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1. Who founded the Delhi Sultanate?
a. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
b. Iltutmish
c. Balban
d. Razia Sultan
2. The Qutub Minar was completed by:
a. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
b. Iltutmish
c. Balban
d. Alauddin Khalji
3. Who introduced the “Iqta System” in India?
a. Balban
b. Iltutmish
c. Alauddin Khalji
d. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
4. Razia Sultan belonged to the:
a. Khalji Dynasty
b. Slave Dynasty
c. Tughlaq Dynasty
d. Lodi Dynasty
5. Balban’s theory of kingship emphasized:
a. Democracy
b. Divine Right
c. Socialism
d. Federalism
6. Alauddin Khalji’s market reforms aimed to:
a. Encourage exports
b. Control prices
c. Promote luxury goods
d. End taxation
7. Who attacked Chittor during the Delhi Sultanate period?
a. Iltutmish
b. Alauddin Khalji
c. Balban
d. Sikandar Lodi
8. Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to:
a. Agra
b. Lahore
c. Daulatabad
d. Jaunpur
9. Token currency was introduced by:
a. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
b. Alauddin Khalji
c. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
d. Ibrahim Lodi
10. Firoz Shah Tughlaq is known for:
a. Market reforms
b. Canal construction
c. Token currency
d. Naval expansion
11. The Sayyid dynasty was succeeded by:
a. Khaljis
b. Lodis
c. Tughlaqs
d. Mughals
12. The first Afghan ruler of Delhi was:
a. Ibrahim Lodi
b. Sikandar Lodi
c. Bahlol Lodi
d. Sher Shah
13. The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between:
a. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
b. Akbar and Hemu
c. Humayun and Sher Shah
d. Babur and Rana Sanga
14. Babur defeated Rana Sanga in the Battle of:
a. Khanwa
b. Panipat
c. Chausa
d. Haldighati
15. Humayun lost his empire to:
a. Akbar
b. Sher Shah Suri
c. Babur
d. Jahangir
16. Sher Shah Suri built the:
a. Red Fort
b. Grand Trunk Road
c. Buland Darwaza
d. Jama Masjid
17. The Mansabdari system was introduced by:
a. Babur
b. Humayun
c. Akbar
d. Aurangzeb
18. Akbar’s religious policy was known as:
a. Din-i-Ilahi
b. Sulh-i-Kul
c. Zabti
d. Jizya
19. Din-i-Ilahi was started by:
a. Jahangir
b. Akbar
c. Shah Jahan
d. Aurangzeb
20. Akbar’s revenue system was developed by:
a. Abul Fazl
b. Birbal
c. Todar Mal
d. Tansen
21. The author of Akbarnama was:
a. Badauni
b. Abul Fazl
c. Amir Khusrau
d. Barani
22. Jahangir’s memoirs are known as:
a. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
b. Akbarnama
c. Humayunama
d. Ain-i-Akbari
23. Noor Jahan was the wife of:
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shah Jahan
d. Aurangzeb
24. Shah Jahan built:
a. Qutub Minar
b. Taj Mahal
c. Fatehpur Sikri
d. Gol Gumbaz
25. The Peacock Throne was built by:
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shah Jahan
d. Aurangzeb
26. Aurangzeb reimposed:
a. Sulh-i-Kul
b. Din-i-Ilahi
c. Jizya
d. Zabti
27. Shivaji belonged to the:
a. Rajput dynasty
b. Maratha dynasty
c. Lodi dynasty
d. Sayyid dynasty
28. Shivaji’s council of ministers was known as:
a. Navratna
b. Ashtapradhan
c. Mansabdari
d. Iqta
29. Guru Gobind Singh founded the:
a. Arya Samaj
b. Khalsa
c. Lingayat movement
d. Bhakti movement
30. The Bhakti movement emphasized:
a. Ritualism
b. Devotion to God
c. Military rule
d. Idol destruction
31. Kabir preached:
a. Religious orthodoxy
b. Unity of God
c. Idol worship only
d. Caste superiority
32. Guru Nanak founded:
a. Jainism
b. Sikhism
c. Lingayatism
d. Sufism
33. Chishti saints were associated with:
a. Buddhism
b. Sufism
c. Jainism
d. Shaivism
34. Amir Khusrau was associated with:
a. Painting
b. Music and literature
c. Warfare
d. Architecture
35. Vijayanagara Empire was founded by:
a. Harihara and Bukka
