MCQ on Provincial Dynasty of North India and Deccan Province

Question 1. Which one of the following places was known as ‘Shiraz of East’ during the regime of Sharqi Rulers?

(A) Varanasi

(B) Jaunpur

(C) Delhi

(D) Agra

Question 2.Who was the last ruler of ‘Jaunpur’ state?

(A) Ibrahim Shah

(B) Mubarak Shah

(C) Hussain Shah

(D) Mohammad Shah

Question 3. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of________.

(A) Akbar

(B) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(C) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

Question 4. Who had established Jaunpur?

(A) Sikandar Lodi

(B) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi

(C) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(D) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

Question 5. Who were Polygars of South India?

(A) Newly enriched traders

(B) Territorial Administrative and Military Governors

(C) Mahajans

(D) Ordinary Zamindars

Question 6. Ruler of Kashmir who was also known as ‘Akbar of Kashmir’ was________.

(A) Zain-ul-Abidin

(B) Haidar Shah

(C) Sikandar Butshikan

(D) Shamshuddin Shah

Question 7. Which among of the following ruler abolished Jizya first time? 

(A) Akbar

(B) Hussain Shah Sharqi

(C) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(D) Zain-ul-Abidin

Question 8. Who amongst the following scholars was not in the Court of Kumbha?

(A) Muni Jin Vijay Suri

(B) Tilla Bhatt

(C) Natha

(D) Muni Sunder Suri

Question 9. Bahmani State was established by_______.

(A) Mujahid Shah

(B) Hussain Nizam Shah

(C) Ali Abid Shah

(D) Alauddin Hasan

Question 10. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded in the year______.

(A) 1361

(B) 1347

(C) 1338

(D) 1336

Question 11. Which of the following was the first capital of the Bahmani Kingdom?

(A) Hussainabad

(B) Daulatabad

(C) Gulbarga

(D) Bidar

Question 12. Who among the following was founder of the Bahmani Kingdom in Deccan?

(A) Sikandar Shah

(B) Muhammad Diwan

(C) Hasan Gangu

(D) Malik Ambar

Question 13. Bahmani Kingdom was founded in_______.

(A) 16th century A.D.

(B) 13th century A.D.

(C) 14th century A.D.

(D) 15th century A.D.

Question 14. Who was the founder of Bahmani Kingdom?

(A) Asaf Khan

(B) Mahmud Gaonwa

(C) Firoz Shah

(D) Alauddin Hasan

Question 15. Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subject because of his belief in secularism? 

(A) Mahmud II

(B) Ibrahim Adil Shah

(C) Zain-ul-Abidin

(D) Hussain Shah

Question 16. How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahi of Ahmednagar come to an end?

(A) Malik Ambar was defeated in a battle with Mughals in 1631 and the entire royal family was killed by the Mughal troops

(B) Fateh Khan usurped the throne from Nizam-ul-Mulk

(C) Mughal troops destroyed Daulatabad fort and killed Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmednagar

(D) Ahmednagar was annexed to Mughal empire and Hussain Shah was consigned to life imprisonment

Question 17. Name the pair which is not correctly matched. 

(A) Yusuf Adil Shah – Ahmednagar

(B) Sultan Muzaffar Shah – Gujarat

(C) Qutub Shah – Golconda

(D) Baz Bahadur – Malwa

Question 18. What is Golconda called at present? 

(A) Banglore

(B) Bijapur

(C) Karnataka

(D) Hyderabad

Question 19. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Pandya : Madurai

(B) Yadava : Warangal

(C) Hoysala : Dwarasamudra

(D) Kakatiya : Devgiri

Question 20. ‘Dwarasamudra’ was the capital of which dynastic power?

(A) Kadamba

(B) Hoysala

(C) Kakatiya

(D) Ganga

Question 21. Hoysala monuments are found in________.

(A) Sringeri and Dharwar

(B) Mysore and Bangalore

(C) Halebid and Belur

(D) Hampi and Hospet

Question 22. What is modern name of Hoysaleshvara’s ancient capital of Dwarasamudra?

(A) Somnathpur

(B) Halebid

(C) Belur

(D) Sringeri

Question 23. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?

(A) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur

(B) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq, Delhi

(C) Jama Masjid, Delhi

(D) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram

Question 24. Who built Gujari Mahal?

(A) Akbar

(B) Tej Karan

(C) Man Singh

(D) Suraj Sen

Question 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?

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) Only 1

Question 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?

(A) Only 3

(B) 1 and 3

(C) Only 2

(D) 1 and 2

Question 27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below.

Question 28. Match the following monuments with their concerned ruler and select the correct code given below.