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INDIAN HISTORY-II Multiple Choice Questions HIS4(4) B06 INDIAN HISTORY-II Multiple Choice Questions 1. Who wrote An Introduction to the Study of Indian History? (a) R.S. Sharma (b) D.D. Kosambi (c) D. N. Jha (d) Mortimer Wheeler 2. The famous paper entitled “Was There Feudalism in Indian History? belongs to (a) B N S Yadava (b) D. C. Sircar (c) Harbans Mukhia (d) D.N. Jha 3. Which among the following is/are the structural models related to the early Indian society? (a) Polity based on Feudal System (b) Theory of Integrated polity (c) Theory of Segmentary State (d) All the above 4. What is Samanta system (a) A system of taxation (b) A political system based on hierarchy of vassals (c) A system of measuring land (d) A system of coinage in medieval India 5. With which dynasty did Indian Muslims start entering into positions of power? (a) Tughluqs (b) Ilbaris (c) Khaljis (d) Sayyids 6. Which tax was not permitted by the shariat? (a) Agriculture tax (b) Tax on non-Muslims (c) Commercial tax (d) Marriage tax 7.Which was not true about jizya? (a) It was a tax on non-Muslims. (b) Brahmins were generally exempted from it. (c) The first ruler to collect it in India was Firoz Tughluq. (d) It never yielded any substantial revenue. 8. The iqtadars during the period of the Delhi sultanate were also known as (a) maliks (b) muqtis (c) mamlatdars (d) munhias 9. How many jitals made up a tanka? (a) 44 (b) 40 (c) 48 (d) 46 10. Who is identified as Tamerlane? (a) Mahmud of Ghazni (b) Muhammad of Ghur (c) Timur (d) Chengiz Khan 11. Diwan-i-kohi, created by Muhammad Tughluq, looked after (a) revenue collection (b) agriculture (c) public welfare (d) crown land 12. Who was the first Sultan to pay soldiers in cash instead of through iqtas? (a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Muhammad Tughluq (d) Ala-ud-din Khalji . 13. Who introduced token currency in China before Muhammad Tughluq introduced it in India? (a) Qublai Khan (b) Chengiz Khan (c) Timur (d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak 14. Who was a shahna? (a) Military commander (b) Spy (c) District head (d) Market superintendent 15. Who completed Qutub Minar? (a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (b) Raziya (c) Iltutmish (d) Balban 16. What was araghatta? (a) A machine to break forts (b) An irrigation canal (c) A device to lift water (d) A type of cloth 17. Charai was a tax on (a) Hindus (b) houses (c) milch cattle (d) craftsmen 18.Who among the following medieval historians commented that death liberated Muhammad Tughluq from his people and freed them from him? (a) Badauni (b) Barani (c) Isami (d) Ibn Battutah 19. What was kharaj? (a) A tribute (b) Booty (c) Land tax (d) Gift 20. Who were the rais and ranas? (a) Intelligence officers (b) Poets under sultanate (c) Local chiefs who opposed Sultans (d) Police officers 21. Who were barids? (a) Secret agents (b) Military chiefs (c) Revenue collectors (d) Elite guards 22. Under whose reign did diwan-i-arz become a separate department? (a) Iltutmish (b) Ala-ud-din Khalji (c) Muhammad Tughluq (d) Balban 23. What was the correct chronology of the Delhi sultanate? (a) Slave, Tughluq, Khalji, Sayyid, Lodi (b) Slave, Khalji, Tughluq, Sayyid, Lodi (c) Khalji, Slave, Tughluq, Lodi, Sayyid (d) Khalji, Tughluq, Slave, Sayyid, Lodi 24. Who was known as ‘Lakh Baksh’? (a) Aibak (b) Iltutmish (c) Balban (d) Raziya 25. Who introduced chahra for the first time? (a) Iltutmish (b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (c) Balban (d) Ala-ud-din Khalji 26. The term ghanima in the Delhi Sultanate stands for (a) Market cess (b) irrigation tax (c) war booty (d) royal treasury 27. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital? (a) Firoz Tughluq (b) Muhammad Tughluq (c) Ala-ud-din Khalji (d) Balban 28. Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz? (a) Ala-ud-din Khalji (b) Iltutmish (c) Balban (d) Firoz Tughluq 29. Who was appointed as the envoy of Muhammad Tughluq in the court of the Chinese emperor? (a) Barani (b) Ibn Battutah (c) Barbosa (d) Abdur Razzaq 30. Which one of the cities was not founded by Firoz Tughluq? (a) Jaunpur (b) Hissar (c) Tughluqabad (d) Firozabad 31. What was khidamati? (a) One-fifth of the spoils of wars (b) A tax on purchase and sale of commodities (c) A tribute realised from the subjugated Indian chiefs (d) A house tax demanded from the Hindus 32. The Hindu ruler of Sind who was defeated and deposed by the Arab invaders was (a) Jaisingha (b) Jayachandra (c) Dahar (d) Bhima 33. Whom did Mahmud of Ghazni defeat to conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab? (a) Hindu Shahis (b) Ghurids (c) Arabs (d) Karkotakas 34. Who was the court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and author of Shah Namah? (a) Al-Beruni (b) Ibn Battutah (c) Maulana Khwajagi (d) Firdausi 35. Who was the first Indian ruler to defeat Muhammad of Ghur? (a) Prithviraja Chauhan, ruler of Ajmer (b) Jayachandra, Gahadvala ruler of Kanauj (c) Lakshmana, the Sena ruler of Bengal (d) Mularaja II, the Solanki ruler of Gujarat 36. Diwan-i-khairat was a separate department of (a) public works and welfare (b) slaves (c) agriculture (d) foreign affairs 37. Who was the founder of the city of Agra? (a) Ala-ud-din Khalji (b) Muhammad Tughluq (c) Firoz Tughluq (d) Sikandar Lodi 38. Arrange the following Delhi Sultans of the Mamluk dynasty in chronological order (i) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud (ii) Kaiqubad (iii) Iltutmish (iv) Raziya (v) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (vi) Balban Select the answer from the codes given below: (a) v, i, iii, vi, iv and ii (b) v, iii, iv, i, vi and ii (c) iii, iv, i, ii, v and vi (d) iv, ii, i, vi, v and iii 39. Which of the following new ·techniques in the cotton textile industry were introduced in India by the Turks? (i) Spinning jenny (ii) Spinning wheel (iii) Water frame (iv) Cotton-carder’s bow (v) Weaver’s treadles 40. Match List I with List II and select the answer from the codes given below. List I List II (i) Dagh (A) Kissing the Sultan’s feet (ii) Chahra (B) Branding of horses (iii) Paibos (C)Prostration in front of the Sultan (iv) Nauroz (D) Persian New Year (v) Sijada (E) Descriptive roll of a soldier (a) i-B, ii-E, iii-C, iv-D, v-A (b) i-B, ii-E, iii-A, iv-D, v-C (c) i-E, ii-B, iii-A, iv-C, v-D (d) i-E, ii-A, iii-B, iv-C, v-D 41. Which of the following constituted the tax-collecting officials? (i) Rais (ii) Khuts (iii) Chaudharis (iv) Muqaddams Choose the answer from the codes below: (a) i and ii (b) ii and iii (c) i, ii and iii (d) ii, iii and iv 42. Which Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandar-i-Sani’ (The Second Alexander)? (a) Ala-ud-din Khalji (b) Muhammad Tughluq (c) Sikandar lodhi (d) Khizr Khan 43. Nicolo de Conti, an Italian visitor, came to Vijayanagar during the reign of (a) Deva Raya II (b) Deva Raya I (c) Harihara I (d) Bukka I 44.Who bore the title Gajabentakara? (a) Krishna Deva Raya (b) Deva Raya II (c) Deva Raya I (d) Rama Raya 45. Which Vijayanagar ruler sent an embassy to China? (a) Harihara I (b) Krishna Deva Raya (c) Bukka I (d) Saluva Narasimha 46. What is the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayanagar? (a) Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu (b) Tuluva, Sangama, Saluva, Aravidu (c) Aravidu, Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva (d) Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu 47. Which Bahmani ruler shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar? (a) Ala-ud-din II (b) Ahmad Shah Wali (c) Muhammad Shah I (d) Muhammad III 48. When was the Bahmani kingdom founded? (a) 1325 (b) 1437 (c) 1347 (d) 1341 49. Which was the second capital of Vijayanagar empire? (a) Kampili (b) Kondavidu (c) Penukonda (d) Addanki 50. What was the largest administrative division in Vijayanagar? (a) Kottam (b) Nadu (c) Kurram (d) Mandalam 51. Who founded the Varakari sect in Maharashtra? (a) Namadeva (b) Tukaram (c) Eknatha (d) Ramdas 52. Who established the Chisti order in India? (a) Nizam-ud-din Auliya (b) Salim Chisti (c) Shaikh Moin-ud-in Chisti (d) Hamid-ud-din Nagauri 53. Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in the Deccan? (a) Muhammad Shah I (b) Ahmad Shah Wali (c) Ali Barid (d) Mahmud Gawan 54. Who said ‘God is the breath of all breath.’? (a) Nanak (b) Kabir (c) Mirabai (d) Chaitanya 55. Dohas were (a) Religious teachings of Sufis. (b) A group of merchants who sent large caravans. (c) The Muslim devotees who emphasised the personal devotion of man to God through love. (d) Couplets which Kabir composed and by which he taught his followers. 56. Guru Nanak was born in (a) 1469 (b) 1450 (c) 1470 (d) 1445 57. Amuktamalyada is a book on (a) poetry (b) dance (c) polity (d) music 58.Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes (a) Battle of Bannihatti (b) Sri Krishna Deva Raya’s conquests (c) capture of Madura by Kampana (d) court of Harihara-I 59. Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam? (a) Allasani Peddana (b) Tenali Ramakrishna (c) Ramabhadrudu (d) Gangadhara 60. What were varahas? (a) Couplets of poetry (b) Gold coins (c) Guilds (d) Assembly 61. Amuktamalyada was written in (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Telugu (d) Kannada 62.
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