b. Krishnadevaraya
c. Shivaji
d. Sher Shah
36. The greatest ruler of Vijayanagara was:
a. Harihara
b. Bukka
c. Krishnadevaraya
d. Devaraya II
37. Battle of Talikota (1565) led to:
a. Rise of Mughals
b. Fall of Vijayanagara
c. End of Delhi Sultanate
d. Rise of Marathas
38. The capital of Vijayanagara Empire was:
a. Warangal
b. Hampi
c. Madurai
d. Mysore
39. Malik Kafur served under:
a. Balban
b. Alauddin Khalji
c. Akbar
d. Babur
40. Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of:
a. Alauddin Khalji
b. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c. Akbar
d. Firoz Shah
41. Ziauddin Barani was a:
a. Architect
b. Historian
c. Musician
d. Painter
42. The Lodis were replaced by:
a. Sayyids
b. Khaljis
c. Mughals
d. Marathas
43. Humayun regained his throne with help from:
a. Turks
b. Persians
c. Afghans
d. Portuguese
44. Fatehpur Sikri was built by:
a. Babur
b. Akbar
c. Shah Jahan
d. Jahangir
45. The Ibadat Khana was established at:
a. Delhi
b. Agra
c. Fatehpur Sikri
d. Lahore
46. Bairam Khan was guardian of:
a. Jahangir
b. Shah Jahan
c. Akbar
d. Humayun
47. The Battle of Haldighati was fought in:
a. 1526
b. 1556
c. 1576
d. 1605
48. Maharana Pratap fought against:
a. Babur
b. Akbar
c. Jahangir
d. Aurangzeb
49. Gol Gumbaz is located at:
a. Agra
b. Delhi
c. Bijapur
d. Lahore
50. The official language of Mughal administration was:
a. Sanskrit
b. Hindi
c. Persian
d. Arabic
51. The Second Battle of Panipat (1556) was fought between:
a. Akbar and Hemu
b. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
c. Humayun and Sher Shah
d. Akbar and Rana Sanga
52. Hemu was defeated in the:
a. First Battle of Panipat
b. Second Battle of Panipat
c. Battle of Khanwa
d. Battle of Haldighati
53. The founder of the Mughal Empire in India was:
a. Humayun
b. Akbar
c. Babur
d. Jahangir
54. Babur’s memoirs are called:
a. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
b. Humayunama
c. Baburnama
d. Akbarnama
55. Gulbadan Begum wrote:
a. Ain-i-Akbari
b. Humayunama
c. Padshahnama
d. Tarikh-i-Firozshahi
56. The land revenue system ‘Zabti’ was introduced by:
a. Sher Shah
b. Akbar
c. Jahangir
d. Aurangzeb
57. Which Mughal ruler banned Sati in certain cases?
a. Akbar
b. Babur
c. Aurangzeb
d. Humayun
58. Tansen was a famous musician in the court of:
a. Shah Jahan
b. Akbar
c. Jahangir
d. Aurangzeb
59. Birbal was one of the:
a. Mansabdars
b. Navratnas
c. Sufis
d. Rajputs
60. The Ain-i-Akbari was written by:
a. Badauni
b. Abul Fazl
c. Amir Khusrau
d. Barani
61. The Mughal painting style developed mainly under:
a. Akbar
b. Iltutmish
c. Balban
d. Sher Shah
62. Aurangzeb died in:
a. Agra
b. Delhi
c. Ahmednagar
d. Lahore
63. The Bahmani Kingdom was established in:
a. Bengal
b. Deccan
c. Punjab
d. Gujarat
64. The founder of the Bahmani Kingdom was:
a. Alauddin Bahman Shah
b. Malik Kafur
c. Krishnadevaraya
d. Shivaji
65. The Bahmani kingdom later split into:
a. Two states
b. Three states
c. Five Deccan Sultanates
d. Ten provinces
66. Krishnadevaraya belonged to the:
a. Sangama Dynasty
b. Saluva Dynasty
c. Tuluva Dynasty
d. Aravidu Dynasty
67. Domingo Paes visited India during the reign of:
a. Akbar
b. Krishnadevaraya
c. Aurangzeb
d. Balban
68. Abdur Razzaq visited:
a. Vijayanagara Empire
b. Delhi Sultanate
c. Mughal Empire
d. Bengal Sultanate
69. Kabir was a disciple of:
a. Ramananda
b. Chaitanya
c. Namdev
d. Tukaram
70. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was associated with:
a. Shaivism
b. Vaishnavism
c. Sufism
d. Sikhism
71. The founder of the Sikh religion was:
a. Guru Gobind Singh
b. Guru Arjan Dev
c. Guru Nanak
d. Guru Tegh Bahadur
72. Guru Arjan Dev compiled:
a. Adi Granth
b. Rigveda
c. Akbarnama
d. Dasam Granth
73. Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed by:
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Aurangzeb
d. Shah Jahan
74. The Portuguese first came to India in:
a. 1498
b. 1526
c. 1600
d. 1556
75. Vasco da Gama landed at:
a. Goa
b. Calicut
c. Surat
d. Bombay
76. The first Portuguese Governor in India was:
a. Vasco da Gama
b. Albuquerque
c. Francisco de Almeida
d. Nuno da Cunha
77. The policy of ‘Blue Water Policy’ was associated with:
a. Albuquerque
b. Almeida
c. Akbar
d. Aurangzeb
78. Goa was captured by the Portuguese under:
a. Almeida
b. Albuquerque
c. Vasco da Gama
d. Cabral
79. The English East India Company was established in:
a. 1498
b. 1526
c. 1600
d. 1707
80. The Dutch East India Company was formed in:
a. 1602
b. 1498
c. 1664
d. 1757
81. The French East India Company was founded in:
a. 1498
b. 1664
c. 1600
d. 1707
82. Shivaji crowned himself at:
a. Raigad
b. Sinhagad
c. Satara
d. Pune
83. Shivaji’s mother was:
a. Tarabai
b. Jijabai
c. Saibai
d. Ahilyabai
84. Shivaji’s military tactics are known as:
a. Mansabdari
b. Guerrilla Warfare
c. Blue Water Policy
d. Iqta System
85. The treaty between Jai Singh and Shivaji was:
a. Treaty of Salbai
b. Treaty of Purandar
c. Treaty of Lahore
d. Treaty of Amritsar
86. Which Mughal ruler imprisoned Shivaji at Agra?
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Aurangzeb
d. Shah Jahan
87. The revenue system of Shivaji was called:
a. Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
b. Zabti
c. Iqta
d. Dahsala
88. Amir Khusrau was known as:
a. Parrot of India
b. Lion of Punjab
c. King of Poets
d. Father of History
89. Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya belonged to:
a. Suhrawardi Order
b. Chishti Order
c. Qadiri Order
d. Naqshbandi Order
90. The founder of the Chishti Order in India was:
a. Nizamuddin Auliya
b. Muinuddin Chishti
c. Baba Farid
d. Salim Chishti
91. Muinuddin Chishti settled at:
a. Delhi
b. Ajmer
c. Lahore
d. Agra
92. The famous Kohinoor diamond was taken by:
a. Nadir Shah
b. Babur
c. Akbar
d. Ahmad Shah Abdali
93. Nadir Shah invaded India during the reign of:
a. Akbar
b. Aurangzeb
c. Muhammad Shah
d. Bahadur Shah I
94. The Battle of Talikota was fought in:
a. 1526
b. 1556
c. 1565
d. 1761
95. The ruler known as “Zinda Pir” was:
a. Akbar
b. Aurangzeb
c. Shah Jahan
d. Babur
96. Badauni criticized the religious policy of:
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shah Jahan
d. Humayun
97. The Mughal successor states emerged after the death of:
a. Akbar
b. Aurangzeb
c. Babur
d. Humayun
98. The city of Fatehpur Sikri was abandoned mainly due to:
a. War
b. Water scarcity
c. Floods
d. Earthquake
99. Which Sultan introduced strict market control measures?
a. Balban
b. Alauddin Khalji
c. Iltutmish
d. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
100. The author of Tarikh-i-Firozshahi was:
a. Ziauddin Barani
b. Abul Fazl
c. Badauni
d. Amir Khusrau
101. The Third Battle of Panipat (1761) was fought between:
a. Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali
b. Mughals and Rajputs
c. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
d. Akbar and Hemu
102. Ahmad Shah Abdali belonged to:
a. Persia
b. Afghanistan
c. Turkey
d. Arabia
103. The founder of the Mughal dynasty was descended from:
a. Timur and Genghis Khan
b. Alexander
c. Sher Shah
d. Mahmud Ghazni
104. Sher Shah’s tomb is located at:
a. Delhi
b. Agra
c. Sasaram
d. Lahore
105. The currency introduced by Sher Shah Suri was:
a. Dinar
b. Rupee
c. Tanka
d. Dam
106. The department of military affairs under Alauddin Khalji was called:
a. Diwan-i-Arz
b. Diwan-i-Insha
c. Diwan-i-Rasalat
d. Diwan-i-Wizarat
107. Which Sultan introduced the practice of branding horses?
a. Balban
b. Alauddin Khalji
c. Iltutmish
d. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
108. The famous traveller Marco Polo visited India during the rule of:
a. Vijayanagara Empire
b. Pandya Kingdom
c. Delhi Sultanate
d. Mughal Empire
109. Who among the following was known as the “Parrot of India”?
a. Amir Khusrau
b. Abul Fazl
c. Barani
d. Badauni
110. The founder of the Slave Dynasty was:
a. Iltutmish
b. Balban
c. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d. Razia
111. Qutb-ud-din Aibak was known as:
a. Lakh Baksh
b. Zinda Pir
c. Jagat Guru
d. Shahenshah
112. The silver coin introduced by Iltutmish was:
a. Rupiya
b. Tanka
c. Dinar
d. Mohur
113. The Battle of Chausa was fought between:
a. Akbar and Hemu
b. Humayun and Sher Shah
c. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
d. Aurangzeb and Dara
114. The Battle of Kannauj (Bilgram) was fought in:
a. 1540
b. 1526
c. 1556
d. 1761
115. Dara Shikoh was the son of:
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shah Jahan
d. Aurangzeb
116. Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh in the Battle of:
a. Khanwa
b. Samugarh
c. Haldighati
d. Talikota
117. The Mughal administrative unit ‘Suba’ means:
a. Village
b. Province
c. District
d. Army unit
118. Akbar divided his empire into:
a. Sarkars
b. Subas
c. Iqtas
d. Mahals
119. The chief architect of Akbar’s religious discussions was:
a. Todar Mal
b. Birbal
c. Abul Fazl
d. Man Singh
120. Jahangir married Mehr-un-Nisa, better known as:
a. Mumtaz Mahal
b. Jahanara
c. Noor Jahan
d. Roshanara
121. Mumtaz Mahal was the wife of:
a. Jahangir
b. Shah Jahan
c. Akbar
d. Aurangzeb
122. The Red Fort in Delhi was built by:
a. Akbar
b. Shah Jahan
c. Jahangir
d. Babur
123. Buland Darwaza was built to commemorate:
a. Victory over Gujarat
b. Victory over Bengal
c. Victory over Mewar
d. Victory over Deccan
124. Which Mughal ruler banned music from his court?
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shah Jahan
d. Aurangzeb
125. The Maratha king known as “Chhatrapati” was:
a. Shivaji
b. Sambhaji
c. Rajaram
d. Balaji Baji Rao
126. Sambhaji was the son of:
a. Shahaji
b. Shivaji
c. Rajaram
d. Balaji Vishwanath
127. The Peshwa system in Maratha administration became powerful under:
a. Balaji Vishwanath
b. Shivaji
c. Sambhaji
d. Rajaram
128. The capital of Shivaji’s kingdom was:
a. Pune
b. Satara
c. Raigad
d. Nagpur
129. Which Bhakti saint composed devotional songs in Marathi?
a. Kabir
b. Tukaram
c. Ramananda
d. Surdas
130. Surdas was a devotee of:
a. Shiva
b. Rama
c. Krishna
d. Buddha
131. Tulsidas wrote:
a. Gita Govinda
b. Ramcharitmanas
c. Sursagar
d. Padmavat
132. Malik Muhammad Jayasi wrote:
a. Akbarnama
b. Padmavat
c. Ain-i-Akbari
d. Baburnama
133. The Bhakti movement opposed:
a. Equality
b. Ritualism and caste rigidity
c. Devotion
d. Regional languages
134. Sufism emphasized:
a. Materialism
b. Love and devotion to God
c. Idol worship
d. Military conquest
135. The founder of the Suhrawardi order in India was:
a. Bahauddin Zakariya
b. Muinuddin Chishti
c. Nizamuddin Auliya
d. Baba Farid
136. The Bahmani capital was initially:
a. Gulbarga
b. Bidar
c. Bijapur
d. Ahmadnagar
137. Golconda was famous for:
a. Cotton industry
b. Diamond trade
c. Spice trade
d. Tea trade
138. Krishnadevaraya wrote:
a. Amuktamalyada
b. Padmavat
c. Humayunama
d. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
139. The Vijayanagara ruler Krishnadevaraya was contemporary of:
a. Babur
b. Akbar
c. Jahangir
d. Aurangzeb
140. Which European power first established trade relations with India by sea route?
a. French
b. Dutch
c. Portuguese
d. English
141. The Battle of Plassey took place in:
a. 1757
b. 1761
c. 1526
d. 1857
142. Siraj-ud-Daulah was defeated by:
a. Portuguese
b. British
c. French
d. Dutch
143. Robert Clive was associated with:
a. Battle of Panipat
b. Battle of Plassey
c. Battle of Talikota
d. Battle of Khanwa
144. The Mughal emperor during the Battle of Plassey was:
a. Aurangzeb
b. Akbar II
c. Alamgir II
d. Bahadur Shah I
145. The Battle of Buxar was fought in:
a. 1757
b. 1764
c. 1761
d. 1773
146. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in:
a. 1765
b. 1757
c. 1773
d. 1784
147. Who granted Diwani rights to the East India Company?
a. Akbar II
b. Shah Alam II
c. Bahadur Shah Zafar
d. Farrukhsiyar
148. Farrukhsiyar granted farman to:
a. Portuguese
b. Dutch
c. English East India Company
d. French
149. Bahadur Shah Zafar was the:
a. First Mughal ruler
b. Greatest Mughal ruler
c. Last Mughal emperor
d. Founder of Mughal Empire
150. The medieval period in Indian history is generally considered to end with:
a. 1206
b. 1526
c. 1707
d. Advent of British dominance