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Medieval history - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Mains 2023
    The duration of Tripartite Struggle was?
    1. 200 years
    2. 100 years
    3. 400 years
    4. 50 years
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Mains 2023
    Who won the first battle of Tarain?
    1. Prithviraj Chauhan
    2. Muhammad Ghori
    3. Muhammad-bin-Qasim
    4. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Mains 2020
    Who was the Hindu king at the time of Muhammad bin Qasim’s invasion of Sind?
    1. Dahir
    2. Hala
    3. Harsha
    4. Ananda Pala
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  4. Question 4

    SSC CGL 2022
    Who among the following performed a ritual called ‘hiranya-garbha’?
    1. Dantidurga
    2. Govinda-I
    3. Dhruva Dharavarsha
    4. Krishna-I
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Mains 2020
    The Dilwara Temples at mount Abu were constructed during the rule of
    1. Chalukyas
    2. Solankis
    3. Kalachuris
    4. None of the above
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  6. Question 6

    RRB RPF SI 2024
    Kulottunga I was a king of which of the following dynasties?
    1. Gujara-Partihara
    2. Chola
    3. Pandya
    4. Rashtrakuta
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  7. Question 7

    Tamil Nadu PSC Pre 2018
    Which of the following kings defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of Chandawar?
    1. Prithviraj Chauhan
    2. Jaichand
    3. Kumarpala
    4. Bhima-II
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  8. Question 8

    MPPCS 2017
    Ghazi Malik was the founder of which dynasty?
    1. Tughlaq
    2. Khilji
    3. Sayyid
    4. Lodhi
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  9. Question 9

    SSC GD Constable 2023
    Which dynasty ruled over Delhi during 1290 to 1320?
    1. Tughluq
    2. Khalji
    3. Lodi
    4. Sayyid
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  10. Question 10

    Chhattisgarh PCS Pre 2013
    The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded India during the reign of
    1. Balban
    2. Firuz Tughluq
    3. Iltutmish
    4. Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
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  11. Question 11

    UPRO/ ARO Mains 2014
    Which of the following Sultans has called himself the ‘helper of a Caliph’ in his inscription on the walls of the Mosque at Garhmukteshwar?
    1. Balban
    2. Kaiqubad
    3. Jalaluddin Khilji
    4. None of the above
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  12. Question 12

    Kerala PSC Pre 2017
    Who among these was not from the Slave dynasty?
    1. Balban
    2. Iltutmish
    3. Qutbuddin Aybak
    4. Ibrahim Lodi
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  13. Question 13

    CDS 2018
    The class of Amar Nayakas in Vijayanagara is a reference to which of the following?
    1. Village Chieftains
    2. Senior Civil Servants
    3. Tributary Chiefs
    4. Military Commanders
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Mains 2027
    Policemen of Vijayanagara were paid out of taxes collected from?
    1. Wine shops
    2. Land revenue
    3. Taxes on goods
    4. Prostitutes
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  15. Question 15

    SSC CGL 2023
    The origin of ‘Carnatic music’ is related to which of the following dynasties?
    1. Bahamani
    2. Chola
    3. Pandya
    4. Vijayanagar
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Which Bahamani ruler shifted the Capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?
    1. Ala-ud-din II
    2. Ahmad Shah Wali
    3. Muhammad Shah I
    4. Muhammad III
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  17. Question 17

    CDS 2013
    Which was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?
    1. Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace)
    2. Reciting divine name
    3. offering free kitchens runs of futuh (unasked for charity)
    4. Setting up of auqaf (charitable trusts)
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  18. Question 18

    Asstt. Commdt. 2011
    Which of the following statements about the Bhakti movement is/are correct?

    1. The Bhakti movement evolved as a homogeneous movement.
    2. The Bhakti movement helped to bridge the gulf between Hinduism and Islam.
    3. The Bhakti movement rescued Hinduism from the challenges of its own complexities.
    1. Only 1
    2. 2 and 3
    3. Only 2
    4. Only 3
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Mains 2023
    ‘Akbarnama’ was composed by
    1. Mughal Emperor Akbar.
    2. Abul Fazal.
    3. Faizi.
    4. Bairam Khan.
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  20. Question 20

    SSC CHSL 2023
    The city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by_______.
    1. Akbar
    2. Aurangzeb
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Jahangir
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