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MCQ on Arab and Turkish Invasion for UPSC Students
Who had given Mahmud an investiture to rule as an independent ruler?
(a) Ottoman Turk
(b) Caliph of Baghdad named Qadirbillah
(c) Subuktgin
(d) Caliph of Arab named Al-hitmatdai
Option b – Caliph of Baghdad named Qadirbillah
(a) Subuktgin
(b) Firdausi
(c) Mahmud Ghori
(d) Alp Tigin
Option b – Firdausi
(a) Hasan Nizami
(b) Utbi
(c) Firdausi
(d) Chand Bardai
Option b – Utbi
During Mahmud’s expedition of invasion in 1001 CE., which among the following rulers was defeated in Peshawar? ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Rajyapala
(b) Jaipala
(c) Surajpala
(d) Anandpala
Option b – Jaipala
(a) 1001 CE
(b) 1016 CE
(c) 1013 CE
(d) 1025 CE
Option d – 1025 CE
(a) Shiva
(b) Vishnu
(d) Ganapati
(c) Surya
Option a – Shiva
Who was the ruler of Gujarat when Mahmud invaded the Somnath temple?
(a) Sukhpal
(b) Rajyapal
(c) Mula Raja
(d) Bhimdev 1
Option d – Bhimdev 1
Which invasion of Mahmud was appreciated by Caliph and he called Mahmud as Star of the Islamic World? ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Invasion of Thaneshwar
(b) Invasion on Kalinjar
(c) Invasion on Mathura and Kannauj
(d) Invasion on Somnath
Option d – Invasion on Somnath
Who was Muhammad bin Qasim?
(a) Turk
(b) Mongol
(c) Arab
(d) Turk-Afghani
Option c – Arab
Which among the following were the first Muslim Invader in India? ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Persians
(b) Ghurid
(c) Arabs
(d) All of them
Option c – Arabs
Who was the Hindu King at the time of the invasion of Muhammad-bin-Qasim on Sindh?
(a) Dahir
(b) Hala
(c) Ananda Raja
(d) Mula Raja
Option a – Dahir
Which among the following gives stiff resistance to Arabs? ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Gurjara Pratiharas
(b) Chandelas
(c) Solankies
(a) Gahadualas
Option a – Gurjara Pratiharas
When did the first contact of India with Islam establish?
(a) After the arrival of Sufi Saints
(b) In the 11th century after the establishment of Turkish rule in India.
(c) In the 7th century after conquest of sindh by Muhammad-bin-Qasim.
(d) The arrival of Arab traders on the Malabar Coast.
Option d – The arrival of Arab traders on the Malabar Coast.
Which among the following is the oldest chronicle of the Arab Conquest of Sindh? ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Chach Nama
(b) Kitab-ul-Hind
(c) Taj-ul-masir
(d) Nuskha–Dilkusha
Option a – Chach Nama
Who among the following was the Arab commander who successfully Conquered Sindh?
(a) Al-Hazaz
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
Option d – Muhammad-bin-Qasim
Arabs were defeated in AD 738 by ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Pratiharas
(b) Rashtrakutas
(c) Palas
(d) Chalukyas
Option a – Pratiharas
(a) Subuktigin
(b) Mahmud
(c) Ismail
(d) Alp Tigin
Option a – Subuktigin
The coins commissioned by which Turkish invaders had inscriptions in Sanskrit? ( Arab and Turkish Invasion MCQ )
(a) Mohammad-bin-Tughluq
(b) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(c) Akbar
(d) Sher Shah
Option b – Mahmud Ghaznavi
Who among the following re-constructed the Somnath temple after the invasion of Mahmud?
(a) Bhimraj first
(b) Bhimdev
(c) Mulraj
(d) Jai Singh Siddhi Raj
Option b – Bhimdev
(a) Dhang
(b) Vidhyadhar
(c) Jai shakti
(d) Dang
Option c – Jai shakti
Who fought the Battle of Waihind (AD 1009)?
(a) Anandpala and Mahmud Ghaznavi.
(b) Jayapala and Muhammad Ghori.
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori.
