Deck 1: Historical Trivia: Indian History and Culture

Question 1

Where did the traveler 'Ibn Batuta' come from?

A)Morocco
B)Persia
C)Turkey
D)Central Asia

Answer 1

Morocco

Question 2

Who built the Khajuraho temples?

A)Holkars
B)Scindias
C)Bundela Rajputs
D)Chandela Rajputs

Answer 2

Chandela Rajputs

Question 3

Who was the architect who designed 'Taj Mahal'?

A)Mohammad Hussain
B)Ustad-Isa
C)Shah Abbas
D)Ismail

Answer 3

Ustad-Isa

Question 4

The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?

A)Tibet
B)Mongolia
C)Burma
D)Siam

Question 5

Mughal presence in the Red Ford ceased with the fall of -

A)Aurangzeb
B)Muhammad Shah
C)Shah Alam
D)Bahadur Shah 'Zafar

Question 6

'Khalsa' was founded by -

A)Guru Gobind Singh
B)Guru Ramdas
C)Guru Nanak
D)Arjun Dev

Question 7

The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted -

A)Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
B)Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
C)Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
D)Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit

Question 8

The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was -

A)Lal Kalwant
B)Banda Bahadur
C)Ramatanu Pande
D)Markandey Pande

Question 9

The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda Univers was -

A)Alla-ud-din Khilji
B)Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
C)Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
D)Muhammad-bin-Quasim

Question 10

Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of -

A)Akbar
B)Aurangzeb
C)Jahangir
D)Shah Jaharn

Question 11

The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of -

A)Intelligence
B)Foreign affairs
C)Army organization
D)Finance

Question 12

Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?

A)Poona
B)Raigarh
C)Panhala
D)Singhgarh

Question 13

Whoamong the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites'?

A)Balbarn
B)Alauddin Khilji
C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
D)Ibrahim Lodi

Question 14

Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?

A)Bahlul Lodi
B)Ibrahim Lodi
C)Daulat Khan Lodi
D)Sikandar Lodi

Question 15

The guerilla warfare was pioneered by

A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Shivaji
D)Balaji Rao

Question 16

"Quwwat-ul-Islam' Mosque was built by -

A)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
B)Alauddin Khilji
C)?ltutmish
D)Mohammad Adilshah

Question 17

Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the daughter of Sultan -

A)Mohammed Ghori
B)Mohammed of Ghazni
C)Iltutmish
D)Alauddin Khilji

Question 18

Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond.

A)Nadir Shah
B)Flruz Shah
C)Mohammed Shah
D)Mohammed Ghori

Question 19

Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?

A)First Battle of Tarain
B)Second Battle of Tarain
C)Battle of Khanwa
D)First Battle of Panipat

Question 20

The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?

A)Khilji dynasty
B)Tughluq dynasty
C)Slave dynasty
D)Lodi dynasty

Question 21

Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of

A)Karnataka
B)Calcutta
C)Jammu and Kashmir
D)Kerala

Question 22

Who among the following was the last Delhi Sultan?

A)Sikandar Lodi
B)Daulat Khan Lodi
C)Rana Sanga
D)Ibrahim Lodi

Question 23

Who among the following was defeated by Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the first battle of Tarain?

A)Balban
B)Muhammad Ghori
C)Mahmud of Ghazni
D)Iltutmish

Question 24

Rajatarangini was written by -

A)Kalhana
B)Alberuni
C)Harsha Vardhana
D)Kautilya

Question 25

Who is regarded as the second Alexander?

A)Jalal-ud-din Khilji
B)Mubarak Khilji
C)Khusru Khan
D)Ala-ud-din Khilji

Question 26

Who among the following was nown as the Parrot of India?

A)Hussain Shah
B)Amir Khusrau
C)BarbakShah
D)Nanak

Question 27

Who introduced leather token currency in India?

A)Akbar
B)Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq
C)Babur
D)Humayun

Question 28

When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end?

A)1498 A.D.
B)1526 A.D.
C)1565 A.D.
D)1600 A.D.

Question 29

Who of the Delhi sultans pursued the policy of 'blood and iron'?

A)Alauddin Khilji
B)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C)Balban
D)Iltutmish

Question 30

The greatness of Shershah lies in his:

A)Secular attitude
B)Victories against Humayun
C)Superior generalship
D)Administrative reforms

Question 31

The token currency using copper and brass coins was modeled after which country's example by Muhammedbin Tuglaq?

A)Japan
B)Greece
C)China
D)Russia

Question 32

Who founded the City of Delhi?

A)Khilji
B)Lodhi
C)Tamara
D)Tughlaq

Question 33

Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?

A)Guru Amar Das
B)Guru Ram Das
C)Guru Arjan Dev
D)Guru Har Govind

Question 34

Which of the following writers has called Akbar's Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?

A)Badayuni
B)Vincent Smith
C)Barni
D)W.Haig

Question 35

The first woman ruler in Indian history was:

A)Razia Sultan
B)Hamida Begum
C)Mehrunissa
D)Hazrat Mahal

Question 36

Mohammed Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital from -

A)Delhi to Warangal
B)Delhi to Devagiri
C)Delhi to Madurai
D)Delhi to Vijayanagar

Question 37

Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?

A)Abul Fazal
B)Mian Tansen
C)Raja Birbal
D)Raja Todar Mal

Question 38

The city of Vijayanagar is also known as -

A)Halebidu
B)Chandragiri
C)Hampi
D)Kondavidu

Question 39

Which Turkish ruler invaded India 14 times between 1000 and 1026 AD?

A)Mahamud of Ghazni
B)Mauhamed Tughlaq
C)Changez Khan
D)Mahmood Ghalib

Question 40

Tulsidas wrote Ram- charitmanas in the reign of -

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

Question 41

Pesently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near -

A)Mysore
B)Aurangabad
C)Nizamabad
D)Bhopal

Question 42

Who discovered the sea-route to India?

A)Vasco da Gama
B)Columbus
C)Magellan
D)Henry the Navigator

Question 43

Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by:

A)Sher Shah
B)Akbar
C)Humayun
D)Bahadur Shah

Question 44

Qutab Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by -

A)Balban
B)Ala-ud-din Khilji
C)Sikandar Lodi
D)Firoz Tughluq

Question 45

The Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of which ruler?

A)Shershah Suri
B)Babar
C)Shah Jahan
D)Akbar

Question 46

Krishnadevaraya main-tained freindly relations with the -

A)French
B)British
C)Portuguese
D)Dutch

Question 47

Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc., in his diary?

A)Akbar
B)Shahjahan
C)Babur
D)Aurangzeb

Question 48

Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?

A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Mohammad Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khilji
D)Balbarn

Question 49

Who translated Ramayana into Persian?

A)Abul Fazl
B)Badauni
C)Abdul Latif
D)Isar Das

Question 50

Who got constructed 'Grand Trunk Road?

A)Akbar
B)Ashoka
C)Shershah Suri
D)Samudra Gupta