CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Medieval Indian History Quiz 8 - MCQExams.com

The story that Alauddin Khilji invaded Chittor to secure Padmini, the queen of Rana Ratan Singh of Mewar, was vividly described by _______.
  • Amir Khusrau in Khazainul Futuh
  • Col.J. Todd in Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
  • Malik Mohammad Jayasi in the epic Padmavat
  • Ibn Batuta in his Rehla
Who among the following Mughal Emperors put a ban on consumption of Tobacco?
  • Akbar
  • Jahangir
  • Aurangzeb
  • Both 'b' and 'c'
A marble dome is first witnessed in which Mughal building?
  • Humayun's Tomb
  • Akbar's Tomb
  • Jahangir's Tomb
  • Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah
Which of the following statements about the creation of departments by the various Sultans is not correct?
  • Diwan-i-Mustakhraj or the Department of Revenue to realise the areas was created by Alauddin Khilji
  • Diwan-i-Amirkohi or the Department of Agriculture became more prominent during the reign of Mohammad bin Tughlaq
  • Diwan-i-Bandagan or the Department of Slaves was created by Feroz Shah Tughlaq
  • Diwan-i-Khairat or the Department of Public Charities was created by Sikander Lodhi
Who among the following Mughal Emperors had the longest reign?
  • Bahadur Shah
  • Jahandar Shah
  • Farrukhsiyar
  • Muhammed Shah
Consider the following statements about Alauddin Khilji:
The maximum number of Mongol invasions took place during his reign.
He was the first sultan to adopt the principle of measurement of cultivable land for determining land revenue.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? 
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Babur was determined to fight against Rana Sanga of Mewar because _________.
  • the Afghans had formed an alliance with Rana Sanga to overthrow Babur
  • Rana Sanga preferred to see the weak Lodis on the throne of Delhi and Agra than Babur
  • Both 'a' and 'b'
  • after the defeat of Ibrahim Lodi, Rana Sanga wanted to capture Delhi and Agra
Which one among the following is not a function of Mir Bakshi, the head of the military department as well as of the nobility under Mughal rule?
  • He made recommendations for appointment to Mansabs to the emperor
  • He collected reports of intelligence and information agencies of the empire and presented them to the emperor at the court
  • He was responsible for all incomes and expenditures and held control over Khalisa, Jagir and Inam lands
  • He was responsible for the security of foreign travellers on the highways of the empire
Which one of the following statements is correct?
  • Kashmir was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Humayun
  • Gujarat was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Akbar
  • Malwa was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Jahangir
  • Khandesh was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Shah Jahan
The motive behind Shah Jahan's Balkh campaign was to _____________.
  • secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakhan which bordered Kabul
  • conquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelands
  • fix the Mughal frontier on the 'scientific line', the Amu Daria
  • expand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent
The main elements of Akbar's Rajput policy were ________.
  • the establishment of matrimonial alliances with the Rajputs
  • the grant of full autonomy and protection to the Rajput states
  • the appointment of Rajput chiefs as Mansabdars and Governors
  • All of the above
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
  • Babur wrote his autobiography Babur-nama or Tuzuk-i-Babari in the Turkish language
  • Abul Fazl, the celebrated author of 'Akbarnama' was murdered by Bir Singh Dev Bundela
  • Mughal historian Badauni prepared a list of charges against Akbar and called him the enemy of Islam
  • All of the above
After the capture of Delhi and Ajmer by Mohammad Ghori, the successor of Prithviraj Chauhan founded a new kingdom with its capital at ______.
  • Mewar
  • Ranthambhore
  • Chittor
  • Ajmer
Two terms, the Muqta, Muqtai or Muqti and Iqtadars are used regarding the holder of the Iqtas. Which of the following statements clearly distinguishes the difference between the Muqta and Iqtadar?
  • The Muqti had no territorial position of his own and no claim to any particular region, but the position of the Iqtadar, in theory, though not permanent and hereditary, tended to become permanent and hereditary, tended to become permanent
  • Almost all provincial governors and the holders of large Iqtas were the Muqtis and the Iqtadars represented small assignments
  • The Muqti was essentially an administrator of the charge to which he was posted but the Iqtadar had merely to take care of the interests of his assignment
  • The Muqti was assigned a fixed share in revenue and his financial transactions were audited by the officials of the Revenue Ministry but the Iqtadar had no financial liability to the central exchequer
Which of the following regarding the ownership of land during the Sultanate period is not true?
  • The peasant was the proprietor of the soil
  • The king or his jagirdars had a claim only on a share of its produce
  • The state enjoyed only usufructuary rights and not proprietary rights
  • With the coming of the Turks the basic concepts regarding the ownership of land materially changed
Which of the following statements about Iqta system is correct?
