Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Muhammad Shah Rangile also known as Roshan Akhtar, was the Mughal emperor between 1719 and 1748. During his time, Nadir Shah attacked and looted Delhi and took the Peacock Throne with himself.

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Iltutmish introduced Silver Tanka and Copper Jital, the two coins of the Delhi Sultanate. The coins prior to Iltutmish were introduced by the invaders, which bear the Sanskrit characters and even Hindu Gods, Bull and Shivalinga. The name “Tanka” was derived from the Arabic word “Tankhah,” which means wage or salary.

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Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), is known by his name, Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, who ruled over territory in what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern India, and Bangladesh from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early but regained it with the aid of the Safavid dynasty of Persia, with additional territory. At the time of his death in 1556, the Mughal Empire spanned almost one million square kilometres.

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The Kakatiya issued coins in metals like Gold, Silver, Copper and lead.

• The Gold coins were known as Gadyanam or Mada
• The Silver coins were known as “Rukalu” (10 Rukalu= 1 Mada)

The Kakatiya coins were engraved in Nandinagari script, which is sister of Devnagari script.

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Mausoleum of ‘Baiju Bawra’ is situated in Chanderi. Baijnath Mishra, better known as Baiju Bawra (“Baiju the Crazy”), was a dhrupad musician from medieval India. He died in 1610.
 

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After the death of Sultan Alauddin Khilji, Mubarak Khiliji ascended the throne and later he declared himself the Khalifa and took the title of ‘Al wasiq Billah’.

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Diwan-i-Riyasat, the ministry of commerce, organised under Malik Yakub.

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During the reign of Akbar, Tujuk-i-Babri was completely translated to Persian by a Mughal courtier, Abdul Rahim Khane khana and named it Baburnama.
Tuzuk -i-Baburi ( or Baburnama) was the autobiography of Babur, the founder of Mughal empire in India. It was written in Turki, in which he gave an excellent account of India and his empire.

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On February 18, 1576 AD , the Battle of Haldighati was fought between Mughal army led by Raja Man singh of Amber and Maharana Pratap, the son of Rana Udai Singh of Mewar. Though the Mughal army won but Mewar was not subdued.

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Ustad Mansur was a court artist of Jahangir, who specialised in depicting plants, animals and birds and was bestowed the title Nadir-ul-‘Asr (“Miracle of the Age”) by the Mughal emperor Jahangir for his extraordinary talent in painting. He is best known for two paintings viz. siberian crane and Bengal Florican and also remembered for a famous painting on Dodo, now an extinct Bird.