Medieval Indian History MCQ – The most important period of Indian History was the period of medieval period because of several battles among the different regional kingdome fought, huge number of muslim incursions, major contribution in the field of cultural, architecture and religious reforms and varied rulers.
Medieval Indian History MCQ
1. Where is Jama Masjid located?
A) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
B) Hyderabad, Telangana
C) Amritsar, Punjab
D) Delhi
2. Who established the University of Vikramashila?
A) Harsha
B) Dharmapala
C) Ashoka
D) Vikramaditya
3. The Delhi Sultanate’s court language was _.
A) Hindi
B) Persian
C) Urdu
D) Arabic
3. Which of the following, who was regarded as a reformer and saint among the Nirguna?
A) Kabir
B) Ramananda
C) Tulsidas
D) Mirabai
4. Who was the first Delhi Sultan to proclaim Delhi the capital of his dominion and to print legal tender?
A) Iltutmish
B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
C) Balban
D) Alauddin Khilji
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5. Which monument _ is referred to as “a dream in stone”?
A) Panch Mahal
B) Taj Mahal
C) Qutub Minar
D) Red Fort
6. Who reconstructed the Qutub Minar?
A) Iltutmish
B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Sikandar Lodi
7. __________written by Abdul Hamid Lahori.
A) Akbarnama
B) Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
C) Padshahnama
D) Ain-i-Akbari
8. Which Mughal emperor built the new city Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna Rivers?
A) Babur
B) Humayun
C) Akbar
D) Shah Jahan
9. Which saint is credited with writing Sri Bhasya?
A) Adi Shankaracharya
B) Ramanuja
C) Madhvacharya
D) Vallabhacharya
Medieval Indian History MCQ
10. Which of the following was known as a Living Saint or Zinda Pir during the Mughal era?
A) Akbar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
12. Which year Vasco da Gama come in Calicut?
A) 1498
B) 1505
C) 1510
D) 1526
13. Who is the author of Tughlaqnama?
A) Amir Khusrau
B) Ziauddin Barani
C) Abul Fazl
D) Gulbadan Begum
14. Where is Hawa Mahal located?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Jaipur, Rajasthan
C) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
D) Kolkata, West Bengal
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15. In 1739, __ stole Shah Jahan’s renowned Peacock Throne.
A) Nadir Shah
B) Timur
C) Babur
D) Genghis Khan
16. Alberuni travelled to India with __.
A) Alexander the Great
B) Mahmud of Ghazni
C) Genghis Khan
D) Timur
18. To which lord is the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in mediaeval India dedicated?
A) Vishnu
B) Shiva
C) Brahma
D) Krishna
19. The author of Gita Govinda was _.
A) Kalidasa
B) Jayadeva
C) Vidyapati
D) Surdas
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20. Who was a pargana’s supervisor?
A) Amil
B) Kotwal
C) Shiqdar
D) Muqaddam
21. Out of the following, who was more interested in designing gardens than the others?
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
22. The address of Akbar’s tomb is _.
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Sikandra
D) Lahore
23. The builder of Bibi Ka Maqbara was _.
A) Aurangzeb
B) Shah Jahan
C) Jahangir
D) Akbar
24. Which of the following works describes Jalaluddin Khilji’s early conquests?
A) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
B) Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
C) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi
D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
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25. Which language was Rajatarangini written in?
A) Persian
B) Sanskrit
C) Prakrit
D) Tamil
26. Which of the following states’ monarchs’ histories is mentioned in the book Rajatarangini.
A) Bengal
B) Gujarat
C) Kashmir
D) Maharashtra
27. Who authored “Rahela” among the following authors?
A) Amir Khusrau
B) Alberuni
C) Abul Fazl
D) Minhaj-i-Siraj
28. The Pala Empire was founded by whom?
A) Harshavardhana
B) Samudragupta
C) Gopala I
D) Chandragupta II
29. Author of Akbarnama __.
A) Abu’l-Fazl
B) Amir Khusrau
C) Birbal
D) Raja Todar Mal
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30. _ was the foreign visitor to India during the Vijayanagara era.
