) Faizi d) Abu'l Fazl Answer: b) Bairam many ragas
Khan Q174. What was Mulla Do-Piyaza's position? a)
Q162. Who commanded the Second Battle of Panipat? Foreign Minister b) Minister of Home Affairs c)
a) Akbar himself b) Bairam Khan c) Man Singh d) Defence Minister d) Education Minister Answer: b)
Birbal Answer: b) Bairam Khan Minister of Home Affairs
Q163. Who led the Afghan forces in the Second BattleQ175. What was Raja Birbal's position? a) Home
of Panipat? a) Sher Shah Suri b) Islam Shah c) Minister b) Foreign Minister c) Defence Minister d)
Hemchandra Vikramaditya d) Ibrahim Sur Answer: c)Finance Minister Answer: b) Foreign Minister
Hemchandra Vikramaditya Q176. Who was the only Hindu to convert to Din-i
Q164. On which date was the Second Battle of Panipat Ilahi? a) Raja Man Singh b) Raja Birbal c) Raja Todar
fought? a) 4th November, 1556 AD b) 5th November, Mal d) Mulla Do-Piyaza Answer: b) Raja Birbal
1556 AD c) 6th November, 1556 AD d) 7th November,Q177. What was Abu'l-Fazl's position? a) Defence
1556 AD Answer: b) 5th November, 1556 AD Minister b) Grand Wazir or Prime Minister c) Foreign
Q165. What happened to Hemu in the Second Battle of Minister d) Education Minister Answer: b) Grand Wazir
Panipat? a) He escaped b) He surrendered c) He was or Prime Minister
captured and executed d) He died in battle Answer: c) Q178. What was Faizi's position? a) Defence Minister
He was captured and executed b) Foreign Minister c) Minister of Education and
mentor of royal Princes d) Home Minister Answer: c)
Regency of Bairam Khan Minister of Education and mentor of royal Princes
Q179. What was Fakir Aziao-Din's position? a)
Education Minister b) Minister of Religious Affairs c)
Defence Minister d) Home Minister Answer: b) Minister
of Religious Affairs
Akbar's Military Campaigns -
Q180. What was Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana's Chittor
position? a) Foreign Minister b) Education Minister c) Q192. Who ruled Chittor when Akbar besieged it? a)
Defence Minister d) Home Minister Answer: c) Defence Rana Pratap b) Rana Udai Singh c) Rana Sanga d)
Minister Rana Kumbha Answer: b) Rana Udai Singh
Q181. What did Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana write? a) Q193. In which year did Chittor fall? a) 1567 AD b)
Persian poetry b) Numerous Dohas in Hindi c) Arabic1568 AD c) 1569 AD d) 1570 AD Answer: b) 1568 AD
treatises d) Historical accounts Answer: b) Numerous Q194. For how long did the siege of Chittor last? a)
Dohas in Hindi Four months b) Six months c) Eight months d) Ten
Q182. What was Raja Todar Mal's position? a) Defence months Answer: b) Six months
Minister b) Foreign Minister c) Finance Minister d) Q195. Who were the two gallant defenders of Chittor
Education Minister Answer: c) Finance Minister honored by Akbar? a) Jaimal and Patta b) Pratap and
Q183. What was Raja Todar Mal famous for framing? Jaimal c) Udai Singh and Patta d) Sanga and Pratap
a) Military system b) Dahsala system c) Judicial Answer: a) Jaimal and Patta
system d) Educational system Answer: b) DahsalaQ196. Where did Akbar erect stone statues of Jaimal
system and Patta? a) At Chittor fort b) At the gate of fort of
Akbar's Military Campaigns -Agra c) At Fatehpur Sikri d) At Delhi Answer: b) At the
gate of fort of Agra
Malwa
Q184. Who led the expedition against Malwa? a) Akbar
Battle of Haldighati
himself b) Adham Khan, son of Akbar's foster-mother, Q197. In which year did Rana Pratap succeed Rana
Maham Anaga c) Bairam Khan d) Man Singh Answer: Udai Singh? a) 1570 AD b) 1572 AD c) 1574 AD d) 1576
b) Adham Khan, son of Akbar's foster-mother, MahamAD Answer: b) 1572 AD
Anaga Q198. What did Akbar send to Rana Pratap? a) Military
Q185. Who was Adham Khan's mother? a) Hamidathreats b) Many embassies to accept Mughal
Banu b) Maham Anaga c) Gulbarg Begum d) Salima suzerainty c) Gifts d) Marriage proposals Answer: b)
Sultan Answer: b) Maham Anaga Many embassies to accept Mughal suzerainty
Q186. Who was badly defeated in Malwa in 1561 AD?Q199. Were Akbar's embassies to Rana Pratap
a) Rana Pratap b) Baz Bahadur c) Daulat Khan d) successful? a) Yes, completely b) Partially successful
Hemu Answer: b) Baz Bahadur c) Failed d) Not mentioned Answer: c) Failed
Q187. In which year was Baz Bahadur defeated? a)Q200. In which year was the Battle of Haldighati
1560 AD b) 1561 AD c) 1562 AD d) 1563 AD Answer: b) fought? a) 1575 AD b) 1576 AD c) 1577 AD d) 1578 AD
1561 AD Answer: b) 1576 AD
Q201. Who led the Mughal forces against Mewar? a)
Akbar's Military Campaigns - Akbar himself b) Raja Man Singh c) Bairam Khan d)
Todar Mal Answer: b) Raja Man Singh
Garh-Katanga Q202. What was the result of the Battle of Haldighati?
Q188. Where was the kingdom of Garh-Katangaa) Mewar won b) Mughal forces defeated Mewar c) It
located? a) Southern Madhya Pradesh b) Northernwas a draw d) Both sides retreated Answer: b) Mughal
Madhya Pradesh c) Eastern Madhya Pradesh d) forces defeated Mewar
Western Madhya Pradesh Answer: b) Northern
Madhya Pradesh Akbar's Military Campaigns -
Q189. Who ruled the kingdom of Garh-Katanga? a)
Sangram Shah b) Durgavati c) Bir Narayan d) Chandra
Gujarat
Shah Answer: a) Sangram Shah Q203. In which year did Akbar launch campaign in
Q190. Who was the Mughal governor of Allahabad Gujarat? a) 1571 AD b) 1572 AD c) 1573 AD d) 1574 AD
who defeated the Gonds? a) Man Singh b) Asaf Khan Answer: b) 1572 AD
c) Todar Mal d) Abdul Rahim Answer: b) Asaf Khan Q204. At which place did Akbar assault the Mirzas? a)
Q191. Which people were defeated decisively in Ahmedabad b) Surat c) Cambay d) Broach Answer: b)
Garh-Katanga? a) Rajputs b) Afghans c) Gonds d) Surat
Marathas Answer: c) Gonds Q205. Who helped Akbar in assaulting the Mirzas? a)
Man Singh and Bhagwant Das of Amber b) Todar Mal
and Birbal c) Abdul Rahim and Faizi d) Bairam Khan
and Adham Khan Answer: a) Man Singh and Q217. In which year did Asirgarh surrender to the
Bhagwant Das of Amber Mughals? a) 1600 AD b) 1601 AD c) 1602 AD d) 1603
Q206. What happened to the Mirzas? a) TheyAD Answer: b) 1601 AD
surrendered b) They were defeated and Gujarat came Q218. Who concluded peace with Murtaza Nizam Shah
under Mughal control c) They escaped d) They made II? a) Akbar himself b) Prince Murad c) Prince Daniyal,
peace Answer: b) They were defeated and Gujarat the youngest son of Akbar d) Man Singh Answer: c)
came under Mughal control Prince Daniyal, the youngest son of Akbar
Akbar's Military Campaigns -Rajput Policy of Akbar
Q219. What were the twin pillars of Akbar's Rajput
Bengal Policy? a) Military conquest and religious conversion
Q207. Who dominated Bengal and Bihar under the b) To win over the friendship of Rajput rulers and
Afghans? a) Sher Shah's descendants b) Daud Khan using their loyalty and bravery to strengthen his
c) Ibrahim Sur d) Mahmud Khan Answer: b) Daud position c) Economic control and political domination
Khan d) Cultural assimilation and administrative integration
Q208. What did Akbar use for the first time in his Answer: b) To win over the friendship of Rajput rulers
Bengal campaign? a) War elephants b) Heavy cavalryand using their loyalty and bravery to strengthen his
c) A strong flotilla of boats d) Artillery Answer: c) A position
strong flotilla of boats Q220. What kind of relationship did Akbar develop
Q209. In which year was Daud Khan defeated? a) 1575with Rajput rulers? a) Master-servant relationship b)
AD b) 1576 AD c) 1577 AD d) 1578 AD Answer: b) 1576 Special relationship c) Tributary relationship d)
AD Commercial relationship Answer: b) Special
Q210. Where was the stiff battle fought against Daud relationship
Khan? a) In Bengal b) In Bihar c) In Orissa d) In Assam Q221. What did Rajputs become for the Mughal
Answer: b) In Bihar Empire? a) Enemies b) Important supporters and
Akbar's Military Campaigns -strength c) Neutral allies d) Temporary partners
Answer: b) Important supporters and strength
Ahmednagar Q222. What did Akbar do besides making Rajputs his
Q211. Who led the Mughal invasion against friends? a) Appointed them as governors b) Gave
Ahmednagar? a) Akbar himself b) Prince Murad and them military ranks c) Took many Rajput princesses
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana c) Man Singh and Todar as his brides d) All of the above Answer: c) Took many
Mal d) Birbal and Faizi Answer: b) Prince Murad and Rajput princesses as his brides
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana Q223. With which Rajput states did Akbar establish
Q212. What was Prince Murad's position? a) matrimonial alliances? a) Amber, Bikaner and
Commander of the army b) Governor of Gujarat c) Jaisalmer b) Mewar, Marwar and Jaipur c) Chittor,
Minister of War d) Governor of Malwa Answer: b) Jodhpur and Udaipur d) Ranthambore, Ajmer and
Governor of Gujarat Nagaur Answer: a) Amber, Bikaner and Jaisalmer
Q213. Against whom did the Mughals fight in Q224. Who was Raja Bharmal Kachhwaha? a) Ruler of
Ahmednagar? a) Malik Ambar b) Chand Bibi c) Nizam Jodhpur b) Ruler of Amber c) Ruler of Bikaner d) Ruler
Shah d) Fateh Khan Answer: b) Chand Bibi of Jaisalmer Answer: b) Ruler of Amber
Q214. In which year did the two sides come to an Q225. Whom did Raja Bharmal marry to Akbar? a) His
agreement? a) 1595 AD b) 1596 AD c) 1597 AD d) 1598 youngest daughter b) His eldest daughter c) His sister
AD Answer: b) 1596 AD d) His niece Answer: b) His eldest daughter
Q215. What was recognized in the agreement? a)Q226. Who was Raja Bharmal's heir? a) Man Singh b)
Independence of Ahmednagar b) Mughal suzerainty c)Raja Bhagwan Das c) Jai Singh d) Pratap Singh
Partition of territory d) Payment of tribute Answer: b) Answer: b) Raja Bhagwan Das
Mughal suzerainty Q227. What was Man Singh's relationship to Bhagwan
Das? a) Brother b) Son c) Nephew d) Cousin Answer:
Akbar's Military Campaigns - b) Son
Khandesh Q228. What Zat rank was given to Raja Bhagwan Das?
Q216. Which fort in Khandesh was reputed to be the a) 3000 b) 5000 c) 7000 d) 10000 Answer: b) 5000
strongest in the Deccan? a) Daulatabad b) Q229. What Zat rank was given to Man Singh? a) 5000
Ahmednagar c) Asirgarh d) Burhanpur Answer: c) b) 6000 c) 7000 d) 8000 Answer: c) 7000
Asirgarh
Q230. Which other Rajput rulers followed the Q242. In which year did Akbar build the Ibadat Khana?
Kachhwahas? a) Rathore of Jodhpur, Bhatis ofa) 1574 AD b) 1575 AD c) 1576 AD d) 1577 AD Answer:
Jaisalmer, Hadas of Ranthambore b) Sisodias ofb) 1575 AD
Mewar, Chauhans of Ajmer c) Tomars of Delhi,Q243. What does Ibadat Khana mean? a) House of
Chandelas of Bundelkhand d) Paramaras of Malwa, God b) Hall of Prayer c) Place of Worship d) Temple of
Solankis of Gujarat Answer: a) Rathore of Jodhpur, Faith Answer: b) Hall of Prayer
Bhatis of Jaisalmer, Hadas of Ranthambore Q244. Where did Akbar build the Ibadat Khana? a)
Q231. Which Rajput dynasty refused to accept Mughal Delhi b) Agra c) Fatehpur Sikri d) Lahore Answer: c)
paramountcy? a) Kachhwahas of Amber b) Rathores Fatehpur Sikri
of Jodhpur c) Sisodias of Mewar d) Bhatis of Q245. To whom did Akbar initially confine the
Jaisalmer Answer: c) Sisodias of Mewar proceedings in Ibadat Khana? a) Hindus b) Christians
Q232. Which Sisodia rulers kept struggling for c) Muslims d) All religions Answer: c) Muslims
Mewar's survival as a sovereign state? a) Rana SangaQ246. Later, to which groups did Akbar open the
and Rana Kumbha b) Udai Singh and Rana Pratap c) Ibadat Khana? a) Only Christians and Hindus b)
Raj Singh and Jai Singh d) Sangram Singh and Amar Christians, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Jains, even atheists
Singh Answer: b) Udai Singh and Rana Pratap c) Only Hindus and Jains d) Only Christians and
Zoroastrians Answer: b) Christians, Zoroastrians,
Religion and Social Reforms Hindus, Jains, even atheists
Q233. What was one of the first actions Akbar took Q247. Who did Akbar invite to explain the doctrines of
after gaining power? a) Expanding the army b)Hinduism? a) Purushottam and Devi b) Maharaji Rana
Building new cities c) Abolishing the poll tax or jizyahc) Hira Vijaya Suri d) Aquaviva and Monserrate
d) Conquering new territories Answer: c) Abolishing Answer: a) Purushottam and Devi
the poll tax or jizyah Q248. Who explained Zoroastrianism in the Ibadat
Q234. Besides jizyah, which other tax did Akbar Khana? a) Purushottam and Devi b) Maharaji Rana
abolish? a) Land tax b) Pilgrim tax c) Trade tax d) (Meherji Rana) c) Hira Vijaya Suri d) Aquaviva and
House tax Answer: b) Pilgrim tax Monserrate Answer: b) Maharaji Rana (Meherji Rana)
Q235. What practice regarding prisoners of war did Q249. To where did Akbar send an embassy to invite
Akbar abolish? a) Executing them b) Enslaving them Christian missionaries? a) Rome b) Portugal c) Goa d)
c) Forcibly converting them to Islam d) ImprisoningSpain Answer: c) Goa
them Answer: c) Forcibly converting them to Islam Q250. Which two Christian missionaries came to
Q236. What was Akbar's policy of religious harmony Akbar's court? a) Francis Xavier and Antonio b)
called? a) Din-i-Ilahi b) Sulh-i-Kul or 'peace to all' c)Aquaviva and Monserrate c) Roberto and Alfonso d)
Tauhid-i-Ilahi d) Ibadat Khana Answer: b) Sulh-i-Kul orJerome and Benedict Answer: b) Aquaviva and
'peace to all' Monserrate
Q237. According to Sulh-i-Kul, what did a true ruler Q251. Which Jain saint participated in the Ibadat
depend on? a) Military strength b) Economic power c)Khana? a) Acharya Hemchandra b) Hira Vijaya Suri of
Divine illumination (farr-i-izadi) d) Popular supportKathiawar c) Jinadatta Suri d) Vijayasena Suri Answer:
Answer: c) Divine illumination (farr-i-izadi) b) Hira Vijaya Suri of Kathiawar
Q238. What did Akbar set up as a new religion? a) Q252. What was the result of the debates in Ibadat
Sulh-i-Kul b) Din-i-Ilahi or Tauhid-i-Ilahi c) Ibadat Khana? a) Better understanding among religions b)
Khana d) Islam-i-Akbari Answer: b) Din-i-Ilahi orConversion of many to Islam c) Had not led to a better
Tauhid-i-Ilahi understanding d) Unity among all faiths Answer: c)
Q239. What does Din-i-Ilahi literally mean? a) Divine Had not led to a better understanding
Peace b) Divine Unity c) Divine Monotheism d) Divine Q253. In which year did Akbar discontinue the debates
Truth Answer: c) Divine Monotheism in Ibadat Khana? a) 1580 AD b) 1582 AD c) 1584 AD d)
Q240. How many leading nobles joined Din-i-Ilahi 1586 AD Answer: b) 1582 AD
besides Birbal? a) None b) Very few c) Many d) All of
them Answer: b) Very few Din-i-Ilahi
Q241. What was the total number in the Din-i-Ilahi Q254. Din-i-Ilahi was propounded by Akbar in which
group? a) Fifteen b) Eighteen c) Twenty d) Twenty-five year? a) 1580 AD b) 1582 AD c) 1584 AD d) 1586 AD
Answer: b) Eighteen Answer: b) 1582 AD
Q255. What type of religion was Din-i-Ilahi? a)
Ibadat Khana Monotheistic b) Syncretic c) Polytheistic d) Atheistic
Answer: b) Syncretic
Q256. What did Akbar want to merge in Din-i-Ilahi? a) b) Sacrifice of property, life, honour and religion c)
All Indian religions b) Islam and Christianity c) TheDevotion, service, loyalty, surrender d) Truth,
best elements of the religions of his Empire d) Hindunon-violence, charity, meditation Answer: b) Sacrifice
and Buddhist philosophies Answer: c) The best of property, life, honour and religion
elements of the religions of his Empire Q270. Who among the following joined Din-i-Ilahi? a)
Q257. From which religions were the elements Birbal, Abu'l Fazl and Faizi b) Man Singh and Todar
primarily drawn? a) Islam and Christianity b) Islam Mal c) Abdul Rahim and Bairam Khan d) All the nobles
and Hinduism c) Hinduism and Buddhism d)Answer: a) Birbal, Abu'l Fazl and Faizi
Christianity and Judaism Answer: b) Islam andQ271. What did Badauni believe about Akbar? a) He
Hinduism was a great ruler b) He was creating a new religion c)
Q258. From which other religions were some elementsHe was a true Muslim d) He was confused Answer: b)
taken? a) Buddhism and Sikhism b) Christianity, He was creating a new religion
Jainism and Zoroastrianism c) Judaism and Q272. What do contemporary historians believe Akbar
Confucianism d) Taoism and Shintoism Answer: b)was trying to attain? a) Godhood b) Political
Christianity, Jainism and Zoroastrianism supremacy c) The status of Insaan-i-Kamil d)
Q259. What was the basic purpose of Din-i-Ilahi? a) Religious leadership Answer: c) The status of
Religious conversion b) Political unity c) Sul-i-Kul or Insaan-i-Kamil
universal harmony d) Economic prosperity Answer: c)
Sul-i-Kul or universal harmony
Jahangir (1605-1627 AD)
Q260. What governed all public policies of Akbar? a) Q273. Who was Jahangir in relation to Akbar? a)
Islamic law b) Hindu dharma c) Sul-i-Kul or universal Younger brother b) Eldest son c) Nephew d) Cousin
harmony d) Mughal traditions Answer: c) Sul-i-Kul or Answer: b) Eldest son
universal harmony Q274. In which year did Jahangir succeed to the
throne? a) 1604 AD b) 1605 AD c) 1606 AD d) 1607 AD
Tenets of Din-i-Ilahi (1582) Answer: b) 1605 AD
Q261. On which day could Din-i-Ilahi be adopted? a) Q275. What was the main achievement of Jahangir? a)
Friday b) Sunday c) Monday d) Any day Answer: b) Conquest of Deccan b) Settlement of the outstanding
Sunday dispute with Mewar c) Expansion into Central Asia d)
Q262. What ritual was performed for adoption ofNaval expeditions Answer: b) Settlement of the
Din-i-Ilahi? a) Paibos (emperor placed his feet on the outstanding dispute with Mewar
head of the initiated) b) Namaz c) Puja d) Baptism Q276. How many successive campaigns did Jahangir
Answer: a) Paibos (emperor placed his feet on the launch against Mewar? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five
head of the initiated) Answer: b) Three
Q263. What did Akbar give after the paibos ritual? a) Q277. In which year was the peace treaty with Mewar
Certificate b) Shat (formula) c) Medal d) Title Answer: signed? a) 1612 AD b) 1613 AD c) 1614 AD d) 1615 AD
b) Shat (formula) Answer: b) 1613 AD
Q264. How did the initiated express greeting? a) Q278. Who accorded the peace treaty to Mewar? a)
Namaste b) Salaam Aleikum c) Allah-O-Akbar andJahangir himself b) Prince Khurram (later Shah Jahan)
Jalle-Jalaluhu d) Ram Ram Answer: c) Allah-O-Akbar c) Prince Parvez d) Prince Shahryar Answer: b) Prince
and Jalle-Jalaluhu Khurram (later Shah Jahan)
Q265. From what did the initiated have to abstain? a)Q279. What fashion did Jahangir introduce as the first
Drinking alcohol b) Eating meat c) Smoking d)Islamic emperor? a) Wearing silk robes b) Men
Gambling Answer: b) Eating meat wearing costly jewels in their ears after piercing them
Q266. What did the initiated have to give? a) Zakat b)c) Using perfumes d) Wearing turbans Answer: b) Men
Alms c) Donations d) Taxes Answer: b) Alms wearing costly jewels in their ears after piercing them
Q267. Did Din-i-Ilahi have scriptures or priests? a) It Q280. What was the name of Nur Jahan's first
had both b) It had scriptures but no priests c) It had husband? a) Sher Afghan b) Ali Quli c) Mirza Ghiyas
priests but no scriptures d) There were no scriptures d) Qasim Khan Answer: a) Sher Afghan
or priests Answer: d) There were no scriptures or Q281. What happened to Nur Jahan's first husband?
priests a) He died naturally b) Jahangir killed him c) He was
Q268. How many grades of devotion did Tauhid-i-Ilahi executed for treason d) He died in battle Answer: b)
have? a) Three b) Four c) Five d) Six Answer: b) Four Jahangir killed him
Q269. What were the four grades of devotion in
ascending order? a) Faith, prayer, charity, pilgrimage
Q282. In which year did Jahangir marry Nur Jahan? a)Q294. Who supported Khurram in the civil war? a) Nur
1610 AD b) 1611 AD c) 1612 AD d) 1613 AD Answer: b) Jahan b) Asaf Khan c) Itimaduddaula d) Prince
1611 AD Shahryar Answer: b) Asaf Khan
Q283. Who was Nur Jahan's father? a) Ghiyas Beg b) Q295. How long did the civil war last? a) Two years b)
Itimaduddaula c) Asaf Khan d) Mirza Jahan Answer: b) More than three years c) Four years d) Five years
Itimaduddaula Answer: b) More than three years
Q284. What position was given to Itimaduddaula? a)Q296. Where did Khurram seek shelter after losing
Wazir b) Joint diwan c) Commander d) GovernorBihar and Bengal? a) Rajputana b) Gujarat c) Deccan
Answer: b) Joint diwan d) Kashmir Answer: c) Deccan
Q297. What happened to Khusrau? a) He escaped to
Nur Jahan Iran b) He was imprisoned and blinded to disqualify
Q285. With whom did Nur Jahan form a group orhim as emperor c) He died in battle d) He was
junta? a) Her father Itimaduddaula, brother Asaf Khan, pardoned Answer: b) He was imprisoned and blinded
and Khurram b) Prince Parvez and Prince Shahryar c) to disqualify him as emperor
Court nobles and ministers d) Military commanders Q298. Who was one of Khusrau's well-wishers who
Answer: a) Her father Itimaduddaula, brother Asaf was beheaded? a) A court noble b) Guru Arjan Dev
Khan, and Khurram (5th Guru of the Sikhs) c) A military commander d) A
Q286. What were issued in Nur Jahan's name? a)religious scholar Answer: b) Guru Arjan Dev (5th Guru
Royal orders b) Coins c) Land grants d) Militaryof the Sikhs)
commissions Answer: b) Coins Q299. Where did Khusrau die? a) Delhi b) Agra c)
Q287. What title was given to Nur Jahan? a)Burhanpur d) Lahore Answer: c) Burhanpur
Malika-i-Jahan b) Badshah Begum c) Sultana-i-Hind d)Q300. In which year did Khusrau die? a) 1620 AD b)
Empress of India Answer: b) Badshah Begum 1621 AD c) 1622 AD d) 1623 AD Answer: b) 1621 AD
Q288. Under Mughal rule, what was unique about Nur Q301. Who led another revolt during Jahangir's reign?
