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The main cause for the non-extension of Arab kingdom in India after the conquest of Sind was __________.

  1. Unrest in the Arab army

  2. Incompetence of the successors of Muhammad-Bin-Qasim

  3. Strong opposition of the neighbouring Rajput kingdoms

  4. Non-availability of a new army from the Caliph


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Arab invasion in Sind region was a great historical moment which brought social and economic development in the tribal region of Sind. The law and order was established. Peace and culture was developed. Education was spread. Trade with the Arab countries was set .The people of Sind adopted Islamic culture. The Brahmins were given respect and they were free to follow Hinduism. A mix culture was spread which was known as Sindhi culture.


However, it ended with the death of Muhammad-Bin-Qasim and so ended the extension of Arab kingdom into India as all of the successors of Muhammad-Bin-Qasim were incompetent. 

Firdosi wrote a book in praise of Mahmud Ghazni named ______.

  1. Tarikh-i-Masudi

  2. Shah Nama

  3. Kamil-ul-Tawarikh

  4. Tarikh-ul-Hind


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to legend, Sultan Mahmud Ghazni offered Firdosi a gold piece for every couplet of the Shah Nama he wrote. The poet agreed to receive the money as a lump sum when he had completed the epic. After thirty years of work, Firdosi finished his masterpiece. Shah Nama consisted of more than 50,000 couplets about the history of Persia.

Mohammad Ghori invaded the provinces of Sindh and ___________.

  1. Punjab

  2. Jammu and Kashmir

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Uttar Pradesh


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During the last quarter of the 12th century Mohammed Ghori, who was ruling a kingdom in Afghanistan, invaded India and secured the provinces of Sindh and Punjab. When he made further advances into Indian territories, Prithviraj Chauhan, the king of Delhi and Ajmer, routed him in a battle. However, Mohammad was spared from death penalty. The very next year Mohammad came to India and fought with Prithviraj and defeated him. Mohammad ordered him to be killed. Delhi came under the control of Mohammad Ghori. Before returning to Afghanistan he transferred the conquered territories to his general by name Qutubuddin Aibak. Aibak started ruling as the sultan of Delhi.

Mohammed Ghori was the ruler of ___________.

  1. China

  2. Kazakhstan

  3. Afghanistan

  4. Iraq


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During the last quarter of the 12th century Mohammed Ghori, who was ruling a kingdom in Afghanistan, invaded India and secured the provinces of Sindh and Punjab. When he made further advances into Indian territories, Prithviraj Chauhan, the king of Delhi and Ajmer, routed him in a battle. However, Mohammad was spared from death penalty. The very next year Mohammad came to India and fought with Prithviraj and defeated him. Mohammad ordered him to be killed. Delhi came under the control of Mohammad Ghori. Before returning to Afghanistan he transferred the conquered territories to his general by name Qutubuddin Aibak. Aibak started ruling as the sultan of Delhi.

__________ came under the control of Mohammed Ghori as a result of defeating Prithvraj Chauhan.

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Surat

  3. Delhi

  4. Mumbai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During the last quarter of the 12th century Mohammed Ghori, who was ruling a kingdom in Afghanistan, invaded India and secured the provinces of Sindh and Punjab. When he made further advances into Indian territories, Prithviraj Chauhan, the king of Delhi and Ajmer, routed him in a battle. However, Mohammad was spared from death penalty. The very next year Mohammad came to India and fought with Prithviraj and defeated him. Mohammad ordered him to be killed. Delhi came under the control of Mohammad Ghori. Before returning to Afghanistan he transferred the conquered territories to his general by name Qutubuddin Aibak. Aibak started ruling as the sultan of Delhi.

During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by _____________.

  1. Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat

  2. Prithviraja Chauhan III of Ajmer

  3. Both (a) and (b) above

  4. Chandela King Paramardi


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first invasion of Muhammad Ghori was in 1175 in Multan. He got a victory in his first invasion.

Later in 1178 he invaded Gujarat but was defeated by the Chalukya king Bhimdeva II at the battle of Kayadara. This was his first invasion against a Hindu ruler in India. 
Later he invaded Lahore and Punjab and got a victory. 
In 1191 the first battle of Tarain was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan III of Ajmer and Muhammad Ghori. In this battle, he was defeated. 
Later in 1192 second battle of Tarain was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan III of Ajmer and Muhammad Ghori. In this battle, he got Victory. 

Which of the following province/s came under the Arab control in the 8th Century?

  1. Sindh

  2. Multan

  3. Both

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Arabs were the first to invade the Indian territories. They invaded Sindh in 712 CE. As a result of their victory, the provinces of Sindh and Multan came under their control. With this, the Islam started taking roots in the newly conquered lands. However, the Arab aggression soon decelerated.

The _________  were the first to invade the Indian territories.

  1. Turks

  2. Arabs

  3. Mughals

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Arabs were the first to invade the Indian territories. They invaded Sindh in 712 CE. As a result of their victory, the provinces of Sindh and Multan came under their control. With this, the Islam started taking roots in the newly conquered lands. However, the Arab aggression soon decelerated.

Ghazni is a  City in __________.

  1. Mongolia

  2. Turkey

  3. Persia

  4. Afghanistan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ghazni or Ghaznai, also historically known as Ghaznin or Ghazna, was a city in Afghanistan.

In $1206$ AD, Muhammad of Ghor was killed at _____.

