Emergence of Provincial Kingdoms (North and South India) Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. At which place did Sikandar Shah constructed Adina Mosque?

(a) Pandua (Bengal)
(b) Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)
(c) Sasaram (Bihar)
(d) Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)

Answer : a

Question 2. Who among the following is founder of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal?

(a) Sikander Shah
(b) Azam Shah
(c) Hamza Shah
(d) Ilyas-Shah

Answer : d

Question 3. Which among the following Bengal ruler had established friendly relationship with the Ming Empire of China?

(a) Jalal ud Din Ahmad Shah
(b) Shams-ud-Din Ahmad Shah
(c) Mahmud Shah
(d) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah

Answer : d

Question 4. Which among the following Bengal ruler had given protection to writer of ‘Sri Krishna Vijaya’, Maladhar Basu?

(a) Sikandar Shah
(b) Barbak Shah
(c) Alauddin Husain Shah
(d) Nusrat Shah

Answer : b

Question 5. Who among the following translated Ramayana into Bengali during the reign of Barbak Shah?

(a) Krittibas
(b) Maladhar Basu
(c) Kuladhar
(d) Rarimukta Brihaspati Mishra

Answer : a

Question 6. Who among the following was founder of Hussain Shahi dynasty of Bengal?

(a) Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah
(b) Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah
(c) Alauddin Husain Shah
(d) Mahmud Shah

Answer : c

Question 7. Which among the following ruler of Bengal was contemporary of Vaishnava Saint ‘Chaitanya’? [IAS (Pre) 2009]

(a) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
(b) Sikander Shah II
(c) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
(d) Alauddin Husain Shah

Answer : d

Question 8. Which Sultan was reputed to be ‘Akbar of Kashmir’? [BPSC 2019, RAS/RTS 1993]

(a) Sultan Shamsuddin Shah
(b) Sultan Qutbuddin
(c) Sultan Sikander
(d) Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin

Answer : d

Question 9. Which among the following ruler abolished jizya first time? [UK UDA/LDA 2006]

(a) Zain-ul-Abidin
(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(c) Hussain Shah Sharaqi
(d) Akbar

Answer : a

Question 10. Zain-ul-Abidin who prohibited cow slaughter was ruler of [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Bengal
(b) Malwa
(c) Kashmir
(d) Gujarat

Answer : c

Question 11. The first thirty five years rule of Zain-ulAbidin has been described in the Rajatarangini Dvitiya. It was written by

(a) Kalhan
(b) Srivara
(c) Jonaraja
(d) Haider Shah

Answer : c

Question 12. Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin belonged to which dynasty of Kashmir?

(a) Shah Mir dynasty
(b) Karkota dynasty
(c) Hussain Shahi dynasty
(d) Sharqi dynasty

Answer : a

Question 13. Zain-ul-Abidin wrote poems in Persian with the pen name of

(a) Qutb
(b) Gulrakhi
(c) Mumbayan
(d) Shamsi

Answer : a

Question 14. Famous for his price control policies, Zain-ul-Abidin was also known as

(a) Akbar of Kashmir
(b) Alauddin Khilji of Kashmir
(c) Balban of Kashmir
(d) Illutmish of Kashmir

Answer : b

Question 15. Zain-ul-Abidin ordered translation of Mahabharat and Rajatarangini in[IAS (Pre) 2002]

(a) Urdu
(b) Persian
(c) Pashto
(d) Arabi

Answer : b

Question 16. On whose order the famous Sun temple at Martand was destroyed?

(a) Zain-ul-Abidin
(b) Sikandar Butshikan
(c) Ali shah
(d) Habib Shah

Answer : b

Question 17. Kalhana’s Rajatarangini was written in [UP Lower 2004]

(a) 11th century AD
(b) 12th century AD
(c) 13th century AD
(d) 10th century AD

Answer : b

Question 18. Which among the following ruler of Kashmir ordered the construction of Martand Sun temple?

(a) Tarapid
(b) Lalitaditya Muktapida
(c) Avanti Varman
(d) Didda

Answer : b

Question 19. Consider the following statements. The striking feature of the Jama Masjid in Kashmir completed by Zain-ul-Abidin include(s) [IAS (Pre) 1999]

I. Turret
II. Similarity with Buddhist Pagodas
III. Persian style

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) I alone
(b) I, II and III
(c) II and III
(d) I and III

Answer : b

Question 20. Who among the following established Sharqi dynasty at Jaunpur?

