TNPSC – EM ~ 1 ~ FUTURE VISION STUDY CENTRE 2ndFloor , Avk Maruthi Plaza, Opp: Hotel Lakshmi Prakash, SKS Hospital Road, New Bus Stand, Salem.Contact :90420 30163 WWW.FUTUREVISIONTNPSC.COM TNPSC – GR – I &II (Prelims) - 2020 SUBJECT / TOPICS: HISTORY (TEST NO: 2) (DELHI SULTANS, MUGALS &MARATHAS) TIME: 1hr MARKS: 100 1. Which of the following rulers was not a contemporary of Akbar. A) Elizabeth of England B) Shakespeare C) Henry IV of France D)Queen Victoria of England 2. Babur won the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 with the effective use of A) Infantry B) Cavalry C) Artillery D) Elephant corps 3. The fiscal administration of Akbar was largely based on the methods of ________ A) Babur B) Humayun C) Sher shah D) Ibrahim Lodi 4. _______ was an astrological treatise. A) Tajikanila kanthi B) Rasa gangadhara C) Manucharita D) Rajvalipataka 5. ___________ is the first known person in the world to have devised the ship‟s camel a barge on which a ship is built A) Akbar B) ShahJahan C) Humayun D) Aurangzeb 6. Battle of Ghagra was the last battle fought by Babur against ____________ A) Afghans B) Rajputs C) Turks D) Marathas 7. Guerilla warfare was the strength of _______ army. A) Maratha B) Mughal C) British D) Nayakas 8. The Kohinoor diamond was taken away by A) Ahmad shah abdali B) Nadir shah C) Shuja-ud-Daulah D) Najib-ud-Daulah FUTURE VISION STUDY CENTRE – SALEM CONTACT : 90420 30163 TNPSC – EM ~ 2 ~ 9. Name the book which was not written by serfoji II A) Kumarasambhava champu B) Devendra Kuravanji C) Mudrarak shaschaya D) Kumara sambhavam 10. The Shalimar gardens of Jahangir and ________________ watersheds in Indian horticulture A) Akbar B) Humayun C) Shah Jahan D) Aurangazeb 11. Purchasing power of a tanka was ________ times that of a present day rupee. A) 12 B) 15 C) 16 D) 20 12. Which of the following is incorrectly matched? A) Kharaj – land tax from the Hindu chiefs & landlords B) Khams – one – fifths of the spoils of the war C) Abwab – Toll tax D) Jaziya_ religious tax imposed on the Hindus. 13. Diwan-i-I shtihaq was the A) Department of charity B) Department of pension C) Department of Agriculture D) Department of correspondence 14. Alauddin Khalji built the city named. A) Din panah B) Jaunpur C) Siri D) Firozabad 15. Which sultan remodelled his court after the manner of the old Persian kings & introduced Persian etiquettes & ceremonials in his court? A) Qut buddin Aibak B) Aluddin khalji C) Ghiyasuddin Balban D) Iltutmish 16. How many Dynastys ruled Delhi Sultanate? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 17. How did Delhi sultans divide the empire? A) Mandalas B) Aharas C) Iktas D) Tarafs 18. The sultan who shifted the capital from Delhi to Agra? A) Alla-ud-din-Khilji B) Firoz shah C) Mabarak shah D) Sikander Lodi 19. The Delhi sultan who had the title of “Lakbaksh” A) Alla-ud-din-Khilji B) Qutbuddin Aibak C) Ferong shah D) Muhammad Bin Tughluq 20. The woman sultan of Delhi sultanate was. A) Razia sultana B) Begum sultaan C) Nurjahan D) Meharunnisa FUTURE VISION STUDY CENTRE – SALEM CONTACT : 90420 30163 TNPSC – EM ~ 3 ~ 21. ________ Laid the foundation of “Mamluk‟ dynasty. A) Mohammad Ghori B) Jalal-ud-din C) Quth-ud-din-Aibak D) Iltutmish 22. ________ Laid the foundation of the city Tughlugabad near Delhi. A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq B) Firoz shah Tughluq C) Jalal –ud-din D) Ghiyas-ud-din 23. Tansen of ________________was patronized by Akbar A) Agra B) Delhi C) Gwalior D) Mathura 24. Shershah has been called as the “Fore –runner” of _________ A) Akbar B) Humayun C) Shah Jahan D) None 25. Guru Arjun Dev was the _______ Sikh guru A) Fifth B) Ninth C) Tenth D) Third 26. The last sultan of Delhi was _______ A) Ibrahim Lodi B) Sikandar Lodi C) Alauddin D) Humayun 27. Which of the following Mughal king reign during the large scale famine in Gujarat & Deccan? A) Aurangzeb B) Jahangir C) Akbar D) Shahjahan 28. Which of these is not correctly matched regarding the reign of shahjahn? A) Chintamani - Hindi poet B) Jagannath pandit – Poet Laureate C) Asaf Khan – Wazir D) Sunder Das – Singer 29.Which of the following are correct regarding shahjahan? 1) Ousted the Portuguese from Hugli 2) Created the office of Amin for assessment of revenue 3) Kahabat khan was appointed governor of Lahore 4) Ali Mardan khan surrendered kandhar to Mughals. A) 1, 2 & 3 B) 1, 2, & 4 C) 2, 3, & 4 D) All of the above 30. What is the full name of Aurangzeb A) Muin-ud-din – Mohammed Aurangzeb B) Nuruddin Mohammed Aurangzeb C) Jalal –ud-din Mohammed Aurangzehb D) Nasiruddin Mohmmed Aurangzeb 31. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb? A) Alamgir B) Padshaj C) Ghazi D) Sultan sulaiman 32. