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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS - MCQ 4

(1) Muhammad Bin Tughluq named Devagiri as

Aurangabad
Doultabad
Ghaziabad
Siri

(2) The taxes collected by Feroz shah Tughluq
Kharaj
Khams
Zakat & zizia
All the above


(3) The Military Department under Delhi Sultanate
Diwan-i-Arz
Diwan-i-Insha
Diwan-i-Mustakhraj
Diwan-i-Khairat


(4) Diwan-i-Khairat was established by
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Feroz shah Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Balban


(5) The sultan who issued copper coins insted of gold and silver coins
Alauddin Khalji
Balban
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Iltutmish


(6) Iban Batuta in the court of Muhammad Bin Tughluq belongs to
Greek
China
Moraco
Italy


(7) Who established Agricultural department called Diwani-i-Kohi
Giasuddin Tughluq
Jalaluddin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Muhammad Bin Tughluq


(8) Who ascended the throne after Muhammmad Bin Tughluq
Feroz Shah Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Balban


(9) Who made Thabala
Alberuni
Amir Khusru
Hasan Nizami
Utbi


(10) When did vijayalayachola captured Tanjore
810 A.D
820 A.D
850 A.D
880 A.D



(1) The simbol of four lions standing back to back adopted by India from

Guptas
Aryas
Kushans
Mauryas

(2) Who established elaborate system of municipal administration

Vikramaditya
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka


(3) Who made the buddhism as state religion
Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara
Bruhadradha


(4) Who ruled largest part of India
Chandragupta I
Ashoka
Chandraguptaq maurya
Kanishka


(5) Who among the following converted to Jainism towards the end of his life
Ajatastru
Samudragupta
Chandragupta Maurya
kalashoka


(6) The script introduced in southern India during the period of Ashoka
Parsian
Brahmi
Arabic
Devanagari


(7) Who is known as India Machiavelli
Plini
Megastanees
Deimochos
Kautilya


(8) Megastanees visited the Mauryan empire during the reign of
Bindusara
Ashoka
Bruhadradha
Chandragupta Maurya


(9) The Buddhist text about the personality of Ashoka
Divyavadana
Mudraraksha
Mruchakatika
Devichandraguptam


(10) The Sunga ruler , who is the ruler of Kalidasa`s play
Pushyamitra Sunga
Vikramaditya
Agnimitra
Bindusara

(1) Kumaragupta I was succeeded by

Samudragupta
Budhagupta
Skandagupta
Chandragupta II

(2) The king who represented on his coins as playing veena

Samudragupta
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta II
Kumaragupta


(3) The poet who is called as Indian Shakespeare
Dhandi
Kalidas
Rajasekara
Bhana


(4) The inscription belongs to Skandagupta
Junagharh rock
Bhitari piller
Indore stone piller
All the above


(5) Who was the first Gupta ruler
Srigupta
Chandragupta I
Samudragupta
Skandagupta


(6) The book Navaneetakam of Guptaperiod belongs to
Astronomy
Medicine
Agriculture
Administration


(7) Who wrote Allahabad piller inscription
Ravikeerthi
Aswaghosa
Harisena
Veerasena


(8) Who was the founder of Nalanda University
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta II
Samudragupta
Kumaragupta I


(9) The country with which most of the trade during the Guptas period took place
Ceylon
Java
Rome
Siam


(10) The town which was famous for textile industry during guptas period
Kanauj
Surath
Varanasi
Pataliputra

(1) The language patronised by Guptas

Prakrit
Hindi
Sanskrit
Arabic

(2) The Sultan Ganj Buddha statue in Broze belongs to

Mauryas
Guptas
Harsha
Kanishka


(3) The officer incharge of vishaya in Guptas period was called as
Nagarika
Kotwal
Mukadham
Vishapati


(4) Who wrote Amarakosha
Amarasingh
Bhana
Vatsyayana
Vishakadatta


(5) Many of the Astadasa (eighteen) Puranas were written during the period of
Mauryas
Pushyabhuti
Kushans
Guptas


(6) Provinces of Gupta empire were further sub-divided into
Pradesa or Vishaya
Bhuktas
Nadus
Valanadus


(7) The work of Kalidasa about military victories of Guptas
Kumarasambhavam
Malavikagnimitra
Raghuvamsam
Rutusamharam