(a) Malik Sarwar
(b) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
(c) Hussain Shah Sharqi
(d) Ahmed Shah Sharqi

Answer : a

Question 21. The capital of Sharqi dynasty during 15th-16th century AD was?[UPPSC 2011]

(a) Jaffrabad
(b) Kadha-Manikpur
(c) Benaras
(d) Jaunpur

Answer : d

Question 22. Which one of the following places was known as ‘Shiraz of East’ during the regime of Sharqi rulers? [UPPSC 2001]

(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Jaunpur
(d) Varanasi

Answer : c

Question 23. Who among the following ordered the construction of Atala mosque in Jaunpur? [MPPSC 2010]

(a) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
(b) Khwaja Shah
(c) Islam Shah
(d) Hussain Shah

Answer : a

v24. Who among the following was the last ruler of Sharqi dynasty? [UPPSC 2017]

(a) Muhammad Shah
(b) Hussain Shah
(c) Islam Shah
(d) Khwaja Shah

Answer : b

Question 25. Who among the following established independent Muslim rule in Malwa? [MPPSC 2010]

(a) Hoshang Shah
(b) Mahmud Shah
(c) Nasiruddin
(d) Dilawar Khan

Answer : d

Question 26. Who among the following laid the foundation of Khilji dynasty in Malwa?

(a) Mahmud Shah I
(b) Hoshang Shah
(c) Mahmud II
(d) Sultan Mirza

Answer : a

Question 27. Who among the following Sultan of Malwa shifted his capital from Dhar to Mandu?

(a) Hoshang Shah
(b) Mahmud Shah I
(c) Baz Bahadur
(d) Dilawar Khan

Answer : d

Question 28. The ‘Jahaj-Mahal’ of Mandu was built by whom? [MPPSC 2020, 2017]

(a) Ghiyasuddin Khilji
(b) Sultan Sirajuddin II
(c) Ahmad Shah I
(d) Sikander Shah

Answer : a

Question 29. Which among the following Mewar ruler was contemporary of Mahmud Shah of Malwa?

(a) Maharana Pratap
(b) Rana Kumbha
(c) Mahendra Pratap
(d) Ran Vikramjit Singh

Answer : b

Question 30. The last ruler of Malwa, Baz Bhahadur was defeated by Mughal forces in

(a) Battle of Sarangpur
(b) Battle of Kambalgarh
(c) Battle of Gagron
(d) Battle of Mandavgad

Answer : a

Question 31. Consider the following statements.

I. Mandu is in Dhar district.
II. Hindola Mahal is in Mandu.

Select the correct answer on the basis of above statements. [MPPSC 2020]

(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true
(c) Both are false
(d) Both are true

Answer : d

Question 32. Which among the following ruler had established an Independent Gujarat Sultanate?

(a) Muzaffar Shah
(b) Ahmad Shah I
(c) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
(d) Bahadur Shah

Answer : a

Question 33. The greatest ruler of Gujarat Sultanate who captured Pavagadh and Junagadh was

(a) Mahmud Begada
(b) Ahmad Shah I
(c) Daud Shah
(d) Bahadur Shah

Answer : a

Question 34. Who among the following ordered the construction of Bash-e-Firdaus?

(a) Mahmud Begada
(b) Daud Shah
(c) Bahadur Shah
(d) Ahmad Shah I

Answer : a

Question 35. Who among the following established Ahmedabad as capital city of Gujarat Sultanate?

(a) Sultan Ahmad Shah
(b) Mahmud Begada
(c) Daud Shah
(d) Bahadur Shah

Answer : a

Question 36. Which among the following Sultan of Gujarat was killed by the Portuguese on board the ship when making a deal with them? [IAS (Pre) 2005]

(a) Mahmud Begada
(b) Mohammad Shah
(c) Bahadur Shah
(d) Hussain Shah

Answer : c

37. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) 2006] List I (Coins) List II (Region) A. Pagoda 1. Gujarat B. Mahmudi 2. Vijayanagar C. Muzaffari 3. North India D. Sikandri 4. Malwa Codes A B C D A B C D (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 2 1 4 3 (c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 2 3 4 1

Question 38. Who among the following laid the foundation of Sisodiya clan of Mewar?

(a) Hammir Singh
(b) Maharana Pratap
(c) Rana Kumbha
(d) Mokal

Answer : a

Question 39. The ruler of Mewar who defeated Mahmud Khilji of Malwa was

(a) Rana Kumbha
(b) Rana Sanga
(c) Amar Singh
(d) Maharana Pratap

Answer : a

Question 40. Which among the following ruler of Mewar was well versed in music and wrote treatise on music called Sangeet raj, Sangeet mimansa, Sangeet ratnakar?

(a) Rana Kumbha
(b) Rana Sanga
(c) Rana Ratan Singh
(d) Maharana Pratap

Answer : a

Question 41. Which among the following ruler constructed Vijay Stumbha in 1448 CE to commemorate his victory over the combined armies of Malwa and Gujarat led by Mahmud khilji?