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period? A) Portuguese B) Dutch C) Danish D) British FUTURE VISION STUDY CENTRE – SALEM CONTACT : 90420 30163 TNPSC – EM ~ 4 ~ 33. What does the term Mamluq signifies? A) Slave born to the free parents B) Slavely mode of production C) Slave born from the slave parents D) All of the above 34. Who among the following ruler from the Ilhaky dynasty died of injuries while playing chaugan (Polo) at Lahore? A) Shams ud Din – Iltumish B) Qutb-ud-Din Aibek C) Razia Begum D) Rukunuddin Firoz 35. Who among the following known as the “slave of a slave”? A) Muhammad bin Qasim B) Mahmmud of Ghazni C) Iltutmish D) Qutb-ud-din –Aibak 36. Which of the following is not correctly matched? A) Fakhruddin –Quth-ud-din –Aibek B) Hasan-un-Nizami – Iltutmish C) Changez Khan – Jala-ud-din D) Battle of Terrain -Yalduz 37. Assertion (A): Iltutmish introduced reforms in civil administration & army which was now centrally paid. Reason (R): Iltutmish was the first sultan to recognise the economic importance of Gangetic basin. A) Both A & R are true & R is the correct explanation of A B) Both A & R are true. But R is not a correct explanation of A C) A is true but R is false D) Both A & R is true 38. Who among the following sultan of Delhi sultanate adopted a policy of blood and iron? A) Iltutmish B) Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud C) Balban D) Kaiqubad 39. Consider the following 2 statements. Statement 1: Amir khusru was contemporary to Alauddin Khilji Statement 2: He invented the great musical system called „setar‟ Which statement is true? A) Only statement 1 B) only statement 2 C) Both statements are true D) Neither 1 nor 2 are true 40. The sultanates of Delhi learnt Which things more from Greeks? A) Sculptures B) Agriculture C) Technique of war D) Making of coin 41. The first Delhi sultanate who conquer hindu kingdom of Deccan was A) Ala-ud-din-Khilji B) Iltutumish C) Firozshah Tughlaq D) Ghazni 42. Which taxation system was the major source of income during sultanate period of Delhi A) Jiziya B) Kharaj C) zakat D) Diwan-i-khan 43. The coin “Tanka” & “Jital” made from A) Silver & copper B) Silver & bronze C) Silver & brass D) bronze & Gold FUTURE VISION STUDY CENTRE – SALEM CONTACT : 90420 30163 TNPSC – EM ~ 5 ~ 44. Rana kumbha of Mewar built „Kriti stambha‟ due to victory against. A) Pratihar B) Pal C) Marwar D) Malwa 45. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq was proficient in A) Art B) Philosophy C) Music D) Calligraphy 46. Who among the following Delhi sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism? A) Alauddin khilji B) Balban C) Firoz shah Tughlaq D) Iltutmish 47. During the reign of Alauddin khalji, who were Amil? A) Khurasani & Multani traders of food – grains. B) Government agents to collect land revenue. C) Local landlords at village level D) None of these 48. The battle of Tarain (1191 AD) was fought between Muhammad Gori and A) Rana Hammirdeva B) Rana Pratap C) Rana sanga D) Prithviraj Chauhan 49. Coins of which muslim ruler been image of Devilakshmi? A) Akbar B) Alauddin khalji C) Muhammad Gori D) None 50. Akbar‟s buildings at Fetehpur sikri are famous for? A) The use of marble on an extensive scale B) Synthesis of trabeate & arcuate styles. C) Construction of the first bulbousdome in India D) Frequent employment of pietra dura 51. In which one of the following spheres, Akbar carries forward the policies first initiated by sher shah? A) With drawl of discriminatory laws against non- Muslims. B) Appointment of rulers who accepted his suzerainty to high offices. C) Recruitment of nobility from various sections of the society. D) Measurement of land for purposes of assessing land revenue. 52. The conflict between the mughals & the Marathas began during the reign of? A) Shah Jahan B) Jahangir C) Akbar D) Aurangzeb 53. The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir‟s court was? A) Mansur B) Basawan C) Khwaja Abdus samad D) Sayyed Ali Tabrizi 54. The land revenue in Mughal India wasa? A) Tax on land B) Basawan C) Mansur D) Share in the produce 55. Which one of the following kingdoms was annexed to the mughal empire during the reign of Shahjahan? A) Ahmadnagar B) Golkonda C) Khandesh D) Bijapur FUTURE VISION STUDY CENTRE – SALEM CONTACT : 90420 30163 TNPSC – EM ~ 6 ~ 56. Babar won the Battle of panipat mainly because of A) Thlughma system B) His militaty skill C) His cavalry D) Afghan’s disunity 57. Where did Bahar Die? A) Lahore B) Delhi C) Agra D) Kabul 58.Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar? A) Rani Durgawati B) Ahilya Bai C) Martandavarma D) Raja savai Jai singh 59.