(8) The Gupta king who has the title of Mahendraditya
Budhagupta
Vishnugupta
Kumaragupta
Ramagupta


(9) Who was the cheap military officer in Guptas period
Bhandagara
Sandhivigraha
Vishayapati
Kotwal


(10) The language patronised by Guptas 0
Amarasingh
Vatsayana
Brahmagupta
Vishakadatta

(1) Kadambari was written by

Kalidas
Kautilya
Dhandi
Bhanubhatta

(2) Kharavela ruled over

Andhra
Maghada
Kalinga
Vidisa


(3) Vikrama saka started in
58 B.C
48 B.C
78 A.D
64 A.D


(4) Sangham literature refers to
Rajaputras
Pandyas
Sathavahanas
Kushans


(5) Who wrote kiratharjunia
Dhandi
Kalidas
Bharavi
Cheraka


(6) Amarakosha was written by
Vastsayana
Amarasimha
Dhandi
Kalidas


(7) The Siriya ambassador who visited Bindusara court
Megastanese
Dimocus
Antiokus
Selucus


(8) During the period of Mauryas civil courts are called
Kantakashodana
sangrahas
Staras
Dharmastheya


(9) When did Ashoka crown as king
268 B.C
206 B.C
210 B.C
245 B.C


(10) Who is the last king Sunga dynasty
Vasudeva
Pushyamitra
Devabhuthi
Mahapadmananda

(1) Who is the famous ruler of Kushans

Menander
Gondophernes
Pushyamitra
Kanishka

(2) capital of kushanis

Peshawar
Pataliputra
Ujjaini
Vidisa


(3) Who is the founder of Shaka Era in 78 B.C
Chandragupta
Vikramaditya
Kanishka
Simuka


(4) The council organised by the Kanishka
Second Buddhist Council
First Buddhist Council
Forth Buddhist Council
Third Buddhist Council


(5) The religion patronised by the Kanishka
Jainism
Buddhism
Hindu
Bhagavata


(6) Who is the founder of Vikrama Era
Vikramaditya
Kanishka
Ajatasatru
Ashoka


(7) What is the title of Kanishka
Devaputra
Priyadassi
Devanampriya
Amitraghata


(8) Who among the following is the minister in Kanishka`s court
Kautilya
Kalidas
Vasumitra
Sabakami


(9) Who wrote Buddhacharita
Vasumitra
Chanikya
Kalidas
Aswaghosha


(10) Who influenced kanishka to take Buddhism
Agnimitra
Aswaghosha
Kautilya
Vasumitra

(1) Who is the last Badami Chalukyan king

Keerthi Varma I
Keerthi varma II
Pulakesi I
Pulakesi II

(2) Who has the title of Dakshanaprajapathi

Shatakarni II
SivaSri Sathakarni
GauthamiputraSathakarni
Shathakarni I


(3) Who ended Badami Chalukyan rule
Dantidurga
Krishna I
Hastivarma
Vijayalaya


(4) Harshavardhana established Buddhist monastery at
Vaisali
Nalanda
Pataliputra
Ujjaini


(5) Brahmagupta wrote
BrahmasputaSiddanta
Kandakavyam
A & B
Surya Siddantam


(6) The Badami Chalukyan king who built Virupakha temple
Pulakesi I
vikramaditya I
Vikramaditya II
Pulakesi II


(7) Who repaired Sudarshana lake second time
Ramagupta
Srigupta
Samudragupta
Skandagupta


(8) Banabhatta was poet in the court of
Harsha
Kanishka
chandragupta Maurya
Samudragupta


(9) The inscription about Ashok`s patronage of Buddhsim
Maski inscription
Bhabru inscription
Saranath inscription
Hatigumpha inscription


(10) Who influenced Ashoke to take Buddhism
Ramagupta
Vishnugupta
Upagupta
Mahagupta

(1) The Chinese travellar who visited India during Harsha`s reign was

Fahien
Megastanes
Hsuan-Tsang
Itching

(2) Who defeated the last Mauryan king Bruhadradha

Mahapadmananda
Pushyamitrasunga
Dhanananda
Saisunaga


(3) The China travellar who visited Narasimhavarma court
Itching
Megasthanes
Fahien
Hsuan-Tsang


(4) Who built monorock chariots at Mahabalipuram
Narasimhavarma I
Narasimhavarma II
Simhavishnu
Mahendravarma I


