Medieval Indian History MCQs

Multiple choice questions on Medieval Indian History for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations.

1. Who among the following were the last belligerents against whom Mohammad Ghori had led a campaign?

[A] Khokhars
[B] Gohils
[C] Baghelas
[D] Bhattis

2. What was the common name of Mehrunissa?

[A] Jahan Ara
[B] Nur Jahan
[C] Hamida Bano
[D] Gulbadan Bano

3. In which among the following battles, Jaichandra was defeated and killed by Mohammad Ghori?

[A] Battle of Kannauj
[B] Battle of Chandawar
[C] Battle of Tarain III
[D] Battle of Talikota

4. Who among the following was the writer of Tarikh-i-Firozshahi?

[A] Ziauddin Barni
[B] Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
[C] Abul Fazal
[D] Firoz Tughlaq

5. What was the main responsibility of Mir Bakshi during the Mughal Era?

[A] All incomes and expenditures
[B] Military department
[C] Revenue department
[D] Royal correspondence

6. Which of these Deccan Sultanates did not participate in the Battle of Talikota (Rakkasagi–Tangadagi) against the Vijaya Nagar empire?

[A] Ahmadnagar
[B] Bijapur
[C] Bidar
[D] Berar

7. Who among the following is the Persian mathematician and poet composer of the world famous Rubbayat?

[A] Omar Khayyám
[B] Muhammad Iqbal
[C] Sultan Bahu
[D] Mirza Ghalib

8. Chishti Order is a Sufi order which arose from Chisht, a small town in which among the following countries?

[A] Afghanistan
[B] Turkmenistan
[C] Kazakhstan
[D] Uzbekistan

9. Which among the following departments created by Allauddin Khilji to enquire into the revenue arears and to collect them?

[A] Diwan-i-Mustakhraj
[B] Diwan-i-Arz
[C] Diwan-i-Riyasat
[D] Shahna-i-Mandi

10. Who was defeated in the battle of Chanderi by Babur?

[A] Rana Udai Singh
[B] Rana Sanga
[C] Medini Rai
[D] Muhammad Lodhi

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