Jahan's position? a) She was the first foreign queen b) a) Prince Parvez b) Mahabat Khan c) Asaf Khan d)
No woman had reached such an important position Itimaduddaula Answer: b) Mahabat Khan
earlier c) She was the youngest queen d) She ruledQ302. Why did Mahabat Khan revolt? a) He wanted to
independently Answer: b) No woman had reachedbecome emperor b) He had been deprived of his office
such an important position earlier c) He was insulted at court d) He supported Prince
Q289. How did Nur Jahan live after Jahangir's death?Khurram Answer: b) He had been deprived of his
a) She remarried b) She became a regent c) She livedoffice
a retired life till her death d) She went into exileQ303. Which river did Mahabat Khan cross before
Answer: c) She lived a retired life till her death attacking Jahangir? a) Indus b) Chenab c) Jhelum d)
Q290. Where was Nur Jahan buried? a) Delhi b) Agra Ravi Answer: c) Jhelum
c) Lahore d) Kashmir Answer: c) Lahore Q304. Where was Jahangir going when Mahabat Khan
Rebellion of Prince Khurram and attacked? a) To Delhi b) To Kashmir c) To Kabul d) To
Lahore Answer: c) To Kabul
Mahabat Khan Q305. In which year did Mahabat Khan attack
Q291. Between whom did a struggle for power takeJahangir? a) 1625 AD b) 1626 AD c) 1627 AD d) 1628
place towards the end of Jahangir's reign? a) KhurramAD Answer: b) 1626 AD
and Parvez b) Prince Khurram and prince Shahryar c)Q306. Whose diplomacy saved the situation during
Shahryar and Parvez d) All three princes Answer: b) Mahabat Khan's attack? a) Asaf Khan b) Nur Jahan c)
Prince Khurram and prince Shahryar Prince Khurram d) Itimaduddaula Answer: b) Nur
Q292. Who was Prince Shahryar? a) Eldest son of Jahan
Jahangir b) Jahangir's youngest son and son-in-law of
Nur Jahan c) Adopted son of Jahangir d) Nephew of
Shah Jahan (1628-1658 AD)
Jahangir Answer: b) Jahangir's youngest son and Q307. Where did Jahangir breathe his last? a) Delhi b)
son-in-law of Nur Jahan Agra c) Lahore d) Kashmir Answer: c) Lahore
Q293. Which territories did Prince Khurram capture? Q308. In which year did Jahangir die? a) 1626 AD b)
a) Punjab and Kashmir b) Gujarat and Malwa c) Bihar 1627 AD c) 1628 AD d) 1629 AD Answer: b) 1627 AD
and Bengal d) Rajasthan and Gujarat Answer: c) BiharQ309. What happened to Shah Jahan's rivals? a) They
and Bengal were exiled b) They were imprisoned c) They were
murdered by his order d) They fled the country
Answer: c) They were murdered by his order
Q310. Shah Jahan's reign is considered the 'Golden Q321. Khan Jahan Lodhi was an ex-viceroy of which
Era' in which area? a) Military conquests b) Trade and region? a) Bengal b) Gujarat c) Deccan d) Malwa
commerce c) Art and Architecture in Medieval India d) Answer: c) Deccan
Religious reforms Answer: c) Art and Architecture in Q322. Who had become Jahangir's favorite by
Medieval India assassinating Abul Fazl? a) Jujhar Singh b) Bir Singh
Q311. What did Shah Jahan's reign mark in the Bundela c) Vikramajit d) Champat Rai Answer: b) Bir
Deccan? a) Complete withdrawal b) SuccessfulSingh Bundela
conquest with treaties with Bijapur and Golconda c) Q323. Who succeeded Bir Singh Bundela after his
Military defeat d) Temporary occupation Answer: b) death? a) Vikramajit b) Champat Rai c) Jujhar Singh d)
Successful conquest with treaties with Bijapur and Chhatrasal Answer: c) Jujhar Singh
Golconda Q324. Who rebelled against the Mughals among the
Q312. In which year were the treaties with Bijapur andBundelas? a) Bir Singh and Champat Rai b) Jujhar
Golconda signed? a) 1635 AD b) 1636 AD c) 1637 AD and his son, Vikramajit c) Chhatrasal and Jujhar d)
d) 1638 AD Answer: b) 1636 AD Vikramajit and Champat Rai Answer: b) Jujhar and his
Q313. What did the Deccan conquest help Mughalsson, Vikramajit
achieve? a) Control of sea routes b) Expand their area Q325. What happened to the Bundela rebels? a) They
of dominance to large parts of Southern India c) escaped b) They surrendered c) The imperialist forces
Access to diamond mines d) Control of spice trade pursued them relentlessly and eventually murdered
Answer: b) Expand their area of dominance to large them d) They made peace Answer: c) The imperialist
parts of Southern India forces pursued them relentlessly and eventually
Q314. With which empire did Shah Jahan have murdered them
continuous struggle? a) Ottoman Empire b) Uzbek
Empire c) Safavid (Iran) Empire d) Russian Empire
Ahmednagar (1633 AD)
Answer: c) Safavid (Iran) Empire Q326. Could Shah Jahan complete the conquest of the
Q315. For which territory did Shah Jahan struggleDeccan? a) Yes, completely b) No, it could not be
with the Safavids? a) Kabul b) Kashmir c) Qandahar completed during Shah Jahan c) Partially d) He never
(Afghanistan) d) Peshawar Answer: c) Qandahar attempted Answer: b) No, it could not be completed
(Afghanistan) during Shah Jahan
Q316. Were the Mughals successful in capturingQ327. After whose death did the situation in
Qandahar? a) Yes, permanently b) Yes, temporarily c) Ahmednagar change? a) Chand Bibi b) Malik Ambar c)
No, despite various attempts d) They never triedFateh Khan d) Nizam Shah Answer: b) Malik Ambar
Answer: c) No, despite various attempts Q328. Who was Malik Ambar's son? a) Nizam Shah b)
Q317. How many lives did the Mughals lose in Fateh Khan c) Murtaza Shah d) Ibrahim Adil Shah
successive invasions of Qandahar? a) More than 3000Answer: b) Fateh Khan
b) More than 5000 c) More than 7000 d) More than Q329. Why did Fateh Khan fail? a) He was defeated in
10000 Answer: b) More than 5000 battle b) He failed to get the cooperation of the Nizam
Q318. Between which years did the Mughal invasions Shahi nobles c) He was assassinated d) He fell ill
of Qandahar take place? a) 1635-1645 AD b) 1638-1647 Answer: b) He failed to get the cooperation of the
AD c) 1640-1650 AD d) 1642-1652 AD Answer: b) Nizam Shahi nobles
1638-1647 AD Q330. What did Fateh Khan do consequently? a) He
Q319. What did Shah Jahan stop dreaming of after thefled to Bijapur b) He fought to the end c) He
Qandahar failures? a) Conquering the Deccan b) surrendered to the Mughals d) He sought foreign help
Ruling over his former ancestral lands c) Expanding Answer: c) He surrendered to the Mughals
into India d) Building new monuments Answer: b)Q331. In which year was Ahmednagar annexed to the
Ruling over his former ancestral lands empire? a) 1632 AD b) 1633 AD c) 1634 AD d) 1635 AD
Answer: b) 1633 AD
Conquests by Shah Jahan
Q320. In the first year of his reign, which revolts did
Other Deccan States
Shah Jahan have to overcome? a) Rajput and MarathaQ332. Which two kingdoms did Shah Jahan force to
revolts b) Revolts of the Bundelas at Bundelkhand accept his overlordship? a) Ahmednagar and
and Afghan noble Khan Jahan Lodhi c) Sikh and JatGolconda b) Bijapur and Golconda c) Bijapur and
revolts d) Deccan sultanate revolts Answer: b) RevoltsAhmednagar d) Golconda and Berar Answer: b)
of the Bundelas at Bundelkhand and Afghan noble Bijapur and Golconda
Khan Jahan Lodhi
Q333. In which year did Bijapur and Golconda sign a Q345. In which year did Shah Jahan lose Kandahar? a)
treaty with Shah Jahan? a) 1635 AD b) 1636 AD c) 1648 AD b) 1649 AD c) 1650 AD d) 1651 AD Answer: b)
1637 AD d) 1638 AD Answer: b) 1636 AD 1649 AD
Q334. Which four regions were made into Mughal Q346. How many expeditions did Shah Jahan send to
provinces? a) Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda, Berar regain Kandahar? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five
b) Khandesh, Berar, Telangana and Daulatabad c)Answer: b) Three
Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur, Sholapur d) Aurangabad, Q347. Were Shah Jahan's expeditions to regain
Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar Answer: b)Kandahar successful? a) All were successful b) Some
Khandesh, Berar, Telangana and Daulatabad were successful c) Without success d) Partially
Q335. How many years of peace did this bring to the successful Answer: c) Without success
Deccan? a) 15 years b) 20 years c) 25 years d) 30 Q348. What was forever lost to the Mughal Empire? a)
years Answer: b) 20 years Kashmir b) Kabul c) Kandahar d) Peshawar Answer: c)
Q336. Till which year did peace last in the Deccan? a)Kandahar
1654 AD b) 1656 AD c) 1658 AD d) 1660 AD Answer: b) Q349. Which regions did Shah Jahan want to
1656 AD conquer? a) Kashmir and Punjab b) Badakshan and
Balkh c) Sindh and Gujarat d) Bengal and Orissa
Marathas, Portuguese and Answer: b) Badakshan and Balkh
Kamarup Q350. In which year did Shah Jahan send forces to
Q337. What did Shah Jahan do with some MarathaBadakshan and Balkh? a) 1645 AD b) 1646 AD c) 1647
leaders? a) He fought them b) He lured them into hisAD d) 1648 AD Answer: b) 1646 AD
service c) He exiled them d) He ignored them Answer:Q351. How did the campaign to Badakshan and Balkh
b) He lured them into his service prove? a) Successful b) Partially successful c) A
Q338. Who was the most influential Maratha leader in failure d) Inconclusive Answer: c) A failure
Shah Jahan's service? a) Shivaji Bhonsle b) Shahji Q352. What frustrated Shah Jahan's ambitions to
Bhonsle c) Sambhaji Bhonsle d) Rajaram Bhonsleconquer Transoxiana? a) Lack of resources b) Mughal
Answer: b) Shahji Bhonsle inability to fight prolonged wars in mountains c)
Q339. From where did Shah Jahan expel the Rebellions at home d) Portuguese interference
Portuguese? a) Goa b) Daman c) Hooghly d) DiuAnswer: b) Mughal inability to fight prolonged wars in
Answer: c) Hooghly mountains
Q340. What were the Portuguese doing that led to Q353. What were Transoxiana lands to Shah Jahan? a)
their expulsion? a) Converting people b) Abusing theirEnemy territory b) Trade routes c) His ancestral lands
trading privileges and indulging in piracy and d) Strategic positions Answer: c) His ancestral lands
slave-trade c) Building forts d) Refusing to pay taxesWars of Succession
Answer: b) Abusing their trading privileges andQ354. What surrounded the last years of Shah Jahan's
indulging in piracy and slave-trade reign? a) Religious reforms b) Architectural projects
Q341. Which region was also annexed by Shah c) A bitter war of succession among his sons d)
Jahan? a) Kashmir b) Assam c) Kamarup d) ManipurEconomic prosperity Answer: c) A bitter war of
Answer: c) Kamarup succession among his sons
Central Asia - Kandahar andQ355. In whose favor did Shah Jahan rally? a)
Aurangzeb b) Dara Shikoh c) Shah Shuja d) Murad
Transoxiana Bakhsh Answer: b) Dara Shikoh
Q342. What was Shah Jahan's policy towards Central Q356. What title did Shah Jahan give to Dara Shikoh?
Asia? a) Complete withdrawal b) To securea) Wali-ahd (successor) b) Shah-e-Buland Iqbal c)
possession of Kandahar c) To conquer all of Central Shahzada-e-Buland Iqbal (Prince of High Fortune) d)
Asia d) To make alliances Answer: b) To securePadshah-e-Hindustan Answer: c) Shahzada-e-Buland
possession of Kandahar Iqbal (Prince of High Fortune)
Q343. Who had re-occupied Kandahar during
Jahangir's reign? a) Uzbeks b) Afghans c) Persians d)
Dara Shikoh 'Most Learned
Ottomans Answer: c) Persians Prince'
Q344. In which year had Shah Jahan recovered Q357. What was Dara Shikoh known as? a) Most
Kandahar? a) 1637 AD b) 1638 AD c) 1639 AD d) 1640 Brave Prince b) Most Learned Prince c) Most Powerful
AD Answer: b) 1638 AD Prince d) Most Religious Prince Answer: b) Most
Learned Prince
Q358. What was the name of Dara Shikoh's famousQ371. Where was the Battle of Deorai fought? a) Near
book? a) Sirr-i Akbar b) Majma-ul-Bahrayn (The Delhi b) Near Ajmer, Rajasthan c) Near Jodhpur d)
Meeting Place of the Two Seas) c) Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri d) Near Jaipur Answer: b) Near Ajmer, Rajasthan
Akbarnama Answer: b) Majma-ul-Bahrayn (TheQ372. What was the Battle of Deorai? a) The first
Meeting Place of the Two Seas) battle between Dara and Aurangzeb b) The last major
Q359. What was Majma-ul-Bahrayn about? a) Military battle between Dara and Aurangzeb c) A minor
strategies b) The similarities between Islam and the skirmish d) A diplomatic meeting Answer: b) The last
monotheistic streak of Hinduism c) Court chroniclesmajor battle between Dara and Aurangzeb
d) Administrative reforms Answer: b) The similarities Q373. Who was defeated in the Battle of Deorai? a)
between Islam and the monotheistic streak of Aurangzeb b) Shah Shuja c) Dara was defeated d)
Hinduism Murad Bakhsh Answer: c) Dara was defeated
Q360. What did Dara Shikoh have translated intoQ374. What happened to Dara Shikoh after the Battle
Persian? a) Vedas b) Puranas c) Upanishads d) of Deorai? a) He escaped to Iran b) He was executed
Ramayana Answer: c) Upanishads along with his son, Sulaiman Shikoh c) He
Q361. What was the Persian translation of Upanishads surrendered d) He went into hiding Answer: b) He was
called? a) Majma-ul-Bahrayn b) Sirr-i Akbar (Theexecuted along with his son, Sulaiman Shikoh
Greatest Secret) c) Hasanat-ul-Arifin d) Q375. In which year were Dara Shikoh and his son
Sakinat-ul-Awliya Answer: b) Sirr-i Akbar (Theexecuted? a) 1660 AD b) 1661 AD c) 1662 AD d) 1663
Greatest Secret) AD Answer: b) 1661 AD
Three Major Wars of Succession Aurangzeb (1658-1707 AD)
Q362. The Battle of Dharmat was fought in whichQ376. How long did Aurangzeb reign? a) 45 years b)
year? a) 1657 AD b) 1658 AD c) 1659 AD d) 1660 AD 49 years c) 52 years d) 55 years Answer: b) 49 years
Answer: b) 1658 AD Q377. During Aurangzeb's reign, what happened to
Q363. The Battle of Dharmat was fought in whichthe territorial extent of the Mughal Empire? a) It
district? a) Indore, MP b) Bhopal, MP c) Gwalior, MP d) decreased significantly b) It remained the same c) It
Ujjain, MP Answer: a) Indore, MP reached its territorial climax d) It was divided Answer:
Q364. Who were defeated in the Battle of Dharmat? a) c) It reached its territorial climax
Aurangzeb and Murad b) Dara Shikoh and Shah Shuja Q378. How did the Mughal Empire during Aurangzeb
c) Raja Jaswant Singh and Shuja d) Dara andcompare to Akbar's time? a) It was smaller b) It was
Aurangzeb Answer: c) Raja Jaswant Singh and Shuja the same size c) It was more than it was during
Q365. Who defeated them in the Battle of Dharmat? a)Akbar's reign d) It was much smaller Answer: c) It was
Dara Shikoh b) Shah Jahan c) Aurangzeb d) Muradmore than it was during Akbar's reign
Bakhsh Answer: c) Aurangzeb Q379. What kind of ruler did Aurangzeb prove to be?
Q366. The Battle of Samugarh was fought on whicha) Lazy and indulgent b) Hardworking ruler and strict
date? a) 28th May, 1658 AD b) 29th May, 1658 AD c) disciplinarian c) Religious but inefficient d)
30th May, 1658 AD d) 31st May, 1658 AD Answer: b)Military-focused only Answer: b) Hardworking ruler
29th May, 1658 AD and strict disciplinarian
Q367. Where was the Battle of Samugarh fought? a) Q380. Did Aurangzeb spare his own sons from
Near Delhi b) Near Agra, UP c) Near Lahore d) Near discipline? a) Yes, he was lenient with them b) He
Ajmer Answer: b) Near Agra, UP treated them differently c) He did not spare his own
Q368. Who defeated Dara Shikoh in the Battle ofsons d) He ignored their mistakes Answer: c) He did
Samugarh? a) Shah Shuja b) Murad Bakhsh c) not spare his own sons
Aurangzeb d) Shah Jahan Answer: c) Aurangzeb Q381. In which year did Aurangzeb imprison prince
Q369. What happened to Shah Jahan after the Battle Muazzam? a) 1685 AD b) 1686 AD c) 1687 AD d) 1688
of Samugarh? a) He fled to Delhi b) He was killed c) He AD Answer: b) 1686 AD
was besieged in fort of Agra by Aurangzeb d) HeQ382. On what charge was prince Muazzam
abdicated Answer: c) He was besieged in fort of Agra imprisoned? a) Rebellion against the empire b)
by Aurangzeb Intriguing with the ruler of Golconda c) Financial
Q370. The Battle of Deorai was fought in which month corruption d) Military insubordination Answer: b)
and year? a) February 1659 AD b) March 1659 AD c) Intriguing with the ruler of Golconda
April 1659 AD d) May 1659 AD Answer: b) March 1659 Q383. For how long was prince Muazzam kept in
AD prison? a) 10 years b) 12 years c) 15 years d) 18 years
Answer: b) 12 years
Q384. Unlike his predecessors, what did AurangzebQ395. What was the work containing Aurangzeb's
not like? a) Military campaigns b) Religiousrules and regulations called? a) Fatwa-i-Alamgiri b)
discussions c) Extravagant lifestyle d) AdministrativeZawabit-i-Alamgiri c) Ahkam-i-Alamgiri d)
work Answer: c) Extravagant lifestyle Qanun-i-Alamgiri Answer: b) Zawabit-i-Alamgiri
Q385. How was Aurangzeb's personal life marked? a) Q396. What did Aurangzeb discontinue on coins? a)
By luxury b) By simplicity c) By extravagance d) ByHis name b) The kalma c) Date d) Mint name Answer:
indulgence Answer: b) By simplicity b) The kalma
Q386. What did Aurangzeb begin to be regarded asQ397. Which festival did Aurangzeb discontinue? a)
over time? a) A great conqueror b) A religious fanatic Diwali b) Holi c) Nauroz d) Eid Answer: c) Nauroz
c) A Zindapir or a living saint d) An efficient Q398. What official department did Aurangzeb
administrator Answer: c) A Zindapir or a living saint discontinue? a) Revenue department b) Military
department c) Department of history-writing d)
Rajput Policy of Aurangzeb Judicial department Answer: c) Department of
Q387. What did Aurangzeb give immense importancehistory-writing
to? a) Military expansion b) Religious orthodoxy c)Q399. Which practice did Aurangzeb discontinue? a)
Friendship with Rajputs d) Economic developmentPublic audiences b) Jharoka-darshan c) Friday
Answer: c) Friendship with Rajputs prayers d) Court ceremonies Answer: b)
Q388. To gain more support of Maharana of Mewar, Jharoka-darshan
what did Aurangzeb do? a) Gave him gifts b) Q400. What did Aurangzeb appoint to check and
Increased his position from 5000 zat to 6000 zat c) promote Sharia laws? a) Qazis b) Muhtasibs c) Ulemas
Married his daughter d) Gave him autonomy Answer: d) Maulvis Answer: b) Muhtasibs
b) Increased his position from 5000 zat to 6000 zat Q401. What did Aurangzeb ban in the court? a)
Q389. Which rulers were close allies of Aurangzeb? a) Persian language b) Singing and dancing c) Hindu
Rathore ruler of Marwar, Sisodiya ruler of Mewar andfestivals d) Foreign visitors Answer: b) Singing and
Ajmer b) All Rajput rulers c) Only Mewar rulers d) Onlydancing
Marwar rulers Answer: a) Rathore ruler of Marwar,
Sisodiya ruler of Mewar and Ajmer Steps Against Hindus
Q390. Who served until the death of Aurangzeb in Q402. In which year did Aurangzeb order the
1707 AD? a) Man Singh b) Jai Singh c) Raja Bhagwan demolition of many temples? a) 1664 AD b) 1665 AD c)
Das d) Todar Mal Answer: b) Jai Singh 1666 AD d) 1667 AD Answer: b) 1665 AD
Q391. What responsibility was given to JaswantQ403. Which temple at Gujarat did Aurangzeb order to
Singh? a) Governor of Gujarat b) Suppressing revolts be demolished? a) Temple of Krishna b) Temple of
in Afghanistan c) Commander of the navy d) FinanceSomnath c) Temple of Dwarka d) Temple of Ambaji
minister Answer: b) Suppressing revolts inAnswer: b) Temple of Somnath
Afghanistan Q404. Which temple at Banaras was demolished? a)
Q392. Compared to other Mughal rulers, what was Temple of Hanuman b) Temple of Vishwanath c)
unique about Aurangzeb's court? a) It had no RajputTemple of Durga d) Temple of Ganga Answer: b)
officials b) It had few Rajput officials c) Aurangzeb Temple of Vishwanath
had the most Rajput officials in his court than anyQ405. Which temple at Mathura was demolished? a)
other Mughal ruler d) It had only Muslim officialsTemple of Krishna b) Temple of Keshava Rai c) Temple
Answer: c) Aurangzeb had the most Rajput officials in of Radha d) Temple of Govind Dev Answer: b) Temple
his court than any other Mughal ruler of Keshava Rai
Q406. What tax did Aurangzeb re-introduce that was
Aurangzeb's Religious Policy abolished by Akbar? a) Pilgrimage tax b) Jizyah or
Q393. What is believed about Aurangzeb's religious poll tax c) Trade tax d) Land tax Answer: b) Jizyah or
policy? a) He continued Akbar's policy b) He reversedpoll tax
Akbar's policy of religious toleration c) He was more
tolerant than Akbar d) He had no religious policy Revolts During Reign of
Answer: b) He reversed Akbar's policy of religious
toleration
Aurangzeb
Q394. What did reversing Akbar's policy do? a) Cooch-Behar and Ahom
Strengthened the empire b) Undermined the loyalty ofQ407. How were the first 10 years of Aurangzeb's rule
the Hindus to the Empire c) Improved Hindu-Muslim described? a) Militarily weak b) Politically unstable c)
relations d) Had no effect Answer: b) Undermined the Militarily and politically a great success d)
loyalty of the Hindus to the Empire
Economically poor Answer: c) Militarily and politically d) Land confiscation Answer: c) A minor dispute
a great success between a Satnami peasant and a Mughal foot soldier
Q408. By which year had Mir Jumla seizedQ422. What did the Satnamis establish? a) A religious
Cooch-Behar? a) 1660 AD b) 1661 AD c) 1662 AD d) order b) An independent government c) A trading
1663 AD Answer: b) 1661 AD company d) A military alliance Answer: b) An
Q409. Who was Mir Jumla? a) Military commander b) independent government
Mughal Governor of Bengal c) Court noble d) Revenue Q423. What happened to the Satnami rebellion? a) It
minister Answer: b) Mughal Governor of Bengal succeeded b) It continued for years c) The imperial
Q410. Up which river did Mir Jumla march? a) Ganges army crushed the rebellion d) It spread to other
b) Brahmaputra c) Yamuna d) Godavari Answer: b) regions Answer: c) The imperial army crushed the
Brahmaputra rebellion
Q411. Which capital did Mir Jumla enter the next year?Bundelkhand
a) Cooch-Behar b) Garhgaon (near Gauhati), the AhomQ424. Under whose leadership did the Bundelas
capital c) Dispur d) Jorhat Answer: b) Garhgaon (near revolt? a) Jujhar Singh and Vikramajit b) Champat Rai
Gauhati), the Ahom capital and Chhatrasal Bundela c) Bir Singh and Devi Singh
Q412. What happened to the Ahom army? a) It wasd) Hardaul and Jhujhar Singh Answer: b) Champat Rai
victorious b) It was defeated, but Mughals failed to and Chhatrasal Bundela
suppress regional independence feelings c) ItQ425. Against what did the Bundelas revolt? a) High
retreated successfully d) It was completely destroyedtaxation b) Military occupation c) The reactionary
Answer: b) It was defeated, but Mughals failed to policies of Aurangzeb d) Land reforms Answer: c) The
suppress regional independence feelings reactionary policies of Aurangzeb
Q413. What did Mir Jumla finally do? a) Conquered allQ426. What did Chhatrasal attack? a) Mughal forts b)
of Ahom kingdom b) Retreated completely c) Made Imperial troops c) Revenue collectors d) Local
peace with the Ahom Raja d) Established permanentgovernors Answer: b) Imperial troops
control Answer: c) Made peace with the Ahom Raja Q427. What did Chhatrasal begin collecting from
Q414. Who did Aurangzeb appoint as Governor of neighboring tracts? a) Zakat b) Jizyah c) Chauth (tax)
Bengal after Mir Jumla's death? a) Asaf Khan b) d) Kharaj Answer: c) Chauth (tax)
Shaista Khan c) Man Singh d) Jai Singh Answer: b)
Jat Revolt
Shaista Khan
Q428. What aroused the Jats to revolt? a) Religious
Afghan Revolt persecution b) The cruelty committed by Abd-un-Nabi,
Q415. In which year did the Afghans first revolt? a) the faujdar of Mathura c) Heavy taxation d) Land
1666 AD b) 1667 AD c) 1668 AD d) 1669 AD Answer: b) confiscation Answer: b) The cruelty committed by
1667 AD Abd-un-Nabi, the faujdar of Mathura
Q416. Under whose leadership did the Afghans firstQ429. Around which areas did the Jats rise in revolt?
