WBCS, PSC, SSC, Miscellaneous
INDIAN HISTORY MCQ
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1.What does the word ‘Iqta‘ stand for?
(a) Law of Primogeniture.
(b) Crown lands donated to army officers
(c) State’s share of 1/3 of the spoils of war
(d) The grant of revenue from a territory in lieu of salary.☑️
2.Who said the following lines, “Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree and the branches will fall by themselves.”
(a) Baji Rao-1✅
(b) Shivaji
(c) Balaji Vilwanath
(d) Nana Phadnavis
3.Who was defeated in the hands of Mahamud Ghori in the Battle of Tarain in 1192?
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan✅
(b) Jaichand
(c) Dahir
(d) Pulakeshin II
4.Who among the following rulers was a slave in his early life?
(a) Kabir
(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Ghyasuddin Balban☑️
(d) Zila Samiti
5.Sri Chaitanyadeva flourished during the reign of
(a) Robin Shah
(b) Raja Ganesh
(c) Nusrat Shah✅
(d) Nasiruddin Shah
6.introduced the ‘Zabti’ system of land
revenue during the reign of Akbar.
(a) Raja Biharimal
(b) Raja Todarmal✅
(c) Raja Mansingh
(d) Raja Bhagawandas
7.Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur was a contemporary of
(a) Kabir
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Aurangzeb✅
(d) Bahadur Shah
8.In 1498 Vasco da Gama landed at the port of
(a) Calicut✅
(b) Delhi
(c) Masulipatam
(d) Cochin
9.Who was popularly known as “Indian machiavelli”?
(a) Chanakya
(b) Nana Farnabes✅
(c) Abul Fazl
(d) Alivardi Khan
10.Which Mughal emperor granted Diwani to the English East India
Company?
(a) Bahadur Shah II
(b) Shah Alam II✅
(c) Farukh Seyar
(d) Zehander Shah
11.Ibn Batuta came to India during which ruler’s reign?
(a) Akbar
(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq✅
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Alauddin Khilji
12.”Ram Rahim ek hai, nam dhara hai do” – who preached during the Sultanate?
(A) Chaitanya
(b) Kabir✅
(c) Nanak
(d) Dadu
13.Which Indian emperor was called “Zinda pir?
(a) Aurangzeb☑️
(b) Akabar
(c) Firuz Tughlaq
(d) Sher Shah
14.Who was the Hindu ruler defeated during the second Battle of Terrain?
(a) Lakshmansena
(b) Prithviraj☑️
(c) Joypal
(d) Raja Shankar
15.Who was the opponent of Babur at the battle of Panipat?
(a) Ibrahim Lodi☑️
(b) Rana Sanga
(c) Mahmud Lodi
(d) Medini Roy
16.When did Siraj-ud-daullah ascend he throne?
(a) 1707
(b) 1739
(c) 1756✅
17. Who was the author of the book “Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi”?
(a) Abul Fazl
(c) Ziauddin Barani✅
(d) AlBiruni
18. Who was Todar Mal?
(a) A minister of Sher Shah☑️
(b) A revenue expert in Akbar’s court
(e) Aprince of Mewar
(d) An officer in Jahangir’s army
19.Who was Nasiruddin Chirag?
(a) Asultan of the Khilji dynasty☑️
(b) A Sufi Saint
(c) A minister of Giyasuddin Balban
(d) A military officer in Alauddin Khailjis army
20.Who was the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Alauddin Azam Shah
(b) Ibrahim Lodi☑️
(c) Bahlollodi
(d) Sikander Lodi
21. Who was Babur’s main adversary in the battle of Khanwa?
(a) Mahmud Lodi
(b) Hemu
(c) Rana Sanga☑️
(d) None of them
22.Who among the following visited Jahangir’s Court?
(a) NiccloConti
(b) Francois Bernier
(c) Sir Thomas Roe✅
(d) Athanasius Nikitin
23. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal Capital from Agra to Delhi?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Shahjahan✅
(d) Bahadur Shah
24.Who was the Mughal Emperor during whose reign Nadir Shah invaded India?
