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GK 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
Number of Questions: 24
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Which among the following did not believe in the story of Padmini?

  1. Amir Khusrau

  2. Barni

  3. A. L. Srivastva

  4. K. S. Lal


Correct Option: D

Who said that while changing his capital Mohammad Tughlaq pulled the lame and blind there?

  1. Ibn Batuta

  2. Barni

  3. V. A. Smith

  4. K. S. Lal


Correct Option: A

Muhammad Tughlaq was

  1. Arabian

  2. Turkish

  3. Persian

  4. Afghan


Correct Option: B

Who were the Lodhis?

  1. Turkish

  2. Iranians

  3. Arabians

  4. Afghans


Correct Option: D

What was Haq-e-Sherb?

  1. Religious tax

  2. Irrigation tax

  3. Prostitution tax

  4. Haj tax


Correct Option: B

Of which metal were Jeetal and Tanka were made?

  1. Copper and zinc

  2. Zinc and silver

  3. Iron and silver

  4. Copper and silver


Correct Option: D

In whose period the revolt of Tughril Khan ocurred in Bengal?

  1. Balban

  2. Alauddin

  3. Mohammad Tughlaq

  4. Khijra Khan


Correct Option: A

Who was the invader from Tans Oxiana in Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq's time to invade India?

  1. Tamra Shirin Khan

  2. Saldi

  3. Khwaja Taash

  4. Qutulagh Beg


Correct Option: A

What was the percentage taken as Haq-e-Sherb?

  1. 1/2

  2. 1/5

  3. 1/7

  4. 1/10


Correct Option: D

The credit of issuing the two currencies of Addha and Bhikh goes to

  1. Qutubuddin Aibak

  2. Iltutmish

  3. Feroz Tughlaq

  4. Ibrahim Lodhi


Correct Option: C

Which is the correct serial of Alauddin's military expeditions?

  1. Gujarat, Ranthambhor, Chittor, Malwa and Jalore

  2. Malwa, Jalore, Gujarat, Ranthambhor and Chittor

  3. Gujarat, Chittor, Jalore, Malwa and Ranthambhor

  4. Gujarat, Ranthambhor, Jalore, Malwa and Chittor


Correct Option: A

Who was the ruler not to accept the sovereignty of Alauddin Khilji?

  1. Devgiri

  2. Hoyasa1

  3. Telangana

  4. Pandya


Correct Option: D

The main source of sultanate's income was

  1. agricultural revenue

  2. tax on trade and commerce

  3. looted property and cash

  4. money from subordinate rulers


Correct Option: A

For which section of the army, did Balban pay attention for its reorganization?

  1. Sawar-i-Kalb

  2. Hashm-i-Kalb

  3. Bandagan-i-Khas

  4. Sawar-i-Tuman


Correct Option: A

What was the work of Diwan-i Rasalat in the administrative institutions of the Sultanate?

  1. To look after the work of charity and religion

  2. To look after the women's welfare work

  3. To manage the daily routine of the Sultan

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

What was Mukta system?

  1. Confiscation of Iqta by state

  2. Non-payment of land revenue and deposing the peasant from his land, the right to plough was given to other peasants.

  3. For raising the land revenue, the effort of the state to expand the agricultural land.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

Of which administrative unit, was Amil the chief officer?

  1. Pargana

  2. Shiq

  3. Village

  4. Province


Correct Option: A

Who had the authority to collect land revenue from Khalisa?

  1. Shahana

  2. Amir

  3. Shiqdar

  4. Amil


Correct Option: D

The Hazara temple built by Krishnadev Raya is a

  1. Sun temple

  2. Shiva temple

  3. Ram temple

  4. Vishnu temple


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Ram temple

Which of the following was/were the feature(s) of Khalisa administration?

  1. The Khalisa administration was done by the central bureaucracy.

  2. The income of Khalisa regions reached the royal treasury.

  3. Generally the Khalisa regions were controlled through Amirs.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B

What was the Inam land?

  1. Pension land

  2. Land given to Sadhus

  3. Land given in lieu of salary

  4. Land given for religious purpose


Correct Option: A

According to the description of Al Umari, what was the salary of 'Khan' the highest military officer?

  1. Two lacs Tankas annually

  2. Two lacs Tankas monthly

  3. Three lacs Tankas annually

  4. Three lacs Tankas monthly


Correct Option: A

What was Waqf land?

  1. Personal land

  2. Land given for religious work

  3. Payment for military service

  4. Land given as reward


Correct Option: B

Who was the ruler to levy the cattle tax?

  1. Razia Sultan

  2. Alauddin Khilji

  3. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

  4. Sikandar Lodhi


Correct Option: B
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