A) Ibn Battuta
B) Niccolò de’ Conti
C) Marco Polo
D) Vasco da Gama
31. Who was the first Indian emperor to arrange for the Haj pilgrimage to be conducted on state funds?
A) Akbar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
D) Shah Jahan
32. Who established the Sena dynasty?
A) Hemanta Sen
B) Samantasena
C) Vijayasena
D) Ballala Sena
33. Bijapur is well-known for __.
A) Gol Gumbaz
B) Qutub Minar
C) Red Fort
D) Hawa Mahal
34. Identify “Prithviraj Raso”‘s poet.
A) Kalidasa
B) Tulsidas
C) Chand Bardai
D) Surdas
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35. Who constructed the renowned Ali Darwaza?
A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
B) Iltutmish
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Shah Jahan
36. Who created the Vaishnav branch of Hinduism known as Pushti Marg?
A) Ramanuja
B) Vallabhacharya
C) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
D) Shankaracharya
37. When did the Gandhi-Irvin Pact occur?
A) 1930
B) 1931
C) 1942
D) 1947
38. During the Middle Ages, what language was declared the “Camp Lanuguage”?
A) Persian
B) Urdu
C) Arabic
D) Turkish
39. The Adi Granth was composed by which Sikh Guru?
A) Guru Nanak
B) Guru Amar Das
C) Guru Arjan
D) Guru Gobind Singh
Medieval Indian History MCQ
40. Which of the following emperors established the town’s foundation where the present-day city of Agra is located?
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Sikandar Lodi
D) Shah Jahan
41. The Indian Reforms Association was founded by whom?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Keshab Chandra Sen
D) Swami Vivekananda
42. The Taj ul Maasir book was written by whom?
A) Hasan Nizami
B) Firishta
C) Abdul Hamid Lahori
D) Hassan Sijzi
43. Hanooz Dilli Door Ast, who said that?
A) Nizamuddin Auliya
B) Amir Khusrau
C) Babur
D) Shah Jahan
44. __ is home to Jantar Mantar.
A) Delhi
B) Jaipur
C) Varanasi
D) Ujjain
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45. What is the name of the poet from Bengal who was honoured with the title of Gunraj Khan during the Sultanate era?
A) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
B) Kabir
C) Alaol
D) Chandidas
46. In 1612, the British faced off against the ________ in the Battle of Swally.
A) Portuguese
B) Dutch
C) French
D) Spanish
47. During the Mughal Empire, in 1605, the following commercial enterprises established their headquarters in India in Masulipatnam __________.
A) Dutch East India Company
B) British East India Company
C) French East India Company
D) Portuguese East India Company
48. In the year that the East India Company was established _.
A) 1600
B) 1602
C) 1612
D) 1624
49. The British East India Company received authorization to trade in India in 1617 from __________.
A) Jahangir
B) Akbar
C) Aurangzeb
D) Shah Jahan
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50. During Jahangir’s reign, who was the first Englishman to appear at the Mughal Court?
A) Sir Thomas Roe
B) James Lancaster
C) John Mildenhall
D) William Hawkins
51. What happened when the British gained political authority in India?
A) Establishment of a democratic government
B) Division of India into princely states
C) Introduction of the railway system
D) The beginning of colonial exploitation
52. Tipu Sultan capital was located at __.
A) Mysore
B) Bengaluru
C) Srirangapatna
D) Hyderabad
53. Who introduced the Rationing System?
A) The British during World War I
B) The United States during the Great Depression
C) Germany during World War II
D) The Soviet Union during the Cold War
54. When was Hawa Mahal built?
A) 1592
B) 1799
C) 1835
D) 1911
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55. Which monument _ is referred to as “a dream in marble”?
A) Hawa Mahal
B) Taj Mahal
C) Red Fort
D) Gol Gumbaz
56. Which of the following saints, who was the follower of Surdas?
A) Meera Bai
B) Tulsidas
C) Kabir
D) Vallabhacharya
57. __ translated the Upanishads into Persian.