(d) Jaichandra and Bakhtiyar Kilji
Option a – Anandpala and Mahmud Ghaznavi.
(a) Plunder the wealth of India.
(b) To establish his permanent rule.
(c) To make the country its colony.
(d) None of the above
Option a – Plunder the wealth of India
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option c – A is true, but R is false
Arrange the correct chronology of Mahmud’s invasion. I. Invasion on Somnath II. Invasion on Kalinjar III. Invasion on Mathura and Kannauj IV. Invasion of Thaneshwar V. Battle with Anandpal Codes
(a) IV, V, III, I, II
(b) I, II, III, IV, V
(c) V, IV, III, II, I
(d) IV, II, III, V, I
Option c – V, IV, III, II, I
Which among the following statement in the context of Al-Biruni is not correct?
(a) He was a secular writer.
(b) His compositions were influenced by India at that time.
(c) He was well-versed in Sanskrit.
(d) He was a specialist in trigonometry.
Option a – He was a secular writer.
Assertion (A) Al-biruni, who visited India at the time of Mahmud of Ghazni, criticized the Hindus for their exclusiveness which kept them away from the rest of the world. Reason (R) He believed that the caste system was responsible for this. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Muhammad Ghori was the ruler of which dynasty?
(a) Shansabani (Ghorid) dynasty
(b) Khwarazamian dynasty
(c) Mongol dynasty
(d) Sasainaad dynasty
Option a – Shansabani (Ghorid) dynasty
Between which two Kingdoms Gour state was situated?
(a) Sindh and Afghanistan
(b) Ghaznavi and Seljuk
(c) Peshawar and Hindu-Kush
(d) Kannauj and Etawa
Option b – Ghaznavi and Seljuk
What was the name used for Muhammad Ghori in the coins struck and issued in India after his victories?
(a) Sri lbn Sam
(b) Sri Mizuddin Mohamad
(c) Sri Muhammad Sam
(d) Sri Mohammad Muizuddin
Option c – Sri Muhammad Sam
Which among the following Muslim rulers had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coins?
(a) Muhammad Ghori
(b) Alauddhin Khilji
(C) Akbar
(d) None of the above
Option a – Muhammad Ghori
Who handed over the conquered territories of Muhammad Ghori in India?
(a) Tajuddin Yaldauz
(b) Qutubudin Aibak
(c) Shamsuddin lItutmish
(d) Nasiruddin Kubacha
Option b – Qutubudin Aibak
Which among the following was the objective of the invasion of Muhammad Ghori on India?
(a) To expand the Ghurid Empire.
(b) To spread Islam by forceful Conversion.
(c) To punish Rajputs who attack his dominions.
(d) Loot and Plunder wealth of India
Option a – To expand the Ghurid Empire.
40, In his initial attacks on India from northern frontiers, Muhammad Ghori chose which of the following passes?
(a) Khyber pass
(b) Hajigak pass
(c) Gomal pass
(d) Bolan pass
Option c – Gomal pass
(a) In the ninth century AD
(b) In the tenth century AD
(c) In the eleventh century AD
(d) In the twelfth century AD
Option c – In the eleventh century AD
Al-biruni lived during the period in which one of the following?
(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Ferozshah Tughlaq
Option a – Mahmud Ghaznavi
First Muslim to study Purana was?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Abdul Qadir Badayun
(c) Al-Biruni
(d) Dara Sikoh
Option c – Al-Biruni
(a) Farista
(b) Ibn Battuta
(c) Al-Biruni
(d) Afif
Option c – Al-Biruni
Who among the following has written Kitab-ul-Hind or Tahkik-e-Hind?
(a) Hasan nizami
(b) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(c) Al-Biruni
(d) Shams-e-Siraj Afif
Option c – Al-Biruni
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Al-Biruni identifies the Sufi doctrine of divine love as self-annihilation with parallel passages from the Bhagawad Gita.
(b) According to Al-Biruni, Sufi theories of the soul were similar to those in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.
(c) The Hatha Yogic treatise Amrita Kunda had a lasting impact on Sufism.
(d) Hujwiri’s conversation with the yogis shows that he was impressed with their theory of the division of the human body.