revolt? a) Akmal Khan Afridi b) Bhagu c) Daud Khan a) Delhi and Agra b) Mathura and Agra c) Bharatpur
d) Yusuf Khan Answer: b) Bhagu and Dholpur d) Gwalior and Dholpur Answer: b)
Q417. Who suppressed the first Afghan revolt? a) Mathura and Agra
Aurangzeb himself b) Jai Singh c) Mughal subedar Q430. In which years did the Jat revolt occur? a)
Amir Khan d) Shaista Khan Answer: c) Mughal1669-70 AD b) 1670-71 AD c) 1671-72 AD d) 1672-73
subedar Amir Khan AD Answer: a) 1669-70 AD
Q418. In which year did the Afghans revolt again? a) Q431. Who became the Jat leader? a) Raja Ram b)
1671 AD b) 1672 AD c) 1673 AD d) 1674 AD Answer: b) Churaman c) Gokula, a zamindar of Tilpat d) Badan
1672 AD Singh Answer: c) Gokula, a zamindar of Tilpat
Q419. Under whose leadership did the Afghans revoltQ432. What did Gokula do to the faujdar? a)
the second time? a) Bhagu b) Akmal Khan Afridi c) Imprisoned him b) Exiled him c) Killed the faujdar d)
Daud Khan d) Yusuf Khan Answer: b) Akmal Khan Complained against him Answer: c) Killed the faujdar
Afridi Q433. What did the emperor do in response to the Jat
Satnami Peasants of Punjab revolt? a) Sent his generals b) Ignored it c) The
Q420. The revolt by Satnami peasants occurred inemperor himself marched to the area d) Negotiated
which year? a) 1671 AD b) 1672 AD c) 1673 AD d) 1674peace Answer: c) The emperor himself marched to the
AD Answer: b) 1672 AD area
Q421. What sparked off the Satnami revolt? a) HeavyQ434. How did Aurangzeb put down the rebellion? a)
taxation b) Religious persecution c) A minor dispute Through negotiation b) By capturing and executing
between a Satnami peasant and a Mughal foot soldier
Gokula c) By military siege d) By economic blockade demolished Answer: b) When Maharaja Jaswant Singh
Answer: b) By capturing and executing Gokula died in the North-Western tribal region in 1678 AD
Q435. In which year was Gokula executed? a) 1668 AD Q448. Did Maharaja Jaswant Singh have heirs when
b) 1669 AD c) 1670 AD d) 1671 AD Answer: b) 1669 AD he died? a) Yes, he had many sons b) He had no heirs,
Sikh Revolts but one of his pregnant queens gave birth to his son
Q436. Who opposed Aurangzeb's religious policy Ajit Singh c) He had only daughters d) He had adopted
openly? a) Guru Har Krishan b) Guru Tegh Bahadur c) sons Answer: b) He had no heirs, but one of his
Guru Gobind Singh d) Guru Har Rai Answer: b) Gurupregnant queens gave birth to his son Ajit Singh
Tegh Bahadur Q449. What was the name of Jaswant Singh's
Q437. Where did Guru Tegh Bahadur resent againstposthumous son? a) Man Singh b) Ajit Singh c) Jai
the religious policy? a) In the gurudwara b) In a Singh d) Pratap Singh Answer: b) Ajit Singh
private meeting c) In a public meeting d) In court Decline of Mughal Empire
Answer: c) In a public meeting
Q450. What had the Mughal Empire become? a)
Q438. What did Aurangzeb do to Guru Tegh Bahadur?
Decentralized and small b) Highly centralised and too
a) Exiled him b) Arrested him and forced him to accept
large to be controlled by any ruler from one centre c)
Islam c) Ignored him d) Rewarded him Answer: b)
Weak and fragmented d) Limited to North India
Arrested him and forced him to accept Islam
Answer: b) Highly centralised and too large to be
Q439. What led to Guru Tegh Bahadur's torture and
controlled by any ruler from one centre
execution? a) His political activities b) His military
Q451. From which centre was the empire controlled?
actions c) Guru's refusal to accept Islam d) His
a) Agra b) Lahore c) Delhi d) Fatehpur Sikri Answer: c)
support to rebels Answer: c) Guru's refusal to accept
Delhi
Islam
Q452. How were the Great Mughals till Aurangzeb's
Q440. In which year was Guru Tegh Bahadur
reign described? a) Weak and inefficient b) Religious
beheaded? a) 1674 AD b) 1675 AD c) 1676 AD d) 1677
but impractical c) Efficient and exercised control over
AD Answer: b) 1675 AD
administration and army d) Military-focused only
Q441. On whose orders was Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: c) Efficient and exercised control over
beheaded? a) Aurangzeb himself b) The Qazi of Delhi
administration and army
c) The governor of Punjab d) The local faujdar
Q453. How were the later Mughals described? a) More
Answer: b) The Qazi of Delhi
efficient than earlier rulers b) Weak and lacking
Q442. Who was the tenth guru of the Sikhs? a) Guru
foresightedness c) More religious d) Better
Tegh Bahadur b) Guru Gobind Singh c) Guru Har
administrators Answer: b) Weak and lacking
Krishan d) Guru Nanak Answer: b) Guru Gobind Singh
foresightedness
Q443. What did Guru Gobind Singh reinterpret? a)
Q454. During Aurangzeb's last years, what had risen
Sikh scriptures b) The Sikh ideologies to justify
to a great number? a) Revenue collectors b) The
military action c) Mughal policies d) Hindu philosophy
number of jagirdars appointed c) Military officers d)
Answer: b) The Sikh ideologies to justify military
Court nobles Answer: b) The number of jagirdars
action
appointed
Q444. What did Guru Gobind Singh create? a) New
Q455. What was the result of the increase in
scriptures b) Khalsa (the army of pure) c) New temples
jagirdars? a) Better administration b) More revenue c)
d) Political alliance Answer: b) Khalsa (the army of
A serious shortage of paibaqi land (land earmarked to
pure)
be given as jagirs) d) Improved military Answer: c) A
Q445. Under whose leadership did the Khalsa rise in
serious shortage of paibaqi land (land earmarked to
revolt after Gobind Singh's death? a) Guru Tegh
be given as jagirs)
Bahadur b) Banda Bahadur c) Ranjit Singh d) Jassa
Q456. What crisis did this create? a) Administrative
Singh Answer: b) Banda Bahadur
crisis b) Military crisis c) Huge crisis in jagirdari
North-Western India (Marwar) system among nobles and the Mughal Emperor d)
Q446. What was the most serious revolt against Economic crisis Answer: c) Huge crisis in jagirdari
Aurangzeb? a) Jat revolt b) Sikh revolt c) Revolt bysystem among nobles and the Mughal Emperor
Rajputs of Jodhpur d) Afghan revolt Answer: c) Revolt Q457. What was another cause of downfall of the
by Rajputs of Jodhpur Mughal dynasty? a) Foreign invasions b) Aurangzeb's
Q447. When did this revolt begin? a) When MaharajaDeccan policy c) Natural disasters d) Economic
Jai Singh died b) When Maharaja Jaswant Singh dieddepression Answer: b) Aurangzeb's Deccan policy
in the North-Western tribal region in 1678 AD c) When
Aurangzeb imposed jizyah d) When temples were
Q458. What did Aurangzeb do regarding the Shia8. How many sons of Aurangzeb fought among
kingdoms? a) Made alliances with them b) Religious themselves for the throne? a) Two b) Three c) Four d)
persecution against the Shia kingdoms of Bijapur and Five
Golconda c) Ignored them d) Supported them Answer: Answer: b) Three
b) Religious persecution against the Shia kingdoms of 9. What was the age of Bahadur Shah when he
Bijapur and Golconda emerged victorious in the succession war? a) 60 years
Q459. Against whom did Aurangzeb wage a long, b) 63 years c) 65 years d) 68 years
endless war? a) Afghans b) Rajputs c) The Marathas Answer: c) 65 years
d) Sikhs Answer: c) The Marathas
Q460. What did these policies inflict among his own
Bahadur Shah I (1707-1712)
people? a) Unity b) Disagreement among his own 10. What was the reign period of Bahadur Shah I? a)
nobles and mansabdars c) Support d) Religious1707-1711 b) 1707-1712 c) 1708-1713 d) 1706-1712
harmony Answer: b) Disagreement among his own Answer: b) 1707-1712
nobles and mansabdars 11. Which communities did Bahadur Shah try to
conciliate to restore goodwill? a) Marathas and Sikhs
Later Mughals (18th b) Marathas and Rajputs c) Rajputs and Jats d) Sikhs
and Jats

Century) - MCQ Answer: b) Marathas and Rajputs

12. Whose policies did Bahadur Shah reverse? a)
Shah Jahan's b) Akbar's c) Aurangzeb's d) Humayun's
Questions with Answer: c) Aurangzeb's
13. Whom did Bahadur Shah replace Jai Singh with at
Answers Amber? a) Ajit Singh b) Vijai Singh c) Man Singh d)
Pratap Singh
Disintegration of Mughal Empire Answer: b) Vijai Singh
1. In which year did Aurangzeb die, leading to the 14. Which ruler of Marwar was forced to submit to
rapid decline of the Mughal Empire? a) 1705 b) 1706 c) Mughal authority? a) Jai Singh b) Man Singh c) Ajit
1707 d) 1708 Singh d) Pratap Singh
Answer: c) 1707 Answer: c) Ajit Singh
2. What became the site of fighting among the nobles 15. Which cities' garrison attempt was met with firm
after Aurangzeb's death? a) Provincial courts b) The resistance during Bahadur Shah's reign? a) Delhi and
Mughal court c) Local assemblies d) Military camps Agra b) Amber and Jodhpur c) Jaipur and Udaipur d)
Answer: b) The Mughal court Bikaner and Jaisalmer
3. What are the Mughal Emperors called who came to Answer: b) Amber and Jodhpur
the throne after Aurangzeb's death? a) The Early16. What did Bahadur Shah restore to Raja Jai Singh
Mughals b) The Middle Mughals c) The Later Mughalsand Ajit Singh after realizing his mistake? a) Their
d) The Final Mughals titles b) Their kingdoms c) Their mansabs d) Their
Answer: c) The Later Mughals territories
4. Into whose hands did the real power pass under the Answer: b) Their kingdoms
Later Mughal rulers? a) Provincial governors b) 17. What demands of Jai Singh and Ajit Singh were
Military commanders c) Nobles d) Religious leaders NOT accepted by Bahadur Shah? a) Recognition of
Answer: c) Nobles their kingdoms b) High mansab and subedarship of
5. In which year did Nadir Shah imprison the Mughal important provinces c) Religious freedom d) Military
Emperor and loot Delhi? a) 1738 b) 1739 c) 1740 d)support
1741 Answer: b) High mansab and subedarship of
Answer: b) 1739 important provinces
6. In which year was Delhi occupied by the British 18. What did Bahadur Shah grant to the Maratha
Army? a) 1802 b) 1803 c) 1804 d) 1805 Sardars regarding the Deccan? a) Chauth b)
Answer: b) 1803 Sardeshmukhi c) Both Chauth and Sardeshmukhi d)
7. To what status was the Mughal Emperor reducedNeither Chauth nor Sardeshmukhi
after British occupation of Delhi? a) A regional ruler b) Answer: b) Sardeshmukhi
A ceremonial head c) A pensioner of a foreign power19. Which Maratha demand was rejected by Bahadur
d) A military advisor Shah? a) Sardeshmukhi b) Chauth c) Recognition of
Answer: c) A pensioner of a foreign power Shahu d) Release of prisoners
Answer: b) Chauth remained stable c) The position became worse d)
20. Who was the grandson of Shivaji that Bahadur They doubled
Shah released? a) Sambhaji b) Shahu c) Rajaram d) Answer: c) The position became worse
Shivaji II 33. How much amount was exhausted from the royal
Answer: b) Shahu treasure in 1707? a) 10 crores b) 13 crores c) 15 crores
21. Did Bahadur Shah recognize Shahu as the rightful d) 20 crores
Maratha king? a) Yes, immediately b) Yes, afterAnswer: b) 13 crores
negotiations c) No, he didn't recognize him d) Only 34. What happened after Bahadur Shah I's death in
partially 1707? a) Peaceful succession b) Economic prosperity
Answer: c) No, he didn't recognize him c) The empire entered into civil war again d)
22. Between whom did the struggle for supremacyAdministrative reforms
arise in the Deccan? a) Shahu and Sambhaji b) Tara Answer: c) The empire entered into civil war again
Bai and Shahu c) Rajaram and Shahu d) Tara Bai and
Rajaram
Jahandar Shah I (1712-13)
Answer: b) Tara Bai and Shahu 35. What was the reign period of Jahandar Shah I? a)
23. With whom did Bahadur Shah make peace and1711-12 b) 1712-13 c) 1713-14 d) 1714-15
give a high mansab? a) Banda Bahadur b) Guru Tegh Answer: b) 1712-13
Bahadur c) Guru Gobind Singh d) Guru Nanak 36. What new element entered Mughal politics during
Answer: c) Guru Gobind Singh Jahandar Shah's phase? a) Religious leaders became
24. Who led the rebellious elements after the death of powerful b) Provincial governors gained control c)
the Sikh Guru? a) Guru Tegh Bahadur b) BandaNobles became owners of power and used princes as
Bahadur c) Bhai Mani Singh d) Mata Sundri puppets d) Military commanders took charge
Answer: b) Banda Bahadur Answer: c) Nobles became owners of power and used
25. Which important Sikh fort did Bahadur Shahprinces as puppets
succeed in capturing? a) Anandpur Sahib b) Lohgarh 37. Who supported Jahandar Shah to emerge
fort c) Fatehgarh Sahib d) Chamkaur Sahib victorious? a) Abdullah Khan b) Zulfiqar Khan c)
Answer: b) Lohgarh fort Husain Ali Khan d) Imad-ul-Mulk
26. Who built the Lohgarh fort? a) Banda Bahadur b)Answer: b) Zulfiqar Khan
Guru Tegh Bahadur c) Guru Gobind Singh d) Guru Har38. What was Zulfiqar Khan's position during that
Rai time? a) The most powerful noble b) A military
Answer: c) Guru Gobind Singh commander c) A religious leader d) A provincial
27. Where is Lohgarh fort located? a) South-East ofgovernor
Ambala b) North-East of Ambala c) North-West of Answer: a) The most powerful noble
Ambala d) South-West of Ambala 39. What was Jahandar Shah's character? a) Strong
Answer: b) North-East of Ambala and determined b) Weak prince wholly devoted to
28. Could the Sikhs be completely crushed duringpleasure c) Religious and pious d) Military-minded
Bahadur Shah's reign? a) Yes, completely b) Yes, Answer: b) Weak prince wholly devoted to pleasure
partially c) No, they could not be crushed d) They 40. During Jahandar Shah's reign, who virtually
surrendered voluntarily controlled the administration? a) The Emperor himself
Answer: c) No, they could not be crushed b) Provincial governors c) His wazir, Zulfiqar Khan d)
29. In which year did the Sikhs recover the fort of Military commanders
Lohgarh? a) 1711 b) 1712 c) 1713 d) 1714 Answer: c) His wazir, Zulfiqar Khan
Answer: b) 1712 41. How was Zulfiqar Khan described in terms of his
30. Which Bundela chief did Bahadur Shah make capabilities? a) Weak and inefficient b) Average
peace with? a) Champat Rai b) Chhatarsal c) Devi administrator c) Extremely capable and energetic d)
Singh d) Har Rai Religious but impractical
Answer: b) Chhatarsal Answer: c) Extremely capable and energetic
31. Which Jat chief joined Bahadur Shah in the42. With whom did Zulfiqar Khan try to establish
campaign against Banda Bahadur? a) Suraj Mal b) friendly relations? a) Only Rajput rajas b) Only
Badan Singh c) Churaman d) Gokula Maratha chiefs c) Only Hindu chieftains d) Rajput
Answer: c) Churaman rajas, Maratha chiefs and other Hindu chieftains
32. What happened to state finances due to BahadurAnswer: d) Rajput rajas, Maratha chiefs and other
Shah's reckless grants? a) They improved b) They Hindu chieftains
43. What was abolished during Jahandar Shah's of troops c) Reduce their territories d) Serve in distant
reign? a) Mansabdari system b) Jizyah c) Jagirdari provinces
system d) Revenue collection Answer: b) Maintain their official quota of troops
Answer: b) Jizyah 56. What system did Zulfiqar Khan introduce? a)
44. What status was accorded to Raja Jai Singh of Mansabdari system b) Jagirdari system c) Ijarah
Amber? a) Maharaja b) Mirza Raja Sawai c) Raja system d) Zabti system
Bahadur d) Nawab Answer: c) Ijarah system
Answer: b) Mirza Raja Sawai 57. In the Ijarah system, what did the government do?
45. As Governor of which province was Raja Jai Singh a) Directly collected revenue b) Contracted revenue
appointed? a) Gujarat b) Bengal c) Malwa d) Deccan farmers and middlemen to pay a fixed amount c)
Answer: c) Malwa Abolished revenue collection d) Gave free land to
46. What title was awarded to Ajit Singh of Marwar? a) farmers
Mirza Raja b) Maharaja c) Raja Bahadur d) Nawab Answer: b) Contracted revenue farmers and
Answer: b) Maharaja middlemen to pay a fixed amount
47. As Governor of which province was Ajit Singh 58. In the Ijarah system, what were revenue farmers
appointed? a) Malwa b) Gujarat c) Bengal d) Bihar and middlemen free to do? a) Keep all the money b)
Answer: b) Gujarat Collect whatever they could from the peasants c)
48. Who was Zulfiqar Khan's deputy in the Deccan? a) Share profits with the government d) Set their own tax
Abdullah Khan b) Husain Ali Khan c) Daud Khan Panni rates
d) Imad-ul-Mulk Answer: b) Collect whatever they could from the
Answer: c) Daud Khan Panni peasants
49. In which year was the arrangement between Daud
Khan Panni and Maratha King Shahu confirmed? a)
Farrukhsiyar (1713-1719)
1710 b) 1711 c) 1712 d) 1713 59. What was the relationship between Farrukhsiyar
Answer: b) 1711 and Jahandar Shah I? a) Father and son b) Uncle and
50. What did Zulfiqar Khan grant to the Marathas? a) nephew c) Nephew and uncle d) Brothers
Only Chauth b) Only Sardeshmukhi c) Both Chauth Answer: c) Nephew and uncle
and Sardeshmukhi d) Neither Chauth nor 60. In which year and at which place did Farrukhsiyar
Sardeshmukhi defeat Jahandar Shah I? a) 1712 at Delhi b) 1713 at
Answer: c) Both Chauth and Sardeshmukhi Agra c) 1714 at Lahore d) 1713 at Delhi
51. Under what condition were Chauth andAnswer: b) 1713 at Agra
Sardeshmukhi granted to the Marathas? a) They61. Who were the two Sayyid brothers that supported
would collect it themselves b) It would be collected byFarrukhsiyar? a) Abdullah Khan and Zulfiqar Khan b)
Mughal officials c) It would be collected jointly d) NoAbdullah Khan and Husain Ali Khan c) Husain Ali
conditions were imposed Khan and Imad-ul-Mulk d) Zulfiqar Khan and Husain
Answer: b) It would be collected by Mughal officials Ali Khan
52. Which leaders did Zulfiqar Khan pacify? a)Answer: b) Abdullah Khan and Husain Ali Khan
Churaman Jat and Chhatarsal Bundela b) Only 62. What offices were the Sayyid brothers rewarded
Churaman Jat c) Only Chhatarsal Bundela d) Bandawith after Farrukhsiyar's victory? a) Governor and
Bahadur Military Commander b) Wazir and Mir Bakshi c)
Answer: a) Churaman Jat and Chhatarsal Bundela Finance Minister and Defense Minister d) Chief Justice
53. What policy was carried towards the Sikhs under and Home Minister
Banda Bahadur's leadership? a) Conciliation b) The Answer: b) Wazir and Mir Bakshi
old policy of suppression c) Friendly negotiations d)63. How was Farrukhsiyar's character described? a)
Complete autonomy Capable and kind b) Incapable and cruel c) Religious
Answer: b) The old policy of suppression and tolerant d) Military-minded and just
54. What did Zulfiqar Khan attempt to check toAnswer: b) Incapable and cruel
improve empire finances? a) Revenue collection b) 64. Who acquired dominant control over state affairs
Military expenses c) Reckless growth of jagirs and during Farrukhsiyar's reign? a) The Emperor himself
offices d) Trade activities b) Provincial governors c) The two Sayyid Brothers d)
Answer: c) Reckless growth of jagirs and offices Military commanders
55. What did Zulfiqar Khan compel the Mansabdars to Answer: c) The two Sayyid Brothers
do? a) Pay higher taxes b) Maintain their official quota
65. What policy did the Sayyid brothers adopt? a) 77. Why did the Sayyid Brothers' attempts to save the
Religious intolerance b) Religious tolerance c) Military empire fail? a) Lack of military support b) Financial
expansion d) Economic reforms only problems c) Constant political rivalry amongst the
Answer: b) Religious tolerance nobility d) Foreign invasions
66. What did the Sayyid brothers abolish? a)Answer: c) Constant political rivalry amongst the
Mansabdari system b) Jagirdari system c) Jizyah d) nobility
Revenue collection 78. How were the Sayyid Brothers gradually looked
Answer: c) Jizyah upon? a) As saviors b) As traitors c) As reformers d)
67. To whom did the Sayyid brothers provide highAs military heroes
positions to strengthen their own position? a) MarathaAnswer: b) As traitors
princes b) Sikh leaders c) Rajput princes d) Afghan 79. Who was Nizam-ul-Mulk also known as? a)
nobles Abdullah Khan b) Husain Ali Khan c) Chin Qilich Khan
Answer: c) Rajput princes d) Imad-ul-Mulk
68. With whom did the Sayyid brothers make anAnswer: c) Chin Qilich Khan
alliance? a) Banda Bahadur b) Shahu c) Churaman d) 80. Who was Muhammad Amin Khan in relation to
Chhatarsal Nizam-ul-Mulk? a) His brother b) His father's cousin c)
Answer: c) Churaman His son d) His uncle
69. How many provinces' Chauth and Sardeshmukhi Answer: b) His father's cousin
rights did the Sayyid brothers provide to Shahu? a)81. Who supported the factions of nobility against the
Four b) Five c) Six d) Seven Sayyid Brothers? a) Farrukhsiyar b) Emperor
Answer: c) Six Muhammad Shah c) Bahadur Shah II d) Ahmad Shah
70. In return for Chauth and Sardeshmukhi rights, Answer: b) Emperor Muhammad Shah
what did Shahu agree to provide? a) 10,000 mounted82. In which year did they succeed in assassinating
soldiers b) 15,000 mounted soldiers c) 20,000 Husain Ali Khan? a) 1719 b) 1720 c) 1721 d) 1722
mounted soldiers d) 25,000 mounted soldiers Answer: b) 1720
Answer: b) 15,000 mounted soldiers 83. Where was the elder brother Abdullah Khan
71. Where did Shahu agree to support the Sayyid defeated? a) Near Delhi b) Near Agra c) Near Lahore d)
brothers with soldiers? a) Punjab b) Bengal c) Deccan Near Lucknow
d) Gujarat Answer: b) Near Agra
Answer: c) Deccan 84. By what name are the two Sayyid brothers known
72. In which year did Maratha Peshwa Balaji in Indian history? a) The Great Reformers b) The
Vishwanath accompany Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan to King-makers c) The Empire Builders d) The Noble
Delhi? a) 1718 b) 1719 c) 1720 d) 1721 Warriors
Answer: b) 1719 Answer: b) The King-makers
73. What did Balaji Vishwanath help the Sayyid
Brothers accomplish? a) Strengthen the army b)
Muhammad Shah (1719-48)
Collect revenue c) Overthrow Farrukhsiyar d) 85. What was the reign period of Muhammad Shah? a)
