Deck 9: Important Historical Events and Personalities in India

Question 1

The Battle of Plassey took place in the year

A)1757
B)1772
C)1864
D)1870

Answer 1

1757

Question 2

The great poet Firdausi adorned the court of

A)Iltutmish
B)Alaud-din-khilji
C)Qutub-ud-din
D)Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi

Answer 2

Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi

Question 3

Prithviraj, the Chauhan King, was finally defeated by Mohammad Gauri at

A)Thaneswar
B)Tirauri
C)Chausa
D)Panipat

Answer 3

Thaneswar

Question 4

Who built the Jama Masjid at Delhi?

A)Sher Shah Suri
B)Jahangir
C)Babar
D)Shahjahan

Question 5

When was the Second Battle of Panipat fought?

A)1556 AD
B)1761 AD
C)1857 AD
D)1757AD

Question 6

Tamerlane invaded India during the reign of

A)Firoz Tughlak
B)Mahmud Tughlak
C)Muhammad-bin -Tuglak
D)Daulat Khan

Question 7

When did Sher Shah Suri overthrow Humayun?

A)1540
B)1539
C)1526
D)1556

Question 8

From Delhi Muhammad-bin-Tughlak transferred his Capital to

A)Warrangal
B)Daultabad
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Ahmednagar

Question 9

Who founded the city of Amritsar?

A)Guru Ramdas
B)Mian Mir
C)Guru Arjun Dev
D)Shahjahan

Question 10

When was the holy Guru Granth Sahib compiled?

A)1604
B)1606
C)1696
D)1675

Question 11

Who built Humayun's mausoleum at Delhi?

A)Haji Begum
B)Akbar
C)Sher Shah Suri
D)Jahangir

Question 12

Who was the most distinguished Hindi poet of Akbar's court?

A)Birbal
B)Abdur Rahim Khan-I-Khana
C)Raja Bhagwan Das
D)Raja Man Singh

Question 13

Who united all Sikhs to form a Sikh Kingdom in Punjab?

A)Banda Bahaur
B)Guru Gobind Singh
C)Nawab Jassa Singh
D)Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Question 14

Which was the capital of Shivaji's kingdom?

A)Raigad
B)Pune
C)Surat
D)Purandhar

Question 15

The G.T. Road was built during the reign of

A)East India Company
B)British Government
C)Sher Shah Suri
D)Hasan Khan Sur

Question 16

Lachman Das, Lachman Dev and Madho Das are the name variants of which person?

A)Ranjit Singh
B)Maha Singh
C)Banda Singh Bahadur
D)Nawab Kapur Singh

Question 17

The Mughal dynastry in India was founded in

A)1556
B)1536
C)1526
D)1546

Question 18

The Battle of Plassey was won by the English due to the

A)Valour of Robert Clive
B)Treachery of Mir Jaffar
C)Superiority of the English troops
D)Withdrawal of the French support

Question 19

Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?

A)Iltutmish
B)Qutab-ud-din Aibek
C)Babar
D)Ala-ud-din Khilji

Question 20

Who, among the following dynasties, had their capital at Madurai?

A)Cholas
B)Pallavas
C)Pandyas
D)Rashrakutas

Question 21

Who amongst the following Mughals, is regarded more as an adventurer than a real ruler?

A)Jahangir
B)Akbar
C)Babar
D)Aurangzeb

Question 22

Which of the following statements with regard to the Chola rule is correct?

A)Basic unit of the Chola administration was the village
B)The Chola Kingdom began to decline in the 9th century
C)Amoghvarsha is the best remembered of the Chola kings
D)None of these

Question 23

Who, amongst the following saints of 'Bhakti Cult,' hailed from Bengal?

A)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
B)Kabir
C)Ramanand
D)Ramanujacharyulu

Question 24

The Slave Dynasty Sultans were

A)Afghans
B)Arabs
C)Ilbari Turks
D)Persians

Question 25

'Buland Darwaza' was built by Akbar to commemorate his victory over

A)Gujarat
B)Bengal
C)Orissa
D)None of these