Indian History 2 Set 3

Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History),

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

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This set of Indian History 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian History 2 Set 3

Q1 | Who established the Chisti order in India?
  • nizam-ud-din auliya
  • salim chisti
  • shaikh moin-ud-in chisti
  • hamid-ud-din nagauri
Answer: shaikh moin-ud-in chisti
Q2 | Who built a college at Bidar making it an important intellectual centre in theDeccan?
  • muhammad shah i
  • ahmad shah wali
  • ali barid
  • mahmud gawan
Answer: mahmud gawan
Q3 | Who said ‘God is the breath of all breath.’?
  • nanak
  • kabir
  • mirabai
  • chaitanya
Answer: kabir
Q4 | Dohas were
  • religious teachings of sufis.
  • a group of merchants who sent large caravans.
  • the muslim devotees who emphasised the personal devotion of man to god through love.
  • couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers.
Answer: couplets which kabir composed and by which he taught his followers.
Q5 | Guru Nanak was born in
  • 1469
  • 1450
  • 1470
  • 1445
Answer: 1469
Q6 | Amuktamalyada is a book on
  • poetry
  • dance
  • polity
  • music
Answer: polity
Q7 | Madura Vijayam written by Gangadevi describes
  • battle of bannihatti
  • sri krishna deva raya’s conquests
  • capture of madura by kampana
  • court of harihara-i
Answer: capture of madura by kampana
Q8 | Who wrote Gangadasa Pralapa Vilasam?
  • allasani peddana
  • tenali ramakrishna
  • ramabhadrudu
  • gangadhara
Answer: gangadhara
Q9 | What were varahas?
  • couplets of poetry
  • gold coins
  • guilds
  • assembly
Answer: gold coins
Q10 | Amuktamalyada was written in
  • sanskrit
  • tamil
  • telugu
  • kannada
Answer: telugu
Q11 | City of Nagalapura was built by
  • bukka i
  • deva raya i
  • krishna deva raya
  • virupaksa
Answer: krishna deva raya
Q12 | Sangama brothers, who founded Vijayanagar, were originally in the service of
  • kampili kingdom
  • hoyasala kingdom
  • kakatiya kingdom
  • yadava kingdom
Answer: kakatiya kingdom
Q13 | Who was responsible for developing the Gurumukhi script?
  • guru arjun
  • gobind singh
  • nanak
  • guru angad
Answer: guru angad
Q14 | Who was murid?
  • sufi saint
  • sufi teacher
  • a disciple
  • hospice
Answer: a disciple
Q15 | A silsilah was a
  • tomb
  • shrine
  • a sufi order
  • hospice
Answer: a sufi order
Q16 | Suddhadvaita was propounded by
  • ramanuja
  • namadeva
  • tukaram
  • vallabhacharya
Answer: vallabhacharya
Q17 | Who wrote Dasabodha?
  • kabir
  • nanak
  • ramdas
  • tukaram
Answer: ramdas
Q18 | Who started the Khalsa in Sikh religion?
  • guru angad
  • guru gobind singh
  • guru tegh bahadur
  • guru arjun
Answer: guru gobind singh
Q19 | Who wrote Sur Sarawali?
  • mirabai
  • chaitanya
  • tulsidas
  • surdas
Answer: surdas
Q20 | Which one of the following places was known as the ‘Shiraz-i-Hind’?
  • malwa
  • khandesh
  • sonargaon
  • jaunpur
Answer: jaunpur
Q21 | Which one of the following rulers of Kashmir has been described as the Akbar ofKashmir?
  • azam shah
  • zain-ul abidin
  • shihab-ud-din shah
  • shah mir
Answer: zain-ul abidin
Q22 | According to Abdur Razzaq, the pay of the policemen of Vijayanagar was paid from theproceeds of
  • brothels
  • taxes on goods
  • land revenue
  • wine shops
Answer: brothels
Q23 | What is kuttagari?
  • grant of land to the brahmins
  • lease system of cultivation
  • service tenures for military
  • revenue farming
Answer: lease system of cultivation
Q24 | What is asthavana?
  • land revenue department
  • a type of rice
  • one-third of the produce of land
  • house tax
Answer: land revenue department
Q25 | The term senabova or sanbhoga was an official designation under Vijayanagar kingdom.It refers to the
  • chief judicial officer of the mandalam.
  • chief of the military staff.
  • village accountant.
  • head of the accounts department.
Answer: village accountant.
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