Establish trade relations 1718-47 b) 1719-48 c) 1720-49 d) 1719-47
Answer: c) Overthrow Farrukhsiyar Answer: b) 1719-48
74. What did Farrukhsiyar do to exercise his personal86. How was Muhammad Shah's character described?
authority? a) Dismissed the Sayyid Brothers b) a) Strong and decisive b) Weak-minded and over-fond
Intrigued against the Sayyid Brothers c) Formed new of ease and luxury c) Military-minded d) Religiously
alliances d) Strengthened the military orthodox
Answer: b) Intrigued against the Sayyid Brothers Answer: b) Weak-minded and over-fond of ease and
75. What ultimately happened to Farrukhsiyar? a) He luxury
fled the country b) He was imprisoned only c) He was 87. What weakened the authority of central
deposed and executed d) He abdicated voluntarily government during Muhammad Shah's reign? a)
Answer: c) He was deposed and executed Foreign invasions b) Economic crisis c) Conflict
76. Who did the Sayyid Brothers select as the new between different groups of nobles d) Natural
Emperor of India? a) Ahmad Shah b) Muhammad Shahdisasters
c) Alamgir II d) Shah Alam II Answer: c) Conflict between different groups of
Answer: b) Muhammad Shah nobles

Downfall of Sayyid Brothers

88. What did Muhammad Shah neglect? a) Military Military strength c) The situation of rebellions and
affairs b) The affairs of the state c) Religious matters independence movements d) Religious reforms
d) Trade and commerce Answer: c) The situation of rebellions and
Answer: b) The affairs of the state independence movements
89. Instead of supporting able wazirs like 99. In which field was significant progress observed
Nizam-ul-Mulk, what did Muhammad Shah do? a)during Muhammad Shah's reign? a) Military
Dismissed them b) Fell under the influence of corrupttechnology b) Architecture c) Hindustani music d)
and worthless nobles c) Ignored them completely d)Agriculture
Sent them to distant provinces Answer: c) Hindustani music
Answer: b) Fell under the influence of corrupt and100. Which semi-independent state rose to power
worthless nobles during Muhammad Shah's reign? a) Hyderabad b)
90. What did Muhammad Shah do against his ownBengal c) Rohilkhand d) Awadh
ministers? a) Supported them publicly b) Gave them Answer: c) Rohilkhand
more power c) Conspired against them d) Rewarded
them generously
Invasion of Nadir Shah (1738)
Answer: c) Conspired against them 101. In which year did Nadir Shah invade? a) 1737 b)
91. In which year was Nizam-ul-Mulk appointed as 1738 c) 1739 d) 1740
wazir? a) 1720 b) 1721 c) 1722 d) 1723 Answer: b) 1738
Answer: c) 1722 102. Who was Nadir Shah? a) The ruler of Afghanistan
92. Why did Nizam-ul-Mulk decide to leave the b) The ruler of Persia c) The ruler of Central Asia d)
Emperor? a) Due to low salary b) Due to the Emperor's The ruler of Turkey
suspicious nature c) Due to family problems d) Due to Answer: b) The ruler of Persia
illness 103. What attracted Nadir Shah to attack the Mughal
Answer: b) Due to the Emperor's suspicious nature Empire? a) Religious differences b) Personal enmity c)
93. Which state did Nizam-ul-Mulk found in the The visible weakness and near bankruptcy condition
Deccan? a) Mysore b) Hyderabad c) Bijapur d)d) Trade disputes
Golconda Answer: c) The visible weakness and near bankruptcy
Answer: b) Hyderabad condition
94. What did the founding of Hyderabad mark? a) The104. What factors led to the crushing defeat of
strengthening of the empire b) The physical break-up Mughals? a) Superior enemy technology b) Years of
of the Mughal Empire c) Economic prosperity d) neglect of North-Western frontier and factions among
Military expansion nobles c) Natural disasters d) Lack of allies
Answer: b) The physical break-up of the Mughal Answer: b) Years of neglect of North-Western frontier
Empire and factions among nobles
95. In which regions did hereditary Nawabs arise 105. What was the name of the battle where Mughals
owing nominal allegiance to Delhi? a) Bengal, Awadh, were crushingly defeated? a) Battle of Panipat b)
Hyderabad and Punjab b) Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Battle of Karnal c) Battle of Delhi d) Battle of Lahore
Gujarat c) Malwa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Punjab d)Answer: b) Battle of Karnal
Deccan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala 106. On which date was the Battle of Karnal fought? a)
Answer: a) Bengal, Awadh, Hyderabad and Punjab 12th February, 1739 b) 13th February, 1739 c) 14th
96. Who raised the banner of rebellion and February, 1739 d) 15th February, 1739
independence in many parts? a) Only Zamindars b) Answer: b) 13th February, 1739
Only Rajas c) Only Nawabs d) Zamindars, Rajas and107. What happened to Emperor Muhammad Shah
Nawabs after the Battle of Karnal? a) He fled the country b) He
Answer: d) Zamindars, Rajas and Nawabs was killed c) He was imprisoned d) He negotiated
97. Which territories did the Maratha Sardars capture peace
during their Northern expansion? a) Punjab, Haryana Answer: c) He was imprisoned
and Rajasthan b) Malwa, Gujarat and Bundelkhand c)108. Where did Nadir Shah march after imprisoning
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa d) Kashmir, Himachal andMuhammad Shah? a) Agra b) Lahore c) Delhi d)
Uttarakhand Lucknow
Answer: b) Malwa, Gujarat and Bundelkhand Answer: c) Delhi
98. What led to the invasion of Nadir Shah along with 109. What was the estimated value of wealth that Nadir
weak central leadership? a) Economic prosperity b) Shah plundered? a) 50 crores of rupees b) 60 crores
of rupees c) 70 crores of rupees d) 80 crores of rupees
Answer: c) 70 crores of rupees 122. During Alamgir II's reign, whose repeated attacks
110. Which famous diamond did Nadir Shah carry did the empire witness? a) Nadir Shah's b) Ahmad
away? a) Hope Diamond b) Koh-i-Noor diamond c)Shah Abdali's c) The Marathas' d) The British
Blue Diamond d) Star of India Answer: b) Ahmad Shah Abdali's
Answer: b) Koh-i-Noor diamond 123. Which famous battle was fought during Alamgir
111. Whose jewel-studded peacock throne did Nadir II's reign in 1757? a) Battle of Panipat b) Battle of
Shah carry away? a) Akbar's b) Jahangir's c) Shah Buxar c) Battle of Plassey d) Battle of Karnal
Jahan's d) Aurangzeb's Answer: c) Battle of Plassey
Answer: c) Shah Jahan's 124. Who murdered Alamgir II? a) Ahmad Shah Abdali
112. Which provinces did Nadir Shah compel b) The British c) The Marathas d) His own wazir,
Muhammad Shah to cede? a) All provinces East of Imad-ul-Mulk
Ganges b) All provinces West of Indus c) All provincesAnswer: d) His own wazir, Imad-ul-Mulk
South of Narmada d) All provinces North of Yamuna
Answer: b) All provinces West of Indus
Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
125. In which year did Shah Alam II ascend the
Ahmad Shah (1748-1754) throne? a) 1758 b) 1759 c) 1760 d) 1761
113. Who was Ahmad Shah? a) Brother of Muhammad Answer: b) 1759
Shah b) Son of Muhammad Shah c) Nephew of 126. What was the reign period of Shah Alam II? a)
Muhammad Shah d) Cousin of Muhammad Shah 1759-1805 b) 1759-1806 c) 1760-1807 d) 1758-1806
Answer: b) Son of Muhammad Shah Answer: b) 1759-1806
114. What was the reign period of Ahmad Shah? a) 127. How did Shah Alam II spend the initial years as
1747-1753 b) 1748-1754 c) 1749-1755 d) 1748-1753 Emperor? a) Ruling from Delhi b) Wandering from
Answer: b) 1748-1754 place to place far away from his capital c) Fighting
115. What kind of inheritance did Ahmad Shah battles d) In imprisonment
receive? a) A prosperous empire b) A united nobilityAnswer: b) Wandering from place to place far away
c) An empire filled with mutual jealousness amongfrom his capital
nobility d) A strong military 128. Why did Shah Alam II stay away from his capital?
Answer: c) An empire filled with mutual jealousnessa) He was in exile b) He was fighting wars c) He feared
among nobility his own wazir d) He was ill
116. Who was Ahmad Shah Abdali? a) A Mughal Answer: c) He feared his own wazir
prince b) A Maratha leader c) An Afghan ruler d) A 129. In which year was the Third Battle of Panipat
Persian king fought? a) 1760 b) 1761 c) 1762 d) 1763
Answer: c) An Afghan ruler Answer: b) 1761
117. How many times did Ahmad Shah Abdali invade 130. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
North India between 1748 and 1761? a) Three times b) whom? a) Mughals and British b) Marathas and
Four times c) Five times d) Six times Ahmad Shah Abdali c) Sikhs and Afghans d) Rajputs
Answer: c) Five times and Marathas
118. Which territories did the Marathas successfully Answer: b) Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali
annex during Ahmad Shah's reign? a) Punjab and 131. Who was Ahmad Shah Abdali described as in
Kashmir b) Bengal and Bihar c) Malwa andrelation to Nadir Shah? a) His son b) His brother c) His
Bundelkhand d) Gujarat and Rajasthan general d) His successor
Answer: c) Malwa and Bundelkhand Answer: c) His general
119. Who imprisoned and blinded Ahmad Shah? a)132. What was the result of the Third Battle of
Ahmad Shah Abdali b) His own wazir, Imad-ul-Mulk c)Panipat? a) Victory of Marathas b) Defeat of Marathas
The Marathas d) The British c) Stalemate d) Both sides withdrew
Answer: b) His own wazir, Imad-ul-Mulk Answer: b) Defeat of Marathas
133. What blow did the Third Battle of Panipat give to
Alamgir II (1754-59) the Marathas? a) Financial loss b) Military defeat only
120. Who raised Alamgir II as emperor after Ahmadc) A big blow to their ambition of controlling the
Shah's deposition? a) Ahmad Shah Abdali b) The Mughal Emperor d) Loss of territory
Marathas c) Imad-ul-Mulk d) The British Answer: c) A big blow to their ambition of controlling
Answer: c) Imad-ul-Mulk the Mughal Emperor
121. What was the reign period of Alamgir II? a)
1753-58 b) 1754-59 c) 1755-60 d) 1754-58
Answer: b) 1754-59
134. In which year did Shah Alam II join Mir Qasim and Mughal Emperor to rule Delhi c) The first puppet
Shuja-ud-Daula against the British? a) 1763 b) 1764 c) emperor d) The most successful later Mughal
1765 d) 1766 Answer: b) The last sovereign Mughal Emperor to rule
Answer: b) 1764 Delhi
135. Who was Mir Qasim? a) Nawab of Awadh b)
Nawab of Bengal c) Nawab of Hyderabad d) Nawab of
Akbar II (1806-37)
Arcot 148. What was the reign period of Akbar II? a) 1805-36
Answer: b) Nawab of Bengal b) 1806-37 c) 1807-38 d) 1806-36
136. Who was Shuja-ud-Daula? a) Nawab of Bengal b) Answer: b) 1806-37
Nawab of Awadh c) Nawab of Hyderabad d) Nawab of 149. As what is Akbar II regarded? a) The last Mughal
Arcot Emperor b) The first Mughal Emperor to rule under the
Answer: b) Nawab of Awadh British c) The most powerful later Mughal d) The
137. Against whom did these three rulers fight in thegreatest reformer among later Mughals
Battle of Buxar? a) Ahmad Shah Abdali b) Marathas c) Answer: b) The first Mughal Emperor to rule under the
British East India Company d) Sikhs British
Answer: c) British East India Company 150. In which decade did Akbar II give the title of Raja
138. In which year was the Battle of Buxar fought? a)to Ram Mohan Roy? a) 1820s b) 1830s c) 1840s d)
1763 b) 1764 c) 1765 d) 1766 1850s
Answer: b) 1764 Answer: b) 1830s
139. After the defeat in Battle of Buxar, where did 151. What was Ram Mohan Roy described as? a) A
Shah Alam II live as a pensioner? a) Delhi b) Agra c) great poet b) A great social reformer c) A great warrior
Allahabad d) Lucknow d) A great administrator
Answer: c) Allahabad Answer: b) A great social reformer
140. For how many years did Shah Alam II live at152. Where did Akbar II send Ram Mohan Roy as
Allahabad as a pensioner? a) Five years b) Severalenvoy? a) France b) Portugal c) England d)
years c) Ten years d) Two years Netherlands
Answer: b) Several years Answer: c) England
141. Of which company was Shah Alam II a153. In what capacity did Ram Mohan Roy go to
pensioner? a) Dutch East India Company b) French England? a) As a trader b) As a student c) As envoy of
East India Company c) East India Company d) the Mughal Emperor d) As a missionary
Portuguese Trading Company Answer: c) As envoy of the Mughal Emperor
Answer: c) East India Company Bahadur Shah II (1837-58)
142. In which year did Shah Alam II return to Delhi? a) 154. What was the reign period of Bahadur Shah II? a)
1770 b) 1771 c) 1772 d) 1773 1836-57 b) 1837-58 c) 1838-59 d) 1837-57
Answer: c) 1772 Answer: b) 1837-58
143. Under whose protective arm did Shah Alam II155. What distinction does Bahadur Shah II hold? a)
return to Delhi? a) British b) Marathas c) Sikhs d) He was the greatest later Mughal b) He was the last
Afghans Mughal Emperor c) He was the most powerful later
Answer: b) Marathas Mughal d) He was the longest ruling later Mughal
144. What right did the British secure from Shah Alam Answer: b) He was the last Mughal Emperor
II? a) Right to trade b) Diwani or right to collect 156. At the time of Bahadur Shah II's rule, what had
revenues c) Right to maintain army d) Right to build the post of Mughal Emperor become? a) Very powerful
forts b) Internationally recognized c) Titular head only d)
Answer: b) Diwani or right to collect revenues Military commander
145. Of which provinces did the British secure theAnswer: c) Titular head only
Diwani? a) Punjab, Haryana and Himachal b) Bihar, 157. In which language was Bahadur Shah II
Bengal and Orissa c) Malwa, Gujarat and Rajasthan d) well-versed? a) Persian poetry b) Arabic poetry c)
Deccan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Urdu poetry d) Hindi poetry
Answer: b) Bihar, Bengal and Orissa Answer: c) Urdu poetry
146. In which year did the British occupy Delhi? a) 158. Under what pen name did Bahadur Shah II write
1802 b) 1803 c) 1804 d) 1805 poems? a) Ghalib b) Zafar c) Mir d) Sauda
Answer: b) 1803 Answer: b) Zafar
147. As what is Shah Alam II regarded? a) The
greatest Mughal Emperor b) The last sovereign
159. Which famous Urdu poet was contemporary to
Bahadur Shah II? a) Mir Taqi Mir b) Mirza Ghalib c)
Causes for the Decline of the
Sauda d) Dagh Mughal Empire
Answer: b) Mirza Ghalib 172. Whose intolerant religious policy spoiled
160. Which Governor-General announced in 1848 that relations with Jats, Marathas and Rajputs? a) Shah
Bahadur Shah's successor would have to abandon the Jahan's b) Aurangzeb's c) Bahadur Shah's d)
Red Fort? a) Lord Cornwallis b) Lord Wellesley c) Lord Muhammad Shah's
Dalhousie d) Lord Bentinck Answer: b) Aurangzeb's
Answer: c) Lord Dalhousie 173. What was the most prominent example of
161. In which year did Lord Dalhousie make the Aurangzeb's discriminatory religious policy? a)
announcement about abandoning the Red Fort? a)Destroying temples b) The tax imposed on Hindus
1847 b) 1848 c) 1849 d) 1850 called Jizyah c) Banning Hindu festivals d) Forced
Answer: b) 1848 conversions
162. Which Viceroy announced that after Bahadur Answer: b) The tax imposed on Hindus called Jizyah
Shah's death, Mughals would lose the title of Kings? 174. Among whom did Jizyah lead to dissatisfaction?
a) Lord Canning b) Lord Dalhousie c) Lord Elgin d)a) Only the public b) Only Hindu rulers c) Both public
Lord Lawrence and Hindu rulers d) Only Muslim nobles
Answer: a) Lord Canning Answer: c) Both public and Hindu rulers
163. In which year did Viceroy Canning make this 175. Which of Aurangzeb's policies was also a reason
announcement? a) 1855 b) 1856 c) 1857 d) 1858 for Mughal decline? a) His Bengal Policy b) His
Answer: b) 1856 Deccan Policy c) His Punjab Policy d) His Rajasthan
164. What would the Mughals be known as after losingPolicy
the title of Kings? a) Nobles b) Mere princes c)Answer: b) His Deccan Policy
Ordinary citizens d) Pensioners 176. Which invasions were causes of the Mughal
Answer: b) Mere princes downfall? a) British and French invasions b) Invasions
165. During which revolt was Bahadur Shah II of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali c) Maratha and
recognized as Emperor of India? a) Revolt of 1857 b) Sikh invasions d) Portuguese and Dutch invasions
Revolt of 1856 c) Revolt of 1858 d) Revolt of 1859 Answer: b) Invasions of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah
Answer: a) Revolt of 1857 Abdali
166. Who recognized Bahadur Shah II as Emperor 177. What was one of the major financial reasons for
during the revolt? a) British officers b) Rebel soldiers the fall? a) High taxation b) Financial crisis - Royal
and Zamindars c) Foreign diplomats d) Religioustreasury was almost empty c) Excessive trade d)
leaders Foreign debt
Answer: b) Rebel soldiers and Zamindars Answer: b) Financial crisis - Royal treasury was
167. On which date did the British capture Delhi in almost empty
1857? a) 19th September, 1857 b) 20th September,178. By which century was the Royal treasury almost
1857 c) 21st September, 1857 d) 22nd September, 1857 empty? a) 17th century b) 18th century c) 19th century
Answer: b) 20th September, 1857 d) 16th century
168. What happened to aged Bahadur Shah whenAnswer: b) 18th century
British captured Delhi? a) He was killed immediately 179. What was the cause of the empty treasury? a)
b) He was taken as prisoner c) He escaped d) He Excessive charity b) Palace construction c)
surrendered voluntarily Maintenance of military affairs d) Trade losses
Answer: b) He was taken as prisoner Answer: c) Maintenance of military affairs
169. What happened to the Royal princes when Delhi180. What type of later Mughal emperors contributed
was captured? a) They were spared b) They were to the downfall? a) Capable and efficient b) Worthless
exiled c) They were mercilessly captured and killed d) and negligent c) Religious and orthodox d)
They escaped Military-minded
Answer: c) They were mercilessly captured and killed Answer: b) Worthless and negligent
170. Where was Bahadur Shah tried and exiled to? a) 181. The absence of what led to government
Andaman Islands b) Ceylon c) Rangoon d) Singapore instability? a) A strong military b) A definite law of
Answer: c) Rangoon succession c) Religious unity d) Economic planning
171. In which year did Bahadur Shah die in exile? a)Answer: b) A definite law of succession
1861 b) 1862 c) 1863 d) 1864
Answer: b) 1862
182. What grew at the cost of patriotism? a) Answer: b) Modern thoughts, Western education,
Regionalism b) Partisanship c) Religious fanaticism d) modern means of communication and Western culture
Economic interests 2. What started to be questioned due to Western
Answer: b) Partisanship influence? a) British policies b) Economic systems c)
183. What type of nobility was prominent that was Age-old customs and traditions d) Political structures
divided into factions? a) Hereditary and homogeneousAnswer: c) Age-old customs and traditions
b) Heterogeneous and non-hereditary c) Religious and 3. What enabled debate and discussion of various
unified d) Military and disciplined issues in the new cities? a) Public meetings b)
Answer: b) Heterogeneous and non-hereditary Educational institutions c) Printing of newspapers and
184. After whose death did vast expansion make itmagazines d) Government policies
difficult for weak rulers to control the empire? a) Answer: c) Printing of newspapers and magazines
Akbar's b) Shah Jahan's c) Aurangzeb's d) Jahangir's 4. Who could participate in debates and discussions
Answer: c) Aurangzeb's in the new cities? a) Only men b) Only women c) Men
185. What happened to the army that contributed to and sometimes women as well d) Only educated elites
decline? a) It became too large b) It became veryAnswer: c) Men and sometimes women as well
expensive c) Deterioration of the army d) It became 5. What types of issues could now be debated and
too modern discussed? a) Only political issues b) Social, political,
Answer: c) Deterioration of the army economic and religious issues c) Only religious
186. Which communities revolted due to Aurangzeb's matters d) Only economic concerns
religious policy? a) Muslims and Christians b) Answer: b) Social, political, economic and religious
Rajputs, Sikhs, Jats and Marathas c) Afghans and issues
Persians d) Turks and Mongols
Answer: b) Rajputs, Sikhs, Jats and Marathas
Brahmo Samaj
6. Who founded the Brahmo Sabha? a) Keshub
Summary Questions Chandra Sen b) Debendranath Tagore c) Raja Ram
187. Which document chapter number covers theMohan Roy d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Later Mughals topic? a) Chapter 20 b) Chapter 21 c) Answer: c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Chapter 22 d) Chapter 23 7. When was the Brahmo Sabha founded? a) August
Answer: b) Chapter 21 1828 b) July 1829 c) September 1827 d) June 1830
188. Which NCERT classes are mentioned as sources Answer: a) August 1828
for this chapter? a) Class VI and VII b) Class VIII and 8. What was the Brahmo Sabha later renamed as? a)
XII c) Class IX and X d) Class XI and XII Brahmo Society b) Brahmo Samaj c) Brahmo Mission
Answer: b) Class VIII and XII d) Brahmo Movement
189. What is the subtitle of Class VIII New NCERTAnswer: b) Brahmo Samaj
Chapter 1 mentioned? a) India in the Eighteenth9. What was the purpose of Brahmo Samaj? a) To
Century b) From Trade to Territory c) The Mughal promote Western education b) To purify Hinduism and
Empire d) Medieval India preach monotheism c) To fight against British rule d)
Answer: b) From Trade to Territory To preserve traditional customs
190. What is the subtitle of Class XII Old NCERTAnswer: b) To purify Hinduism and preach
Chapter 1 mentioned? a) From Trade to Territory b) monotheism
India in the Eighteenth Century c) The Mughal Empire 10. What does monotheism mean in the context of
d) Modern History Brahmo Samaj? a) Worship of multiple gods b)
Answer: b) India in the Eighteenth Century Worship of one god c) Worship of nature d) Worship
191. Under which broad historical category does this of ancestors
topic fall? a) Ancient History b) Medieval History c) Answer: b) Worship of one god
Modern History d) Contemporary History 11. What was the new society based on? a) British
Answer: c) Modern History laws and customs b) Traditional Hindu practices c)
Reason and Upanishads and Vedas d) Western
Introduction and Background philosophy only
1. What came to India with the onset of British rule? a) Answer: c) Reason and Upanishads and Vedas
Traditional Indian education system b) Modern 12. What was the main theme of Brahmo Samaj
thoughts, Western education, modern means ofworship? a) Idol worship b) Nirgunsapna (formless
communication and Western culture c) Ancient worship) c) Temple rituals d) Pilgrimage
customs and rituals d) Religious fundamentalism Answer: b) Nirgunsapna (formless worship)
13. What did Brahmo Samaj emphasize regarding Answer: c) Image, statue, sculpture, carving, picture,
human dignity? a) It opposed human dignity b) It wasportrait, etc.
neutral about human dignity c) It led emphasis on 23. What was Brahmo Samaj's approach toward other
human dignity d) It ignored human dignity issues religions? a) It was intolerant toward all religions b) It
Answer: c) It led emphasis on human dignity was tolerant toward all religions and tried to
14. What was Brahmo Samaj's stance on idolatry? a) It incorporate teachings of other religions c) It opposed
promoted idolatry b) It opposed idolatry c) It was all other religions d) It ignored other religions
neutral about idolatry d) It reformed idolatry Answer: b) It was tolerant toward all religions and
Answer: b) It opposed idolatry tried to incorporate teachings of other religions
15. What was Brahmo Samaj's position on Sati? a) It
supported Sati b) It opposed Sati c) It reformed Sati
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
practice d) It ignored Sati issue 24. What titles is Raja Ram Mohan Roy greatly
Answer: b) It opposed Sati regarded with? a) Father of Indian Independence b)
16. What forms of worship did Brahmo Samaj focus Father of Indian Renaissance and Father of Bengal
on? a) Idol worship and rituals b) Prayers, meditation Renaissance c) Father of Modern India d) Father of
and reading of the scriptures c) Pilgrimage and fasting Social Reform
d) Temple ceremonies Answer: b) Father of Indian Renaissance and Father of
Answer: b) Prayers, meditation and reading of the Bengal Renaissance
scriptures 25. Where did Ram Mohan Roy study Persian and
17. What was Brahmo Samaj's belief about religions? Arabic during his early education? a) Calcutta b)
a) Only Hinduism was true b) All religions were falseBanaras c) Patna d) Delhi
c) It believed in the unity of all religions d) Only Answer: c) Patna
Western religions were valid 26. What did Ram Mohan Roy read at Patna? a) Hindu
Answer: c) It believed in the unity of all religions scriptures only b) The Quran, works of Sufi mystic
18. What was the significance of Brahmo Samaj in poets and Arabic translation of works of Plato and
Indian reform movements? a) It was the last reform Aristotle c) British literature d) Scientific texts
movement b) It was the first intellectual reform Answer: b) The Quran, works of Sufi mystic poets and
movement in modern India c) It was purely a religious Arabic translation of works of Plato and Aristotle
movement d) It was a political movement 27. Where did Ram Mohan Roy study Sanskrit? a)
Answer: b) It was the first intellectual reform Patna b) Calcutta c) Banaras d) Delhi
movement in modern India Answer: c) Banaras
19. What did Brahmo Samaj lead to in India? a)28. What did Ram Mohan Roy read in Banaras? a)
Religious fundamentalism b) The emergence of Persian literature b) Vedas and Upanishads c) Arabic
rationalism and enlightenment c) Political revolutiontexts d) Western philosophy
d) Economic reforms only Answer: b) Vedas and Upanishads
Answer: b) The emergence of rationalism and 29. At what age did Ram Mohan Roy write a rational
enlightenment critique of Hindu idol worship? a) Eighteen b) Twenty
20. How did Brahmo Samaj indirectly contribute to c) Sixteen d) Fourteen
Indian nationalism? a) By promoting British rule b) By Answer: c) Sixteen
opposing all changes c) Through rationalism and30. What did Ram Mohan Roy work for regarding his
enlightenment which contributed to the nationalistcountrymen? a) Only religious upliftment b) Social,
movement d) By supporting traditional practices religious, political and intellectual upliftment c) Only
Answer: c) Through rationalism and enlightenmentpolitical freedom d) Only economic development
which contributed to the nationalist movement Answer: b) Social, religious, political and intellectual
21. What forms of worship were considered upliftment
appropriate in Brahmo Samaj? a) Idol worship b) 31. What did Ram Mohan Roy write in 1809? a)
Prayers, meditation and readings of the Upanishads c)Satyarth Prakash b) Gift to Monotheists c) Brahmo
Animal sacrifice d) Elaborate rituals Samaj Constitution d) Hindu College Charter
Answer: b) Prayers, meditation and readings of theAnswer: b) Gift to Monotheists
Upanishads 32. What did Ram Mohan Roy translate into Bengali?
