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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Diwan-i-Mushtakharaj : Alauddin Khalji
(B) Diwan-i-Amir Kohi : Muhammad Tughluq
(C) Diwan-i-Khairat : Firuz Tughluq
(D) Diwan-i-Riyasat : Balban
Option d - Diwan-i-Riyasat : Balban
The historian Baruni refused to consider the state in India under Islamic Delhi Sultans as truly because
(A) The majority of the population did not follow Islam
(B) The Muslim theologists were often disregarded
(C) The Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his regulations
(D) religious freedom was accorded to non-Muslims
Option a - The majority of the population did not follow Islam
Who among these was famous for Telugu translation? 1. Kamban 2. Kuttan 3. Nannaya 4. Tikkan Choose the answer from the code.
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 2 and 3
(C) Only 3 and 4
(D) Only 4 and 1
Option c - Only 3 and 4
Regarding the taxation system of Krishnadeva, the ruler of Vijayanagara, consider the following statements. 1. The tax rate on land was fixed depending on the quality of the land. 2. Private owners of workshops paid an industry tax. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Option c - Both 1 and 2
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Diwan-i-Bandagan : Tughluq
(B) Diwan-i-Mustakhraj : Balban
(C) Diwan-i-Kohi : Alauddin Khalji
(D) Diwan-i-Arz : Muhammad Tughluq
Option a - Diwan-i-Bandagan : Tughluq
The actual name of Mumtaz Mahal was
(A) Arjumand Bano Begum
(B) Ladli Begum
(C) Mehrunnisa
(D) Roshan Ara
Option a - Arjumand Bano Begum
The coordination of Hindu and Iranian architecture can be seen in
(A) the Taj Mahal
(B) the Red Fort
(C) the Panch Mahal
(D) the Tomb of Sher Shah
Option a - the Taj Mahal
Which of the following among Mughal emperors constructed the Jama Mosque of Delhi?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Option c - Shah Jahan
Who among the following shifted the capital of the Empire from Agra to Delhi?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Option c - Shah Jahan
Who among the following deserves the credit for the construction of 'Lal Qila'?
(A) Sikandar Lodi
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shah Jahan
Option d - Shah Jahan
Upanishads were translated into Persian during the reign of
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Option a - Shah Jahan
Who among the following was given the title of 'Shah Buland Iqbal' by Shah Jahan?
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Shuja
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Murad
Option a - Dara Shikoh
The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title
(A) Al-Fihrist
(B) Kitab-al-Bayan
(C) Majma-ul-Bahrain
(D) Sirr-i-Akbar
Option d - Sirr-i-Akbar
The loss of Qandahar was a big blow to the Mughal Empire from the viewpoint of
(B) Buffer territory
(C) Communication
(D) Strategic stronghold
Option d - Strategic stronghold
Who was the 'Poet-Laureate' of Shah Jahan's reign?
(A) Kalim
(B) Kashi
(C) Qudsi
(D) Munir
Option a - Kalim
The Zabti system was introduced by
(A) Ghiyasudin Tughluq
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Sher Shah
(D) Akbar
Option d - Akbar
In which measures Todarmal achieved fame?
(A) Military campaign
(B) Land Revenue
(C) Humor
(D) Painting
Option b - Land Revenue
Which revenue system among the following is also known as the Bandobast System?
(A) Zabti
(B) Dahsala
(C) Nasq
(D) Kankut
Option b - Dahsala
Which among the following systems of levying land revenue in Deccan was prevalent during the reign of Akbar?
(A) Kankut
(B) Number of ploughs
(C) Zabt
(D) Ghallabhakshi
Option b - Number of ploughs
Todarmal was associated with
(A) Law
(B) Land Revenue Reforms
(C) Literature
(D) Music
Option b - Land Revenue Reforms
Who among the following was the connecting link between Sher Shah and Akbar in land revenue administrative measures?
