Medieval Indian History MCQs for Competitive Examination
Q. 61
Alberuni came to India with
(A) Mohammad Ghori
(B) Mahmud of Ghazni
(C) Babur
(D) Taimur
Answer: (B) Mahmud of Ghazni
Explanation: N/A
Q. 62
The first battle of Panipat was fought between
(A) Sikandar Lodhi and Babur
(B) Babur and Bahlol Lodhi
(C) Taimur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(D) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
Answer: (D) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 63
Who invited Babur to invade India?
(A) Ibrahim Lodhi
(B) Daulat Khan Lodhi
(C) Bahlol Lodhi
(D) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer: (B) Daulat Khan Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 64
During which reign Taimur invaded India?
(A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Mohammad Shah Tughlaq
(D) Mubarak Shah
Answer: (C) Mohammad Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: N/A
Q. 65
Which medieval ruler introduced the market control policy for the first time?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Ghyasuddin Balban
(D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer: (D) Alauddin Khilji
Explanation: N/A
Q. 66
Which dynasty ruled Delhi Sultanate after the Tughlaqs?
(A) Khilji dynasty
(B) Sayyid dynasty
(C) Lodhi dynasty
(D) Slave dynasty
Answer: (C) Sayyid dynasty
Explanation: N/A
Q. 67
The last king of Sayyid dynasty was
(A) Muhammad Shah
(B) Mubarak Shah
(C) Alam Shah
(D) Khizr Khan
Answer: (C) Alam Shah
Explanation: N/A
Q. 68
Which Delhi Sultan shifted his capital from Delhi to Agra?
(A) Ibrahim Lodhi
(B) Sikandar Lodhi
(C) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Bahlol Lodhi
Answer: (B) Sikandar Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 69
Official language of Delhi Sultanate was
(A) Urdu
(B) Persian
(C) Arabic
(D) Hindi
Answer: (B) Persian
Explanation: N/A
Q. 70
Who among the following sultan built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer: (C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Explanation: N/A
Q. 71
Who was the first Delhi Sultan to break the power of Turkish nobles known as the ‘Chahalgani’ or the ‘Forty’?
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(C) Ruknuddin
(D) Balban
Answer: (D) Balban
Explanation: N/A
Q. 72
First Sultan of Delhi Sultanate to set up a permanent standing army
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(D) Sikandar Lodhi
Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji
Explanation: N/A
Q. 73
Choose the correct chronological order of dynasties of Sultanate Period.
(A) Slave, Tughlaq, Khilji, Sayyid, Lodhi
(B) Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodhi
(C) Khilji, Slave, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodhi
(D) Slave, Sayyid, Lodhi, Tughlaq, Khilji
Answer: (B) Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 74
‘Alai Darwaza‘ is a gateway to which monument?
(A) Qutub Minar
(B) Adhai din ka Jhonpra
(C) Taj Mahal
(D) Jamat khana Masjid
Answer: (A) Qutub Minar
Explanation: N/A
Q. 75
Which of the following dynasty ruled India after Taimur’s invasion?
(A) Tughlaq dynasty
(B) Khilji dynasty
(C) Sayyid dynasty
(D) Lodhi dynasty
Answer: (C) Sayyid dynasty
Explanation: N/A
Q. 76
‘Tughlaqnama’ was written by
(A) Alberuni
(B) Amir Khusru
(C) Mohammed bin Tughlaq
(D) Abu Bakr
Answer: (B) Amir Khusru
Explanation: N/A
Q. 77
Taimur invaded India in
(A) 1210 AD
(B) 1492 AD
(C) 1398 AD
(D) 1526 AD
Answer: (C) 1398 AD
Explanation: N/A
Q. 78
The Mongols under Ghengis Khan invaded India during the reign of
(A) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(B) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(C) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (B) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Explanation: N/A
Q. 79
During which reign Moroccan traveller Iban Battuta visited India?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Mahmud of Ghazni
(D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: (D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: N/A
Q. 80
Who wrote the book ‘Kitab-ul-Rehla‘?
(A) Alberuni
(B) Iban Battuta
(C) Amir Khusru
(D) Firdausi
Answer: (B) Iban Battuta
Explanation: N/A
Q. 81
Which dynasty ruled Delhi Sultanate after Khilji?
(A) Tughlaq dynasty
(B) Sayyid dynasty
(C) Lodhi dynasty
(D) Mughal
Answer: (A) Tughlaq dynasty
Explanation: N/A
Q. 82
Which Sultan introduced the practice of ‘Sijda‘ (prostration before the monarch) and ‘Paibos‘ (kissing the feet of monarch)?
(A) Bahram Shah
(B) Mohammad Ghori
(C) Ghyasuddin Balban
(D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: (C) Ghyasuddin Balban
Explanation: N/A
Q. 83
The silver coin ‘tanka‘ and the copper coin ‘jital‘ was introduced by
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
Answer: (B) Iltutmish
Explanation: N/A
Q. 84
Who imposed ‘Jizya‘ text for the first time in India?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: (B) Qutubuddin Aibak
Explanation: N/A
Q. 85
Which of the following Delhi Sultan introduced token currency?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Sikandar Lodhi
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: (B) Sikandar Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 86
Which Sultan of Delhi shifted his capital from Delhi to Devagiri?
(A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Mohammad Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (B) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Explanation: Later he renamed Devagiri as Daulatabad
Q. 87
The last king of Lodhi dynasty was
(A) Bahlol Lodhi
(B) Sikandar Lodhi
(C) Ibrahim Lodhi
(D) Daulat Khan Lodhi
Answer: (C) Ibrahim Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 88
The first battle of Panipat was fought in
(A) 1526 AD
(B) 1556 AD
(C) 1216 AD
(D) 1761 AD
Answer: (A) 1526 AD
Explanation: N/A
Q. 89
Which Lodhi Sultan composed poem with the pen-name ‘Gulrukhi‘?
(A) Bahlol Lodhi
(B) Ibrahim Lodhi
(C) Sikandar Lodhi
(D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: (C) Sikandar Lodhi
Explanation: N/A
Q. 90
Alberuni was the historian during the period of
(A) Mahmud of Ghazni
(B) Balban
(C) Mohammad Ghori
(D) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: (A) Mahmud of Ghazni
Explanation: N/A