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This set of History of Medieval India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Medieval India Set 1
Q1 | What was Jalauddin Khilji before he came to power in 1290?
- warden of marches in the north-west
- vazir of deccan
- king of firozabad
- none of the above
Q2 | Who ended the Turkish monopoly of high offices in the Delhi sultanate?
- the khiljis
- mughals
- lodis
- tughlaqs
Q3 | Who was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate to put forward the view that thestate should be based on the willing support of the governed?
- iltutmish
- balaban
- akbar
- alaudhin
Q4 | Who was the Delhi Sultan to start the policy of giving harsh punishment evento the wives and children of rebels?
- alauddin khilji
- balban
- iltumish
- khutabdin ibek
Q5 | When did Timur invade India?
- 1398 ad
- 1498
- 1200
- 1900
Q6 | When did Alauddin Khiji launch an attack on Gujarat?
- 1299
- 1399
- 1499
- 1599
Q7 | What was the first state against which Alauddin launched an attack?
- ranthambhor
- delhi
- magadha
- bengal
Q8 | Who was the famous poet who accompanied Alauddin in the Ranthambhorecampaign?
- amir khusrau
- tanzen
- abul fasal
- kalidas
Q9 | The Padmini legend is associated with which place?
- chittor
- bhopal
- jhansi
- none of the above
Q10 | Malik Kafur led campaign against which two places in south India?
- warangal and ma’a bar
- warangal and travancore
- canara and konkan
- none of the above.
Q11 | Which was the Deccan state against which Muhammad bin Taghlaq had tosuffer reverses initially?
- warangal
- gujarath
- bombay
- lahore
Q12 | Alauddin Khilji brought reforms in market control after which campaign?
- chittor campaign
- gujarath
- bombay
- lahore
Q13 | How many markets did Alauddin establish?
- three
- two
- one
- four
Q14 | Under which officer markets of Alauddin functioned?
- shahna
- wazir
- iqtedar
- zamindar
Q15 | Which medieval historian wrote about Alauddin’s market control?
- ziauddin barni
- abul fazal
- ibn khaldun
- st. augustin
Q16 | The Medieval Period of Indian History comprises a long period, spanning from…………… century i.e after the fall of the Gupta Empire to the 18th century, i.e the beginning of colonial domination.
- 5th
- 6th
- 8th
- 9th
Q17 | The Medieval Period of Indian History comprises a long period, spanning from 6thcentury i.e after the fall of the ………….. Empire to the 18th century, i.e the beginning of colonial domination.
- gupta
- maurya
- harsha
- vijayanagar
Q18 | The Early Medieval period refer to the phase of Indian history that stretches from thefall of the Gupta Empire to the beginning of the ……………….period in the 13th century.
- sultanate
- mughal
- harsha
- maurya
Q19 | The nature of state in the early …………..period is marked by the presence of a largenumber of regional and local powers, in the absence of a paramount power in the country.
- medieval
- sangam
- ancient
- modern
Q20 | The …………..model was largely constructed on the basis of Puranic and Epigraphicdata pertaining mostly to North India.
- feudal
- segmentary
- capitalistic
- socialistic
Q21 | The history of Indian medieval period was started after the end of ancient age in 550AD and it continued till 18th century when the ………………Empire had broken.
- sultanate
- turkish
- mughal
- bahmini
Q22 | After the ……………… (after 300 BC) Cholas was beaten by the Pandyas andPallavas and they captured the Tamil country.
- sangam age
- vedic
- harappan
- gupta
Q23 | Around 850 AD, ………….rose in power and he rescued the Chola Dynasty fromPandyas and Pallavas and captured the capital city Thanjavur.
- vijayalaya
- rajaraja chola i
- pulakesin i
- none of the above
Q24 | After ………….. century, Cholas became strongest dynasty of the southern India.
- 9th
- 10th
- 11th
- 12th
Q25 | Under …………..and Rajendra Chola I, the empire became powerful in the field ofarmy, finance and culture in South Asia and South-east Asia.
- rajaraja chola i
- vijayalaya
- pulakesin i
- mahendraverman i