(a) Farrukhsiyar
(b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Muhummud Shah☑️
(d) Shah Alam
25.Who succeeded Murshid Quli Khan as the ruler of Bengal?
(a) Sarfaraz Khan☑️
(b) Shaukat Jung
(c) Alivardi Khan
26.Who has been described by Elliot as “the Akbar of the Sultanate”?
(a) Tutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Aluddin Khilji
(d) Firoz Tuglak☑️
27.Who among the following did introduce the ‘Dokani” currency?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmis
(c) Rajiya
(d) Md.-bin-Tughlaq☑️
28.The First battle of Panipat took place in
(a) 1500
(b) 1510
(c) 1520
(d) 1526✅
29.’Baburnama‘ was written by
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Firdousi
(c) Afif
(d) Babur☑️
30.The opponent of Akbar at the Second Battle of Panipat was
(a) Abdul Lohani
(b) Hemu☑️
(c) Jaichand
(d) Daulat Khan
31. Shivaji was succeeded by
(a) Sambhaji Bhosale✅
(b) Shivaji II
(c) Raja Ram
(d) Tara Bai
32. Founder of the Delhi Sultanate was
(a) Tltutmis
(b) Balban
(c) Nasiruddin
(d) Qutb-ud-din Aibak☑️
33.Who introduced the Zabti system?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar✅
(d) Shah Jahan
34. During the reign of which Sultan did Chingiz Khan attack India?
(a) Ilututmish☑️
(b) Aluddin Khilji
(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughalq
35.Lilabati was translated into Persian by?
(a) Faizi✅
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Dara
(d) Abu Talib Kalim
36.Under whose orders the Mahabharata was translated into Bengali?
(a) Alauddin Hossain Shah
(b) Jalaluddin
(c) Nusrat Shah☑️
(d) Haji Iliyas
37.Who was the General of Sher Shah?
(a) Brahmajit Gaur ☑️
(b) Dilir Khan
(c) Shayestha Khan
(d) Jaising
38.Who was the Hindu Saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslim?
(a) Sri Chaitanya ✅
(b) Ramanuja
(c) Rabidas
(d) Namdev
39.Who was known as “the Parrot of Hindusthan”?
(a) Amir Khasru☑️
(b) Malik Muhammad Jaisy
(c) Roy Vanmal
(d) Purandar Khan
40.Who was among the Mughal Emperors, the “Zinda Pir“to the Sunnis?
(a) Aurangzeb☑️
(b) Akbar
(c) Babur
(d) Humayun
41. Who wrote “Akbarnama“?
(a) Abul Fazl☑️
(b) Faizi
(c) Shaik Mubarak
(d) Tansen
42. Who was called, the Akbar of Kashimir”?
(a) Zainul Abedin☑️
(b) Ilussain Shah
(c) Balban
(d) Sujauddoullah
43.Who was the Muslim general to have conquered Bengal in 13th century AD?
(a) Afzal Khan
(b) Iktiaruddin-bin-Baktiar-Khilji☑️
(c) Chenghiz Khan
(d) Temuchin
44.Who converted Sikhs into a martial race?
(a) Arjundev
(b) Gobind Singh✅
(c) Hargovind
(d) Teg Bahadur
45.Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?
(a) Ramdas
(b) Teg Bahadur☑️
(c) Arjundey
(d) Gobind Singh
46.Who was the first ‘real king‘ of sultanate?
(a) Qutubuddin
(b) Titutmish✅
(d) Alauddin
47.Number of districts in West Bengal at present is
(a) 18
(b) 19
(c) 23☑️
(d) 16
48.Who wrote Humayunnama?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Faizi
(c) Badaoni
(d) Gulbadan begum✅
49.Who introduced “Qabuliyat” and ‘Patta‘?
(a) Babur
(b) Shershah☑️
(c) Akbar
(d) Shahjahan
50.Who was called “Zinda Pir’ or ‘living saint’ in Mughal India?