22. What was not allowed in Brahmo Samaj buildings? a) The Quran b) British laws c) The Vedas and the five
a) Books and scriptures b) People from different Upanishads d) Persian poetry
castes c) Image, statue, sculpture, carving, picture, Answer: c) The Vedas and the five Upanishads
portrait, etc. d) Prayer meetings
33. Why did Ram Mohan Roy translate the Vedas and 42. What crusade did Raja Ram Mohan Roy organize?
Upanishads? a) To spread Western ideas b) To prove a) Against British rule b) Against practice of Sati c)
his conviction that ancient Hindu texts support Against Western education d) Against religious
monotheism c) To oppose British rule d) To promote reforms
idol worship Answer: b) Against practice of Sati
Answer: b) To prove his conviction that ancient Hindu 43. What methods did Ram Mohan Roy use in his
texts support monotheism struggle against Sati? a) Armed resistance b) He
34. When did Ram Mohan Roy set up the Atmiyavisited cremation grounds, organized vigilance
Sabha? a) 1815 b) 1814 c) 1816 d) 1813 groups and filed counter petitions to the government
Answer: b) 1814 c) Public speeches only d) Newspaper articles only
35. Where was the Atmiya Sabha established? a) Answer: b) He visited cremation grounds, organized
Bombay b) Delhi c) Calcutta d) Madras vigilance groups and filed counter petitions to the
Answer: c) Calcutta government
36. What was the alternative name for Atmiya Sabha? 44. When were Ram Mohan Roy's efforts against Sati
a) Society of friends b) Society of reformers c) Society rewarded? a) 1828 b) 1829 c) 1830 d) 1831
of scholars d) Society of patriots Answer: b) 1829
Answer: a) Society of friends 45. What was the Government Regulation of 1829? a)
37. What were the purposes of Atmiya Sabha? a) It legalized Sati b) It declared the practice of Sati a
Political activism b) To propagate monotheistic idealscrime c) It reformed Sati practice d) It ignored Sati
of Vedanta and campaign against idolatry, caste issue
rigidities, meaningless rituals and other social ills c) Answer: b) It declared the practice of Sati a crime
Economic reforms d) Educational development only 46. Under which Governor General was Sati declared a
Answer: b) To propagate monotheistic ideals of crime? a) Lord Cornwallis b) Lord Wellesley c) Lord
Vedanta and campaign against idolatry, caste William Bentinck d) Lord Dalhousie
rigidities, meaningless rituals and other social ills Answer: c) Lord William Bentinck
38. What was Ram Mohan Roy's attitude toward Indian 47. What was Ram Mohan Roy's stance on polygamy?
culture and traditions? a) He rejected them completely a) He supported polygamy b) He condemned
b) He had great love for his Indian culture and polygamy c) He was neutral about polygamy d) He
traditions c) He was indifferent to them d) He wanted reformed polygamy
to replace them with Western culture Answer: b) He condemned polygamy
Answer: b) He had great love for his Indian culture 48. What did Ram Mohan Roy demand for women? a)
and traditions Only education b) Only voting rights c) The right of
39. What did Ram Mohan Roy believe about Western inheritance and property d) Only social freedom
education? a) It was harmful to Indian society b) It was Answer: c) The right of inheritance and property
unnecessary c) Western education alone can help to 49. Who did Ram Mohan Roy assist in forming Hindu
regenerate the society d) It should be combined with College? a) Keshub Chandra Sen b) David Hare c)
traditional education Debendranath Tagore d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: c) Western education alone can help to Answer: b) David Hare
regenerate the society 50. When did Ram Mohan Roy establish Vedanta
40. Who gave Ram Mohan Roy the title of Raja? a)college? a) 1824 b) 1825 c) 1826 d) 1827
British Governor General b) Titular Mughal Emperor of Answer: b) 1825
Delhi, Akbar II c) Local zamindars d) Brahmo Samaj 51. In what field was Ram Mohan Roy a pioneer? a)
members Medicine b) Indian Journalism c) Engineering d) Law
Answer: b) Titular Mughal Emperor of Delhi, Akbar II Answer: b) Indian Journalism
41. Why was Ram Mohan Roy given the title of Raja? 52. In which languages did Ram Mohan Roy bring out
a) For his wealth b) For his educational achievements journals and newspapers? a) Only Bengali and
c) To present Akbar II's grievances before the British English b) Bengali, Persian, Hindi and English c) Only
king d) For his social reforms Hindi and English d) All Indian languages
Answer: c) To present Akbar II's grievances before the Answer: b) Bengali, Persian, Hindi and English
British king
Keshub Chandra Sen and
Ram Mohan Roy's Social
Brahmo Samaj
Reforms 53. Under whom was Brahmo Samaj revived with new
enthusiasm? a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy b) Keshub
Chandra Sen c) Debendranath Tagore d) Swami ideas and encourage the breakdown of caste and
Dayanand Saraswati communal barriers c) To support British rule d) To
Answer: b) Keshub Chandra Sen promote Western culture
54. Who made Keshub Chandra Sen the Acharya? a)Answer: b) To spread liberal ideas and encourage the
Raja Ram Mohan Roy b) Debendranath Tagore c) The breakdown of caste and communal barriers
British government d) Brahmo Samaj members 66. Who were some prominent members of Prarthana
Answer: b) Debendranath Tagore Samaj? a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Keshub Chandra
55. Where were many branches of the Samaj opened Sen b) Mahadev Govind Ranade, RG Bhandarkar, NG
outside Bengal? a) Only in South India b) United Chandavarkar c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati and
Provinces, Punjab, Bombay, Madras and other townsSwami Vivekananda d) Annie Besant and Jyotiba
c) Only in North India d) Only in Western India Phule
Answer: b) United Provinces, Punjab, Bombay, MadrasAnswer: b) Mahadev Govind Ranade, RG Bhandarkar,
and other towns NG Chandavarkar
56. What was Debendranath Tagore's attitude toward67. What was Prarthana Samaj connected to in
some ideas of Sen? a) He supported all of Sen's ideas Maharashtra? a) Brahmo Samaj b) Bhakti cult c) Arya
b) He did not like some ideas of Sen c) He was neutral Samaj d) Western philosophy
about Sen's ideas d) He promoted Sen's ideas Answer: b) Bhakti cult
Answer: b) He did not like some ideas of Sen 68. What was Prarthana Samaj's stance on caste
57. When was Keshub dismissed from the post ofsystem? a) It supported caste system b) It
Acharya? a) 1864 b) 1865 c) 1866 d) 1867 disapproved of caste system c) It reformed caste
Answer: b) 1865 system d) It ignored caste issues
58. What did Keshab and his followers found in 1866?Answer: b) It disapproved of caste system
a) Adi Brahmo Samaj b) Brahmo Samaj of India c) New69. What was included in Prarthana Samaj's social
Brahmo Samaj d) Reformed Brahmo Samaj agenda regarding women? a) Only women's education
Answer: b) Brahmo Samaj of India b) Women's education and widow remarriage c) Only
59. What was Debendranath Tagore's Samaj known as social freedom for women d) Only voting rights for
after the split? a) Brahmo Samaj of India b) Adi women
Brahmo Samaj c) Original Brahmo Samaj d)Answer: b) Women's education and widow remarriage
Traditional Brahmo Samaj 70. What did Prarthana Samaj advocate regarding
Answer: b) Adi Brahmo Samaj marriage age? a) Lowering the age of marriage b)
Raising the age of marriage for both males and
Prarthana Samaj females c) Only raising the age for females d)
60. Who founded the Prarthana Samaj? a) Justice Maintaining traditional marriage age
Ranade b) Atmaram Pandurang c) Keshub ChandraAnswer: b) Raising the age of marriage for both males
Sen d) RG Bhandarkar and females
Answer: b) Atmaram Pandurang
61. Who helped Atmaram Pandurang in founding Justice Ranade and Prarthana
Prarthana Samaj? a) Justice Ranade b) Keshub
Chandra Sen c) Debendranath Tagore d) Raja Ram
Samaj
Mohan Roy 71. Who was the most influential member of Prarthana
Answer: b) Keshub Chandra Sen Samaj? a) Atmaram Pandurang b) Justice Mahadeo
62. When was Prarthana Samaj founded? a) 1866 b) Govind Ranade c) RG Bhandarkar d) NG
1867 c) 1868 d) 1869 Chandavarkar
Answer: b) 1867 Answer: b) Justice Mahadeo Govind Ranade
63. What was the precursor of the Prarthana Samaj? a) 72. When was the Widow Remarriage Association
Brahmo Samaj b) Arya Samaj c) Paramahansa Sabha formed under Ranade's guidance? a) 1860 b) 1861 c)
d) Atmiya Sabha 1862 d) 1863
Answer: c) Paramahansa Sabha Answer: b) 1861
64. What was the nature of Paramahansa Sabha? a) A 73. What did Ranade work for regarding widows? a)
public organization b) Something like a secret societyOnly remarriage b) The spread of education among
c) A government body d) A religious institution widows c) Only social freedom d) Only economic
Answer: b) Something like a secret society support
65. What was the purpose of Paramahansa Sabha? a) Answer: b) The spread of education among widows
To preserve traditional customs b) To spread liberal 74. What was the motive of Sharada Sadan? a)
Promoting widow remarriage b) Spreading education
among the widows c) Providing shelter to widows d)86. According to Arya Samaj's fourth principle, what
Economic support for widows should one always be ready to do? a) Fight against
Answer: b) Spreading education among the widows enemies b) Accept truth and abandon untruth c)
75. When did Ranade found a girls' college in Poona?Follow traditions d) Obey authorities
a) 1860 b) 1861 c) 1862 d) 1863 Answer: b) Accept truth and abandon untruth
Answer: b) 1861 87. According to the fifth principle, all acts should be
76. What other educational institution did Ranade performed in accordance with what? a) Personal
found? a) Hindu College b) Deccan Education Societydesires b) Social customs c) Dharma, after
c) Vedanta College d) Sanskrit College deliberating what is right and wrong d) Government
Answer: b) Deccan Education Society laws
Answer: c) Dharma, after deliberating what is right
Arya Samaj and wrong
77. Who set up the first Arya Samaj unit? a) Raja Ram 88. What is the prime object of the Arya Samaj
Mohan Roy b) Keshub Chandra Sen c) Swami according to the sixth principle? a) To promote Hindu
Dayanand Saraswati d) Justice Ranade religion b) To do good to the world, promoting
Answer: c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati physical, spiritual and social good of everyone c) To
78. When was the first Arya Samaj unit formally setoppose other religions d) To preserve traditional
up? a) 1874 b) 1875 c) 1876 d) 1877 customs
Answer: b) 1875 Answer: b) To do good to the world, promoting
79. Where was the first Arya Samaj unit set up? a) physical, spiritual and social good of everyone
Delhi b) Lahore c) Bombay d) Calcutta 89. According to the seventh principle, what should
Answer: c) Bombay guide our conduct toward all? a) Self-interest b) Love,
80. Where was the headquarters of Arya Samajrighteousness and justice c) Traditional customs d)
established? a) Bombay b) Lahore c) Delhi d) Calcutta Personal preferences
Answer: b) Lahore Answer: b) Love, righteousness and justice
81. How many guiding principles does Arya Samaj90. What should we dispel and promote according to
have? a) Eight b) Nine c) Ten d) Twelve the eighth principle? a) Dispel knowledge and
Answer: c) Ten promote ignorance b) Dispel Avidya (ignorance) and
82. According to Arya Samaj's first principle, what ispromote Vidya (knowledge) c) Dispel traditions and
God the efficient cause of? a) All material things b) Allpromote modernity d) Dispel religion and promote
true knowledge and all that is known through science
knowledge c) All religious practices d) All socialAnswer: b) Dispel Avidya (ignorance) and promote
customs Vidya (knowledge)
Answer: b) All true knowledge and all that is known 91. What should one not be content with according to
through knowledge the ninth principle? a) Promoting others' good b)
83. According to Arya Samaj's second principle, whatPromoting his/her good only; one should look for
are God's characteristics? a) Only powerful and just b) good in promoting the good of all c) Personal
Existent, intelligent and blissful. Formless, happiness d) Material success
omniscient, just, unborn, endless, unchangeable, Answer: b) Promoting his/her good only; one should
omnipresent, immortal, fearless, eternal c) Only loving look for good in promoting the good of all
and kind d) Only creator and destroyer 92. What should one regard oneself under according
Answer: b) Existent, intelligent and blissful. Formless,to the tenth principle? a) No restrictions b) Restriction
omniscient, just, unborn, endless, unchangeable, to follow the rules of society calculated to promote
omnipresent, immortal, fearless, eternal well-being of all c) Only personal rules d) Only
84. According to Arya Samaj, what are the Vedas? a)religious rules
Historical documents b) The scriptures of all true Answer: b) Restriction to follow the rules of society
knowledge c) Ancient stories d) Religious poetry calculated to promote well-being of all
Answer: b) The scriptures of all true knowledge 93. When did Arya Samaj work during calamities? a)
85. What is the paramount duty of all Aryas regardingOnly during famines b) During earthquakes, famines
the Vedas? a) Only to read them b) To read them, and floods c) Only during floods d) Only during
teach them, recite them and to hear them being read earthquakes
c) Only to memorize them d) Only to interpret them Answer: b) During earthquakes, famines and floods
Answer: b) To read them, teach them, recite them and 94. What was an all-important field for Arya Samaj? a)
to hear them being read Politics b) Education c) Commerce d) Agriculture
Answer: b) Education 107. What ideal did the Ramakrishna Mission
95. When was the Dayananda Anglo Vedic (DAV) emphasize? a) Political independence b) Salvation
College established? a) 1885 b) 1886 c) 1887 d) 1888 through social service and selfless action c) Religious
Answer: b) 1886 orthodoxy d) Economic development
96. Where was the DAV College established? a) Answer: b) Salvation through social service and
Bombay b) Delhi c) Lahore d) Calcutta selfless action
Answer: c) Lahore 108. What did Swami Vivekananda re-establish on a
global scale? a) Hindu rituals b) The spiritual
Swami Dayanand Saraswati pre-eminence of the Vedanta philosophy c) Indian
97. What was the original name of Swami Dayanandpolitical power d) Traditional customs
Saraswati? a) Narendra Nath Dutta b) Mulshankar c) Answer: b) The spiritual pre-eminence of the Vedanta
Ghanshayama d) Gadadhar Chattopadhyay philosophy
Answer: b) Mulshankar 109. What was Swami Vivekananda convinced about
98. What were Swami Dayanand Saraswati's birth and regarding mankind's problems? a) They could be
death years? a) 1820-1880 b) 1824-1883 c) 1825-1885solved by religion alone b) They could only be
d) 1823-1882 overcome if nations of the world come together on an
Answer: b) 1824-1883 equal footing c) They were unsolvable d) They could
99. Where was Swami Dayanand Saraswati born? a) be solved by politics alone
Maharashtra b) Bengal c) The old Morvi state in Answer: b) They could only be overcome if nations of
Gujarat d) Punjab the world come together on an equal footing
Answer: c) The old Morvi state in Gujarat 110. On what basis did Swami Vivekananda unite
100. Which community did Swami Dayanand youth? a) Political ideology b) Economic interests c) A
Saraswati belong to? a) Kshatriya family b) Brahmin common spiritual heritage d) Social status
family c) Vaishya family d) Shudra family Answer: c) A common spiritual heritage
Answer: b) Brahmin family
101. What is the name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati's Swami Vivekananda
famous work? a) Gift to Monotheists b) Satyarth 111. What were Swami Vivekananda's birth and death
Prakash c) Brahmo Samaj Constitution d) Arya Samaj years? a) 1860-1900 b) 1863-1902 c) 1865-1905 d)
Rules 1862-1901
Answer: b) Satyarth Prakash Answer: b) 1863-1902
102. What did Swami Dayanand express in Satyarth 112. What was Swami Vivekananda's original name? a)
Prakash? a) His political views b) His views c) His Mulshankar b) Gadadhar Chattopadhyay c) Narendra
economic theories d) His personal experiences Nath Dutta d) Ghanshayama
Answer: b) His views Answer: c) Narendra Nath Dutta
103. What inspired Swami Dayanand Saraswati? a)113. What did Swami Vivekananda combine? a)
Western philosophy b) The Vedas c) British education Eastern and Western philosophy b) The simple
d) Persian literature teachings of Sri Ramakrishna with his well founded
Answer: b) The Vedas modern outlook c) Religion and politics d) Traditional
104. How did Swami Dayanand consider the Vedas? a) and modern education
As historical documents b) As India's Rock of Ages c) Answer: b) The simple teachings of Sri Ramakrishna
As religious poetry d) As ancient stories with his well founded modern outlook
Answer: b) As India's Rock of Ages 114. Where did Swami Vivekananda spread his
105. What famous slogan did Swami Dayanand give? teachings? a) Only in India b) Only in Bengal c) All
a) "Swaraj is my birthright" b) "Back to the Vedas" c)over the world d) Only in Asia
"Unity in diversity" d) "Truth alone triumphs" Answer: c) All over the world
Answer: b) "Back to the Vedas" 115. What pained Swami Vivekananda extremely? a)
British rule b) Religious conflicts c) The poverty and
Ramakrishna Mission misery of his countrymen d) Lack of education
106. After whom was the Ramakrishna MissionAnswer: c) The poverty and misery of his countrymen
named? a) Swami Vivekananda b) Ramakrishna 116. What did Swami Vivekananda firmly believe about
Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda's guru c) Raja Ram reform? a) Reform was impossible b) Any reform
Mohan Roy d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati could become successful only by uplifting the
Answer: b) Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami condition of the masses c) Reform should start with
Vivekananda's guru the elite d) Reform was unnecessary
Answer: b) Any reform could become successful only126. When was Derozio removed from Hindu College?
by uplifting the condition of the masses a) 1830 b) 1831 c) 1832 d) 1833
Answer: b) 1831
Young Bengal Movement 127. Why was Derozio removed from Hindu College?
117. What type of movement was the Young Bengala) Poor teaching b) His radicalism c) Student
movement? a) Political and economic movement b)complaints d) British pressure
Intellectual, radical movement among the youth of Answer: b) His radicalism
Bengal c) Religious orthodox movement d) Cultural
preservation movement Theosophical Society
Answer: b) Intellectual, radical movement among the128. Who founded the Theosophical Society? a) Annie
youth of Bengal Besant and Colonel Olcott b) Madame HP Blavatsky
118. Who was the leader of Young Bengal movement? and Colonel MS Olcott c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy and
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy b) Keshub Chandra Sen c) David Hare d) Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna
Henry Vivian Derozio d) Swami Vivekananda Paramhansa
Answer: c) Henry Vivian Derozio Answer: b) Madame HP Blavatsky and Colonel MS
119. What were Henry Vivian Derozio's birth and deathOlcott
years? a) 1809-31 b) 1810-32 c) 1808-30 d) 1807-29 129. Where was the Theosophical Society founded? a)
Answer: a) 1809-31 London, England b) Adyar, India c) New York City,
120. What was Henry Vivian Derozio's ethnic United States d) Calcutta, India
background? a) British b) Bengali c) Anglo-Indian d)Answer: c) New York City, United States
Portuguese 130. When was the Theosophical Society founded? a)
Answer: c) Anglo-Indian 1874 b) 1875 c) 1876 d) 1877
121. Where did Derozio teach? a) Calcutta University Answer: b) 1875
b) Hindu College c) Sanskrit College d) Presidency131. When did they shift their headquarters to India?