(a) Rana Kumbha
(b) Rana Sanga
(c) Rana Ratan Singh
(d) Maharana Pratap

Answer : a

Question 42. Who amongst the following scholars was not in the court of Kumbha?[RAS/RTS 2016]

(a) Muni Sunder Suri
(b) Natha
(c) Tilla Bhatt
(d) Muni Jin Vijay Suri

Answer : d

Question 43. Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in

(a) Battle of Khatoli
(b) Battle of Saragaon
(c) Battle of Khanwa
(d) Battle of Chittor

Answer : a

Question 44. Marwar was ruled by

(a) Sisodiyan dynasty
(b) Rathod dynasty
(c) Gaikawad dynasty
(d) Scindia dynasty

Answer : b

Question 45. Who among the following founded the city of Jodhpur?

(a) Rao Jodha
(b) Udai Singh
(c) Chandrasen Rathore
(d) Maharaja Jaswant Singh

Answer : a

Question 46. Who was the greatest ruler of Marwar?

(a) Mal Dev
(b) Udai Singh
(c) Chandrasen Rathore
(d) Rao Ganga

Answer : a

Question 47. Kachwaha rulers belonged to which among the following dynasties of India? [RRB 2013]

(a) Mewar
(b) Marawar
(c) Amber
(d) Rashtrakuta

Answer : c

Question 48. The Kachwaha dynasty was founded in [MPPSC 2016]

(a) Ninth century AD
(b) Tenth century AD
(c) Eleventh century AD
(d) Twelfth century AD

Answer : b

Question 49. Anantavarman Chodaganga belonged to which of the following provincial kingdom? [SSC CPO 2018]

(a) Assam
(b) Bengal
(c) Orrisa
(d) Kamrup

Answer : c

Question 50. Which among the following ruler ordered the construction of Sun temple at Orrisa? [SSC 2018]

(a) Narsingh I
(b) Narsingh II
(c) Pulakeshin I
(d) Pulakeshin II

Answer : b

Question 51. The Suryavamsi ruler of Orrisa adopted the title of [UPPSC 2016]

(a) Suryapati
(b) Gajapati
(c) Singh pati
(d) Surya Vansiya

Answer : b

Question 52. The provincial kingdom of Gwalior was ruled by

(a) Tomar
(b) Kachwahas
(c) Sisodiya
(d) Rathod

Answer : a

Question 53. Which among the following musician had served at the court of Man Singh Tomar at Gwalior and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat? [Astt. Comm. 2019]

(a) Baiju Bawara
(b) Tansen
(c) Lala Kalwant
(d) Rang Khan Kalwant

Answer : a

Question 54. Gujari Mahal was built by [MPPSC 2018]

(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Man Singh
(d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 55. Which among the following ruler had established Immad Shahi dynasty of Berar?

(a) Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk
(b) Yusuf Adil Shah
(c) Qutub Shah
(d) Malik Ahmad

Answer : a

Question 56. What was the capital of Immad Shahi dynasty of Berar?

(a) Ellichpur
(b) Paratwada
(c) Deogiri
(d) Bijapur

Answer : a

Question 57. Who among the following established Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur?

(a) Yusuf Adil Shah
(b) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(c) Qutub Shah
(d) Malik Ahmad

Answer : a

Question 58. The Deccani Muslim state which declared Hindaivi or ‘Dakhini Urdu’ as the official language of the state instead of Persian was

(a) Bijapur
(b) Ahmednagar
(c) Golconda
(d) Berar

Answer : a

Question 59. Which one of the following Muslim rulers were hailed as the jagadguru by his Muslim subjects, because of his belief in secularism. [IAS (Pre) 2000]

(a) Hussain Shah
(b) Zainul Abidin
(c) Ibrahim Adil Shah II
(d) Mahmud

Answer : c

Question 60. Who among the following rulers of Adil Shahi dynasty was famous as ‘Abla baba’ and established a town Nauraspur exclusively devoted to the music?

(a) Yusuf Adil Shah
(b) Ismail Adil Shah
(c) Sikander Adil Shah
(d) Ibrahim Adil Shah II

Answer : d

Question 61. Who among the following had ordered the construction of Gol Gumbaz?[UPPSC 2010]

(a) Mahmud Khan
(b) Yusuf Adil Shah
(c) Ismail Adil Shah
(d) Mohammad Adil Shah

Answer : d

Question 62. Consider the following statements regarding the interest of the rulers of Bijapur in Architecture.

I. The Gol Gumbaz, mausoleum of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah I is among the biggest Single Chamber Structure in the world.
II. Ibrahim Rauza, the mausoleum of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II was inspired by the architecture of Taj Mahal.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) None of the above

Answer : c

Question 63. Consider the following statements regarding Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur.

