All Questions page - 99

The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler

(1) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(2) Iltutmish
(3) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(4) Alauddin Khilji

Which of the following is incorrectly paired?

(1) Krishnadeva Raya— Amukta Malyada
(2) Harshavardhana— Nagananda
(3) Kalidasa — Ritusamhara
(4) Visakhadatta— Kiratarjuniyam

Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
(1) Iltutmish
(2) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(3) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(4) Balban

Match the following :
        \(\mathrm{I}\)                                                               \(\mathrm{II}\)
(a) Tughlaqabad Fort                            (1) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Red Fort (at Delhi)                          (2) Shah Jahan

(c) Hauz Khas                                      (3) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(d) The City of Siri                                (4) Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq

      a      b      c      d
(1) 1      2      3      4
(2) 4      2      3      1
(3) 4      3      2      1
(4) 3      1      4      2

Which of the undermentioned facts about the Taj Mahal is not correct?

(1) It is a magnificent mausoleum
(2) It was built by Shah Jahan
(3) It is situated outside Agra Fort
(4) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it?

Where did Babar die?
(1) Agra                 (2) Kabul
(3) Lahore             (4) Delhi

Who wrote Akbarnama?
(1) Akbar                  (2) Birbal
(3) Abul Fazal          (4) Bhagavan Das

Arrange the following in chronological order :

a. Tughlaqs                b. Lodis
c. Sayyids                  d. Ilbari Turks
e. Khiljis
(1) a, b, c, d, e            (2) e, d, c, b, a
(3) b, d, e, c, a            (4) d, e, a, c, b

The Lodi dynasty was founded by
(1) Ibrahim Lodi
(2) Sikandar Lodi
(3) Bahlol Lodi
(4) Khizr Khan

Who among the following was an illiterate?
(1) Jahangir                      (2) Shah Jahan
(3) Akbar                          (4) Aurangazeb

The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
(1) Malik Muhammed Jayasi
(2) Abdur Rahim
(3) Mulla Wajhi
(4) Chand Bardai

The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh into Persian under the title of
(1) Mayma-ul-Bahrain
(2) Sirr-i-Akbar
(3) Al-Fihrist
(4) Kitabul Bayan

After the death of Rajaram in 1700 A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
(1) Tarabai                              (2) Lakshmibai
(3) Ramabai                           (4) Jijabai

Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’?
(1) Guru Gobind Singh
(2) Guru Hargovind
(3) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(4) Guru Arjan Dev

Coronation of Shivaji took place in
(1) 1627 A.D.                                (2) 1674 A.D.
(3) 1680 A.D.                                (4) 1670 A.D.

Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition :

(1) The French
(2) The Portuguese
(3) The Dutch
(4) The English

The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
(1) Alla-ud-din Khilji
(2) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
(3) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
(4) Muhammad-bin-Qasim

Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
(1) Akbar                              (2) Aurangzeb
(3) Jahangir                         (4) Shah Jahan