College a) 1881 b) 1882 c) 1883 d) 1884
Answer: b) Hindu College Answer: b) 1882
122. During which years did Derozio teach at Hindu 132. Where was the Indian headquarters of
College? a) 1825 to 1830 b) 1826 to 1831 c) 1827 to Theosophical Society located? a) Calcutta b) Bombay
1832 d) 1824 to 1829 c) Adyar in the outskirts of Madras d) Delhi
Answer: b) 1826 to 1831 Answer: c) Adyar in the outskirts of Madras
123. What inspired Derozio? a) British rule b) Hindu 133. Which Hindu beliefs did the Theosophical Society
traditions c) French Revolution d) German philosophy recognize? a) Caste system and idol worship b)
Answer: c) French Revolution Reincarnation and karma c) Sati and child marriage d)
124. What did Derozio inspire his followers to do? a) Untouchability and polygamy
Follow traditional customs blindly b) Think freely and Answer: b) Reincarnation and karma
rationally, question all authority, love liberty, equality134. Which philosophical schools inspired the
and freedom and oppose immoral customs and Theosophical Society? a) Western philosophy only b)
traditions c) Support British rule d) Reject all WesternThe philosophy of the Upanishads and Samkhya, yoga
ideas and Vedanta schools of thought c) Islamic philosophy
Answer: b) Think freely and rationally, question all d) Christian philosophy
authority, love liberty, equality and freedom and Answer: b) The philosophy of the Upanishads and
oppose immoral customs and traditions Samkhya, yoga and Vedanta schools of thought
125. Why did the Derozians fail to have a long-term 135. What was the objective of the Theosophical
impact? a) They were too orthodox b) They supported Society? a) To promote Hindu religion only b) To work
British rule c) Derozio was removed from Hindu for universal brotherhood of humanity without
College in 1831 because of his radicalism, there wasdistinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color c) To
no support from any other social group or class, and oppose Western influence d) To preserve Indian
the Derozians lacked any real link with the masses d)traditions
They were not educated enough Answer: b) To work for universal brotherhood of
Answer: c) Derozio was removed from Hindu College humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste
in 1831 because of his radicalism, there was no or color
support from any other social group or class, and the136. When did the Theosophical Society gain
Derozians lacked any real link with the masses momentum in India? a) After the arrival of Madame
Blavatsky b) After the election of Annie Besant c)
After Colonel Olcott's leadership d) After shiftingAnswer: b) 1873
headquarters to India 149. What does Satyashodhak Samaj mean? a) Truth
Answer: b) After the election of Annie Besant Spreader's Society b) Truth Seeker's Society c) Truth
137. In which field did the Theosophical Society do Defender's Society d) Truth Preacher's Society
extensive work? a) Politics b) Education c) AgricultureAnswer: b) Truth Seeker's Society
d) Commerce 150. Which communities belonged to the leadership of
Answer: b) Education Satyashodhak Samaj? a) Upper castes only b)
Backward classes, malis, telis, kunbis, saris and
Annie Besant dhangars c) British officials d) Educated elites only
138. When did Annie Besant arrive in India? a) 1892 b) Answer: b) Backward classes, malis, telis, kunbis,
1893 c) 1894 d) 1895 saris and dhangars
Answer: b) 1893 151. What were the main objectives of Satyashodhak
139. What did Annie Besant lay the foundation of inSamaj movement? a) Political independence and
1898? a) Hindu College b) Central Hindu College in economic development b) Social service and spread
Banaras c) Theosophical College d) Women's College of education among women and lower caste people c)
Answer: b) Central Hindu College in Banaras Religious reform and temple entry d) Cultural
140. What did the Central Hindu College curriculumpreservation and traditional values
include? a) Only Hindu religion b) Only Western Answer: b) Social service and spread of education
subjects c) Both Hindu religion and Western scientificamong women and lower caste people
subjects d) Only traditional subjects 152. What were the names of Phule's inspirational
Answer: c) Both Hindu religion and Western scientific works? a) Satyarth Prakash and Gift to Monotheists b)
subjects Sarvajanik Satyadharma and Gulamgiri c) Brahmo
141. What did the Central Hindu College become the Samaj Constitution and Hindu College Charter d) Deva
basis for? a) Calcutta University b) Banaras Hindu Shastra and Arya Samaj Rules
University in 1916 c) Jamia Millia Islamia d) Aligarh Answer: b) Sarvajanik Satyadharma and Gulamgiri
Muslim University 153. What did Phule firmly believe in regarding
Answer: b) Banaras Hindu University in 1916 gender? a) Male superiority b) Gender inequality c)
142. When was Banaras Hindu University formed? a) Gender equality d) Traditional gender roles
1915 b) 1916 c) 1917 d) 1918 Answer: c) Gender equality
Answer: b) 1916 154. In which field was Phule a pioneer? a) Men's
143. What cause did Annie Besant take enormous education b) Women's education c) Technical
efforts toward? a) Political independence b) The education d) Religious education
education of women c) Economic development d)Answer: b) Women's education
Religious reform 155. Who helped Phule open a girl's school at Poona?
Answer: b) The education of women a) Annie Besant b) His wife, Savitribai c) Pandita
Satyashodhak Samaj Ramabai d) His sister
144. What were Jyotiba Phule's birth and death years? Answer: b) His wife, Savitribai
a) 1825-1888 b) 1827-1890 c) 1829-1892 d) 1826-1889 156. In which movement was Phule a pioneer in
Answer: b) 1827-1890 Maharashtra? a) Independence movement b) Widow
145. Where was Jyotiba Phule born? a) Pune, remarriage movement c) Temple entry movement d)
Maharashtra b) Satara, Maharashtra c) Mumbai, Anti-caste movement
Maharashtra d) Nagpur, Maharashtra Answer: b) Widow remarriage movement
Answer: b) Satara, Maharashtra 157. When did Phule open a home for widows? a) 1853
146. Which community did Jyotiba Phule belong to? a) b) 1854 c) 1855 d) 1856
Brahmin b) Kshatriya c) Mali (gardener) d) Maratha Answer: b) 1854
Answer: c) Mali (gardener) 158. What title was Phule awarded for his social
147. What did Jyotiba Phule organize a movementreform work? a) Maharaja b) Mahatma c) Pandit d)
against? a) British rule b) Upper caste domination and Swami
brahminical supremacy c) Western education d) Answer: b) Mahatma
Economic exploitation Satnami Movement
Answer: b) Upper caste domination and brahminical 159. Where was the Satnami movement founded? a)
supremacy Eastern Bengal b) Central India c) Western India d)
148. When did Phule found the Satyashodhak Samaj? Southern India
a) 1872 b) 1873 c) 1874 d) 1875
Answer: b) Central India constitutional means c) Through foreign support d) By
160. Who founded the Satnami movement? a) Haridaseconomic boycott
Thakur b) Ghasidas c) Jyotiba Phule d) Narayan Guru Answer: b) By all constitutional means
Answer: b) Ghasidas 172. What type of cadre did the society want to
161. Among which community did Ghasidas work? a) prepare? a) Political workers b) Selfless workers for
Farmers b) Leather workers c) Weavers d) Traders the service to the country in a religious spirit c)
Answer: b) Leather workers Economic advisors d) Military personnel
162. What was the purpose of Ghasidas's movement? Answer: b) Selfless workers for the service to the
a) Political independence b) To organize a movementcountry in a religious spirit
to improve their social status c) Economic
development d) Religious conversion
Social Service League
Answer: b) To organize a movement to improve their 173. Who founded the Social Service League? a)
social status Gopal Krishna Gokhale b) Narayan Malhar Joshi c)
163. Who worked among Chandala cultivators in Mahadev Govind Ranade d) Justice Chandavarkar
Eastern Bengal? a) Ghasidas b) Haridas Thakur c) Answer: b) Narayan Malhar Joshi
Jyotiba Phule d) Narayan Guru 174. Where was the Social Service League founded?
Answer: b) Haridas Thakur a) Calcutta b) Delhi c) Bombay d) Madras
164. What was Haridas Thakur's sect called? a) Answer: c) Bombay
Satnami sect b) Matua sect c) Brahmo sect d) Arya175. What was the aim of the Social Service League?
sect a) Political independence b) To secure for the masses
Answer: b) Matua sect better and reasonable conditions of life and work c)
165. What did Haridas question? a) British policies b) Religious reform d) Educational development
Economic systems c) Brahmanical texts thatAnswer: b) To secure for the masses better and
supported the caste system d) Western education reasonable conditions of life and work
Answer: c) Brahmanical texts that supported the caste176. What did the Social Service League organize? a)
system Political rallies b) Schools, libraries, reading rooms,
day nurseries and cooperative societies c) Religious
Servants of Indian Society ceremonies d) Cultural programs
166. Who formed the Servants of Indian Society? a)Answer: b) Schools, libraries, reading rooms, day
Mahadev Govind Ranade b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale c) nurseries and cooperative societies
Bal Gangadhar Tilak d) Lala Lajpat Rai 177. What activities did the league include? a) Only
Answer: b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale educational activities b) Police court agents' work,
167. When was the Servants of Indian Society formed? legal aid and advice to the poor and illiterate c) Only
a) 1904 b) 1905 c) 1906 d) 1907 social work d) Only economic activities
Answer: b) 1905 Answer: b) Police court agents' work, legal aid and
168. What was the purpose of forming Servants of advice to the poor and illiterate
Indian Society? a) Political independence b) For the178. What other facilities did the league provide? a)
expansion of Indian education c) Economic Only medical facilities b) Excursions for slum
development d) Religious reform dwellers, facilities for gymnasia and theatrical
Answer: b) For the expansion of Indian education performances, sanitary work, medical relief and boy's
169. What did the society train people to be? a) clubs and scout corps c) Only entertainment facilities
Political leaders b) Selfless workers so they couldd) Only educational facilities
work for the common good of the people c)Answer: b) Excursions for slum dwellers, facilities for
Government officials d) Business leaders gymnasia and theatrical performances, sanitary work,
Answer: b) Selfless workers so they could work for medical relief and boy's clubs and scout corps
the common good of the people 179. What other organization did Joshi found in 1920?
170. What was one aim of the Servants of Indian a) Indian National Congress b) All India Trade Union
Society? a) To fight British rule b) To train national Congress c) Hindu Mahasabha d) Muslim League
missionaries for the service of India c) To preserve Answer: b) All India Trade Union Congress
traditions d) To promote Western culture
Answer: b) To train national missionaries for the
Indian Social Conference
service of India 180. Who founded the Indian Social Conference? a)
171. How did the society aim to promote interests of Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji b) MG
Indians? a) Through violent means b) By allRanade and Raghunath Rao c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
and Keshub Chandra Sen d) Justice ChandavarkarAnswer: b) The priestly monopoly of scriptural
and RG Bhandarkar knowledge
Answer: b) MG Ranade and Raghunath Rao 192. Why did Vidyasagar open Sanskrit College to
181. What was the Indian Social Conference virtually?non-Brahmins? a) Government pressure b) To break
a) An independent organization b) The social reform the self-imposed isolation of Sanskritic learning c)
cell of the Indian National Congress c) A government Popular demand d) Economic reasons
body d) A religious institution Answer: b) To break the self-imposed isolation of
Answer: b) The social reform cell of the Indian Sanskritic learning
National Congress 193. What did Vidyasagar evolve for Sanskrit
182. When was the first session of Indian Sociallearning? a) Traditional method b) A new technique for
Conference held? a) December 1886 b) Decemberlearning Sanskrit c) Western method d) Religious
1887 c) December 1888 d) December 1889 approach
Answer: b) December 1887 Answer: b) A new technique for learning Sanskrit
183. Where was the first session held? a) Calcutta b) 194. What cause did Vidyasagar thoroughly support?
Bombay c) Madras d) Pune a) Independence movement b) Widow remarriage c)
Answer: c) Madras Educational reform d) Economic development
184. What did the Conference advocate? a) TraditionalAnswer: b) Widow remarriage
marriage practices b) Inter-caste marriage c) Child195. What was celebrated under Vidyasagar's
marriage d) Polygamy inspiration and supervision? a) First inter-caste
Answer: b) Inter-caste marriage marriage b) First lawful Hindu widow remarriage
185. What did the Conference oppose? a) Educationamong the upper caste in India c) First women's
and widow remarriage b) Kulinism and polygamy c) college d) First Sanskrit conference
Inter-caste marriage d) Women's rights Answer: b) First lawful Hindu widow remarriage
Answer: b) Kulinism and polygamy among the upper caste in India
186. What famous movement did the Conference 196. How many widow remarriages were solemnized
launch? a) Widow Remarriage Movement b) Pledge through Vidyasagar's endeavors between 1855-1860?
Movement to inspire people to take an oath to prohibit a) About 20 b) Nearly 25 c) Around 30 d) Over 35
child marriage c) Temple Entry Movement d)Answer: b) Nearly 25
Anti-Caste Movement 197. What opposition did Vidyasagar face for his
Answer: b) Pledge Movement to inspire people to takeadvocacy of widow remarriage? a) Government
an oath to prohibit child marriage opposition b) Bitter opposition from Orthodox Hindu
class c) Public indifference d) Economic boycott
Prominent Social Reformers - Answer: b) Bitter opposition from Orthodox Hindu
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar class
187. What was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar regarded 198. When did Vidyasagar protest against child
as? a) Father of Bengali literature b) One of the greatmarriage? a) 1849 b) 1850 c) 1851 d) 1852
reformers of 19th century c) Father of modern Answer: b) 1850
education d) Pioneer of women's rights 199. What did Vidyasagar campaign against all his
Answer: b) One of the great reformers of 19th century life? a) British rule b) Western education c) Polygamy
188. What did Vidyasagar use to suggest widow d) Social reform
remarriage? a) Western philosophy b) GovernmentAnswer: c) Polygamy
laws c) Ancient texts d) Public opinion Other Social Reformers
Answer: c) Ancient texts 200. What is Balshastri Jambhekar known as? a)
189. When was a law passed permitting widowFather of Marathi literature b) Father of Marathi
remarriage based on Vidyasagar's suggestion? a) Journalism c) Father of Marathi education d) Father of
1855 b) 1856 c) 1857 d) 1858 Marathi theater
Answer: b) 1856 Answer: b) Father of Marathi Journalism
190. When did Vidyasagar become the principal of201. What was the name of the first Marathi
Sanskrit College? a) 1849 b) 1850 c) 1851 d) 1852 newspaper started by Jambhekar? a) Prabhakar b)
Answer: b) 1850 Darpan c) Kesari d) Maharashtra
191. What was Vidyasagar determined to break? a) Answer: b) Darpan
British rule b) The priestly monopoly of scriptural
knowledge c) Traditional education system d) Caste
barriers
202. What was Gopal Hari Deshmukh also known as? Answer: a) 1781-1830
a) Maharashtra Kokil b) Lokhitawadi c) Maharashtra 213. Where was the Swami Narayan Sect launched? a)
Ratna d) Marathi Manus Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Bengal d) Punjab
Answer: b) Lokhitawadi Answer: b) Gujarat
203. When did Gopal Hari Deshmukh start publishing214. What was the Swami Narayan Sect a protest
Prabhakar magazine? a) 1847 AD b) 1848 AD c) 1849 against? a) British rule b) The luxurious practices of
AD d) 1850 AD Vaishnavism c) Western education d) Caste system
Answer: b) 1848 AD Answer: b) The luxurious practices of Vaishnavism
204. Which organizations was Gopal Hari Deshmukh215. What did the Swami Narayan Sect advocate
related to? a) Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj b) regarding diet? a) Non-vegetarianism b)
Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj c) Indian Vegetarianism c) Mixed diet d) Fasting
National Congress and Muslim League d) Servants of Answer: b) Vegetarianism
India Society and Social Service League 216. What did the sect advice people to shun? a)
Answer: b) Theosophical Society and Arya Samaj Education and work b) Liquor and drugs c) Family life
205. What book did Gopal Hari Deshmukh author ind) Religious practices
Marathi? a) Gulamgiri b) Satyarth Prakash c) Jatibhed Answer: b) Liquor and drugs
d) Sarvajanik Satyadharma 217. What did the Swami Narayan Sect preach? a)
Answer: c) Jatibhed Polytheism b) Monotheism c) Atheism d) Pantheism
206. What was Pandita Ramabai a great scholar of? a)Answer: b) Monotheism
Persian b) Sanskrit c) Arabic d) English 218. What did the sect emphasize the importance of?
Answer: b) Sanskrit a) Wealth and power b) A pure and simple life and
207. What did Pandita Ramabai feel about Hinduism'ssocial unity c) Political activism d) Religious rituals
treatment of women? a) It was supportive of women b)Answer: b) A pure and simple life and social unity
It was oppressive towards women c) It was neutral 219. What restrictions did the sect attack? a)
about women d) It promoted women's rights Educational restrictions b) Restrictions on widow
Answer: b) It was oppressive towards women remarriage c) Economic restrictions d) Political
208. What did Pandita Ramabai write about? a) restrictions
Political independence b) The miserable lives of Answer: b) Restrictions on widow remarriage
upper-caste Hindu women c) Economic development 220. What institutions did the sect attack? a)
d) Educational reforms Educational institutions b) The institution of Sati and
Answer: b) The miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu the practice of female infanticide c) Economic
women institutions d) Political institutions
209. Where did Pandita Ramabai establish a widow's Answer: b) The institution of Sati and the practice of
home? a) Calcutta b) Bombay c) Poona d) Madras female infanticide
Answer: c) Poona
210. What was the purpose of the widow's home
Radha Swami Movement
established by Pandita Ramabai? a) Only to provide 221. When was the Radha Swami Movement founded?
shelter b) To provide shelter to widows who had been a) 1860 b) 1861 c) 1862 d) 1863
treated badly by their husband's relatives and train Answer: b) 1861
women for economic support c) Only for religious222. Who founded the Radha Swami Movement? a)
purposes d) Only for education Swami Sahajanand b) Tulsi Ram c) Shiv Narain
Answer: b) To provide shelter to widows who hadAgnihotri d) Baba Dayal Das
been treated badly by their husband's relatives and Answer: b) Tulsi Ram
train women for economic support 223. What was Tulsi Ram also popularly known as? a)
Swami Maharaj only b) Shiv Dayal Saheb or Swamiji
Religious Reform Movements - Maharaj c) Guru Maharaj only d) Sant Maharaj only
Answer: b) Shiv Dayal Saheb or Swamiji Maharaj
Swami Narayan Sect 224. What did the Radhaswamis believe in regarding
211. Who launched the Swami Narayan Sect? a) the Supreme Being? a) Multiple gods b) One Supreme
Swami Dayanand Saraswati b) Swami Sahajanand c)Being c) No god d) Nature worship
Swami Vivekananda d) Swami Ramakrishna Answer: b) One Supreme Being
Answer: b) Swami Sahajanand 225. What did the Radhaswamis believe about the
212. What were Swami Sahajanand's birth and death Guru? a) Guru is unnecessary b) The supremacy of
years? a) 1781-1830 b) 1782-1831 c) 1780-1829 d)
1783-1832
the Guru c) Guru is equal to disciples d) Guru is just a degeneration c) Political response to British rule d)
teacher Economic response to poverty
Answer: b) The supremacy of the Guru Answer: b) Revivalist response to Western influences
226. What did the Radhaswamis believe in regardingand degeneration
social life? a) Complex social life b) The company of 236. Whose teachings inspired the Wahabi
the 'pious people' (Satsang) and simple social life c) Movement? a) Syed Ahmed Khan and Haji
Luxurious lifestyle d) Isolated living Shariatullah b) Abdul Wahab of Arabia and Shah
Answer: b) The company of the 'pious people'Walliullah c) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and Muhammad
(Satsang) and simple social life Qasim d) Deoband scholars and Aligarh reformers
227. What was the Radhaswamis' view on renouncing Answer: b) Abdul Wahab of Arabia and Shah
worldly life? a) It was essential for spiritual attainmentWalliullah
b) There is no need to renounce the worldly life for237. What did the Wahabi Movement stress? a)
spiritual attainments c) Only some people shouldAdopting Western practices b) To condemn any
renounce d) Everyone must renounce change into the original Islam and return to its true
Answer: b) There is no need to renounce the worldly spirit c) Political revolution d) Economic development
life for spiritual attainments Answer: b) To condemn any change into the original
Islam and return to its true spirit
Deva Samaj 238. Who led the Wahabi Movement? a) Shah
228. Who founded Deva Samaj? a) Tulsi Ram b) Swami Walliullah b) Syed Ahmed Barelvi c) Abdul Wahab d)
Sahajanand c) Shiv Narain Agnihotri d) Baba Dayal Haji Shariatullah
Das Answer: b) Syed Ahmed Barelvi
Answer: c) Shiv Narain Agnihotri 239. How was India considered by the Wahabi
229. When was Deva Samaj founded? a) 1886 b) 1887Movement? a) Dar-ul-Islam (land of Islam) b)
c) 1888 d) 1889 Dar-ul-Harb (land of the Kafirs) c) Dar-ul-Aman (land of
Answer: b) 1887 peace) d) Dar-ul-Sulh (land of treaty)
230. Where was Deva Samaj founded? a) Delhi b) Answer: b) Dar-ul-Harb (land of the Kafirs)
Lahore c) Bombay d) Calcutta 240. What did India need to be converted to according
Answer: b) Lahore to Wahabis? a) Dar-ul-Harb b) Dar-ul-Islam (land of
231. In what form were the teachings of Deva SamajIslam) c) Dar-ul-Aman d) British territory
compiled? a) Oral traditions b) Book form in Deva Answer: b) Dar-ul-Islam (land of Islam)
Shastra c) Palm leaf manuscripts d) Stone inscriptions 241. Initially, the Wahabi Movement was directed
Answer: b) Book form in Deva Shastra against whom? a) British in Bengal b) Sikhs in Punjab
232. What did the teachings of Deva Samaj c) Marathas in Maharashtra d) Muslims in Delhi
emphasize? a) Material prosperity b) The supreme Answer: b) Sikhs in Punjab
being, eternity of the soul, the supremacy of the Guru 242. When was Punjab annexed by the British? a)
and need for good action c) Political power d) Social1848 b) 1849 c) 1850 d) 1851
status Answer: b) 1849
Answer: b) The supreme being, eternity of the soul,243. After Punjab annexation, against whom was the
the supremacy of the Guru and need for good action Wahabi Movement directed? a) Sikhs b) The British c)
233. What did Deva Samaj prescribe regarding social Hindus d) Marathas
conduct? a) Traditional practices b) Ideal socialAnswer: b) The British
conduct and moral ethics c) Western lifestyle d) 244. During which revolt did the Wahabis play an
Religious rituals important role? a) Revolt of 1856 b) Revolt of 1857 c)
Answer: b) Ideal social conduct and moral ethics Revolt of 1858 d) Revolt of 1859
234. What practices did Deva Samaj prohibit? a) Answer: b) Revolt of 1857
Education and work b) Accepting bribe, gambling, 245. What role did Wahabis play during the Revolt of
intoxicants, non-vegetarian food and violence c) 1857? a) Supporting British b) Spreading anti-British
Marriage and family life d) Religious worship feelings c) Remaining neutral d) Mediating between
Answer: b) Accepting bribe, gambling, intoxicants, parties
non-vegetarian food and violence Answer: b) Spreading anti-British feelings
Wahabi Movement 246. When did the Wahabi Movement dissolve? a)
235. What type of response was the Wahabi 1860s b) 1870s c) 1880s d) 1890s
Movement? a) Progressive response to modernization Answer: b) 1870s
b) Revivalist response to Western influences and
 Answer: b) English education for the regeneration of
Aligarh Movement Muslims in India
247. Who was one of the important Muslim reformers 257. How did Syed Ahmed Khan work to improve
associated with Aligarh Movement? a) Haji women's position? a) Only through education b)
Shariatullah b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan c) Mirza Ghulam Through better education and by opposing purdah
Ahmad d) Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and polygamy, advocating easy divorce c) Only by
Answer: b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan opposing purdah d) Only through legal reforms
248. How did Syed Ahmed Khan interpret the Quran? Answer: b) Through better education and by opposing
a) In traditional way b) In the light of modernpurdah and polygamy, advocating easy divorce
rationalism and science c) In mystical way d) In literal 258. What systems did Syed Ahmed Khan condemn?
way a) Educational systems b) The system of piri (mystic
Answer: b) In the light of modern rationalism and fakirs being treated as teachers and gurus) and muridi
science (disciple) c) Economic systems d) Political systems
249. What was Syed Ahmed Khan's greatestAnswer: b) The system of piri (mystic fakirs being
achievement? a) Writing religious books b) Thetreated as teachers and gurus) and muridi (disciple)
establishment of the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental
College at Aligarh in 1875 c) Political leadership d) Faraizi Movement
Social reforms 259. Who founded the Faraizi Movement? a) Syed
Answer: b) The establishment of the MohammedanAhmed Khan b) Haji Shariatullah c) Mirza Ghulam
Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875 Ahmad d) Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi
250. What is the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College Answer: b) Haji Shariatullah
also known as? a) Jamia Millia Islamia b) Aligarh 260. When was the Faraizi Movement founded? a)
Muslim University c) Deoband Seminary d) Osmania 1817 b) 1818 c) 1819 d) 1820
University Answer: b) 1818
Answer: b) Aligarh Muslim University 261. What did the Faraizi Movement seek to do? a)
251. When was the Mohammedan Anglo OrientalPromote Western education b) Purify the religion by
College established? a) 1874 b) 1875 c) 1876 d) 1877 out casting all practices and preaching that are not in
Answer: b) 1875 line with Islamic beliefs c) Support British rule d)
252. What did this college become for Indian Reform Hindu practices
Muslims? a) A political center b) The most important Answer: b) Purify the religion by out casting all
educational institution c) A religious seminary d) A practices and preaching that are not in line with
cultural center Islamic beliefs
Answer: b) The most important educational institution 262. Who was Haji Shariatullah's son? a) Syed Ahmed
253. What type of education did the college provide? b) Dudu Mian c) Mirza Ghulam d) Muhammad Qasim
a) Only religious education b) Education in humanitiesAnswer: b) Dudu Mian
and science throughout English medium c) Only 263. When did the Faraizi Movement turn
traditional education d) Only technical education revolutionary? a) From 1839 onwards b) From 1840
Answer: b) Education in humanities and science onwards c) From 1841 onwards d) From 1842 onwards
throughout English medium Answer: b) From 1840 onwards
254. What was the movement associated with Syed 264. Under whose leadership did the Faraizi
Ahmed Khan called? a) Deoband Movement b) Aligarh Movement become revolutionary? a) Haji Shariatullah
Movement c) Wahabi Movement d) Faraizi Movement b) Dudu Mian c) Syed Ahmed Barelvi d) Shah
Answer: b) Aligarh Movement Walliullah
255. What did Syed Ahmed Khan appeal to Muslims toAnswer: b) Dudu Mian
return to? a) Traditional practices b) The original
Islamic principles of purity and simplicity c)
Ahmadiya Movement
Pre-Islamic customs d) Sufi practices 265. Who launched the Ahmadiya Movement? a) Syed
Answer: b) The original Islamic principles of purityAhmed Khan b) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan c)
and simplicity Haji Shariatullah d) Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi
256. What type of education did Syed Ahmed Khan Answer: b) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan
advocate for Muslims? a) Traditional Islamic 266. When was the Ahmadiya Movement launched? a)
education b) English education for the regeneration of 1888 b) 1889 c) 1890 d) 1891
Muslims in India c) Persian education d) Arabic Answer: b) 1889
education 267. How did the Ahmadiya Movement describe itself?