  • Iqta means revenue assignment of a particular area in lieu of cash salary
  • The principle of hereditary Iqta was completely rejected Balban
  • Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq differentiated between the allotment of the revenues within an iqta for the personal income of the muqta, and that for the payment of salaries to the troops placed under his charge
  • All of the above
Alauddin Khilji's market control system died instantaineously with his death because __________.
  • it was not based on the principle of demand and supply
  • the whole system was kept alive by the use of brute force
  • Both 'a' and 'b'
  • Alauddin Khalji's successors had no will to continue system
Which of the following is correctly matched?
  • Batai or Hasil : Fixation of the share from the harvested or unharvested crops
  • Muqtai or Compounding : The peasant accepted the estimate of expected yield of his farm and agreed to pay revenue according to this estimate
  • Masahat : Term used for measurement of land in Sultanate period
  • All of the above
Consider the following statements.
The Mughal troops captured Chittor in 1568 after defeating Rana Uday Singh.
According to Abul Fazl, the decisive battle between Rana Pratap and Akbar was fought at Khamnaur.
The Afghan power in Orissa was crushed by Raja Maan Singh.
The most valuable acquisition of Akbar in the North West frontier was Kandhar.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • All of these
Within two years of his marriage with the Amber princess (1562), the liberal measures taken by Akbar were ________.
  • the prohibition on the enslavement of prisoners of war and their forcible conversion to Islam (1562)
  • the withdrawal of pilgrim taxes throughout the Mughal Empire (1563)
  • the total withdrawal of Jizya from the Hindus (1564)
  • All of the above
Which of the following agrarian measures was not taken by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?
  • He discarded measurement in favour of sharing
  • The chiefs and headmen of villages were given back their pre-requisites
  • The basis of the demand by the government was to be hasil (actual recovery) with enough provision for crop failures
  • He made a large reduction in the scale of revenue fixed by Alauddin and brough it down to one-sixth of the gross produce
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Sultan Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq?
  • He was the first sultan to formulate the 'Famine code' to provide relief to famine affected people
  • He was the most learned Muslim ruler who was well versed in various branches of learning including- astronomy, mathematics and medicine
  • He granted Sondhar loan to the poor for promoting agriculture
  • All of the above
Which of the following was not one of the revenue and agrarian measures of Feroz Shah Tughlaq?
  • He retained only four kinds of taxes sanctioned by the Quran (kharaj, zakat, Jaziya and khums)
  • He undertook revaluation of land to certain its assessment
  • Religious endowments which had reverted to the state under previous rulers were returned to the earlier holders or their descendants
  • He was generous in granting land to civil and military officers and in farming our land
India maintained its early cultural contacts and trade links with South-East Asia across the Bay of Bengal. For this pre-eminence of early maritime history of Bay of Bengal, which of the following could be the most convincing explanation/explanations?
  • As compared to other countries, India had a better ship-building technology in ancient and medieval times
  • The rulers of Southern India always patronized traders, Brahmin priests and Buddhist monks in this context
  • Monsoon winds across the Bay of Bengal facilitated sea voyages
  • Both 'a' and 'b'
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  • Ariz-i-Mumalik : Head of State News Agency
  • Amir-i-Akhur : Officer commanding royal horse
  • Sahna-i-Pil : Superintendent of royal elephant
  • Amir-i-Bahr : Officer in-charge of police and transport naval port
Match the following.
List IList II
A. BalbanReimposed Jaziya
B. Alauddin KhiljiGaz-i-Sikandari
C. Sikander LodhiSizda and Paibos
D. Feroz Shah Tughlaq Sarai-i-Adal
  • A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4
  • A-4; B-2; C-1; D-3
  • A-3; B-4; C-2; D-1
  • A-1; B-3; C-4; D-2
Consider the following statements.
The conquest of South India was completed during the reign of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
The credit for completing the conquest of South India goes to Muhammad Jauna Khan.
Hoysala of Dwarasamudra was the only South Indian kingdom which could not be annexed to the Delhi sultanate by the Tughlaqs.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 3
  • 2 and 3
  • All of these
Which one of the following pairs (of dynasties and their founders) is not correctly matched?
  • Slave Dynasty : Balban
  • Tughlaq Dynasty : Ghiyasuddin
  • Khilji Dynasty : Jalaluddin
  • Second Afghan Empire : Sher Shah Suri
Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq transferred two Ashokan pillars from their original sites and got them installed in Delhi. The two original sites from where the pillars had been brought to Delhi were ___________.
  • Bairat and Kalsi
  • Sarnath and Sanklsha
  • Prayag and Sarnath
  • Ambala and Meerut
Which of the following was the greatest contribution of Alauddin Khilji in the field of agrarian adminsitration?