Option d – Hujwiri’s conversation with the yogis shows that he was impressed with their theory of the division of the human body.
The last expedition of Muhammad Ghori was launched in 1206 against the
(a) Khokhars
(b) Gujarat
(c) Jats
(d) Multan
Option a – Khokhars
In which battle did Prithviraj Chauhan defeat Muhammad Ghori?
(a) First battle of Tarain, 1191 AD
(b) Second battle of Tarain, 1192 AD
(c) Battle of Chandawar, 1194 AD
(d) Battle of Ranthambore, 1195 AD
Option a – First battle of Tarain, 1191 AD
When was the first battle of Tarain fought?
(a) 1175 AD
(b) 1191 AD
(c) 1192 AD
(d) 1206 AD
Option b – 1191 AD
The second battle of Tarain was fought between?
(a) Alexander and Porous.
(b) Jaichand and Muhammad Ghori
(c) Akbar and Hemu
(d) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
Option d – Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
Which among the following was the Central Asian ruler who conquered North India in 1192 AD?
(a) Jalaluddin Mingburnu
(b) Mahmud of Ghaznavi
(c) Shibuddin Muhammad Ghori
(d) Chengeiz Khan
Option c – Shibuddin Muhammad Ghori
The battle from which Muslim rule in India was established?
(a) First battle of Tarain.
(b) Second battle of Tarain.
(c) First battle of Panipat.
(d) Second battle of Panipat.
Option b – Second battle of Tarain.
Which Rajput ruler invited Ghori to fight against Prithviraj Chauhan?
(a) Bhim deva ll
(b) Mularaja
(c) Jaichand
(d) Hemu Vikramaditya
Option c – Jaichand
Who had Muhammad Ghori defeated in 1194 in the Battle of Chandawar?
(a) Kumarapala
(b) Jaichand
(c) Govindraj
(d) Bhim II
Option b – Jaichand
Jaichand, the ruler of Kannauj belonged to which among the following dynasty?
(a) Gahadavala dynasty
(b) Pushyabhuti dynasty
(c) Parmar dynasty
(d) Chauhan dynasty
Option a – Gahadavala dynasty
Chandawar is situated in which Indian state?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab
Option a – Uttar Pradesh
The slave of Muhammad Ghori who conquered Bengal and Bihar?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) lItutmish
(c) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(d) Yaldauz
Option c – Bakhtiyar Khalji
Who was the first Muslim conqueror of Bihar?
(a) Malik Ibrahim
(b) lltutmish
(c) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(d) Ali Mardan Khalji
Option c – Bakhtiyar Khalji
The earliest description of Bakhtiyar Khalji’s invasion of Bihar is in
(a) Tarikh-i-Hind
(b) Tabaqat-i Nasiri
(c) Taj-ul Maasir
(d) Tarikh-i Mubarak Shahi
Option c – Taj-ul Maasir
Nalanda Vihar was destroyed by
(a) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Option a – Bakhtiyar Khalji
Who among the following Mongol leaders/commanders did not cross Indus to attack India?
(a) Chenghiz Khan
(b) Tair Bahadur
(c) Abdullah
(d) Qutlugh Khwaja
Option a – Chenghiz Khan
Which Arab traveler calls the Pratihara kingdom Al-jurr and the king as Baura?
(a) Al – Mashar
(b) Al-masudi
(c) Sulaiman
(a) Al-Beruni
Option b – Al-masudi
Which dynasty had the best cavalry in India, according to the Arab traveler Sulaiman?
(a) Palas
(b) Pratiharas
(c) Rashtrakutas
(d) Senas
Option b – Pratiharas
Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A) Turkish invasions on India were successful. Reason (R) There was no political unity in North India. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option a – Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Which of the following was the first target of Muhammad Ghori in the Indian subcontinent?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Punjab
(c) Malwa
(d) Multan
Option d – Multan
Muhammad Ghori suffered his first defeat at the hands of which ruler?
(a) Bhima II
(b) Prithviraj Chauhan
(c) Jaichand
(d) Prithviraj l
Option a – Bhima II
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