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 rulers had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coins and had his name inscribed in Nagari Characters ?
[A] Muhammad Ghazni
[B] Muhammad Ghori
[C] Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
[D] Iltutmish
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Correct Answer: B [Muhammad Ghori]
Notes:
Muhammad Ghori is known to have adopted the seated goddess Lakshmi type of the coins of Gahadavalas/ Rajputs for circulation in the Gahadavala territories. He got stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coins and had his name inscribed in Nagari Characters.
2. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate abolished the Iqtas?
[A] Alauddin Khilji
[B] Muhammad Tughlaq
[C] Firozshah Tughlaq
[D] Balban
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Correct Answer: A [Alauddin Khilji]
Notes:
Alauddin Khilji suddenly abolished the system of small Iqtas with a stroke of pen and brought them under the central Government, it is regarded as one of the most important agrarian reform of Alauddin Khilji.
3. Alauddin Khilji had sent Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan to invade which region?
[A] Deccan
[B] Gujarat
[C] Rajputana
[D] Bengal
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Correct Answer: B [Gujarat ]
Notes:
Alauddin Khilji sent two of his general brothers Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan to invade Gujarat. Gujarat was invaded and the temples of Somnath and Rudra Mahalaya were sacked.
4. Ghazi Malik was the founder and first ruler of which among the following dynasties?
[A] Khilji Dynasty
[B] Mamluk Dynasty
[C] Tughlaq Dynasty
[D] Slave Dynasty
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Correct Answer: C [Tughlaq Dynasty]
Notes:
Ghiasuddin Tughlaq, or Ghazi Malik , (died c. 1325) was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty in India. He reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1320 to 1325. He founded the city of Tughluqabad.
5. Which of the following Mughal emperor is famous for his golden chain of justice?
[A] Akbar
[B] Shahjahan
[C] Jahanagir
[D] Babur
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Correct Answer: C [Jahanagir]
Notes:
Jahangir was the Mughal emperor who is famous for his chain of justice. Jahangir had placed a long golden chain with bells on his palace wall. Anyone who had been subjected to injustice could come to the palace, pull the chain and make his or her complaint heard for redressal.
6. Which among the following is not a work of Amir Khusrau?
[A] Khazyan-ul-Futuh
[B] Tughluq Nama
[C] Tarik-i-Alai
[D] Tabqat-i-Naisiri
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Correct Answer: D [Tabqat-i-Naisiri]
Notes:
Tabaqat-i Nasiri (named after Sultan Nasir-ud-Din) is a mega history of Islamic world writen in Persian by Minhaj-i-Siraj. It gives details of early Islamic empires in 23 volumes.
7. Which among the following was not an Independent Kingdom?
[A] Bahamani Kingdom
[B] Qutub Shahi of Golconda
[C] Vijayanagar Empire
[D] Madurai Sultanate
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Correct Answer: B [Qutub Shahi of Golconda]
Notes:
Qutub Shahi of Golconda was not an independent kingdom. The Qutub Shahi dynasty ruled Golconda from 1518, initially as a breakaway state from the Bahmani Sultanate. It lost independence after Aurangzeb’s Mughal conquest in 1687, becoming a Mughal suba. Later, as the Nizam’s state and under British paramountcy post-1858, it was a princely state until 1948.
8. Which among the following markets were introduced by Allauddin Khilji?
[A] Sahna-i-mandi and Sarai Adl
[B] Market for slaves
[C] Market for horses and cattle
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
In context of the economic reforms of Allauddin Khilji, he introduced three types of markets viz. Sahna-i-mandi (grain market), Sarai Adl (cloth and groceries market) and Market for horses, cattle and slaves.
9. Who was the ruler of Gujarat when Allauddin Khilji annexed it?
[A] Rai Karan
[B] Ramchandradeva
[C] Hammir Deva
[D] Ratan Singh
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Correct Answer: A [Rai Karan]
Notes:
In 1297 AD, Allauddin Khilji annexed Gujarat which was ruled by Rai Karan. He plundered Anhilwara and Somnath and married to Kamla Devi, the queen of Rai Karan.
10. Who among the following authors wrote “Tarikh-i-Shershahi”?
[A] Mulla Daud
[B] Abbas Khan Sherwani
[C] Ziauddin Barni
[D] Nizamuddin Ahmed
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Correct Answer: B [Abbas Khan Sherwani]
Notes:
Abbas Khan Sherwani was the court historian of Shershah Suri and also adorned Mughal emperor Akbar’s royal court. On the orders of Mughal emperor Akbar, he wrote Tarikh-i- Shershahi (or Tuhfut-i-Akbarshahi) that deals with the descriptions from 1539 AD to 1555 AD.
