MCQ on Muslim Invasion of India

This MCQ Test also Include Question on Initial Invasions of Arabs and Turks.

Question 1. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by _________.

(A) The Arabs

(B) The Chinese

(C) The Romans

(D) The Greeks

Question 2. First Muslim attack on India occurred in the year_________.

(A) 674

(B) 711

(C) 1013

(D)  None of these

Question 3. Hazrat Muhammad, the prophet, was born in the year________.

(A) 670 A.D.

(B) 642 A.D.

(C) 622 A.D.

(D) 570 A.D.

Question 4. Where is Mecca?

(A) Saudi Arab

(B) Iraq

(C) Iran

(D) Syria

Question 5. When Muhammad-Bin-Qasim conquer Sindh? 

(A) 719 A.D.

(B) 712 A.D.

(C) 716 A.D.

(D) 173 A.D.

Question 6. First Muslim invader in India was________.

(A) Muhammad Ghori

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Qasim

(C) Muhammad Ghazni

(D) Qutbuddin Aybak

Question 7. The first Muslim invaders of India were________.

(A) The Ghaznavids

(B) The Arabs

(C) The Ghurids

(D) None of the above

Question 8. Muhammad-Bin-Qasim was a________.

(A) Turk-Afghan

(B) Arab

(C) Mongol

(D) Turk

Question 9. Who among the following was the founder of Ghaznavid dynasty?

(A) Ismail

(B) Sebuktigin

(C) Mahmud

(D) Alaptigin

Question 10. Which of the following Chandela King was not defeated by Mahmud Ghaznavi? 

(A) Danga

(B) Jaishakti

(C) Vidyadhar

(D) Dhnaga

Question 11. Who was the court historian of Mahmud of Ghazni?

(A) Chand Bardai

(B) Firdausi

(C) Utbi

(D) Hassan Nizami

Question 12. Firdausi, the author of Shahnama was associated with the court of_______.

(A) Alaptagin

(B) Muhammad Ghori

(C) Mahmud Ghazanavi

(D) Subuktagin

Question 13. Who was the author of ‘Shahnama’?

(A) Barani

(B) Al-Biruni

(C) Firdausi

(D) Utbi

Question 14. The famous historian who visited India with Mahmud of Ghazni was________.

(A) Ibn Battuta

(B) Afif

(C) Al-Biruni

(D) Ferishta

Question 15. Al-Biruni came to India in________.

(A) 12th century A.D.

(B) 11th century A.D.

(C) 10th century A.D.

(D) 9th century A.D.

Question 16. Which scholar came to India with Mahmud Ghazni?

(A) Farishta

(B) Amir Khusrau

(C) Al-Biruni

(D) Ibn Battuta

Question 17. Which one of the following statements about Al-Biruni is not correct? 

(A) He was an expert of trigonometry

(B) He was a Sanskrit Scholar

(C) His writing was influenced by India

(D) He was a secular author

Question 18. The first Muslim who studied Puranas was________.

(A) Dara Shikoh

(B) Al-Biruni

(C)  Abdul Qadir Badayuni

(D) Abul Fazal

Question 19. Who among the following issued silver coins with Sanskrit legend on one side?

(A) Akbar

(B) Sher Shah

(C) Mahmud of Ghazni

(D) Muhammad-Bin-Qasim

Question 20. Which one of the following rulers from Central Asia conquered North India in 1192?

(A) Genghis Khan

(B) Shihabuddin Muhammad Ghori

(C) Mahmud of Ghazni

(D) Jalaluddin Mankbarni

Question 21. Who defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?

(A) Prithviraj-II

(B) Jaichand

(C) Prithviraj Chauhan

(D) Bhima-II

Question 22. In which battle Muhammad Ghori defeated Jaichand?

(A) Battle of Kannauj (1194 A.D.)

(B) Battle of Chandawar (1194 A.D.)

(C) Battle of Tarain (1192 A.D.)

(D) Battle of Tarain (1191 A.D.)

Question 23. Which one of the following kings was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of Chandawar?

(A) Bhima-II

(B) Kumarpala

(C) Jaichand

(D) Prithviraj Chauhan

Question 24. Whom had Muhammad Ghori defeated in 1194 in the Battle of Chandawar? 

(A) Bhima-II

(B) Govindraj

(C) Jaichand

(D) Kumarpala

Question 25. The battle that laid the foundation of Muslim domination in India was_______.

(A) Second Battle of Panipat

(B) First Battle of Panipat

(C) Second Battle of Tarain

(D) First Battle of Tarain

Question 26. Coins of which Muslim ruler bears an image of Devi Lakshmi?

(A) Muhammad Ghori

(B) Akbar

(C) Allauddin Khalji

(D) None of the above

Question 27. Muhammad Ghori granted first Aqta in India to________.

(A) Nazir-ud-din Qubacha

(B) Shamsuddin Iltutmish

(C) Qutbuddin Aibak

(D) Tajuddin Yalduj

Question 28. Which slave of Muhammad Ghori conquered Bengal and Bihar?

(A) Yaldauj

(B) Bakhtiyar Khalji

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Qutbuddin Aibak

Question 29.

• Assertion (A): Mohd. Ghazni invaded India seventeen times.
• Reason (R): He wanted to establish a permanent Muslim Empire in India.

Select the correct answer from the given code.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 30. Arrange the following names chronologically and select correct answer from the code given below.

1.  Genghis Khan
2.  Mahmud Ghaznavi
3.  Muhammad Ghori
4.  Taimur

(A) 4, 1, 2, 3

(B) 3, 4, 1, 2

(C) 2, 3, 1, 4

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4