History - Medieval India

Question 1

Two main clans of Rajputs

Answer 1

Surya Vansha & Chandra Vansha

Question 2

Prithviraj Chauhan defeated _____ in the First Battle of Tarrain [1191].

Answer 2

Mohammed of Ghori

• Prithviraj was killed by him in the second battle of Tarrain [1192]
• established Muslim rule over India

Question 3

The Rajput ruler Bhoja Parmar of Malwa was also known as ____.

Answer 3

Kaviraj

Question 4

Kandariya Mahadev temple at Khajuraho were built by ____.

Answer 4

Chandellas of Bundelkhand

Question 5

____ temple at Mt Abu was built by Siddharaja Solanki of Gujarat.

Answer 5

Dilwara temple

Question 6

_____ temple in Cambodia was built by Suryavarman II.

Answer 6

Angkorvat temple

• dedicated to Lord Vishnu

Question 7

Somadeva wrote ____ during the Rajput rule.

Answer 7

Kathasaritasagar

Question 8

____ is the biography of Chalukya King, Vikramadeva VI

Answer 8

Vikramadeva Charita by Bilhana

Question 9

____ contains the history of Kashmir, written during the Rajput rule.

Answer 9

Rajtarangini of Kalhana

Question 10

First Muslim to invade India

Answer 10

Mohammed Qassim of Iraq

• defeated the ruler of Sind

Question 11

This Turkish ruler invaded India 17 times.

Answer 11

Mahmud of Ghazni

• plundered Somnath temple in his 16th raid [1025 AD]

Question 12

____ wrote Sahnemeh

Answer 12

Firdausi [court poet of Ghazni]

Question 13

___ founded the Chola dynasty.

Answer 13

Vijayalaya

Question 14

___ build the city, Gangaikondacholapuram.

Answer 14

Rajendra I

Question 15

____ founded slave dynasty.

Answer 15

Qutub ud-din Aibak

• former slave of Ghori

Question 16

Qutub ud-din Aibak was given the title of ___.

Answer 16

Lakh Bakhsh

Question 17

Qutub Minar was built in the honour of this person.

Answer 17

Sufi saint, Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

• started by Aibak; completed by Iltutmish

Question 18

Aibak patronised these two writers.

Answer 18

Hasan Nizami & Fakhruddin

Question 19

Real founder of the Delhi Sultanate

Answer 19

Iltutmish

Question 20

Iltutmish saved Delhi from the wrath of ____ by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah

Answer 20

Chegiz Khan

Question 21

First and only woman to ever rule India.

Answer 21

Razia Sultan

Question 22

Iltutmish’s corp of 40 loyal slaves was called ____.

Answer 22

Turkan-i-Chahalgani / Chalisa

Question 23

___ ruler of the Delhi sultanate ordered the separation of military from finance department.

Answer 23

Balban

Question 24

Balbal also took on the title of ____.

Answer 24

Zil-i-Ilahi [shadow of god]

Question 25

____ started the festival of Nauroz.

Answer 25

Balban

Question 26

____ invaded Devangiri in 1294.

Answer 26

Jalaluddin Khilji & Alauddin Khilji

Question 27

First ruler of the Sultan dynasty to have a permanent army.

Answer 27

Alauddin Khilji - adopted the title of Sikander-i-Sahni

Question 28

Most important fort built by Alauddin Khilji

Answer 28

Alai Fort

Question 29

Entrance gate of Qutub Minar is called ___.

Answer 29

Alai Darwaza

Question 30

Founder of Tughlaq dynasty

Answer 30

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Question 31

____ took on the title of Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq when he ascended the throne.

Answer 31

Jauna Khan

Question 32

___ changed the Iqta system from being salary-based to hereditary.

Answer 32

Firoz Shah Tughlaq - land of the empire divided into several tracts called Iqta & assigned to soldiers, officers and nobles.

Question 33

Firoz Shah Tughlaq renamed ____ as Firozabad.

Answer 33

Pandua

Question 34

____ imposed a tax on Brahmins for the first time in Indian history.

Answer 34

Firoz Shah Tughlaq - called Jaziya

Question 35

___ wrote Tarikh-i-Firozshahi & Fatwa-i-Jahangiri

Answer 35

Barani [historian]

Question 36

Timur invaded India during the rule of ____.

Answer 36

Nasiruddin Mohammed Tughlaq

Question 37

Founder of Sayyid Dynasty

Answer 37

Khizr Khan - took on title 'Rayat-i-Ala'

Question 38

Founder of Lodhi dynasty in India

Answer 38

Bahlol Lodhi

Question 39

Real name of Sikandar Lodhi

Answer 39

Nizam Khan - wrote verses in Persian under pen name 'Gulrukhi'

Question 40

This Lodhi ruler defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar

Answer 40

Ibrahim Lodhi

Question 41

____ battle marks the end of Delhi Sultanate

Answer 41

First Battle of Panipat [1526] - between Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi

Question 42

Head of military department in Delhi Sultanate was called ____.

Answer 42

Ariz-i-Mamalik

Question 43

These two instruments were introduced during the Delhi Sultanate

Answer 43

Sarangi & Rabab

Question 44

___ invented the Sitar

Answer 44

Amir Khusro - also innovated Khayyal

Question 45

Other names for Amir Khusro

Answer 45

Tuti-i-Hind or Parrot of India

Question 46

____ built Ahmedabad and Jama Masjid

Answer 46

Ahmed Shah I