Explanation: The early spiritual training of Kabir came from Ramananda, who became his guru when Kabir was still a child. There are various versions of how Ramananda came to accept Kabir as his disciple. What all the versions agree is that Kabir tricked Ramananda into giving him a mantra for meditation, which forced him to accept Kabir as his disciple.
Q77. Which crops were not cultivated in India during the Sultanate period?
Potato
Barley
Sesame
Maize
Select your answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 2
(c) 1, 4
(d) 3, 4
Answer: (c)
Q78. . Battle of Dharmat was fought between:
(a) Muhammad Ghori and Jai Chand
(b) Babur and Afghans
(c) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
(d) Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas
Answer:(c) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
Explanation: The battle of Dharmat was fought between Aurangzeb and DaraShikoh in 1658 for Shahjahan’sthrone. Dara Shikoh was defeated by Aurangzeb.
Q79. The reputed musician duo, Tansen and Baiju Bawra flourished during the reign of—
(a) Jahangir
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Tansen was among the Navaratnas (nine jewels) at the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Like Tansen, the musician at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Bawra was a disciple of Swami Haridas (1512– 1607). He was the court musician of Raja Mansingh of Gwalior.
Q80. How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandarshah’s reign, come to an early end? [2003]
(a) He was deposed by his Wazir
(b) He died due to a slip while climbing down the steps
(c) He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
(d) He died of sickness due to drinking
Answer:(c) He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
Explanation: He was defeated by his nephew, Farrukh Siyyar with the help of the Sayyid Brothers.
Q81. Directions: Read the following statements carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
Assertion (A): Firoz Tughlaq prohibited Muslim women from worshipping at the graves of the saints.
Reason (R): Firoz Tughlaq persecuted several Muslim sects which were considered heretical by the theologians.
(a) Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (b)
Explanation: Firoz Shah Tughlaq was the first ruler to forbid women from worshipping at the graves of the saints. This prohibition was due to his belief that the Shariat did not prescribe the outdoor movement of the women’s lot.
Q82. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau, and a charitable hospital?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq
(b) Mohammad Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Balban
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Firuz Shah Tughlaq instituted economic policies to increase the material welfare of his people. Many rest houses (Sarai), gardens, and tombs were built. Several Madrasas were opened to encourage literacy. He set up hospitals for the free treatment of the poor and encouraged physicians in the development of Unani medicine. He provided money for the marriage of girls belonging to poor families.
Q83. How did Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak die? [2003]
(a) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles
(b) He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz, the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab
(c) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjarin Bundelkhand and succumbed to them later
(d) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan
Answer:(d) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan
Explanation: Qutbud-din Aibak died after a fall from his horse while playing Chauhan (polo) in 1210. He was succeeded by Aram Shah. Qutbud-din Aibak was the founder of the first independent Turkish kingdom in Northern India in 1206.
Q84. Mughal presence in the Red decreased with the fall of
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Shah Alam
(d) Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
Answer: (d)
Explanation: The Red Fort is a 17th-century fort complex constructed by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in the walled city of Old Delhi (in present-day Delhi, India) that served as the residence of the Mughal Emperors. It served as the capital of the Mughals until 1857 when Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled by the British Indian government.
Q85. Consider the following statements about Sikh Gurus:
Banda Bahadur was appointed as the military leader of the Sikhs by Guru Tegh Bahadur.
Guru Arjun Devbecame the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
Guru Arjun Dev gave Sikhs their script Guru Mukhi.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [2004]
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1 and 2
Answer:(b) 2 and 3
Explanation: Banda Bahadur was appointed as the military leader of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh and not Guru Tegh Bahadur.
Q86. The famous Hazara Ram temple was built by whom?
(a) Harihara I
(b) Devaraya I
(c) Narshimha Salva
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
Answer: (b)
Explanation: Hazara Rama Temple was built in the early part of the 15th century by the then king of Vijayanagara, Devaraya II. The temple is dedicated to Lord Rama, a Hindu deity.
Q87. The Delhi General who successfully advanced up to Madurai was
(a) Khizr Khan
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Malik Kafur
(d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer:(c)
Explanation: Malik Kafur was a slave who became a head general in the army of Alauddin Khilji, ruler of the Delhi Sultanate from 1296 to 1316 AD. Between 1309 and 1311, Malik Kafur led two campaigns in South India. The first was against Warangal and the other was against Dwar Samudra, Mabar, and Madurai.
Q88. In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company permitted to set up a factory (trading post)?
(a) Bangalore
(b) Madras
(c) Masulipattam
(d) Surat
Answer:(d) Surat
Explanation: In 1612 Sir Thomas Roe visited Mughal Emperor Jahangir to arrange for a commercial treaty that would give the company exclusive rights to reside and build factories in Surat and other areas. In return, the company offered to provide the Emperor with goods and rarities from the European market. Jahangir accepted the proposal and the company created trading posts in Surat (where a factory was built in 1613), Madras (1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690).
Q89. The founder of the Bahmani Kingdom was
(a) Alauddin Mujahid Shah
(b) Ahmed Shah
(c) Alauddin Bahaman Shah
(d) Tajuddin Firoz Shah
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Alauddin Bahaman Shah was the founder of the Bahmani kingdom. The Bahmani kingdom was founded in 1347 by Hasan Gangu who revolted and proclaimed his independence from the Sultanate. He assumed the title of Alauddin Bahmani. Gulbarga was his capital.