  1. Kabul

  2. Dhamiak

  3. Ajmer

  4. Tarain


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Muhammad Ghori was killed when he was doing his night Namaz by a group of Shia-Ismaili assassins sent by Khwarezm Shah. This incident took place at Dhamiak on the banks of river Jhelum in 1206 CE. Muhammad Ghori was buried at Dhamiak where a tomb was built by his slave generals in his memory.

The Arab conquest of Sind in 712 AD had taken place under the leadership of _________.

  1. Mohammed Ghazni

  2. Mohammed-bin-Qasim

  3. Mohammed Ghori

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It was under the leadership of Mohammad-bin-Qasim the conquest of Sind was successful after a number of attempts. He was a Umayyad general who conquered the Sindh and Punjab regions at a very young age of 17. Sind invasion is considered as one of the world's historic marvels as it led to the spread of Islam in South Asia and the Muslim communities in India.

To whom had Mohammad Ghori assigned the first Iqta in India?

  1. Qutub-ud-in Aibak

  2. Shamsuddin Iltutmish

  3. Nasiruddin Qubacha

  4. Tajuddin Yalduz


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The conquest of Mohammad Ghori and establishment of the Sultanate brought major changes in the land revenue system in India. He assigned Qutubuddin Aibak as a first Iqta of India.

Which of the following invaders in wrongly paired with the year of his invasion?

  1. Timur - $1398$AD

  2. Mahmud of Ghazni - $1000$ AD

  3. Ahmad Shah Abdali - $1716$ AD

  4. Nadir Shah - $1738$ AD


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ahmad Shah Abdali was an Afghan chief who belonged to Durrani clan. He occupied the throne of Afghanistan in 1747 after the assassination of Nadir Shah. He ruled from 1747 to 1773. During this period he invaded India eight times. He won tremendous victory over the Marathas in the Third battle of Panipat in 1761.

Timur, the lame plundered Delhi in 1398.
Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India in 1000 AD for the first time. He defeated Hindu ruler Jaya Pala.
Nadir Shah, ruler of Persia invaded India in 1738 during the reign of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah Rangila.

Which of the following are correctly matched?

Persons Event
$1$. Sultan Mahmud Sack of Somnath
$2$. Muhammad Ghori Conquest of Sind
$3$. Alauddin Khilji Revolt in Bengal
$4$. Muhammad bin Tughlaq Changiz Khah's invasion
  1. $1$ and $3$

  2. $2$ only

  3. $1$ only

  4. $2$ and $4$


Correct Option: C

What was the most important cause of the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni?

  1. To destroy idolatory

  2. To gain possession of the wealth of India

  3. To spread Islam into India

  4. To establish a Muslim state in India


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahmud of Ghazni was the first Turk invader. He attacked India from north-western side 17 times. He invaded India only with the idea of plundering because he wanted a lot of money to establish a well-equipped army.

In his later invasions, he targeted temples of India as these temples are the great depositories of wealth. 

 Mahmud of Ghazni belong to _______ race.

  1. Arab

  2. Afghan

  3. Mongol

  4. Turk


Correct Option: B

Who among the following came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni?

  1. AI-Masudi

  2. AI-Biruni

  3. Sulaiman

  4. Abdul Haq


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Al- Biruni was an Iranian Scholar, historian, chronologist, and linguist. He spent a large part of his life in Gazhni in modern day Afghanistan. In 1017 he came to India at the instance of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

The scholar who had accompanied with Mohammed of Ghazni to India was ___________.

  1. Al-Raza

  2. Ibn-Batuta

  3. Al-Beruni

  4. Al-Firdausi


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Al-Beruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars and poets back to his capital, Ghazni. Al-Biruni was one of them. Al-Biruni had accompanied with Muhammad of Ghazni to India.

Mahmud Ghazni invaded the famous ______ temple.

  1. Rameswaram

  2. Somnath

  3. Jagannath

  4. Omkareshwar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Mahmud Ghazni attacked and plundered the famous Somnath temple of Gujarat along with a huge army and plundered the great wealth therein after destroying the Shivalinga. 

Firdausi was the Poet laureate at the court of ______.

  1. Mahmud Ghaznavi

  2. Mohd. Ghori

  3. Jaipal

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahmud brought whole libraries from Ray and Isfahan to Ghazni. He even demanded that the Khwarizmshah court send its men of learning to Ghazni. Mahmud patronized the notable poet Firdausi, who after labouring 27 years, went to Ghazni and presented the Shahnameh to him. Nothing is chronicled about the court poets of the other two kings, hence, incorrect. 

Mahmud Ghazni plundered Somnath Temple in Kathiawar in 

  1. 1020 A.D.

  2. 1025 A.D.

  3. 1030 A.D.

  4. 1029 A.D.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahmud Ghazni was the ruler of Ghazni. He was the first Turk invader. Between A.D. 1010 and 1025, he attacked only temple towns in Northern India. He attacked India 17 times during the course of 25 years. The most devastating invasion of Mahmud was the attack on the Somnath Temple in Kathiawar in 1025 A.D. It was his 16th invasion. 

The Somnath temple which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni was dedicated to Lord _________.

  1. Vishnu

  2. Shiva

  3. Surya

  4. Ganapati


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahmud Ghazni plundered the Somnath temple in 1024. The temple was dedicated to Lord Shiva. Ghazini broke the shiva linga and looted the wealth of the temple. 

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