Deck 2: Historical Indian Monuments, Rulers, and Philosophers

Question 1

Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?

A)Ramdas
B)Tukaram
C)Namdeva
D)Eknath

Answer 1

Tukaram

Question 2

The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal period and who left us an expert's description of the Peacock Throne, was -

A)Geronimo Verroneo
B)'Omrah' Danishmand Khan
C)Travernier
D)Austin of Bordeaux

Answer 2

Travernier

Question 3

Which of the following are incorrectly paired?

A)Krishnadeva Raya- Amukta Malyada
B)Harshavardhana?Nagananda
C)Kalidasa- Ritusamhara
D)Visakhadatta Kiratarjuniyam

Answer 3

Visakhadatta Kiratarjuniyam

Question 4

Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of -

A)Iltutmish
B)Ala-ud-din Khalji
C)Muhammad bin Tughluq
D)Balban

Question 5

The Battle of Haldighati was fought between -

A)Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh
B)Akbar and Medini Rai
C)Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh
D)Akbar and Uday Singh FCI Assistant Grade- II

Question 6

The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by -

A)Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali
B)Persian invader Nadir Shah
C)Mongol invader Chengiz Khan
D)British East India Company

Question 7

The Chalukyas established their empire in -

A)The Far South
B)Malwa
C)The Deccan
D)Gujarat

Question 8

Who made the monumental 'Rayagopurams' in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruv-annamalai, Chidambaram, Srirangam, Tirupati, etc., constructed?

A)Vidyaranya
B)Krishnadevaraya
C)Harihara
D)Rajaraja

Question 9

Which of the following architec tural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?

A)Sun-temple of Konark
B)Temple of Khajuraho
C)Ankorvat
D)Notre Dam, the Paris

Question 10

Select the incorrectly matched pair of philosophers and their philosophies.

A)Sankaracharya Advaita
B)Ballabhacharya-Pure-Advaita
C)Chaitanya-Vishistha-Advaita
D)Charvak-Lokayat

Question 11

During Akbar's reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as -

A)Iqbal Namah
B)Razm Namah
C)Akbar Namah
D)Sakinat-ul-Auliya

Question 12

The greatness of Sher Shah lies in his -

A)victories against Humayun
B)superior generalship
C)administrative reforms
D)religious tolerance

Question 13

The temple built in 1 100 A. D and dominating all other temples in Bhubaneshwar is -

A)Raja Rani temple
B)Kandariya Mahadev
C)Tribhuvaneswara Lingaraja
D)Mukhteswara

Question 14

The second Battle of Panipat was fought between -

A)Akbar and Hemu
B)Rajputs and Mughals
C)Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
D)Sikander and Adilshah

Question 15

The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was - (1)

A)Muin-ud-din-Chisti
B)Baba Farid
C)Saiyid Muhammed
D)Shah Alam Bukhari

Question 16

The founder of the Independent Sikh State was:

A)Guru Nanak
B)Guru Govind Singh
C)Dalip Singh
D)Ranjit Singh

Question 17

What was the official language of the Sultanate?

A)Persian
B)Urdu
C)Arabic
D)Hindi

Question 18

What is meant by a 'pir' in the Sufi tradition?

A)The Supreme God
B)The Guru of the Sufis
C)The greatest of all Sufi saints
D)The orthodox teacher who

Question 19

Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?

A)Red Fort
B)Humayun's Tomb
C)Qutab Minar
D)Jantar Mantar

Question 20

Who got the Gita translated into Persian?

A)Shah Jahan
B)Akbar
C)Murad
D)Dara Shikoh

Question 21

The first Mughal emperor of India was

A)Shahjahan
B)Humayun
C)Babar
D)Akbar

Question 22

Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when helanded at Calicut.

A)Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
B)Devaraya
C)Zamorin
D)Krishnadevaraya

Question 23

Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?

A)Bhagwad Gita
B)Baani
C)Gurmukhi
D)Guru Granth Sahib

Question 24

Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?

A)Gwalior Fort
B)Agra Fort
C)Lahore Fort
D)Allahabad Fort

Question 25

Who among the following rulers abolished Jaziya?

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

Question 26

Which of the following monuments is the oldest?

A)QutabMinar
B)Khajuraho
C)Ajanta Caves
D)Taj Mahal

Question 27

Who was the elder brother of Shah Shuja and Murad Baksh?

A)Aurangzeb
B)Azam Shah
C)Muhammad Kam Baksh
D)Dara Shikoh

Question 28

Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?

A)Battle of Takkolam
B)Battle of Talikota
C)Battle of Kanwah
D)Battle of Panipat

Question 29

Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones?

A)Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B)Muhammad bin Tughlaq
C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D)Mahmud Tughlaq

Question 30

Akbar's tomb is located at which of the following places?

A)Sikandara
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Allahabad

Question 31

Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year

A)1543
B)1643
C)1843
D)1743

Question 32

Which of the following Alberuni's account of India?

A)Chachnama
B)Futuh-us-Salatin
C)Tarikh-i-Yamini
D)Kitab-ul-Hind

Question 33

Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan?

A)The Sayyids
B)The Lodhis
C)The Rajputs
D)The Khiljis

Question 34

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at                 .

A)Varanasi
B)Allahabad
C)Ujain
D)Mathura

Question 35

Which of the following was the founder of the house of Peshawar?

A)Ramachandra Pant
B)Balaji Vishwanath
C)Balaji Baji Rao
D)Parsuram Triamsuk

Question 36

Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal Capital from Agra to Delhi?

A)Jahangir
B)Aurangzeb
C)Shahjahan
D)Bahadur Shah

Question 37

The saviour of the Delhi Sultan ate was

A)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
B)Minas-us-Siraj
C)Iltutmish
D)Ghias-ud-din Balban

Question 38

Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of

A)Mewar
B)Chittor
C)Haldighati
D)Udaipur

Question 39

Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?

A)1599
B)1707
C)1699
D)1657

Question 40

The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was-

A)Raja Mansingh
B)Raja Bhagwan Das
C)Raja Todarmal
D)Raja Birbal

Question 41

Name the language that was designated as the Camp Language during the Medieval Period

A)Sanskrit
B)Pali
C)Hindi
D)Urdu

Question 42

The Sikh Guru who wrote "Zafar Namah" in Persian was -

A)Guru Har Rai
B)Guru Har Krishan
C)Guru Gobind Singh
D)Guru Tegbahadur

Question 43

Who defeated whom in the Se?ond Battle of Tarain?

A)Prithviraj defeated Moham mad Ghaurl
B)Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
C)Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazní
D)Mohammad Ghauri defeated Prithviraj

Question 44

Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?

A)Anangapal
B)Vajrata
C)Rudrane
D)Devraja

Question 45

The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was -

A)Chaitanya
B)Andal
C)Meerabai
D)Ramabai

Question 46

The dead body of Babar by his own choice lies buried in -

A)Agra
B)Farghana
C)Samarqand
D)Kabul

Question 47

What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?

A)providing rent free land
B)zamindar's property
C)giving officer a right to reve nue
D)giving cash salary to Mansabdar

Question 48

Where was saint Kabir born?

A)Delhi
B)Varanasi
C)Mathura
D)Hyderabad

Question 49

The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler -

A)Qutub-ud-din Aibak
B)Iltutmish
C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D)Alauddin Khilji

Question 50

Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at -

A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Jaipur
D)Amarkot