  • He brought the peasant in direct relation with the state
  • He tried to curb and check the intermediaries
  • He was the first to introduce the system of measurement of land for the assessment of revenue
  • The records of the village accountant were audited
Which of the following was not an exclusive prerogative of the Mughal emperor?
  • Jharokha-i-Darshan
  • Taslim-i-Chauki
  • Naqqara or beating of a kettledrum when the emperor held court or went out
  • The privilege of weighment against gold and jewels
Which of the following is known as Little Akbar?
  • Jahangir
  • Khurram
  • Darashikoh
  • Aurangzeb
Which of the following measures taken by Jahangir are correct?
Jahangir forbade the manufacturing and sale of wine and intoxicating drugs throughout the empire.
He also banned the use of tobacco.
He ordered the preparation of a Zanzir-i-Adl a chain of justice installed to hear public grievances against the high-handedness and oppression of the government officers.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Mir Bakshi: Head of the nobility in Mughal administration.
Sadr-us-Sudur: Guardian of Islamic law and spokesman of the Ulema.
Mustaufi: Auditor general.
Nazir-i-Buyatat: Superintendent of Imperial workshop.
Nazim: Head of civil as well as military administration.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
  • 1 and 3
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 5
  • All of these
What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?
  • He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore
  • The frustrated Governor of Jalandhar, Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab
  • He wanted to punish Mughal administration for non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur)
  • He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom
In 1717, which Mughal Emperor gave the English East India Company a firman granting trade privilege in India?
  • Shah Alam II
  • Bahadur Shah
  • Jahandar Shah
  • Farrukhsiyar
With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat?
  • Akbar
  • Jahangir
  • Shah Jahan
  • Aurangzeb
Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
  • Aurangzeb
  • Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • Muhammad Shah
  • Shah Alam II
Which of the following was not one of the contributions of Alauddin Hussain Shah of Bengal?
  • The creative genius of the people of medieval Bengal reached its zenith
  • The Bengali literature made a tremendous advance
  • He liberally conferred high posts upon the Hindu subjects
  • He was a great poet of Bengali language
The Mahzar or an attested statement signed by the seven leading Ulemas was issued by _______.
  • Akbar
  • Aurangzeb
  • Humayun
  • Shah Jahan
Consider the following statements about Mughal army.
Artillery men did not form part of the contingents maintained by the Mansabdars.
The most important arm of the Mughal Army was cavalry.
Artillery was wholly state paid.
Ahadis, a type of cavalry men were also known as gentlemen troopers.
Which of the statement(s) given is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1, 3 and 4
  • All of these
Consider the following statements.
In the third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
Tipu Sultan was killed in the third Anglo-Mysore War.
Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • Only 3
  • 2 and 3
  • None of these
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.

List I
(Battle)

List II
(Year)
A.First Battle of Panipat
1.1565
B.Battle of Plassey
2.1526
C.Battle of Haldighati3.1757
D.Battle of Talikota
4.1576
  • A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
  • A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
  • A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
  • A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
The important modification introduced by Shah Jahan to the Mansabdari System was that he ________.
  • reduced zat salaries
  • reduced the average rate of maintenance grant payable to Mansabdar per Sawar per annum
  • allowed some selected nobles to maintain a large quota of troopers without raising their zat rank
  • drastically reduced the number of sawars a noble was required to maintain
Consider the following statements.
In the reign of Jahangir, Kandhar could not be recaptured due to:
inefficiency of Mughal army.
refusal of Khurram to proceed to that place.
difficulties in organising an expendition.
severe cold in Afghanistan.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1 and 4
  • All of these
Which of the following was not one of the measures adopted by the Mughals to counter the obvious dangers of the Jagir system?
  • Jagirs were frequently transferred from one Mansabdar to another
  • Jagirs were resumed by the Emperor on the Mansabdar's death
  • Strict accounting of income from Jagir was enforced through Jama-dami
  • Jagirs were normally not granted in home territories or place of posting
At the time when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal Emperor was _________.
  • Ahmad Shah
  • Bahadur Shah
  • Muhammad Shah
  • Shah Alam II
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
  • Waqa-i-navis: Newswriter to the Central Government
  • Fauzdar: Incharge of the sarkars
  • Shiqdar: Incharge of the administration of the parganas or mahals
  • Patwari: Headman
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
Aurangzeb was a puritan, so he abolished all practices in the court which were not in conformity with the injunction of Islam.
He forbade the cultivation of Bhang throughout the empire.
Aurangzeb abolished the pilgrimage tax and Jizya.
  • 1 and 2
  • 1 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • Only 3
Who was the Mughal Emperor when the Battle of Plassey was fought between the Nawab of Bengal and the English East India Company?
  • Ahmad Shah
  • Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II
  • Muhammed Shah
  • Shah Alam II
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