History Medieval India - MCQs – Set 7

Q. 1. Which of the following was the capital of Bahmani Kingdom?

[A] Bijapur

[B] Ahmadnagar

[C] Hampi

[D] Bidar

Q. 2. In the administration of second Khilji Sultan Allauddin Khilji, the ministry of commerce was organised by whom?

[A] Malik Qabul

[B] Rais Parwani

[C] Malik Yakub

[D] Khusru Malik

Q. 3. Name of the tax during Delhi Sultanate period, which was only imposed on rich Muslims?

[A] Ushr

[B] Zakat

[C] Kham

[D] None of the above

Q.  4. Who among the following Tuluva dynasty ruler belonging to the Viajayanagar empire wrote ‘Amuktamalayada’ ?

[A] Krishna Dev Raya

[B] Venkata I

[C] Achyuta Devraya

[D] Vir Narsimha Raya

Q.  5. Which monument, built during the Delhi sultanate period, was built according to the correct scientific lines for the first time?

[A] Sikandar Lodi Tomb

[B] Tughlaqabad

[C] Tomb of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

[D] Alai Minar

Q.  6. Which of the following Sultanate Rulers made Delhi as capital in place of Lahore?

[A] Qutubuddin Aibak

[B] Iltutmish

[C] Razia Sultana

[D] Akbar

Q. 7. Who from the neighbouring Muslim state of Jaunpur invaded Bengal in 15th century?

[A] Ibrahim Lodhi

[B] Hassan Ali Shah

[C] Ibrahim Shah Sharqi

[D] Hussain Sheikh

Q.  8.  Which among the following Mughal emperor had prohibited smoking and use of tobacco in 1617 AD?

[A] Akbar

[B] Jahanagir

[C] Shahjahan

[D] Aurangzeb

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Q. 9. Who was the last great ruler of Suryavansi Gajapati dynasty?

[A] Pratap Rudra Gajapati

[B] Virmohan Gajapati

[C] Hathiram Gajapati

[D] None of the above

Q. 10. The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was _____:

[A] Manucci

[B] Thomas Roe

[C] Ibn Batuta

[D] William Hawkins

Answer

1. D. The capital of the Bahmani Kingdom was initially Gulbarga (Ahsanabad), but it was later shifted to Bidar in 1425 by Sultan Ahmad Shah Wali Bahmani

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

3. B. Zakat Zakat was a religious tax that was levied on the wealthy Muslims and accounted for 2½ percent of their income.

4.  A. Krishna Dev Raya wrote his magnum opus, Amuktamalyada, in Telugu. It is a work on polity. 

5. D. The monument built on correct scientific lines for the first time during the Delhi Sultanate period was the Alai Darwaza, built by Alauddin Khilji as the southern gateway to the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. 

6. B. Shams-ud-din Iltutmish was the Delhi Sultanate ruler who moved the capital from Lahore to Delhi.

7. The ruler from the neighboring Muslim state of Jaunpur who invaded Bengal in the 15th century was Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, specifically around 1415, prompted by the rise of the Hindu ruler Raja Ganesha to the throne, which angered some Bengali Ulema and Sufis, leading to Jaunpur's intervention. 

8. B. Though an opium addict himself, Jahangir had prohibited smoking and use of tobacco in 1617 AD.

9. A. The last great ruler of the Suryavamsi Gajapati dynasty was Prataparudra Deva (reigned 1497–1540). 

10. A.