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Dara Shikoh
D) Aurangzeb
58. Who was the Muslim Faqirs’ first leader?
A) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
B) Bahauddin Zakariya
C) Shah Jalal
D) Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri
59. Who constructed the renowned Hyderabad Charminar?
A) Quli Qutb Shah
B) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
C) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali
D) Jamshed Quli Qutb Shah
Medieval Indian History MCQ
60. As the Apex Court, the Supreme Court was founded in 1774 at Fort William in __.
A) Delhi
B) Madras
C) Calcutta
D) Bombay
61. In the Wandiwash Battle, the English triumphed against the __________.
A) Dutch
B) Portuguese
C) French
D) Spanish
62. In 1673, the French trading enterprises established their headquarters at _________ in India.
A) Pondicherry
B) Surat
C) Calicut
D) Bombay
63. Where was the first French factory built in India?
A) Pondicherry
B) Surat
C) Masulipatam
D) Chandernagore
64. Which year did Francois Bernier, a French traveller, arrive in India?
A) 1656
B) 1665
C) 1670
D) 1685
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65. The architect of Agra Fort was _.
A) Ustad Ahmad Lahori
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
66. At the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion of India, who was the Mughal emperor?
A) Bahadur Shah I
B) Alamgir II
C) Shah Alam II
D) Muhammad Shah
67. Ibadat Khana was founded by Akbar at __.
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Fatehpur Sikri
D) Lahore
68. The Ramacharitamanas by Tulsidas were written during the reign of _.
A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangzeb
69. Who was the Tuti-e-Hindustan, a prominent figure?
A) Amir Khusrau
B) Birbal
C) Tansen
D) Raja Todar Mal
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70. Which of the Delhi Sultans lost his life while playing polo, or chaugan?
A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
B) Iltutmish
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
71. Which monarch did Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta visit India during his reign?
A) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
72. When was Jama Masjid built?
A) 1423
B) 1566
C) 1656
D) 1727
73. When was Jodhpur Fort built?
A) 1459
B) 1534
C) 1600
D) 1754
74. Where is Jodhpur Fort located?
A) Udaipur, Rajasthan
B) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
C) Jaipur, Rajasthan
D) Bikaner, Rajasthan
Medieval Indian History MCQ
75. The renowned monarch __ constructed the Qutub Minar.
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
D) Alauddin Khilji
76. There were __ mandalams, or provinces, in the Chola Empire.
A) 3
B) 5
C) 9
D) 12
77. _ built the Delhi Sultanates biggest standing army, which was directly funded by the State.
A) Iltutmish
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Balban
78. Who introduced Khwaja Abdus Samad the well-known Persian painter?
A) Akbar
B) Humayun
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
79. It was under the reign of _ that the Delhi Sultanate attained its utmost geographical extent.
A) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B) Iltutmish
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
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80. An ancient fort, Chandragiri Fort dates back to the eleventh century. The location of it is _.
A) Maharashtra
B) West Bengal
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu
81. In which year was the first Battle of Panipat fought?
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1761
D) 1947
82. Which of the subsequent Sultans constructed the most irrigation canals?
A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
83. Where did the Mansabdari system originate?
A) Persia
B) Central Asia
C) Arabia
D) Turkey
84. Which of the following, who was Akbar’s teacher?
A) Raja Birbal
B) Abu’l-Fazl
C) Bairam Khan
D) Faizi
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85. The person who built the Red Fort’s Moti Masjid is __.
A) Shah Jahan
B) Aurangzeb
C) Akbar
D) Jahangir
86. Who is the saint who penned the well-known Bijak?
A) Guru Nanak
B) Kabir
C) Meera Bai
D) Tulsidas
87. What does the term Khanqah mean?
A) Royal Court
B) Marketplace
C) Sufi Monastery
D) Temple
88. Which year was Goa taken over by the Portuguese?
A) 1498
B) 1505
C) 1510
D) 1526
89. On __, the “Instrument of Surrender” was signed, officially ending Portuguese sovereignty in India.
A) 1947
B) 1961
C) 1971
D) 1984
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90. Which of the following was the Portuguese state of India’s first viceroy?
A) Afonso de Albuquerque
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Francisco de Almeida
D) Pedro Álvares Cabral
91. Which year did Queen Victoria’s proclamation transfer India’s governance to the British monarchy?
A) 1858
B) 1757
C) 1947
D) 1911
92. The _ and the _ battled each other in the First Carnatic War.
A) British, French
B) British, Dutch
C) French, Portuguese
D) English, Spaniards
93. Which of the following books did Amir Khusrau not write?
A) Tughlaq Nama
B) Khazain-ul-Futuh
C) Ashiqa
D) Qiran-us-Sa’dain
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