a) Orthodox Islamic movement b) The standard-bearer
of Mohammedan Renaissance c) Political reform276. What were Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi's birth
movement d) Social service organization and death years? a) 1835-78 b) 1837-80 c) 1839-82 d)
Answer: b) The standard-bearer of Mohammedan 1836-79
Renaissance Answer: b) 1837-80
268. What did the Ahmadiya Movement base itself on? 277. What were the two important objectives of the
a) Traditional Islamic law b) The principles of universal Deoband Movement? a) Political independence and
religion of all humanity c) Arab customs d) Sufi economic development b) Popularising the teachings
practices of Kuran and Hadis and to initiate Jihad against
Answer: b) The principles of universal religion of all foreign rule c) Social reform and educational
humanity development d) Religious tolerance and
269. What was the Ahmadiya Movement's stance on modernization
jihad? a) It promoted jihad b) It opposed jihad (sacred Answer: b) Popularising the teachings of Kuran and
war against non-Muslims) c) It reformed jihad d) It Hadis and to initiate Jihad against foreign rule
ignored jihad 278. What was the aim of the Deoband Movement? a)
Answer: b) It opposed jihad (sacred war againstPolitical revolution b) Moral and religious regeneration
non-Muslims) of the Muslim community c) Economic development d)
270. What unique belief does the AhmadiyaSocial modernization
community hold? a) Muhammad was the last prophet Answer: b) Moral and religious regeneration of the
b) The Messiah had come in the person of Mirza Muslim community
Ghulam Ahmad c) There is no afterlife d) Prayer is 279. What type of instruction was imparted at
unnecessary Deoband? a) Modern Western education b) Original
Answer: b) The Messiah had come in the person of Islamic religion c) Mixed curriculum d) Technical
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad education
271. According to Ahmadiya belief, why did theAnswer: b) Original Islamic religion
Messiah come? a) To establish political rule b) To end 280. What did modern awakening among Muslims lead
religious wars and bloodshed and to reinstate to regarding polygamy? a) Increase in polygamy b) A
morality, peace and justice c) To reform Islamic law d) decline in the practice of polygamy c) No change in
To spread Islam worldwide polygamy d) Government ban on polygamy
Answer: b) To end religious wars and bloodshed and Answer: b) A decline in the practice of polygamy
to reinstate morality, peace and justice 281. What was encouraged among Muslims due to
272. What did the Ahmadiya community believemodern awakening? a) Child marriage b) Widow
regarding mosque and state? a) Mosque should remarriage c) Polygamy d) Purdah system
control the state b) Separating the mosque from the Answer: b) Widow remarriage
State c) State should control mosque d) They should
be unified
Sikh Reform Movements -
Answer: b) Separating the mosque from the State Nirankari Movement
273. What did the Ahmadiya community believe in282. Who was the founder of the Nirankari Movement?
regarding human rights? a) Limited rights for some b) a) Baba Ram Singh b) Baba Dayal Das c) Guru Nanak
Human rights and tolerance c) No individual rights d)d) Guru Gobind Singh
Rights only for Muslims Answer: b) Baba Dayal Das
Answer: b) Human rights and tolerance 283. What were Baba Dayal Das's birth and death
Deoband Movement years? a) 1781-1853 b) 1783-1855 c) 1785-1857 d)
274. When was the Deoband Movement founded? a) 1780-1852
1866 b) 1867 c) 1868 d) 1869 Answer: b) 1783-1855
Answer: b) 1867 284. What did the Nirankari Movement consist of? a)
275. Who founded the Deoband Movement? a) Syed Political revolution b) Purification and return c)
Ahmed Khan and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad b) Muhammad Economic reform d) Social modernization
Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi c) HajiAnswer: b) Purification and return
Shariatullah and Dudu Mian d) Shah Walliullah and285. In which decade did Baba Dayal Das call for
Abdul Wahab return to Sikhism's origin? a) 1830s b) 1840s c) 1850s
Answer: b) Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashidd) 1860s
Ahmad Gangohi Answer: b) 1840s
286. What did the Nirankari Movement emphasize
regarding worship? a) Idol worship b) The worship of
one God and nirankar (formless) c) Ritual worship d) 297. What were Namdhari followers required to
Temple worship abandon? a) Family life b) The worship of gods, idols,
Answer: b) The worship of one God and nirankar tombs, trees, snakes, etc. c) All religious practices d)
(formless) Social interactions
287. What did the Nirankari approach mean regardingAnswer: b) The worship of gods, idols, tombs, trees,
idolatry? a) Promotion of idolatry b) A rejection of snakes, etc.
idolatry c) Reform of idolatry d) Indifference to idolatry 298. What were Namdhari followers required to
Answer: b) A rejection of idolatry abstain from? a) Work and family b) Drinking, stealing,
288. What did the Nirankari Movement prohibit? a) falsehood, slandering, backbiting, etc. c) Religious
Education and work b) Eating meat, drinking liquor, worship d) Social gatherings
lying, cheating, etc. c) Marriage and family d) Answer: b) Drinking, stealing, falsehood, slandering,
Religious practices backbiting, etc.
Answer: b) Eating meat, drinking liquor, lying, 299. What was strictly forbidden for Namdhari
cheating, etc. followers? a) Vegetarian food b) The consumption of
289. What did the Nirankari Movement lay emphasis beef c) Milk products d) Grains
on? a) Guru Gobind Singh and Khalsa b) Guru Nanak Answer: b) The consumption of beef
and on Sikhism before the establishment of Khalsa c) 300. Why was protection of cattle important for
All ten Gurus equally d) Sikh warriors and battles Namdharis? a) Economic reasons b) It was important
Answer: b) Guru Nanak and on Sikhism before thefor their religious beliefs c) Government policy d)
establishment of Khalsa Social custom
290. What separated Nirankaris from Namdharis? a)Answer: b) It was important for their religious beliefs
Different religious practices b) Their emphasis on
Sikhism before Khalsa establishment c) Political
Singh Sabha Movement
differences d) Economic differences 301. Where were the first Singh Sabhas formed? a)
Answer: b) Their emphasis on Sikhism before Khalsa Delhi and Lahore b) Amritsar and Lahore c) Amritsar
establishment and Delhi d) Lahore and Chandigarh
Answer: b) Amritsar and Lahore
Namdhari Movement 302. When was the Singh Sabha formed at Amritsar?
291. Who founded the Namdhari Movement? a) Baba a) 1872 b) 1873 c) 1874 d) 1875
Dayal Das b) Baba Ram Singh c) Guru Nanak d) GuruAnswer: b) 1873
Gobind Singh 303. When was the Singh Sabha formed at Lahore? a)
Answer: b) Baba Ram Singh 1878 b) 1879 c) 1880 d) 1881
292. What were Baba Ram Singh's birth and deathAnswer: b) 1879
years? a) 1814-1883 b) 1816-1885 c) 1818-1887 d) 304. What did the Singh Sabhas seek to rid Sikhism
1815-1884 of? a) Modern influences b) Superstitions, caste
Answer: b) 1816-1885 distinctions and practices seen by them as non-Sikh
293. When was the Namdhari Movement founded? a) c) Western education d) Political involvement
1856 b) 1857 c) 1858 d) 1859 Answer: b) Superstitions, caste distinctions and
Answer: b) 1857 practices seen by them as non-Sikh
294. What was the Namdhari Movement founded on?305. What did the Singh Sabhas promote among
a) British political model b) A set of rituals modeled Sikhs? a) Only traditional education b) Education,
after Guru Gobind Singh's founding of the Khalsa c)often combining modern instruction with Sikh
Hindu religious practices d) Islamic customs teachings c) Only religious education d) Only Western
Answer: b) A set of rituals modeled after Guru Gobind education
Singh's founding of the Khalsa Answer: b) Education, often combining modern
295. What were Namdhari followers required to wear? instruction with Sikh teachings
a) Only turbans b) The five symbols c) White clothes
only d) Special jewelry
Akali Movement
Answer: b) The five symbols 306. Before 1920, who governed the Sikh Gurdwaras?
296. Instead of the sword, what were Namdharia) British government b) The Udasi Sikh mahants c)
followers supposed to carry? a) A book b) A stick c) ASikh community leaders d) Indian National Congress
knife d) Nothing Answer: b) The Udasi Sikh mahants
Answer: b) A stick 307. How did the Udasi Sikh mahants treat Gurdwara
offerings? a) Used them for community welfare b)
Treated the Gurdwara offerings and other income as
their personal income c) Donated them to charity d) 316. Into how many streams did the Akali movement
Used them for education get divided? a) Two streams b) Three streams c) Four
Answer: b) Treated the Gurdwara offerings and other streams d) Five streams
income as their personal income Answer: b) Three streams
308. Why did the British government support these317. What were the three streams of the Akali
mahants? a) They were efficient administrators b) As movement? a) Religious, political, and social b)
a counterpoise to the rising tide of nationalism among Moderate nationalist reformers, pro-government
the Sikhs c) They were religious leaders d) They loyalists and political organ of Sikh communalism c)
supported British policies Educational, economic, and cultural d) Traditional,
Answer: b) As a counterpoise to the rising tide ofmodern, and progressive
nationalism among the Sikhs Answer: b) Moderate nationalist reformers,
309. What did the priest of the golden temple issue pro-government loyalists and political organ of Sikh
against Ghadarites? a) A blessing b) A hukamnama communalism
(injunction) declaring them renegades c) An invitation
d) A warning
Parsi Community Reforms
Answer: b) A hukamnama (injunction) declaring them318. When were the earliest attempts to reform Parsi
renegades community started? a) Eighteenth century b)
310. Whom did the golden temple priest honor with a Nineteenth century c) Twentieth century d)
saropa? a) Indian freedom fighters b) General Dyer,Seventeenth century
the butcher of Jallianwala massacre c) Sikh Answer: b) Nineteenth century
community leaders d) British administrators 319. What was formed to revive and transform the
Answer: b) General Dyer, the butcher of Jallianwalasocial situation of Parsi community? a) Parsi Reform
massacre Association b) Religious Reform Association c) Parsi
311. What did the Gurdwara Reform Movement launch Social Society d) Parsi Cultural Organization
agitation for? a) Political independence b) Freeing theAnswer: b) Religious Reform Association
Gurdwaras from corrupt mahants and handing over to320. What was the name of the Parsi reform
a representative body of Sikhs c) Educational reforms association? a) Parsi Panchayat Sabha b) Rehnumai
d) Economic development Maj Daysan Sabha c) Parsi Reform Samaj d) Parsi
Answer: b) Freeing the Gurdwaras from corrupt Social Conference
mahants and handing over to a representative body of Answer: b) Rehnumai Maj Daysan Sabha
Sikhs 321. Who were the main founders of the Parsi reform
312. Under what pressure did Gurdwaras come underleague? a) JRD Tata and Jamsetji Tata b) Dadabhai
elected committee control? a) British government Naoroji and SS Bengali c) Pherozeshah Mehta and
pressure b) Growing pressure of the nationalist and Dadabhai Naoroji d) SS Bengali and JB Nacha
Gurdwara agitators c) Religious pressure d) EconomicAnswer: b) Dadabhai Naoroji and SS Bengali
pressure Summary Tables
Answer: b) Growing pressure of the nationalist and
Lower Caste/Caste Movements and
Gurdwara agitators
313. What was the elected committee known as? a)Organizations
Gurdwara Management Committee b) Shiromani322. When was Satya Shodhak Samaj founded? a)
Gurdwara Prablandhalk Committee c) Sikh Religious 1872 b) 1873 c) 1874 d) 1875
Committee d) Punjab Gurdwara Committee Answer: b) 1873
Answer: b) Shiromani Gurdwara Prablandhalk 323. When was the Aruvippuram Movement started?
Committee a) 1887 b) 1888 c) 1889 d) 1890
314. When did Gurdwaras come under the elected Answer: b) 1888
committee's control? a) October 1920 b) November324. Where was the Aruvippuram Movement started?
1920 c) December 1920 d) January 1921 a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu c) Karnataka d) Andhra
Answer: b) November 1920 Pradesh
315. What did the Gurdwara liberation movement soonAnswer: a) Kerala
turn into? a) Independence movement b) Akali 325. Who founded the Aruvippuram Movement? a) Dr.
movement c) Educational movement d) Economic Palpu b) Shri Narayan Guru c) Kumaran Asan d) EV
movement Ramaswami Naicker
Answer: b) Akali movement Answer: b) Shri Narayan Guru
 Answer: b) Right to succession
The Revolt of 1857 -7. Which two policies were used by the Company to
subjugate states and take away their powers?
MCQ Questions with ●​ a)Settlement
Doctrine of Lapse and Permanent

Answers ●​ b) Subsidiary Alliances and Permanent

Settlement
●​ c) Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliances
Introduction and Overview ●​ d) Ryotwari System and Subsidiary Alliances
1. The Revolt of 1857 was one of the most importantAnswer: c) Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliances
moments in which struggle? 8. How many sepoys did Awadh provide to the
●​ a) Economic struggle Company?
●​ b) Social struggle ●​ a) Around 50,000
●​ c) Indian Freedom Struggle ●​ b) Around 60,000
●​ d) Religious struggle ●​ c) Around 75,000
Answer: c) Indian Freedom Struggle ●​ d) Around 80,000
2. Which sections of people were affected by theAnswer: c) Around 75,000
policies of the East India Company before 1857? 9. Who annexed Awadh and in what name?
●​ a) Only kings and queens ●​ a) Lord Dalhousie in the name of
●​ b) Only peasants and landlords 'misgovernance'
●​ c) Only soldiers ●​ b) Lord Wellesley in the name of
●​ d) Kings, queens, peasants, landlords, tribes 'misgovernance'
and soldiers ●​ c) Lord Cornwallis in the name of 'debt'
Answer: d) Kings, queens, peasants, landlords, tribes ●​ d) Lord Bentinck in the name of 'rebellion'
and soldiers Answer: a) Lord Dalhousie in the name of
Political Causes 'misgovernance'
3. Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi wanted her adopted son 10. From where was the name of the Mughal king
to be recognized as what? removed?
●​ a) The commander of the army ●​ a) From official documents
●​ b) The heir to the kingdom after her ●​ b) From coins minted by the Company
husband's death ●​ c) From government buildings
●​ c) The chief minister ●​ d) From court records
●​ d) The royal advisor Answer: b) From coins minted by the Company
Answer: b) The heir to the kingdom after her 11. In which year did Governor-General Dalhousie
husband's death announce that after Bahadur Shah Zafar's death, his
4. Nana Saheb was the adopted son of which Peshwa? family would be moved out of the Red Fort?
●​ a) Peshwa Baji Rao I ●​ a) 1847
●​ b) Peshwa Baji Rao II ●​ b) 1848
●​ c) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath ●​ c) 1849
●​ d) Peshwa Madhavrao ●​ d) 1850
Answer: b) Peshwa Baji Rao II Answer: c) 1849
5. What did Nana Saheb want from the East India 12. According to Dalhousie's announcement, what
Company? would the next Mughal ruler be called instead of king?
●​ a) Recognition as Peshwa ●​ a) Governor
●​ b) His father's kingdom ●​ b) Prince
●​ c) His father's pension ●​ c) Nawab
●​ d) A government position ●​ d) Chief
Answer: c) His father's pension Answer: b) Prince
6. What was denied to Hindu princes by the Subsidiary Alliance and
Company?
●​ a) Right to taxation Doctrine of Lapse
●​ b) Right to succession 13. Who framed the Subsidiary Alliance treaty
●​ c) Right to trade between East India Company and Indian rulers?
●​ d) Right to build armies ●​ a) Dalhousie
 ●​ b) Cornwallis Answer: b) Bihar and Bengal from 1763 to 1800
●​ c) Wellesley 21. Fairazi, a Muslim sect, rose against zamindar and
●​ d) Bentinck British in which place and year?
Answer: c) Wellesley ●​ a) Faridpur in 1835
14. Under Subsidiary Alliance, Indian rulers had to let ●​ b) Faridpur in 1838
go of what? ●​ c) Murshidabad in 1838
●​ a) Their palaces ●​ d) Dhaka in 1835
●​ b) Their armed forces Answer: b) Faridpur in 1838
●​ c) Their revenues 22. What was the primary focus of British revenue
●​ d) Their territories policies according to the text?
Answer: b) Their armed forces ●​ a) Welfare of peasants
15. What was the Company official placed at the court ●​ b) Fixed revenue collections
of rulers called under Subsidiary Alliance? ●​ c) Agricultural development
●​ a) Commissioner ●​ d) Social reform
●​ b) Agent Answer: b) Fixed revenue collections
●​ c) Resident 23. What happened to zamindars under British rule?
●​ d) Collector ●​ a) They gained more power
Answer: c) Resident ●​ b) Their lands were often taken away and they
16. The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy were made to feel inferior
followed by which ruler? ●​ c) They were given government positions
●​ a) Wellesley (1798-1805) ●​ d) They were exempted from taxes
●​ b) Dalhousie (1848-1856) Answer: b) Their lands were often taken away and
●​ c) Cornwallis (1786-1793) they were made to feel inferior
●​ d) Bentinck (1828-1835) 24. Which levels of administration were affected by
Answer: b) Dalhousie (1848-1856) corruption?
17. According to the Doctrine of Lapse, what would ●​ a) Only higher levels
happen to a state if the ruler did not have a male heir? ●​ b) Only middle levels
●​ a) It would be given to the nearest relative ●​ c) Lower levels including police, petty
●​ b) It would be ruled by a council officials and lower law courts
●​ c) It would be annexed by the Company ●​ d) All levels equally
●​ d) It would become independent Answer: c) Lower levels including police, petty
Answer: c) It would be annexed by the Company officials and lower law courts
18. Under the Doctrine of Lapse, an adopted son 25. What were common practices against cultivators
would inherit only what? for rent or land revenue?
●​ a) The kingdom and title ●​ a) Rewards and incentives
●​ b) The father's personal property and assets ●​ b) Torture and jailing
●​ c) The royal treasury ●​ c) Reduced taxation
●​ d) The administrative powers ●​ d) Free legal aid
Answer: b) The father's personal property and assets Answer: b) Torture and jailing
Administrative Causes Socio-Religious Causes
19. The phase from Battle of Plassey to the Revolt of 26. What did the British feel they had the right to do
1857 was from which year to 1857? regarding Indian society?
●​ a) 1755 to 1857 ●​ a) Leave it unchanged
●​ b) 1756 to 1857 ●​ b) 'Civilise' Indian society
●​ c) 1757 to 1857 ●​ c) Destroy it completely
●​ d) 1758 to 1857 ●​ d) Study it academically
Answer: c) 1757 to 1857 Answer: b) 'Civilise' Indian society
20. The Sanyasi Revolt occurred in which regions and 27. Which three social reforms were seen as British
during which period? interference?
●​ a) Bengal and Bihar from 1760 to 1795 ●​ a) Abolition of sati, legalisation of widow
●​ b) Bihar and Bengal from 1763 to 1800 remarriage, and opening of Western
●​ c) Bengal and Orissa from 1765 to 1805 education to girls
●​ d) Bihar and Orissa from 1770 to 1810
 ●​ b) Land reforms, tax reforms, and judicial ●​ d) Military policies
reforms Answer: c) Economic exploitation of the country by
●​ c) Military reforms, administrative reforms, the British
and economic reforms 34. The destruction of traditional economic fabric
●​ d) Educational reforms, medical reforms, and impoverished which groups?
agricultural reforms ●​ a) Only peasants
Answer: a) Abolition of sati, legalisation of widow ●​ b) Only artisans
remarriage, and opening of Western education to girls ●​ c) Only zamindars
28. What was an important factor in turning people ●​ d) Peasants, artisans, handicraftsmen,
against British rule? traditional zamindars and chiefs
●​ a) Economic hardship only Answer: d) Peasants, artisans, handicraftsmen,
●​ b) Political oppression only traditional zamindars and chiefs
●​ c) Fear of destroying their religion 35. Who were the patrons of handicrafts and artisans
●​ d) Social discrimination only that British policies destroyed?
Answer: c) Fear of destroying their religion ●​ a) British officials
29. Where did Christian missionaries try to convert ●​ b) Local rulers and their courts
people? ●​ c) Foreign traders
●​ a) Only in schools ●​ d) Religious institutions
●​ b) Only in hospitals Answer: b) Local rulers and their courts
●​ c) Only in prisons 36. Why could Indian commodities not compete with
●​ d) In schools, hospitals, prisons and at Western items?
market places ●​ a) Poor quality
Answer: d) In schools, hospitals, prisons and at ●​ b) Western items were cheaper
market places ●​ c) Lack of demand
30. How did missionaries attack Hinduism and Islam? ●​ d) Transportation problems
●​ a) Quietly and privately Answer: b) Western items were cheaper
●​ b) Through written pamphlets only 37. What was the result of pressure on agricultural
●​ c) Made violent public attacks lands?
●​ d) Through legal means only ●​ a) Increased prosperity
Answer: c) Made violent public attacks ●​ b) Better farming techniques
31. What policy hurt religious sentiments regarding ●​ c) Discontent among rural areas which
temples and mosques? affected sepoys
●​ a) Destroying them ●​ d) More employment opportunities
●​ b) Converting them to churches Answer: c) Discontent among rural areas which
●​ c) Taxing lands belonging to temples and affected sepoys
mosques
●​ d) Closing them down
Military Causes
Answer: c) Taxing lands belonging to temples and38. Indian sepoys in the Company's employ were
mosques unhappy about what?
32. Were lands belonging to charitable institutions ●​ a) Only their pay
taxed by earlier rulers? ●​ b) Only their allowances
●​ a) Yes, heavily taxed ●​ c) Only conditions of service
●​ b) Yes, but lightly taxed ●​ d) Pay, allowances and conditions of service
●​ c) No, they were not taxed Answer: d) Pay, allowances and conditions of service
●​ d) Only during wartime 39. In which year were sepoys ordered to go to Burma
Answer: c) No, they were not taxed by sea route?
●​ a) 1822
Economic Causes ●​ b) 1823
33. What was described as the most important cause ●​ c) 1824
of popular discontent? ●​ d) 1825
●​ a) Political oppression Answer: c) 1824
●​ b) Social reforms 40. What happened when sepoys refused to go to
●​ c) Economic exploitation of the country byBurma by sea?
the British ●​ a) They were dismissed
 ●​ b) They were punished ●​ d) Broken with tools
●​ c) They were promoted Answer: c) Bitten by mouth before use
●​ d) They were transferred 48. What other report added to the sepoys' concerns?
Answer: b) They were punished ●​ a) Mixing of cow's milk in tea
41. By which route did the sepoys later agree to go to ●​ b) Use of beef in food
Burma? ●​ c) Mixing of bone dust in Atta (Flour)
●​ a) Sea route ●​ d) Use of pork in meals
●​ b) Air route Answer: c) Mixing of bone dust in Atta (Flour)
●​ c) Land route 49. What did the sepoys believe was the purpose
●​ d) River route behind these actions?
Answer: c) Land route ●​ a) To improve their health
42. Which act was passed by Lord Canning's ●​ b) To destroy their religion and convert them
Government in 1856? to Christianity
●​ a) Military Service Act ●​ c) To make them stronger
●​ b) Government Service Entitlement Act ●​ d) To test their loyalty
●​ c) Overseas Service Act Answer: b) To destroy their religion and convert them
●​ d) Company Employment Act to Christianity
Answer: b) Government Service Entitlement Act 50. Which religious communities' sentiments were
43. What did the 1856 Act declare about new armyhurt by these actions?
recruits? ●​ a) Only Hindu
●​ a) They would get higher pay ●​ b) Only Muslim
●​ b) They had to agree to serve overseas if ●​ c) Both Hindu and Muslim
required ●​ d) Only Christian
●​ c) They would get better facilities Answer: c) Both Hindu and Muslim
●​ d) They could choose their posting
Answer: b) They had to agree to serve overseas if
Outside Influence on Revolt of
required 1857
44. What allowance was withdrawn from sepoys that51. What did certain events shatter among the people
added to their grievances? regarding the British?
