Indian History MCQ Set-24

History of Medieval India MCQ for SSC, UPSC , NDA, State PSC, Railway recruitment examinations, Police recruitment examinations and related government job recruitments examinations by the state governments and the union government of India.

Q.1 Who among the following Sultan of Delhi introduced the Persian festival of Nauroz?

A. Alauddin Khalji

B. Balban

C. Iltutmish

D. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Answer: B. Balban

Q.2 Delhi Sultanate reached its maximum geographical limit during the rule of which of the following Sultan?

A. Ibrahim Lodhi

B. Iltutmish

C. Muhamad Bin Tughlaq

D. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Answer: C. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Q.3 Who among the following founded the Sena dynasty of Bengal?

A. Samanta Sena

B. Ballal Sena

C. Vijaya Sena

D. Keshava Sena

Answer: A. Samanta Sena

Note: Sena dynasty ruled in the Bengal region from 1070 CE to 1230 CE.

Q.4 Who among the following write the famous “Kitab-ul-Hind”?

A. Al-Biruni

B. Amir Khusrau

C. Firdaus

D. None of these

Answer: Al-Biruni

Note: Al-Biruni was an Iranian scholar and polymath. Biruni wrote a pharmacopoeia, the “Kitab al-saydala fi al-tibb” and “Kitab-ul-Hind”.

Q.5 Who among the following Mughal emperor was a good veena player?

A. Akbar

B. Shah Jahan

C. Aurangzeb

D. Babur

Answer: C. Aurangzeb

Q.6 Which of the Sultan of Delhi built the famous Alai Darwaza?

A. Alauddin Khilji

B. Ibrahim Lodhi

C. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

D. None of these

Answer: A. Alauddin Khilji

Note: Ala’i Darwaza is the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Qutb complex, Mehrauli, Delhi, India built by Alauddin Khalji.

Q.7 Who among the following Mughal emperor built the famous Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar?

A. Akbar

B. Shah Jahan

C. Jahangir

D. Aurangazeb

Answer: C. Jahangir

Note: Jahangir built the Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar for his wife Nur Jahan.

Q.8 Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which of the following Mughal ruler?

A. Akbar

B. Jahangir

C. Shah Jahan

D. Aurangzeb

Answer: B. Jahangir

Q.9 Warkari or Varkari sect, the religious movement is related to which modern day state of India?

A. Maharashtra

B. Bihar

C. West Bengal

D. Punjab

Answer: A. Maharashtra

Q.10 Mughal painting reached its zenith during the regime of which of the following Mughal Ruler?

A. Akbar

B. Jahangir

C. Shah Jahan

D. Babur

Answer: B. Jahangir

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