Q90. The foreign traveler who visited India during the Mughal period and who left us an expert’s description of the Peacock Throne was
(a) Geronimo Verroneo
(b) ‘Omrah’ Danishmand Khan
(c) Tavernier
(d) Austin of Bordeaux
Answer:(c)
Explanation: Tavernier gives a detailed and vivid description of the “Peacock Throne” in his book Le Six Voyages de J. B. Tavernier- The Six Voyages of J. B. Tavernier. It was during Tavernier’s sixth voyage to India, which he undertook between 1663 and 1668, that he had the privilege of visiting the court of the great Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, at Jahanabad, at the invitation of the Emperor himself. The main purpose of Tavernier’s invitation to the Emperor’s court, was for the Emperor to inspect whatever jewels Tavernier had brought from the west, with a view of purchasing them. The description of the throne appears in Chapter VIII of Volume II of his book, which concerns preparations for the Emperor’s annual birthday festival, during which he is solemnly weighed every year, and also about the splendor of his thrones and the magnificence of his court. Tavernier’s account of the Peacock Throne is the most comprehensive account of the throne available to modern historians.
Q91. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi?
(a) Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi-Bahlol Khan Lodi
(b) Sikandar Shah-Bahlol Khan Lodi-Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Bahlol Khan Lodi-Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Bahlol Khan Lodi-Ibrahim Lodi-Sikandar Shah
Answer:(c) Bahlol Khan Lodi-Sikandar Shah-Ibrahim Lodi
Explanation: Bahlol (1451–1489); Sikandar (1489–1517); Ibrahim (1517–1526)
Q92. Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year—
(a) 1508
(b) 1608
(c) 1510
(d) 1610
Answer:(c)
Explanation: The Portuguese State of India was established in 1505 as a viceroyalty of the Kingdom of Portugal, six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and India, to serve as the plenipotentiary governing body of a string of Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas. In the year 1509, Alfonso de Albuquerque was appointed the second governor of the Portuguese possessions in the East. In 1510, Alfonso de Albuquerque defeated the Bijapur sultans with the help of Timayya, on behalf of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire, leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa).
Q93. Directions: Read the following statements carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
Assertion (A): Sikander Lodi reimposed the Jeziah on the Hindus. Reason (R) :Sikander Lodi was an orthodox and a bigoted king.
(a) Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: (a)
Explanation: Sikandar Lodi was an orthodox and bigoted king indeed. He reimposed jizya on the Hindus and even executed a Brahmana who stated that both the Hindu and the Muslim scriptures are sacred. He also forbade Muslim women from carrying out activities not mentioned under sharia, for instance, their going out to pray at the graves of their saints. Sikandar Lodi, due to his religious beliefs, also demolished many Hindu temples, one of them being the Hindu temple at Nagarkot.
Q94. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor? [2006]
(a) Babar
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer:(c) Jahangir
Explanation: The best answer is c as Tukaram (1608–1650) was a Marathi Bhakti poet and a devotee of Lord Krishna. The period of Jahangir was 1605-1627.
Q95. Who was the architect who designed ‘The Taj Mahal’?
(a) Mohammad Hussain
(b) Ustad-Isa
(c) Shah Abbas
(d) Ismail
Answer: (b)
Explanation: Isa Muhammad Effendi or Ustad Isa was a Persian architect from Iran he and his colleague Ismail Effendi entered the service of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan after the Ottoman Sultan Murad IV and the Mughals exchanged ambassadors. Isa Muhammad Effendi is often described as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal. Recent research suggests the Persian architect, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri was the most likely candidate as the chief architect of the Taj, an assertion based on a claim made in writings by Lahauri’s son Lutfullah Muhandis.
Q96. Consider the following statements about Alauddin Khalji’s market policy :
He placed markets under the control of a high officer called ‘Shahna’ for strictly controlling the shopkeepers and prices.
To ensure a regular supply of cheap food grains, he ordered the land revenue from the Doab region to be paid directly to the State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (c)
Explanation: Alauddin Khalji was the second ruler of the Khalji dynasty (1296-1316 reigning period). He is famous for market reforms and price control. He did so to maintain a large army. By controlling the item’s price, he became able to pay salaries to soldiers.
Q97. Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subject because he believed in secularism?
(a) Hussain Shah
(b) Zain-ul-Abidin
(c) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(d) Mahmud II
Answer:(c) Ibrahim Adil Shah
Explanation: Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1556 – 1627), of the AdilShahi dynasty, was the king of Bijapur Sultanate.
Q98. Taraf in the Bahmani kingdom signified
(a) Province
(b) Lord grant
(c) Transit tax
(d) Gold coin
Answer: . (a)
Explanation: Taraf in the Bahmani kingdom signified the province. In Bahmani kingdom, ‘Taraf’ signified as the province. Alauddin Bahmani divided his kingdom into four Tarafs or provinces and placed each one under a Trarafdar or governor.
Q99. Which among the following ports was called Babul Makka (Gate of Makka) during the Mughal period?
(a) Calicut
(b) Broach
(c) Cambay
(d) Surat
Answer: (d) Surat
Explanation: Surat was called Gate of Makka because the pilgrimage to Makka started from Surat.
Q100. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjidat
(a) Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Agra
(d) Amarkot
Answer:(c)
Explanation: The Moti Masjid in Agra was built by Shah Jahan. During the rule of Shah Jahan the Mughal emperor, numerous architectural wonders were built. Most famous of them is the Taj Mahal. Moti Masjid earned the epithet Pearl Mosque for it shined like a pearl. It is held that this mosque was constructed by Shah Jahan for his members of royal court. The Moti Masjid boasts of extensive white marble facing, a typical stylistic feature of architecture during the reign of Shah Jahan.
