Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Yusuf Adil Shah founded the Bijapur Sultanate around 1489-1490 after Bahmani Sultanate’s decline. He made Bijapur an independent sultanate and ruled until 1510. He established Shia Islam as the official religion in 1503 and built significant monuments like the citadel Arkilla and Faroukh Mahal palace during his reign.

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Muhammad Shah, who reigned from 1719 to 1748, had the birth name of Roshan Akhtar. He was the son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. With the throne name of Muhammad Shah, he is known as one of the last effective Mughal emperors before the empire’s decline.

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Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jayasi is a poem about the beauty and Jauhar of Padmani.

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In 1669-70, the Jats of Mathura region rose under the leadership of a local Zamindar Gokul. Religion was main factor behind this revolt because Abdul Nabi, local officer of imperial Mughal government, had destroyed the temples of Hindus and disrespected their women.
We note here that Jat uprising occurred at a time Mughal government was by no means weak or imbecile. The Mughal army pursued the Jats and the leader Gokul was captured and executed. However, the rebel did not subdue completely. Taking advantage of the civil war amongst the sons of Shahjahan, the Jats again rose in arms and this rebellion finally culminated in establishment of sovereign Jat Kingdom under Raja Surajmal with Bharatpur its capital

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Jujhar Singh (14 March 1691 – 22 December 1705), the second son of Guru Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Jito at Anandpur Sahib. He revolted against Shahjahan.

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The genesis of Akbar’s revenue system can be traced to Alauddin Khilji. Akbar’s adopted this system . Till 1566 which was 10th year of Akbar’s reign no change was made in Akbar policy of crop rate (ray) that he inherited. Subsequently Akbar adopted a system of annual assessment.

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Malik Muhammad Jayasi completed his work Padmavat during Sher Shah’s reign.

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In 1025, during the reign of Bhima I, the Turkic Muslim ruler Mahmud of Ghazni raided Gujarat. He raided Somnath temple and breaking its jyotirlinga. He took away a booty of 20 million.

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Muhammad Shah was the Mughal Emperor during Nader Shah’s invasion. Nader Shah Afshar was one of the most powerful Iranian rulers in the history of the nation, ruling as Shah of Iran from 1736 to 1747 when he was assassinated during a rebellion.

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Mughal emperor Akbar is against sati. He had allowed Sati to take place only if the wife willingly wanted to follow it. But many times woman were forced to commit Sati or pushed into funeral pyre by her own relatives and this was against the law. Akbar banned “forced” Sati after the incident with his wife’s cousin Rani Damayenti.