I. It was bounded on the West by the Portuguese state of Goa and on the East by the Sultanate of Golconda ruled by Qutub Shahi dynasty.
II. It was gradually weakened by the rise Marathas under the Shivaji.
III. It was annexed by the Mughal forces under Aurangzeb in 1686 AD.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 64. Who among the following established Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmadnagar?

(a) Hussain Nizam Shah I
(b) Murtaza Nizam Shah
(c) Malik Ahmad
(d) Chand bibi

Answer : c

Question 65. Who among the following is regarded as pioneer in Guerilla warfare?

(a) Malik Ambar, Prime Minister of Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
(b) Shivaji, founder of Maratha Empire.
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan of Chauhan dynasty.
(d) Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty.

Answer : a

Question 66. Chand bibi was related with which among the following Deccan kingdom? [CG Patwari 2019]

(a) Bijapur
(b) Golconda
(c) Ahmadnagar
(d) Berar

Answer : c

Question 67. How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahis of Ahmadnagar come to an end? [IAS (Pre) 2004]

(a) Ahmadnagar was annexed into Mughal empire and Hussain Shah was consigned to life imprisonment.
(b) Mughal troops destroyed Daulatabad fort and killed Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmadnagar.
(c) Fateh Khan usurped the throne from Nizam-ul-Mulk.
(d) Malik Ambar was defeated in a battle with Mughals in 1631, and the entire royal family was killed by the Mughal troops.

Answer : a

Question 68. Who among the following was the founder of Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golconda?

(a) Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
(b) Subhan Quli Qutb Shah
(c) Abdullah Qutb Shah
(d) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah

Answer : a

Question 69. What is Golconda called at present? [MPPSC 1990]

(a) Hyderabad
(b) Karnataka
(c) Bijapur
(d) Banglore

Answer : a

Question 70. At which among the following places did Quli Qutb Shah ordered the construction of Charminar?

(a) Sikandrabad
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Ahmednagar
(d) Bijapur

Answer : b

Question 71. Which among the following dynasties of South India started the sacred tradition of sending pearls to the Bhadrachalam temple of Rama on Rama Navami?

(a) Qutb Shahi dynasty
(b) Imad Shahi dynasty
(c) Nizam Shahi dynasty
(d) Adil Shahi dynasty

Answer : a

Question 72. Madanna and Akkanna rose to prominence during the rule of

(a) Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
(b) Subhan Quli Qutb Shah
(c) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
(d) Abdullah Qutb Shah

Answer : a

Question 73. How did the dynasty of Qutb Shahi of Golconda came to an end?

(a) It was annexed by Nizam Shahi under the rule of Malik Amber.
(b) It was annexed by the Marathas, under the leadership of Shivaji.
(c) It was annexed into Mughal Empire by Aurangzeb and Tana Shah was imprisoned in the Daultabad fort.
(d) It ended after popular revolt of peasants led by two brothers Madanna and Akkanna.

Answer : c

Question 74. ‘Dwara Samundra’ was the capital of which dynastic power? [UPRO/ARO 2014]

(a) Ganga
(b) Kakatiya
(c) Hoysala
(d) Kadamba

Answer : c

Question 75. Hoysala monuments are found in [IAS (Pre) 2001]

(a) Hampi and Hospet
(b) Halebid and Belur
(c) Mysore and Bangalore
(d) Sringeri and Dharwad

Answer : b

Question 76. What is the modern name of Hoysaleshvara is ancient capital of Dwarasamudra? [UPPSC 2003]

(a) Sringeri
(b) Belur
(c) Halebid
(d) Somnathpur

Answer : c

Question 77. Who were polygars of South India? [UPPSC 2015]

(a) Ordinary Zamindars
(b) Mahajans
(c) Territorial Administrative and Military Governors
(d) Newly enriched traders

Answer : c

Question 78. Choose the pair which is not correctly matched. [UPPSC 2004]

(a) Baz Bahadur – Malwa
(b) Qutb Shah – Golconda
(c) Sultan Muzaffar Shah – Gujarat
(d) Yusuf Adil Shah – Ahmadnagar

Answer : d

Question 79. Choose the pair which is not correctly matched. [UPPSC 2018]

(a) Adina Masjid – Mandu
(b) Lal darwaza Masjid – Jaunpur
(c) Dakhil darwaza – Gonda
(d) Teen darwaza – Ahmedabad

Answer : a

Question 80. Consider the following statements

I. Berar was founded by Fateilah Imad Shah.
II. Gokonda was founded by Quli Qutub Shah.
III. Bijapur was founded by Yusuf Adil Shah.
IV. Ahmadnagar was founded by Malik Ahmad in the year 1490.

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