GK - Indian History Quiz 10

1. Who is the founder of Indian Association which was a precursor of the Indian National Movement?

a) Satyendra Nath Bose
b) WC Bannerji
c) Surendra Nath Bannerji
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

2. Which of the following was the seat of power of the Rajput clan of Solankis?

a) Kanauj
b) Kathiavar
c) Malwa
d) Kashmir

3. Who led the Civil Disobedience Movement in the North West Frontier Province?

a) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
b) Sardar Patel
c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
d) Badruddin Tyabji

4. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

a) Annie Besant
b) WC Bannerji
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Subash Chandra Bose

5. Which of the following battles laid the foundations of Muslim rule in India?

a) First Battle of Tarrain
b) Second Battle of Tarrain
c) First Battle of Panipat
d) Second Battle of Panipat

6. Who was the first Muslim King of India?

a) Muhammad Ghori
b) Qutub-ud-in Aibak
c) Balban
d) Babur

7. Who among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate is known as the Darvesh King?

a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

8. Ala-ud-din Khilji was poisoned by his Prime Minister thus bringing an end to the Khilji dynasty. Who was this Prime Minister?

a) Mir Jafar
b) Mir Qasim
c) Malik Kafur
d) Mir Jumla

9. Who is the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty?

a) Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
d) Mahmud Tughlaq

10. Who among the rulers of Tughlaq dynasty built the city of Tughlaqabad near Delhi?

a) Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
d) Mahmud Tughlaq

11. The invasion of Delhi by Timur in 1398 marked the end of which dynasty?

a) Khilji Dynasty
b) Tughlaq Dynasty
c) Lodhi Dynasty
d) Sayyid Dynasty

12. Who was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when Timur invaded India in 1398 AD?

a) Mahmud Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
d) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq

13. Who founded the City of Agra?

a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Sikandar Lodhi
c) Ibrahim Lodhi
d) Akbar

14. Whom did Daulat Khan, the Governor of Punjab, invite to defeat Ibrahim Lodhi?

a) Timur the Lame
b) Nadir Shah
c) Babur
d) Khizar Khan

15. Who was the Delhi Sultanate ruler when the Vijayanagara and the Bahmani Kingdoms emerged in South India?

a) Sikandar Lodhi
b) Ibrahim Lodhi
c) Babur
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

16. Who among the following rulers was killed when a wooden pandal erected to welcome him collapsed suddenly?

a) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
c) Sikandar Lodhi
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

17. Whom did Timur appoint as the king of Delhi in 1414?

a) Daulat Khan
b) Khizar Khan
c) Nadir Shah
d) Malik Kafur

18. The Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagara was founded by two brothers Harihara and Bukka under the inspiration of their guru. Who was he?

a) Ramanuja
b) Madhav Vidhyaranya
c) Chaitanya
d) Sankaracharya

19. Who was the most famous king of the Vijayanagar Empire?

a) Deva Raya
b) Krishnadeva Raya
c) Achyuta Raya
d) Rama Raya

20. Who was the leader of the Hindu revivalist movement known as Bhakti Movement?

a) Ramanuja
b) Ramananda
c) Kabir
d) Shankaracharya

21. Whose court did the Persian poet Amir Khusru adorn?

a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
c) Akbar
d) Balban

22. Whose court did the famous ‘vidhushaka’ Thenali Raman adorn?

a) Rama Raya
b) Krishna Deva Raya
c) Deva Raya II
d) Achyuta Raya

23. Who is the founder of the philosophy of Vishishtadvaita or qualified monism?

a) Ramanuja
b) Ramananda
c) Kabir
d) Chaitanya

24. At which of the following places is the tomb of Khwaja-Mouin-ud-din Chisti?

a) Jai Salmer
b) Jaipur
c) Ajmer
d) Lahore

25. Who was the ruler of Bengal who drove Humayun out of Hindustan and crowned himself as the emperor?

a) Sher Shah Suri
b) Daulat Khan
c) Khizar Khan
d) Ziraj-ud-daulah

Answers

1. Surendra Nath Bannerji
2. Malwa
3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
4. WC Bannerji
5. Second Battle of Tarrain
6. Qutub-ud-in Aibak
7. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
8. Malik Kafur
9. Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
10. Ghias –ud-din Tughlaq
11. Tughlaq Dynasty
12. Mahmud Tughlaq
13. Sikandar Lodhi
14. Babur
15. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
16. Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
17. Khizar Khan
18. Madhav Vidhyaranya
19. Krishnadeva Raya
20. Shankaracharya
21. Ala-ud-din Khilji
22. Krishna Deva Raya
23. Ramanuja
24. Ajmer
25. Sher Shah Suri