●​ a) Food allowance ●​ a) Their respect for British culture
●​ b) Housing allowance ●​ b) The general belief that British are
●​ c) Foreign allowance (bhatta) unbeatable
●​ d) Medical allowance ●​ c) Their trust in British promises
Answer: c) Foreign allowance (bhatta) ●​ d) Their fear of British weapons
Immediate Cause Answer: b) The general belief that British are
45. What was the immediate cause that fueled the unbeatable
pre-existing discontent among sepoys? 52. The Santhal uprising occurred during which
●​ a) Salary cuts period?
●​ b) New uniform regulations ●​ a) 1853-55
●​ c) Newly introduced Enfield rifle ●​ b) 1854-56
●​ d) Change in working hours ●​ c) 1855-57
Answer: c) Newly introduced Enfield rifle ●​ d) 1856-58
46. What was the Enfield rifle cartridge supposedly Answer: c) 1855-57
made of? 53. The First Afghan War took place during which
●​ a) Cotton and wax years?
●​ b) Cow and pig fat ●​ a) 1836-40
●​ c) Vegetable oil ●​ b) 1838-42
●​ d) Synthetic materials ●​ c) 1840-44
Answer: b) Cow and pig fat ●​ d) 1842-46
47. How was the cartridge supposed to be used? Answer: b) 1838-42
●​ a) Torn by hand 54. During which period did the Punjab War occur?
●​ b) Cut with a knife ●​ a) 1843-47
●​ c) Bitten by mouth before use ●​ b) 1845-49
●​ c) 1847-51
 ●​ d) 1849-53 ●​ a) Nana Saheb
Answer: b) 1845-49 ●​ b) Rani Lakshmibai
55. The Crimean War was fought during which years? ●​ c) Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
●​ a) 1852-54 ●​ d) Tantia Tope
●​ b) 1854-56 Answer: c) Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
●​ c) 1856-58 63. The revolt spread particularly in which regions?
●​ d) 1858-60 ●​ a) Southern and Eastern
Answer: b) 1854-56 ●​ b) Western and Central
●​ c) North-Western and Awadh
Beginning and Course of Revolt ●​ d) Eastern and Central
56. On which date was Mangal Pandey hanged to Answer: c) North-Western and Awadh
death? 64. Which groups of civilians joined the unrest?
●​ a) 8th March, 1857 ●​ a) Only peasants
●​ b) 8th April, 1857 ●​ b) Only zamindars
●​ c) 8th May, 1857 ●​ c) Only religious leaders
●​ d) 8th June, 1857 ●​ d) Peasants, zamindars, religious leaders and
Answer: b) 8th April, 1857 civil servants
57. Where was Mangal Pandey hanged for attackingAnswer: d) Peasants, zamindars, religious leaders and
his officers? civil servants
●​ a) Meerut 65. On which date was Delhi captured back by the
●​ b) Delhi British?
●​ c) Barrackpore ●​ a) 20th August, 1857
●​ d) Lucknow ●​ b) 20th September, 1857
Answer: c) Barrackpore ●​ c) 20th October, 1857
58. How many sepoys were dismissed from service ●​ d) 20th November, 1857
and sentenced to jail at Meerut? Answer: b) 20th September, 1857
●​ a) Seventy-five 66. Where was Bahadur Shah sent as prisoner?
●​ b) Eighty ●​ a) Andaman Islands
●​ c) Eighty-five ●​ b) Rangoon (Myanmar)
●​ d) Ninety ●​ c) Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Answer: c) Eighty-five ●​ d) Mauritius
59. For how many years were the dismissed sepoysAnswer: b) Rangoon (Myanmar)
sentenced to jail? 67. In which year did Bahadur Shah die?
●​ a) Seven years ●​ a) 1860
●​ b) Ten years ●​ b) 1861
●​ c) Twelve years ●​ c) 1862
●​ d) Fifteen years ●​ d) 1863
Answer: b) Ten years Answer: c) 1862
60. On which date were the sepoys dismissed and 68. Nana Saheb escaped to which country in 1859?
sentenced at Meerut? ●​ a) Tibet
●​ a) 8th May, 1857 ●​ b) Bhutan
●​ b) 9th May, 1857 ●​ c) Nepal
●​ c) 10th May, 1857 ●​ d) Afghanistan
●​ d) 11th May, 1857 Answer: c) Nepal
Answer: b) 9th May, 1857 69. When did Rani Lakshmibai die on the battlefield?
61. On which date did the other Indian soldiers march ●​ a) May 1858
to the jail in Meerut? ●​ b) June 1858
●​ a) 9th May, 1857 ●​ c) July 1858
●​ b) 10th May, 1857 ●​ d) August 1858
●​ c) 11th May, 1857 Answer: b) June 1858
●​ d) 12th May, 1857 70. By which year had the revolt been completely
Answer: b) 10th May, 1857 suppressed?
62. Whom did the soldiers choose as the leader of the ●​ a) 1858
rebellion? ●​ b) 1859
 ●​ c) 1860 Answer: c) August, 1857
●​ d) 1861 79. Who were the Indian leaders in Kanpur?
Answer: b) 1859 ●​ a) Nana Saheb only
●​ b) Tantia Tope only
Centres of Revolts and Leaders ●​ c) Nana Saheb and Tantia Tope
71. Who was the Indian leader in Delhi during the ●​ d) Nana Saheb and Rani Lakshmibai
revolt? Answer: c) Nana Saheb and Tantia Tope
●​ a) Bahadur Shah Zafar 80. Who was the Indian leader in Bareilly?
●​ b) General Bakht Khan ●​ a) Nana Saheb
●​ c) Khan Bahadur Khan ●​ b) Khan Bahadur Khan
●​ d) Kunwar Singh ●​ c) Kunwar Singh
Answer: b) General Bakht Khan ●​ d) Maulavi Ahmadullah
72. Which British leaders were associated with Delhi? Answer: b) Khan Bahadur Khan
●​ a) Colin Campbell and Henry Lawrence 81. Who was the Indian leader in Faizabad (Ayodhya)?
●​ b) John Nicholson and Lieutenant Willoughby ●​ a) Begum Hazarat Mahal
●​ c) Sir Hugh Rose and Colonel Neil ●​ b) Maulavi Ahmadullah
●​ d) William Taylor and James Outram ●​ c) Khan Bahadur Khan
Answer: b) John Nicholson and Lieutenant Willoughby ●​ d) Shah Mal
73. When did the revolt begin in Delhi? Answer: b) Maulavi Ahmadullah
●​ a) 10th May, 1857 82. Which British leader was associated with Jhansi?
●​ b) 11th May, 1857 ●​ a) Colin Campbell
●​ c) 12th May, 1857 ●​ b) John Nicholson
●​ d) 13th May, 1857 ●​ c) Sir Hugh Rose
Answer: b) 11th May, 1857 ●​ d) William Taylor
74. Who was the Indian leader in Lucknow? Answer: c) Sir Hugh Rose
●​ a) Rani Lakshmibai 83. Who was the Indian leader in Allahabad
●​ b) Nana Saheb (Prayagraj)?
●​ c) Begum Hazarat Mahal ●​ a) Liyaqat Ali
●​ d) Maulavi Ahmadullah ●​ b) Shah Mal
Answer: c) Begum Hazarat Mahal ●​ c) Kunwar Singh
75. Which British leaders were associated with ●​ d) Khan Bahadur Khan
Lucknow? Answer: a) Liyaqat Ali
●​ a) John Nicholson and Lieutenant Willoughby 84. Which British leader was associated with
●​ b) Colin Campbell and Henry Lawrence Allahabad?
●​ c) Sir Hugh Rose and Colonel Neil ●​ a) Colin Campbell
●​ d) William Taylor and James Outram ●​ b) Colonel Neil
Answer: b) Colin Campbell and Henry Lawrence ●​ c) Sir Hugh Rose
76. Who was the Indian leader in Bihar? ●​ d) William Taylor
●​ a) Nana Saheb Answer: b) Colonel Neil
●​ b) Kunwar Singh 85. When did the revolt begin in Allahabad?
●​ c) Khan Bahadur Khan ●​ a) 4th June, 1857
●​ d) Shah Mal ●​ b) 5th June, 1857
Answer: b) Kunwar Singh ●​ c) 6th June, 1857
77. Which British leader was associated with Bihar? ●​ d) 7th June, 1857
●​ a) Colin Campbell Answer: b) 5th June, 1857
●​ b) John Nicholson 86. Who was the Jat leader in Barout, Uttar Pradesh?
●​ c) William Taylor ●​ a) Kunwar Singh
●​ d) Sir Hugh Rose ●​ b) Liyaqat Ali
Answer: c) William Taylor ●​ c) Shah Mal
78. When did the revolt begin in Bihar? ●​ d) Khan Bahadur Khan
●​ a) June, 1857 Answer: c) Shah Mal
●​ b) July, 1857
●​ c) August, 1857 Weakness of Revolt and Failure
●​ d) September, 1857 87. The revolt was limited to which states?
 ●​ a) Northern states only ●​ a) Better weapons
●​ b) Southern states only ●​ b) The stronghold area of revolt remained
●​ c) Eastern states only limited
●​ d) All states participated equally ●​ c) Superior leadership
Answer: a) Northern states only ●​ d) International support
88. Which regions were missing from the revolt? Answer: b) The stronghold area of revolt remained
●​ a) Northern and Central limited
●​ b) Southern, Western and Eastern 95. What kept the British Commander-in-Chief well
●​ c) Only Southern informed about rebel movements?
●​ d) Only Western ●​ a) Spies
Answer: b) Southern, Western and Eastern ●​ b) Local informants
89. What advantage did the East India Company have ●​ c) The Telegraph
in terms of weapons? ●​ d) Aerial surveillance
●​ a) More soldiers Answer: c) The Telegraph
●​ b) Better strategy 96. Which Indian rulers actively helped the British to
●​ c) Modernised weapons (Guns, telegraph) suppress the revolt?
●​ d) Foreign support ●​ a) All rulers opposed British
Answer: c) Modernised weapons (Guns, telegraph) ●​ b) Scindhia of Gwalior, Holkar of Indore,
90. With what weapons did most Indians fight? Nizam of Hyderabad
●​ a) Modern guns and rifles ●​ c) Only minor rulers helped British
●​ b) Artillery and cannons ●​ d) No rulers helped British
●​ c) Swords, spears and few had guns Answer: b) Scindhia of Gwalior, Holkar of Indore,
●​ d) Naval weapons Nizam of Hyderabad
Answer: c) Swords, spears and few had guns 97. Which other rulers helped the British apart from
91. How was the revolt coordinated? the major ones mentioned?
●​ a) Very well coordinated with central ●​ a) Raja of Jodhpur only
command ●​ b) Rulers of Kashmir only
●​ b) Moderately coordinated ●​ c) Raja of Jodhpur and rulers of Patiala,
●​ c) Not very well-coordinated and fought Nabha, Jind, Kashmir and many other ruling
mostly independently chiefs
●​ d) Perfectly coordinated across all regions ●​ d) No other rulers helped
Answer: c) Not very well-coordinated and foughtAnswer: c) Raja of Jodhpur and rulers of Patiala,
mostly independently Nabha, Jind, Kashmir and many other ruling chiefs
92. What was missing among the rebels from different 98. What was the attitude of modern educated Indians
sections of society? towards the revolt?
●​ a) Weapons ●​ a) They strongly supported it
●​ b) Leadership ●​ b) They were neutral
●​ c) A feeling of unity or nationalism ●​ c) They did not support the revolt
●​ d) Financial resources ●​ d) They actively participated
Answer: c) A feeling of unity or nationalism Answer: c) They did not support the revolt
99. Why were modern educated Indians repelled by
Causes of the Failure of the the rebels?
Revolt ●​ a) Fear of British retaliation
93. What was perhaps the most important cause of the ●​ b) Personal interests
revolt's failure? ●​ c) Appeals to superstitions and opposition to
●​ a) Lack of weapons progressive social measures
●​ b) Poor organisation and lack of coordination ●​ d) Religious differences
among rebels Answer: c) Appeals to superstitions and opposition to
●​ c) British superior numbers progressive social measures
●​ d) Lack of foreign support 100. What was missing among the leaders and sepoys
Answer: b) Poor organisation and lack of coordination according to the text?
among rebels ●​ a) Military training
94. What enabled the English to concentrate their ●​ b) High ideals of patriotism and nationalism
strength effectively? ●​ c) Financial resources
 ●​ d) Popular support ●​ d) Social reforms
Answer: b) High ideals of patriotism and nationalism Answer: c) The abasement and ejectment of the alien
ruling power
Views of Historians on Nature of 107. How does Dr K Datta consider the revolt of 1857?
Revolt ●​ a) As a national war
101. Why is the Revolt of 1857 difficult to analyze ●​ b) As mainly a military outbreak taken
completely? advantage of by discontented princes and
●​ a) Lack of witnesses landlords
●​ b) Most documents related to revolt were ●​ c) As a planned independence war
destroyed by rebels or burnt by British ●​ d) As a religious uprising
officials Answer: b) As mainly a military outbreak taken
●​ c) Language barriers advantage of by discontented princes and landlords
●​ d) Time gap 108. Whose interests had been affected by the new
Answer: b) Most documents related to revolt were political order according to Dr K Datta?
destroyed by rebels or burnt by British officials ●​ a) All Indians
102. Why did British not want people to know about ●​ b) Only military personnel
rebels? ●​ c) Certain discontented princes and landlords
●​ a) To maintain secrecy of military operations ●​ d) Religious leaders
●​ b) To prevent future revolts Answer: c) Certain discontented princes and
●​ c) To protect their image landlords
●​ d) The text suggests this but doesn't specify 109. VD Savarkar described the revolt in his book as
the exact reason what?
Answer: d) The text suggests this but doesn't specify ●​ a) A sepoy mutiny
the exact reason ●​ b) A planned war of national independence
103. How does SB Chaudhary describe the revolt? ●​ c) A military outbreak
●​ a) As a Sepoy Mutiny ●​ d) A religious war
●​ b) As First War of Independence Answer: b) A planned war of national independence
●​ c) As a Military Outbreak 110. What is the title of VD Savarkar's book
●​ d) As a Religious War mentioned?
Answer: b) As First War of Independence ●​ a) The Revolt of 1857
104. According to SB Chaudhary, what was unique ●​ b) Indian War of Independence
about this revolt in Indian history? ●​ c) First War of Indian Independence
●​ a) It was the longest war ●​ d) The Great Revolt
●​ b) It involved the most people Answer: c) First War of Indian Independence
●​ c) It would be difficult to find a parallel to this 111. What did RC Mazumdar conclude about the
gigantic anti-foreign combine of all classes of so-called First National War of Independence of 1857?
people and many provinces ●​ a) It was the first and national
●​ d) It was the most successful ●​ b) It was national but not the first
Answer: c) It would be difficult to find a parallel to this ●​ c) It is neither First, nor National, nor War of
gigantic anti-foreign combine of all classes of people Independence
and many provinces ●​ d) It was a war of independence but not
105. How long did SB Chaudhary say no previous war national
in India had lasted? Answer: c) It is neither First, nor National, nor War of
●​ a) More than six months Independence
●​ b) More than a year continuously Significance of the Revolt
●​ c) More than two years 112. What was significant about the character of the
●​ d) More than three years revolt?
Answer: b) More than a year continuously ●​ a) It was communal in nature
106. What was the objective of this war according to ●​ b) It was not communal in character and
SB Chaudhary? Hindu-Muslim both fought together
●​ a) Economic independence ●​ c) Only Hindus participated
●​ b) Religious freedom ●​ d) Only Muslims participated
●​ c) The abasement and ejectment of the alien
ruling power
Answer: b) It was not communal in character and ●​ c) All matters related to the governance of
Hindu-Muslim both fought together India
113. The revolt transformed from what to what? ●​ d) Only administrative affairs
●​ a) From a political movement to economic Answer: c) All matters related to the governance of
movement India
●​ b) From a social reform to political reform 120. What was given to the Secretary of State for India
●​ c) From mutiny of soldiers to a rebellionto advise him?
against Britishers ●​ a) A parliament
●​ d) From regional issue to international issue ●​ b) A council called the India Council
Answer: c) From mutiny of soldiers to a rebellion ●​ c) A committee of generals
against Britishers ●​ d) A board of directors
114. What important development came out of the Answer: b) A council called the India Council
revolt? 121. What new title was given to the Governor-General
●​ a) New military techniques of India?
●​ b) Better administrative system ●​ a) President
●​ c) New sense of a modern nationalism ●​ b) Prime Minister
●​ d) Improved economic policies ●​ c) Viceroy
Answer: c) New sense of a modern nationalism ●​ d) Emperor
Answer: c) Viceroy
Impact of Revolt of 1857 122. What does Viceroy mean?
115. How did the Revolt of 1857 make the British feel? ●​ a) Military commander
●​ a) Confident about their rule ●​ b) Administrative head
●​ b) Seriously threatened ●​ c) A personal representative of the Crown
●​ c) Indifferent ●​ d) Economic advisor
●​ d) Proud of their management Answer: c) A personal representative of the Crown
Answer: b) Seriously threatened 123. Through these measures, what responsibility did
116. What did the British Parliament pass in 1858? the British government accept?
●​ a) Government of India Act ●​ a) Economic development of India
●​ b) East India Company Act ●​ b) Military protection of India
●​ c) A new Act transferring East India Company ●​ c) Direct responsibility for ruling India
to British Crown ●​ d) Social reform in India
●​ d) Indian Independence Act Answer: c) Direct responsibility for ruling India
Answer: c) A new Act transferring East India Company 124. Where was the change of responsibility to British
to British Crown Crown announced?
117. Why was the East India Company transferred to ●​ a) At a darbar at Delhi
the British Crown? ●​ b) At a darbar at Allahabad
●​ a) To reduce costs ●​ c) At a darbar at Calcutta
●​ b) To ensure a more responsible management ●​ d) At a darbar at Bombay
of Indian affairs Answer: b) At a darbar at Allahabad
●​ c) To expand territories 125. Who announced the change at the darbar?
●​ d) To improve trade relations ●​ a) Queen Victoria
Answer: b) To ensure a more responsible ●​ b) Lord Dalhousie
management of Indian affairs ●​ c) Lord Canning
118. Who was appointed as Secretary of State for ●​ d) Lord Wellesley
India? Answer: c) Lord Canning
●​ a) The Governor-General 126. What was the announcement called?
●​ b) The Viceroy ●​ a) Royal Decree
●​ c) A member of the British Cabinet ●​ b) Queen's Proclamation
●​ d) A British Army General ●​ c) Crown Declaration
Answer: c) A member of the British Cabinet ●​ d) Imperial Announcement
119. What was the Secretary of State for India made Answer: b) Queen's Proclamation
responsible for? 127. On which date was the Queen's Proclamation
●​ a) Only military affairs announced?
●​ b) Only economic affairs ●​ a) 1st October, 1858
 ●​ b) 1st November, 1858 ●​ c) Equal representation was established
●​ c) 1st December, 1858 ●​ d) Regional representation was introduced
●​ d) 1st January, 1859 Answer: b) European branch domination was fixed
Answer: b) 1st November, 1858 135. What was the ratio of Europeans to Indians fixed
128. What came to an end with this proclamation? at in Bengal army?
●​ a) British rule in India ●​ a) 1 to 1
●​ b) Rule of East India Company ●​ b) 1 to 2
●​ c) Mughal dynasty ●​ c) 2 to 3
●​ d) Indian resistance ●​ d) 1 to 3
Answer: b) Rule of East India Company Answer: b) 1 to 2
129. What did the British realize about native rulers 136. What was the ratio of Europeans to Indians fixed
after the revolt? at in Madras and Bombay armies?
●​ a) They were completely loyal ●​ a) 1 to 2
●​ b) They were irrelevant ●​ b) 2 to 5
●​ c) They had antagonised and made enemy of ●​ c) 1 to 3
native rulers ●​ d) 3 to 5
●​ d) They were too weak to matter Answer: b) 2 to 5
Answer: c) They had antagonised and made enemy of137. What policy regarding Indian sepoys in officer
native rulers ranks was maintained?
130. How did the British try to win over native rulers? ●​ a) They were promoted to all officer ranks
●​ a) By giving them money ●​ b) They were given equal opportunities
●​ b) By promising them autonomy and respect ●​ c) The old policy of excluding Indian sepoys
to their rights from officer ranks was still maintained
●​ c) By giving them British titles ●​ d) They were given preference over British
●​ d) By marrying into their families officers
Answer: b) By promising them autonomy and respect Answer: c) The old policy of excluding Indian sepoys
to their rights from officer ranks was still maintained
131. What happened to Indian annexed states and
provinces?
Additional Questions on
●​ a) They were given independence Specific Details
●​ b) They were returned to original rulers 138. The revolt affected different sections of people in
●​ c) They were brought under a single British different ways. Which of the following is NOT
paramountancy mentioned as an affected group?
●​ d) They were sold to other European powers ●​ a) Kings and queens
Answer: c) They were brought under a single British ●​ b) Peasants and landlords
paramountancy ●​ c) Merchants and traders
132. What did British officials find to be the main ●​ d) Tribes and soldiers
cause of the revolt? Answer: c) Merchants and traders
●​ a) Economic policies 139. According to the text, what culminated into the
●​ b) Social reforms Revolt of 1857?
●​ c) Army ●​ a) Economic hardships only
●​ d) Administrative changes ●​ b) Military grievances only
Answer: c) Army ●​ c) People's resistance against policies and
133. What did the British do to prevent reoccurrence actions harming their interests or going
of such revolts? against their sentiments
●​ a) Disbanded the army ●​ d) Religious conflicts only
●​ b) Reorganised the army Answer: c) People's resistance against policies and
●​ c) Increased army salaries actions harming their interests or going against their
●​ d) Reduced army size sentiments
Answer: b) Reorganised the army 140. Which variety of causes were responsible for the
134. What was fixed regarding the domination of the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
army? ●​ a) Only political causes
●​ a) Indian domination was increased ●​ b) Only economic causes
●​ b) European branch domination was fixed
 ●​ c) Political, social, administrative, economic, ●​ a) Schools
military causes ●​ b) Hospitals
●​ d) Only social and religious causes ●​ c) Private homes
Answer: c) Political, social, administrative, economic, ●​ d) Market places
military causes Answer: c) Private homes
141. In the context of Subsidiary Alliance, Indian 148. What was the impact of British policies on local
rulers were not allowed to do what? craftsmen and artists?
●​ a) Collect taxes ●​ a) They flourished under British rule
●​ b) Form alliances ●​ b) They were given government support
●​ c) Build palaces ●​ c) Destruction of local craftsmen and artists
●​ d) Practice their religion ●​ d) They were employed in British factories
Answer: b) Form alliances Answer: c) Destruction of local craftsmen and artists
142. Under Subsidiary Alliance, what were Indian149. Why couldn't Indian commodities compete with
rulers required to pay for? Western items?
●​ a) British officials' salaries ●​ a) They were of inferior quality
●​ b) Maintenance to British army ●​ b) Western items were cheaper and Indian
●​ c) Infrastructure development commodities could not compete
●​ d) Educational institutions ●​ c) There was no demand for Indian goods
Answer: b) Maintenance to British army ●​ d) Transportation was poor
143. What was the time period of Dalhousie's rule Answer: b) Western items were cheaper and Indian
mentioned in connection with Doctrine of Lapse? commodities could not compete
●​ a) 1846-1854 150. What was the consequence of pressure on
●​ b) 1848-1856 agricultural lands?
●​ c) 1850-1858 ●​ a) Increased agricultural productivity
●​ d) 1852-1860 ●​ b) Better irrigation systems
Answer: b) 1848-1856 ●​ c) Discontent among rural areas which also
144. According to the text, what was the nature of the affected sepoys who came from these areas
relationship between zamindars and peasants before ●​ d) Migration to cities
British rule? Answer: c) Discontent among rural areas which also
●​ a) Zamindars were always harsh affected sepoys who came from these areas
●​ b) There was constant conflict
●​ c) Zamindar still understood problems of
peasants and was kind
●​ d) They had no relationship
Answer: c) Zamindar still understood problems of
peasants and was kind
145. What enabled the rich to oppress the poor
according to the text?
●​ a) Military support
●​ b) The complex judicial system
●​ c) Economic policies
●​ d) Social customs
Answer: b) The complex judicial system
146. What did the British consider themselves to be in
relation to Indian society?
●​ a) Equal partners
●​ b) Students of Indian culture
●​ c) Superior with right to 'civilise' Indian
society
●​ d) Temporary administrators
Answer: c) Superior with right to 'civilise' Indian
society
147. Where did the Christian missionaries NOT try to
convert people according to the text?