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Indian History

Description: GK Indian History Test - General Knowledge History Practice and Preparation Test for UPSC, B.Ed and M.Ed and Bank PO Exams
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Mohammad-bin-Bakhtiar Khalji invaded Lakshmana Sen, who ruled

  1. Murshidabad

  2. Chaubis Paragana

  3. Nadia

  4. Sonar Gaon


Correct Option: C

Which statement/s is/are correct?

  1. When Ghazni rose to power, on the north western frontier of India, the Turk influence increased

  2. Mahmud Ghazni invaded India seventeen times between 1001 and 1027 AD

  3. Halaku Khan ended the Caliphate in 1258

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

Who among the following was the follower of Zorastrianism?

  1. Murshid Quli Khan

  2. Asad Khan

  3. Khafi Khan

  4. Ayub Khan


Correct Option: A

Why did the Turk officers create the new post of Nayab-i-Mamliqat?

  1. To keep the administration safe

  2. To serve selflessly the Sultanate

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. To keep vigil on enemies


Correct Option: A

In whose reign did the revolt of Sadah Amirs brake out?

  1. Balban

  2. Razia

  3. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

  4. Mubarak Khalzi


Correct Option: C

Whom did Changez Khan follow upto river Indus?

  1. Nasiruddin Mahmud

  2. Nasiruddin Qubacha

  3. Jalaluddin Mangbarni

  4. Mohammad Ghori


Correct Option: C

In the field of currency Iltutmish contributed the most because

  1. he was the first Turkish ruler to issue pure Arabian coins

  2. he issued silver Tanka and copper Jeetal

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. he was very rich


Correct Option: C

Who among the following got help from the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi in his victory expeditions?

  1. Alauddin Khilji

  2. Balban

  3. Mohammad Ghori

  4. Babur


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sultan Bahram Shah, a successor of Mahmud of Ghazni, killed in his court a noble who was also the brother of the then king of Shamsbani dynasty - Alauddin Jahansoz (in the 1150s). This became the cause of intense rivalry between the two dynasties. The rulers of the two dynasties fought several battles in the years that followed and finally Mohammad Ghori, the nephew of Alauddin, put an end to the Shamsi dynasty by occupying Ghaznah in 1173, Multan in 1175 and Lahore by 1190.

Match list I with list II List I (a) Aibak made the limits of sovereignty of Delhi Sultanate; IItutmish was the first Sultan (b) The real beginning of muslim sovereignty was done by IItutmish (c) Aibak had only drawn the shape of Delhi Sultanate in. his mind, IItutmish gave it real shape (d) None had been so philanthropic, sympathetic and reverential to scholars and seniors as IItutmish who obtained throne by his own efforts List II

  1. R. P. Tripathi
  2. Minhaj-us Siraj
  3. A. B. M. Habibullah
  4. Nizami
  1. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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

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

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


Correct Option: B

To celebrate the conquest of Shri Lanka, Rajraja built a temple at Polannaruwa. It was dedicated to

  1. Shiva

  2. Vishnu

  3. Ganesh

  4. Murugan


Correct Option: A

Match the list I with list II List I List II Invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi (a) Invasion on Multan 1. 1025 (b) Invasion on Thaneshwar 2. 1015 (c) Invasion on Kashmir 3. 1012 (d) Invasion on Somnath 4. 1005, 1011

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

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

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

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


Correct Option: A

In which year of his reign did Rajendra Chol invade Sri Lanka?

  1. Seventh

  2. Fifth

  3. Eleventh

  4. Eighth


Correct Option: B

Who was the Chola ruler to adopt the title of 'Nar Kesari'?

  1. Vijayalaya

  2. Rajendra chola

  3. Parantak I

  4. Aditya I


Correct Option: A

Which ruler of Kamboj extended his hand of friendship to Rajendra Chola being terrorised with his victory of Kedaram?

  1. Surya Varman I

  2. Kulotung Varman II

  3. Vijayaditya III

  4. Rajaditya I


Correct Option: A

With which Chalukya ruler, Kulotung I had to fight?

  1. Vikramaditya VI

  2. Someshwar II

  3. Surya Varman I

  4. Raj Varman II


Correct Option: A

Which of the following statements is not correct?

  1. Iltutmish got the investiture from Caliph of Baghdad in 1228.

  2. In order to save his Indian kingdom, Iltutmish did not help Jalaluddin Mangbarni.

  3. Iltutmish started building the Qutub Minar.

  4. Iltutmish was in real sense, the founder of Delhi Sultanate.


Correct Option: C

Who was the ruler of Bengal, defeated by Rajendra Chola in his expedition from Orissa to Ganga?

  1. Mahipal

  2. Devpal

  3. Dharampal

  4. Naypal


Correct Option: A

Who founded of the third city of Delhi called Tughluqabad?

  1. Ghazi Malik

  2. Balban

  3. Firoz Tughlaq

  4. Razia


Correct Option: A

Who led the military expedition of Rajendra Chol to the land of Ganga?

  1. Rajadhiraj I

  2. Araiyyan Raj Rajan

  3. Kottaka Araiyyan

  4. Raj Kottaka


Correct Option: B

The Chola rulers were

  1. Shaiv

  2. Vaishnav

  3. worshipper of Shakti

  4. Buddhist


Correct Option: A

Match list I with list II List I List II (a) Birdper Keklolar 1. Bodyguard of the king (b) Kudhirai Chwaivgar 2. Cavalry section (c) Kunjir Mallav 3. Elephantry section (d) Billigarh 4. Archers section

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

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

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

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


Correct Option: A

Besides architecture, for what other reason were the Chola temples significant?

  1. The temples were very big

  2. The temples had rights over big hands

  3. The temples were centres of economic, social and cultural activities

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C

The best copper idol of the Chola period is

  1. Natraj

  2. Murugan

  3. Venkateshwar

  4. Vishnu


Correct Option: A

Which art is called Dravid architecture?

  1. Pallav

  2. Chola

  3. Rashtrakoot

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Match list I with list II

 
List I
List II
(a) IItutmish 1. 1351–1388
(b) Alauddin Khalzi 2. 1246–1286
(c) Balban 3. 1210–1236
(d) Feroz Shah Tughlaq 4. 1296–1316
  1. (a) - 3, (b) - 4, (c) - 2, (d) - 1

  2. (a) - 2, (b) - 3, (c) - 1, (d) - 4

  3. (a) - 2, (b) - 1, (c) - 4, (d) - 3

  4. (a) - 3, (b) - 4, (c) - 1, (d) - 2


Correct Option: A
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