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb☑️
51.Name the Sultan who introduced rationing system in India
(a) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji☑️
(c) Muhamad bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Tughlaq
52.Amir Khusrau was the Court Poet of
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji✅
(c) Ghiyasuddin
(d) Akbar
53.Who was defeated at Kanauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun☑️
(d) Jahangir
54.The founder of the Bahamani kingdom was
(a) Alauddin Mujahid Shah
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Alauddin Bahaman Shah✅
(d) Tajuddin Firuj Shah
55.Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Zizya on Hindus?
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar✅
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shali Jehan
56.Who among the Maratha peshwas followed the ideal of
“Hindupada-padshahi“?
(a) Baji Rao I✅
(b) Balaji Viswanath
(c) Narayan Rao
(d) Madhab Rao
57.Who founded Sikhism?
(a) Gobind Singh
(b) Ramdas
(c) Nanak☑️
(d) Hargovind
58.Who founded independent Sultanate of Bengal?
(a) Ilias Shah☑️
(b) MurshidQuli Khan
(c) Hussain Shah
(d) Alivardi Khan
59.Nadir shah invaded India in the year
(a) 1738 AD
(b) 1739 AD☑️
(c) 1740 AD
(d) 1741 AD
60.When did ChingizKhan invade India?
(a) 1211 AD☑️
(b) 1221 AD
(c) 1399 AD
(d) 1526 AD
61.Shivaji’s coronation took place in the year
(a) 1672 AD
(b) 1673 AD
(c) 1674 AD✅
(d) 1675 AD
62.What was Khutba?
(a) A sermon read in the name of the ruling king at Friday prayers☑️
(b) An order issued by the king
(c) A punishment given by the king
(d) None of the above
63.Who of the following conquered territory in India and founded an empire in the name of his ancestors?
(a) Humayun
(b) Sher Shah☑️
(c) Babur
(d) None of them
64.When did Ikhtiyar Uddin BakhtiyarKhilji invade Bengal?
(a) 1194 AD☑️
(b) 1199 AD
(c) 1202 AD
(d) 1206AD
65. Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate who was adorned with the title the Parrot of Hindustan’.
(a) Ziauddin Barani
(b) Utbi
(c) Alberuni
(d) Amir Khasru✅
66.The battle of Tarain was fought between Muhammad Ghori and
(a) Rana Sanga
(b) Rana Pratap
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan ☑️
(d) RanaHambirdeva
67.Who introduced the Iqta System?
(a) Muhammad Ghuri
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak
(c) Iltutmish☑️
(d) Ghiyasuddin Balban
68. Who built the famous Adina Mosque in Bengal?
(a) Iliyas Shah
(b) Sikandar Shah☑️
(c) Azam Shah
(d) Hamza Shah
69. Name the Bengali Poet who was conferred with the title “Gunaraj Khan’ in the Sultanate period.
(a) Jnanadas
(b) Govindadas
(c) Maladhar Basu☑️
(d) Chandidas
70.The Bahmani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Empire Clashed frequently over the territory of
(a) Madurai
(b) Warangal
(c) Malabar
(d) The Raichur Doab☑️
71. Who caused to build Qutub Minar in Delhi?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak ☑️
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Alauddin Khilji
72.To which place did MurshidQuliKhan transfer his capital from Dacca?
(a) Monghr
(b) Murshidabad☑️
(c) Gour
(d) Pandua
73.During whose reign the East India company established their first factory in India?
(a) Jahangir✅
(b)sahajan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Bahadur Shah-1
74 Which sultan of Delhi brought one Ashokan Pillar to Delhi?
(a) Itutmish
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Md. Bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Shah Tughl☑️
75.Which Muslim invader conquered Bengal during the time of Lakshmanasena?
(a) Muhammad Ghori
(b) BakhitiyarKhilji✅
(c) ‘Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Tltutmish
76.Who among the following sultans of Delhi wanted to become Second Alexander and conquer the world?