(A) Birbal
(B) Todarmal
(C) Bhagwandas
(D) Bharmal
Option b - Todarmal
During the Akbar period, the land revenue system 'Ain-i-Dahsala' was developed by
(A) Shahnawaz Khan
(B) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
(C) Todarmal
(D) Mulla Do Pyaza
Option c - Todarmal
The head of the military department under the recognized central machinery of administration during Akbar's reign was
(A) Diwan
(B) Mir Bakshi
(C) Mir Saman
(D) Bakshi
Option b - Mir Bakshi
The military system in the reign of Akbar was based on
(A) Mansabdari
(B) Zamindari
(C) Feudalistic
(D) Ain-i-Dahsala
Option a - Mansabdari
The first person to be given the proper status of the Diwan by Akbar was
(A) Asaf Khan
(B) Munim Khan
(C) Muzaffar Khan Turbati
(D) Raja Todarmal
Option c - Muzaffar Khan Turbati
The Mansabdari System introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Turkey
(C) Mongolia
(D) Persia
Option c - Mongolia
At which of the following battles was artillery used for the first time by one of the two armies?
(A) First Battle of Panipat
(B) Battle of Khanwa
(C) Battle of Plassey
(D) Third Battle of Panipat
Option a - First Battle of Panipat
The reason for Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi was
(A) the Bravery of Babur
(B) Artillery
(C) the Weakness of Ibrahim
(D) the Skilled commandant
Option b - Artillery
Whom did Babur defeat in the first battle of Panipat?
(A) Rana Sanga
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Sher Shah Suri
Option b - Ibrahim Lodi
In which year, did Babur defeat Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat?
(A) 1527 A.D.
(B) 1526 A.D.
(C) 1525 A.D.
(D) 1524 A.D.
Option b - 1526 A.D.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) First Battle of Panipat: 1526
(B) Battle of Khanwa: 1527
(C) Battle of Ghaghara: 1529
(D) Battle of Chanderi: 1530
Option d - Battle of Chanderi: 1530
During which one of the following battles, did Babur declare 'Jehad'?
(A) Battle of Panipat
(B) Battle of Khanwa
(C) Battle of Chanderi
(D) None of the above
Option b - Battle of Khanwa
In which one of the following battles, Rana Sanga fought against Babur?
(A) Battle of Panipat
(B) Battle of Khanwa
(C) Battle of Chanderi
(D) Battle of Ghaghara
Option b - Battle of Khanwa
The ruler of Mewar who was defeated in the Battle of Khanwa by Akbar in 1527 was
(A) Rana Pratap
(B) Man Singh
(C) Sawai Uday Singh
(D) Rana Sanga
Option d - Rana Sanga
The Mughal ruler of medieval India was
(A) Persian (Iranian)
(B) Afghans
(C) Chagatai Turk
(D) None of the above
Option c - Chagatai Turk
The main reason of Babur's victory in the battle of Panipat was
(A) His horse riding force
(B) His skilled warfare
(C) Tulghuma system
(D) Internal disputes among Afghans
Option b - His skilled warfare
Sir Thomas Roe came to India as a British Ambassador during the reign of
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shah Jahan
Option c - Jahangir
Who of the following was sent first by East India Company in the court of Jahangir?
(A) Sir Thomas Roe
(B) Vasco-de-Gama
(C) Hawkins
(D) Jobchornok
Option c - Hawkins
Who among the following is the envoy of British King James-I who was sent to Jahangir's court?
(A) William Hawkins
(B) William Finch
(C) Pitra Della Villa
(D) Edward Terry
Option a - William Hawkins
Who introduced Do-aspa and Sih aspa' system?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Option b - Jahangir
In whose reign was the Treaty of Chittor signed between the Mughal and the Rana of Mewar?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Option b - Jahangir
Mughal Emperor Jahangir gave the title English-Khan' to
(A) Albuquerque
(B) Francisco Almeida
(C) William Hawkins
(D) Henry the Navigator Sir
Option c - William Hawkins
In medieval India, the Mansabdari system was introduced mainly for
(A) Making recruitment to the army
(B) Facilitating revenue collection
(C) Ensuring religious harmony
(D) Affecting clean administration
Option d - Affecting clean administration
Which one of the following is not true about the Mughal Mansabdari System?
(A) There were 33 divisions
(B) They got conditional or Mashut rank
(C) Their 'Sawar' rank could exceed the 'Zat' rank
(D) All civil and military officers were given mansabs
Option c - Their 'Sawar' rank could exceed the 'Zat' rank
What was the principal source of State Income in Mughal India?
