Indian History

Muhammad Iqbal was an Urdu poet and lawyer. Born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan) on November 9, 1877, he was a great nationalist during early years of career writing the famous nationalist song: Sare Jahan se Accha, Hindositan hamara, but later on he voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in the north-west India in his presidential address to the annual session of the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930. It was this idea which later fructified and culminated in the creation of a separate Muslim state of Pakistan on August 14, 1947. Naturally enough, he is acclaimed as the father of the idea of Pakistan.  Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal, died in Lahore in 1938.

Q.1. Which one of the following dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate following Timur’s invasion? (a) Sayyid dynasty (b) Lodi dynasty (c) Tughlaq dynasty (d) Khalji dynasty Q.2. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had set up employment exchanges for the unemployed? (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (d) Iltutmish Q.3. Which of the following rulers of the Delhi Sultanate is called “Father of Indian Irrigation”? (a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (d) Sikandar Lodi Q.4. Which of the following battles took place between Sher Shah and Humayun? (a) Battle of Ghaghra (b) Battle of Bilgram (c) Battle of Surajgarh (d) None of the above Q.5. The Mughal empire under Akbar was divided into 15 provinces. They were called --------. (a)  Parganas (b)  Subahs (c)  Sarkars (d)  None of these Q.6. What was the name of the war that took place between Sher Shah Suri and  the Mughal Governor of Bihar, Jalal Khan,  in 1534 ? (a)

 Q.1.- Ibrahim Lodhi was defeated by Rana Sanga in which of the following battles? (a) Battle of Khatoli (b) Battle of Gagron (c) Battle of Khanwa (d) None of the above Q.2.- Who among the following Delhi Sultanate rulers was first to have coins inscribed with the name of Abbasid caliph of Baghdad? (a) Iltutmish (b) Ruknuddin Firoz (c) Razia  (d) None of the above Q.3.- Chintamani Bhatta’s Suka-saptati (Parrot’s Seventy) was the first Sanskrit work to be translated into Persian by the name Tutinama. Who translated the work during the time of Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq? (a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi  (b) Amir Khusrau  (c) Zia Nakhshabi  (d) Zain-ul-Abidin   Q.4.- The Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi is the earliest example of Islamic architecture in India. What was the original construction at the site of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque? (a) A Jain temple (b) A Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu (c) A Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva (d) None of the above Q.5.- Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sulta

Madhav Rao I Image Source Madhav Rao I was appointed the 9th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire on 23 June in 1761 upon the death of his father, Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao, also known as Nana Saheb, who had lost his eldest son and heir Vishwas Rao in the third battle of Panipat in 1761.  Madhav Rao's claim to fame lies in his being instrumental in restoring the Maratha supremacy which was dented by their defeat in the third battle of Panipat.  Since Madhav’s age at the time of his ascension to the Peshwaship was 16 years, his uncle Raghunath Rao, the eldest surviving member of the Peshwa family, took upon himself the regency of the Maratha empire and became its de facto ruler. This led to acrimonious differences between Madhav Rao and  Raghunath Rao who entered into wars against each other.  In 1765 Raghunath Rao called for the partition of the Maratha State between himself and the Peshwa. Madhav Rao I had defeated Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore, in each of the campaigns the Peshwa undertook

Q.1. Malik Kafur was the lieutenant of which Delhi Sultanate ruler? (a) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq  (b) Alauddin Khilji  (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq  (d) Jalaluddin Khilji Q.2. Which of the following Mughal emperors was a proficient Veena player? (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb Q.3. Thomas Roe was sent to the court of Mughal emperor Jahangir as an official ambassador of which British monarch? (a) James I (b) King George V (c) Queen Mary (d) Queen Elizabeth  Q.4. Who of the following reigned the longest? (a) Akbar (b) Babur (c) Shah Jahan (d) Jehangir Q.5. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from where? (a) Afghanistan (b) Turkey (c) Persia (d) Mongolia Q.6. Which of following Sultans of Slave (Mamluk) dynasty was the first to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of Delhi Sultanate?  (a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Aram shah (d) Nasiruddin mahmud Q.7. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate was the first to introduce th

Q.1. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had prohibited Muslim women from worshipping the graves of saints? (a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (d) Sikander Lodhi Q.2. Which of the following Delhi Sultanate rulers had earned the sobriquet of ‘Lakh Baksh’?  (a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak (b) Balban (c) Jalaluddin Khilji (d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq Q.3. Zain-ul-Abidin who forbade cow slaughter in his Sultanate was a ruler of  (a) Bengal (b) Kashmir (c) Khandesh (d) Madurai Q.4. Which battle was declared by Babur a Jihad (holy war)? (a) First Battle of Panipat (b) Battle of Chanderi (c) Battle of Khanwa  (d) Battle of Ghagra Q.5. The architectural raw material most widely used in Akbar's period was_________ (a) Redstone (b) Marble (c) Brick (d) Limestone Q.6. Abdur Razzaq was sent to the court of Vijayanagar ruler Dev Raya II as an ambassador of  (a) Sultan Shah Rukh of Persia (b) Sultan Bahzad of Turkey (c) Sultan Alauddin of Iraq (d) Sultan Bahaman of Egy

  Q. 1. Which Mughal Emperor had conferred the title of 'Raja' on Ram Mohan Roy? (a) Shah Alam II  (b) Akbar II (c) Shah Jahan III  (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar Q. 2. Which organization was founded by Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore in 1828? (a) Brahmo Sabha (b) Tattwabodhini Sabha (c) Prarthna Samaj (d) None of these Q. 3. Who had called Raja Ram Mohan Roy the Father of Modern India? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Mahatma Ghandhi (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Q. 4.  Who was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Guru Nanak was born? (a) Khizr Khan (b) Mubarak Shah (c) Bahlol Lodhi  (d) Sikandar Lodhi  Q. 5. What was the capital of Mahajanapada of Anga? (a) Ujjayini (b) Champa (c) Suktimati  (d) Ayodhya Q. 6. Who is the author of Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri? (a) Muhammad Saleh  (b) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad (c) Mirza Muhammad Kazim (d) Jahangir Q. 7. Which Delhi Sultanate ruler introduced the system of auditing the accounts? (a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq  (b) Sikandar Lodhi (c) Al