Deck 3: Indian History Trivia

Question 1

The 'Kirti Stambha' (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by -

A)Rana Pratap
B)Rana Kumbha
C)Rana Sanga
D)Bappa Raval

Answer 1

Rana Kumbha

Question 2

Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?

A)French
B)Persian
C)Portugese
D)Arabic

Answer 2

Persian

Question 3

The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?

A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Nawab Vajid Ali Sah
C)Harsha
D)Akbar

Answer 3

Akbar

Question 4

Which among the following fort was known as the Key of Deccan'?

A)Kalinjar
B)Ajaygarh
C)Asirgarh
D)Gulbarga

Question 5

Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year -

A)1508
B)1608
C)1510
D)1610

Question 6

Who was the Guru of Shivaji?

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

Question 7

What does Jahangir mean?

A)National Monarch
B)The Grand Monarch
C)Conqueror of the world
D)Hero of hundred battles

Question 8

Humayun Nama was written by -

A)Humayun
B)Akbar
C)Abul Fazl
D)Gulbadan Begum

Question 9

Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers?

A)Bahadur Shah I
B)Rafi-ud-daulah
C)Shah Jahan II
D)Muhammad Shah

Question 10

Where is the Bada Imambara located?

A)Agra
B)Lucknow
C)Patna
D)Allahabad

Question 11

Who issued a token currency in copper coins between AD 1329 and 1330?

A)Alauddin Khilzi
B)Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
C)Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
D)Feroz Tughlaq

Question 12

Chauth' was -

A)a religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb
B)toll tax imposed by Shivaji
C)irrigation tax charged by Akbar
D)land tax levied by Shivaji on neighbouring States

Question 13

Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?

A)Bada Imambara
B)Buland Darwaza
C)Jama Masjid
D)Siddi Bashir

Question 14

The Delhi Sultan who fell to his death while playing polo was -

A)Qutbuddin Aibak
B)Alauddin Khilji
C)Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D)Ghiasuddin Tughlaq

Question 15

Which is the tallest of all Medieval Indian temples?

A)Kailasa Temple at Ellora
B)Sun Temple at Konark
C)Nilakantheswara Temple at Udaipur
D)Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore

Question 16

A renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar

A)Hemachandra
B)Harivijaya
C)Vastupala
D)Bhadrabahu

Question 17

In which of the following towns is "Moti Masjid" situated?

A)Agra
B)Jaipur
C)Lahore
D)Ahmedabad

Question 18

Iltutmish established a centre of learning at:

A)Multan
B)Kolkata
C)Alwar
D)Patna

Question 19

Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?

A)Mahmud of Ghazni
B)Muhammad Ghori
C)Iltutmish
D)Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 20

The 'Sun Temple' of Konark is in the State of -

A)Odisha
B)Jharkhand
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Madhya Pradesh

Question 21

Sriperumbudur is the birthplace of -

A)Sri Madhvacharya
B)Sri Basavanna
C)Sri Shankaracharya
D)Sri Ramanujacharya

Question 22

Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins?

A)Ala-ud-din Khilji
B)Firuz Tughluq
C)Muhammad Tughluq
D)Balban

Question 23

The Taj-Mahal was built by -

A)Jahangir
B)Shahjahan
C)Sher Shah
D)Nadir Shah

Question 24

Multan was named by the Arabs as -

A)City of beauty
B)City of wealth
C)City of gold
D)Pink city

Question 25

The 1st Battle of Panipat was fought in the year -

A)1761
B)1516
C)1526
D)1556

Question 26

Who was the first Vijayanagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis?

A)Reva Rayall
B)Harihara I
C)HariharaII
D)Bukka I

Question 27

An agricultural department known as 'Diwan-i-kohi' was created by:

A)Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
B)Alauddin Khilji
C)Firoz Tughlaq
D)Jalaluddin Khilji

Question 28

Which one of the following painters of Jahangir's reign was conferred the title of Nadir-ul-Asra?

A)Bishandas
B)Mansur
C)Manohar
D)Daulat

Question 29

The earliest reference to sati custom is made in which of the following inscriptions?

A)Allahabad Pillar inscription
B)Eran inscription of Bhanu gupta
C)Aihole inscription of Pulkesin II
D)Bhitan inscription of Skand gupta

Question 30

In the battle of Panipat, Bab faced the armies of -

A)Jaichand
B)Hemu
C)Daulat khan
D)Ibrahim Lodi

Question 31

Which monument is in pink colour?

A)Taj Mahal
B)Hawa Mahal
C)Moti Mahal
D)Mumtaz Mahal

Question 32

Who was Akbar's guardian -

A)Amir Khusru
B)Abul Fazal
C)Tansen
D)Bairam Khan

Question 33

Bijapur is known for its -

A)Severe drought conditiorn
B)Gol Gumbaz
C)Heavy rainfall
D)Statue of Gomateswara

Question 34

Which was the second capital of Akbar?

A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Fateh-pur-Sikri
D)Patna

Question 35

Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohd. Ghori in the battle of -

A)Tarain in 1191 A.D.
B)Tarain in 1192 A.D
C)Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
D)Ranthambhor in 1195 A.D

Question 36

Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

A)Babar vs.Sangram Singh
B)Sher Shah vs.Humayun
C)Chengiz Khan vs.Alauddin Khilji
D)Akbar vs.Hemu

Question 37

Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri?

A)The Panch Mahal
B)Moti Masjid
C)Tomb of Salim Chishti
D)The Mariam Palace

Question 38

Who was the founder of the city of Agra?

A)Firoz Tughlaq
B)Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq
C)Alauddin Khilji
D)Sikandar Lodi

Question 39

Tansen, a great musician of his times, was in the Court of -

A)Jehangir
B)Akbar
C)Shah Jahan
D)Bahadur Shah

Question 40

Who among the following was the last Mughal emperor?

A)Alamgir II
B)Shah Alam II
C)Bahadur Shah II
D)Akbar II

Question 41

The French East India Company was founded in -

A)1600
B)1620
C)1664
D)1604

Question 42

Where did Babar die?

A)Agra
B)Kabul
C)Lahore
D)Delhi

Question 43

Who wrote Akbarnama?

A)Akbar
B)Birbal
C)Abul Fazal
D)Bhagavan Das

Question 44

Amir Khusrau was a musician and -

A)Sufi saint
B)Persian and Hindi writer, and scholar
C)Historian
D)All of the above

Question 45

In Shivaji's Council of Ministers the Prime Minister was called -

A)Peshwa
B)Sachiv
C)Mantri
D)Samanta

Question 46

Which Sufi's dargah is at Ajmer?

A)Baba Farid
B)Qutb-din Bakhtiyar Kaki
C)Moinuddin Chisti
D)Khwaja Bahuddin

Question 47

The Delhi General who successfully advanced up to Madurai was -

A)Khizr Khan
B)Muhammad Ghori
C)Malik Kafur
D)Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Question 48

Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?

A)Gurdaspur
B)Amritsar
C)Lahore
D)Talwandi

Question 49

The most important Sufi shrine in India is at -

A)Pandua
B)Bidar
C)Ajmer
D)Shahjahanabad

Question 50

Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Saheb has been preserved?

A)Ajmer
B)Ahmedabad
C)Srinagar
D)Mecca