(A) Booty
(B) Escheat
(C) Land Revenue
(D) Tax
Option c - Land Revenue
In Mughal administrative vocabulary 'Maal' represents
(A) Land Revenue
(B) Selarried
(C) Allowance
(D) None of the above
Option a - Land Revenue
The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacco was
(A) Akbar
(B) Babur
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Option c - Jahangir
'Madad-i-Mash' indicates in Mughal administration
(A) Toll Tax
(B) Revenue Freeland granted to learned person
(C) Pension provided to military officials
(D) Cultivation Tax
Option b - Revenue Freeland granted to learned person
Who among the following was appointed as a physician in the Mughal service?
(A) Bernier
(B) Coreri
(C) Manucci
(D) Tavernier
Option c - Manucci
What was 'district' known as during the Mughal administration?
(A) Ahar
(B) Vishyas
(C) Suba
(D) Sarkar
Option d - Sarkar
Which of the following was the head of the army in the Mughal period?
(A) Shane-e-Peel
(B) Mir Bakshi
(C) Wazir
(D) Sawahenigar
Option b - Mir Bakshi
In the Mughal administration 'Muhtasib' was
(A) a Military Officer
(B) a Head of Foreign Affairs
(C) An Officer-in-Charge of public morals
(D) an Officer of the Correspondence Department
Option c - An Officer-in-Charge of public morals
Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?
(A) Akbar and Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Babur and Humayun
Option a - Akbar and Jahangir
The book 'Ramcharitmanas' was written by
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Valmiki
(C) Surdas
(D) Ved Vyas
Option a - Tulsidas
Which of the following is not a composition of Saint Tulsidas?
(A) Gitavali
(B) Kavitavali
(C) Vinay Patrika
(D) Sahitya Ratna
Option d - Sahitya Ratna
Who among the following was the Saint of the Varkari Sect?
(A) Nimbarka
(B) Chakradhara
(C) Namdev
(D) Ramdas
Option c - Namdev
In whose regime did Guru Nanak Dev founded Sikh religion?
(A) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Humayun
(D) Akbar
Option b - Sikandar Lodi
God knows man's virtues and enquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste!' This was the theory of which Bhakti saint?
(A) Ramanand
(B) Dadu
(C) Nanak
(D) Ramanuja
Option c - Nanak
Mirabai was contemporary of
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(C) Guru Nanak
(D) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Option a - Tulsidas
The name of the husband of famous devotee poet Mira
(A) Rana Ratan Singh
(B) Rajkumar Bhojraj
(C) Rana Uday Singh
(D) Rana Sanga
Option b - Rajkumar Bhojraj
Who wrote 'Rag-Govind'?
(A) Mirabai
(B) Narhari
(C) Surdas
(D) Raskhan
Option a - Mirabai
Which one of the following leaders of the Bhakti Movement was influenced by Islam?
(A) Chaitanya
(B) Mirabai
(C) Namdev
(D) Vallabhacharya
Option c - Namdev
(A) Vaishnava
(B) Shaiva
(C) Buddhist
(D) Sufi
Option a - Vaishnava
In the context of Indian history, the principle of 'Dyarchy (diarchy)' refers to
(A) the Division of the central legislature into two houses
(B) the Introduction of double government i.e., Central and State Governments
(C) Having two sets of rulers; one in London and another in Delhi
(D) Division of the subjects delegated to the provinces into two categories
Option d - Division of the subjects delegated to the provinces into two categories
In which of the following Acts, the provision was made for the establishment of the Supreme Court at Calcutta?
(A) Regulating Act, 1773
(B) Pitt's India Act, 1784
(C) Charter Act, 1813
(D) Charter Act, 1833
Option a - Regulating Act, 1773
By which one of the following Acts was the Federal Court in India created?
(A) Indian Council Act, 1861
(B) Government of India Act, 1909
(C) Government of India Act, 1919
(D) Government of India Act, 1935
Option d - Government of India Act, 1935
Which Act of British Parliament abolished the East India Company monopoly over trade in India?
(A) Regulating Act
(B) Pitt's India Act
(C) Charter Act of 1813
(D) None of the above
Option c - Charter Act of 1813
By which of the following Acts, did the Legislative Council of India receive the power to discuss the budget?
(A) Indian Council Act, 1861
(B) Indian Council Act, 1892
(C) Indian Council Act, 1909
(D) Indian Council Act, 1919
Option b - Indian Council Act, 1892
The Federal Court of India was established in which of the following year?
(A) 1935
(B) 1937
(C) 1946
(D) 1947
Option b - 1937
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