(a) Alauddin Khilji☑️
(b) Guyasuddin Balban
(c) Muhammad Bin Tugluq
(d) None of them
77. Whatdid Iqtamean during sultanate period?
(a) A form of Salutation
(b) An importal official
(c) The grant of land revenue from a village or territory☑️
(d) None of the above
78.What is Ibadatkhana at Fatepur Sikri?
(a) A magnificent building for residence
(b) A house for religious discourses of all religions☑️
(c) A house for eating
(d) None of the above
79.Baburnama was written by
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) firdousi
(c) Afif
(d) Babur✅
80. Who introduced “Din-I-lahi“?
(a) Firuz Shah Tughlag
(b) Muhammad Bin tughlag
(c) Kabir
(d) Akbar☑️
81.Who wrote tahqiq-i-Hind?
(a) Alberuni☑️
(b) Al Biladari
(c) Sulaiman
(d) Al Masudi
82. Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal?
(a) Husain Shah
(b) Ghiyasuddin Mahamud Shah☑️
(c) Muscat Shah
(d) Illiyas Shah
83.Which of the following Delhi Sultans had set up a separate Department of Slaves?
(a) Iltumish
(b) Balhan
(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq☑️
84.During the reign of which Sultan Chinghiz Khan invaded India?
(a) lltutmish☑️
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(d) Muhammad Bin Thghaq
85.During the reign of which ruler Ibn Batuta came to India?
(a) Akbar
(b) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq✅
(c) Itutmish
(d) Alauddin Khilji
86.Which of the following Indian States Akbar couldnot annex?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam☑️
87.How many times did Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni invade India?
(a) 12
(b) 17☑️
(c) 5
(d) 20
88.In which year did Muhammad-bin-Qasim conquer
(a) 712 AD☑️
(c) 718 AD
(b) 715 AD
(d) 721 AD
89.Who was the founder of the slave dynasty?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Nasiruddin
(d) Qutab-ud-din Aibak☑️
90.Who was Jalaluddin Mangabarni?
(a) Ruler of Afganistan
(b) Ruler of Persia
(c) Ruler of Mongolia
(d) Ruler of Khwarizm or khiba☑️
91.Who invited Babur to invade India?
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Daulat Khan Lodi ☑️
(d) Sher Khan
92.What was the ‘Dam’?
(a) Copper coin introduced by Sher Shah☑️
(b) Copper coin introduced by Akbar
(c) Copper coin introduced by Shah Jahan
(d) Copper coin introduced by Aurangzeb
93.Who of the following became a member of the ‘Din-1Ilahi”?
(a) Raja Man Singh ☑️
(b) Todarmal
(c) Tansen
(d) Raja Birbal
94.Which Mughal emperor subdued the Portugese in Bengal?
(a) Akbar☑️
(b) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
(c) Shah Jahan
95.Identify the Mughal painter mentioned by Abul Fazal?
(a) Farooq
(b) Mushkin
(c) Mansur☑️
(d) Mukunda
96.Which among the following sultans of the Slave
dynasty was not a slave?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Illtutmish
(c) Raziya☑️
(d) Balban
97. During whose rule was the Zabti system of revenue settlement introduced?
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Sher Shah
(c) Akbar☑️
(d) shah lahan
98.Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty?
(a) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah✅
(b) Muhammad Shah I
(c) Firoz. Shali
(d) Ahmad Shah
99.Who organised ‘The Council of Barabhais”?
(a) Nana Fadnavis✅
(b) Madhav Rao Narayan
(c) Baji Rao II
(d) Mahadji Schindian
100.Who was the founder of the ‘Delhi Sultanate”?
(a) Muhammad Ghori
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak✅
(c) Ilutmish
(d) Ghiyasuddin Balban
101.Where is the tomb of Jahangir situated?
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Lahore☑️
(d) Srinagar
102. Name the Maratha leader who put forward the ideal of founding Hindu Empire before the Marathas.
(a) Shivaji☑️
(b) Balaji Viswanath
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Baji Rao 11
