(A) Agra
(B) Delhi
(C) Jaunpur
(D) Varanasi
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 2. Who was the last ruler of ‘Jaunpur’ state? [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2018 UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
(A) Mohammad Shah
(B) Hussain Shah
(C) Mubarak Shah
(D) Ibrahim Shah
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 3. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of [UPPCS (Mains) 2004 UPPCS (Pre) 2003 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
(A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
(C) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 4. Who had established Jaunpur? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(A) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
(B) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(C) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 5. Who were Polygars of South India? [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2017 UPPCS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2015]
(A) Ordinary Zamindars
(B) Mahajans
(C) Territorial Administrative and
Military Governors
(D) Newly enriched traders
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 6. Ruler of Kashmir who was also known as ‘Akbar of Kashmir’ was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Shamshuddin Shah
(B) Sikandar Butshikan
(C) Haidar Shah
(D) Zain-ul-Abidin
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 7. Which among of the following ruler abolished Jizya first time? [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006]
(A) Zain-ul-Abidin
(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
(C) Hussain Shah Sharqi
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 8. Who amongst the following scholars was not in the Court of Kumbha? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Muni Sunder Suri
(B) Natha
(C) Tilla Bhatt
(D) Muni Jin Vijay Suri
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 9. Bahmani State was established by [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Alauddin Hasan
(B) Ali Abid Shah
(C) Hussain Nizam Shah
(D) Mujahid Shah
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 10. The Bahmani Kingdom was found- ed in the year [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) 1336
(B) 1338
(C) 1347
(D) 1361
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 11. Which of the following was the first capital of the Bahmani Kingdom? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2014]
(A) Bidar
(B) Gulbarga
(C) Daulatabad
(D) Hussainabad
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 12. Who among the following was founder of the Bahmani Kingdom in Deccan? [UPPCS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Malik Ambar
(B) Hasan Gangu
(C) Muhammad Diwan
(D) Sikandar Shah
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 13. Bahmani Kingdom was founded in [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2017 UPPCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) 15th century A.D.
(B) 14th century A.D.
(C) 13th century A.D.
(D) 16th century A.D.
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 14. Who was the founder of Bahmani Kingdom? [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016]
(A) Alauddin Hasan
(B) Firoz Shah
(C) Mahmud Gaonwa
(D) Asaf Khan
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 15. Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subject because of his belief in secularism? [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Hussain Shah
(B) Zain-ul-Abidin
(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(D) Mahmud II
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 16. How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahi of Ahmednagar come to an end? [IAS (Pre) 2004]
(A) Ahmednagar was annexed to
Mughal empire and Hussain
Shah was consigned to life
imprisonment
(B) Mughal troops destroyed
Daulatabad fort and killed
Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmednagar
(C) Fateh Khan usurped the throne
from Nizam-ul-Mulk
(D) Malik Ambar was defeated in
a battle with Mughals in 1631
and the entire royal family was
killed by the Mughal troops
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 17. Name the pair which is not correct- ly matched. [UPPCS (Pre) 2004]
(A) Baz Bahadur - Malwa
(B) Qutub Shah - Golconda
(C) Sultan Muzaffar Shah
- Gujarat
(D) Yusuf Adil Shah - Ahmednagar
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 18. What is Golconda called at present? [MPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Karnataka
(C) Bijapur
(D) Banglore
Correct Answer (A)
Q➤ 19. Which one of the following is correctly matched? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008 UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
(A) Kakatiya : Devgiri
(B) Hoysala : Dwarasamudra
(C) Yadava : Warangal
(D) Pandya : Madurai
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 20. ‘Dwarasamudra’ was the capital of which dynastic power? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) Ganga
(B) Kakatiya
(C) Hoysala
(D) Kadamba
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 21. Hoysala monuments are found in [IAS (Pre) 2001]
(A) Hampi and Hospet
(B) Halebid and Belur
(C) Mysore and Bangalore
(D) Sringeri and Dharwar
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 22. What is modern name of Hoysaleshvara’s ancient capital of Dwarasamudra? [UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
(A) Sringeri
(B) Belur
(C) Halebid
(D) Somnathpur
Correct Answer (C)
Q➤ 23. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world? [IAS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
(B) Jama Masjid, Delhi
(C) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din
Tughluq, Delhi
(D) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 24. Who built Gujari Mahal? [MPPCS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Suraj Sen
(B) Man Singh
(C) Tej Karan
(D) Akbar
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 25. Consider the following statements. The striking feature of the Jama Masjid in Kashmir completed by Zain-ul-Abidin include(s) 1. Turret 2. Similarity with Buddhist pagodas 3. Persian style Which of the above statements is/ are correct? [IAS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Only 1
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 3
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 26. Consider the following pairs. Medieval Present Indian State Region 1. Champaka - Central India 2. Durgara - Jammu 3. Kuluta - Malabar Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
(A) 1 and 2
(B) Only 2
(C) 1 and 3
(D) Only 3
Correct Answer (B)
Q➤ 27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below. [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2003 UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002] List-I (a) Adil Shahi (b) Qutub Shahi (c) Nizam Shahi (d) Sharqi Shahi List-II 1. Ahmednagar 2. Bijapur 3. Golconda 4. Jaunpur Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 2 3 1 4
Correct Answer (D)
Q➤ 28. Match the following monuments with their concerned ruler and select the correct code given below. [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012] List-I (a) Double dome (b) Octagonal tomb (c) True arch tomb (d) Gol Gumbad List-II 1. Sher Shah 2. Muhammad Adil Shah 3. Balban 4. Sikandar Lodi Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 1 2
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 1 3 4 2
(D) 2 3 1 4
Correct Answer (B)
