Q. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to invade India was : (a) an uncle of Ibrahim Lodi and a pretender to the throne of Delhi (b) a cousin of Ibrahim Lodi who was illtreated and expelled from the country (c) the father of Dilawar Khan to whom cruel treatment was meted out […]
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Q. How did Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak die? (a) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles (b) He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz, the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab (c) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of
Q. Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swargadwari. Reason (R): At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and many people died. (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and
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Q. Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message? (a) Dadu (b) Kabir (c) Ramananda (d) Tulsidas Ans: (c) Ramananda Explanation: Ramananda was a devotional poet and saint of the Vaishnava sect in the region of Northern India. He was the first saint to compose
Q. The motive behind Shahjahan’s Balkh campaign was to (a) secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul (b) conquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelands (c) fix the Mughal frontier on the ‘scientific line’, the Amu Daria (d) expand the Mughal Empire beyond the subcontinent Ans: (a) secure a friendly ruler
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Q. With reference to medieval Indian rulers, which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Alauddin Khilji first set up a separate Ariz’s department (b) Balban introduced the branding system of horses of military (c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq was succeeded by his uncle to the Delhi throne (d) Firoz Tughlaq set up a separate
Q. With reference to Sufism in Indian history, consider the following statements: 1. Shaikh Ahmad Sarhandi was a contemporary of Ibrahim Lodi 2. Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Dehlavi was a disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya 3. Aurangzeb was contemporary of Shaikh Salim Chisti 4. The Qadiri order of Sufis was first introduced in India by Shaikh Niamtullah
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Q. The historian Barani refused to consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic because (a) the majority of the population did not follow Islam (b) the Muslims theologists were often disregarded (c) the Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his own regulations (d) religious freedom was accorded to non-Muslims Ans:
Q. Which among the following ports was called Babul Makka (Gate of Makka) during the Mughal Period? (a) Calicut (b) Broach (c) Cambay (d) Surat Ans: (d) Surat Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Surat. Surat was called Babul Makka (Gate of Makka) during the Mughal Period. Surat, located in Gujarat, was one of the