(5) Harsha wrote
Priyadarshika
Ratnavali
Nagananda
All the above


(6) Which is the biggest Stupa built by Ashoka
Sanchi Stupa(Bhopal)
Topra
Mohrauli
Meerut


(7) Who has the title Avanisimha
Mahendravarma I
Narasimhavarma I
Simhavishnu
Narasimhavarma II


(8) Who has the titles Vichitra Chitta, Chitrakarapuli
Narasimhavarma I
Narasimhavarma II
Mahendravarma I
Mahendravarma II


(9) The village which was exempted from paying land tax during the period of Ashoka
Buddha Gaya
Lumbini
Pava
Kunda


(10) The Chinese who visited India during Harsha`s reign was
Chandragupta
Ramagupta
Ajatasathru
Ashoka
(1) During the period of Mauryas Criminal courts are called

Sangrahas
Gramastheya
Kantakashodana
Staras

(2) First Sanskrit inscription issued by

Rudradaman
Chandragupta Maurya
Kharavela
Samudragupta


(3) The source for Badhami Chalukyas history
Matthavilasam
Vikramankacharitha
Devichandraguptam
Mruchakatikam


(4) Kalidas wrote
Meghadutham
Raghuvamsham
Kumarasambhava
All the above


(5) The base of Ayurvedha contain in
Yajurveda
Rugveda
Atharvanaveda
Samaveda


(6) Kalinga war took place in
268 B.C
261 B.C
264 B.C
265 B.C


(7) Who is the greatest among Pallava kings
Parameswaravarma I
Mahendravarma I
Narasimhavarma I
Narasimhavarma II


(8) Who is the last Pallava king
Parameswaravarma I
Narasimhavarma II
Nandivarma
Aparajitavarma

  MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS MCQ 14

(1) Harsha organised a religious assembly at
Varanasi
Prayaga
Kanauj
Nalanda

(2) The book about establishment of Maurya empire
Mudrarakshasa
Arthasasra
Malavikagnimitram
Devichandraguptam


(3) The capital of Pallavas
Tangorre
Badami
Kanchi
Manyaked


(4) Founder of Pallava Dynasty
Karakala
Mahendravarma I
Simhavishnu
Narasimhavarma I


(5) Which of the following is correct
Tamralipti-Bengal coast
Barigaja-Gujarath coast
Sopara-Maharastra coast
All the above


(6) How many religious assemblies did Harsha during his reign
6
5
7
4


(7) Who wrote Mudrarakshasa
Kautilya
Vishakadatta
Bana
Aswaghosha


(8) Who wrote Matthavilasaprahasanam
Mahendravarma I
Simhavishnu
Narasimhavarma I
Narasimhavarma II


(9) Sanskrit Grammar belongs to Gupta`s period
Panini-Astadhyai
Amarasimha-Amarakosham
Pathanjali-Mahabhasyam
All the above


(10) The war between Chandragupta Maurya and Selucus took place in
305 B.C
310 B.C
300 B.C
295B.C

(9) Who has the title Rajasimha
Narasimhavarma I
Mahendravarma I
Narasimhavarma II
Nandivarma


(10) Aparajithavarma was defeated by
RajaRaja Chola
Adhithya Chola
Rajendra Chola
Krishna1

(1) Period of rule of Skandagupta

335-375 A.D
380-413 A.D
320-335 A.D
455-467 A.D

(2) Greatest king of Satavahanas

Yagnasri Sathakarni
Pulomavi I
Pulomavi II
Gauthamiputra Sathakarni


(3) Aryabhatta wrote
Aryabhattiyam
Suryasiddhanta
A & B
Murdrarakshasam


(4) Alwars are
Agivakas
Buddhists
Vaishnavas
Shaivas


(5) Who wrote Vikramankacharitha
Dhandi
Bilhana
Bharavi
Bana


(6) Who built Kailasa temple at Ellora
krishna I
Amoghavarsha
Krishna II
Krishna III


(7) Oldest Buddhist Stupa in North India
Pipravaha
Amaravathi
Bhattiprolu
Nagarjunakonda


(8) Capital of Rastrakutas
Kanchi
Tanjore
Ellora
Madhurai


(9) Khusru II, the Parsia king sent his ambassador to the court of
Pulakesi I
Vikramadithya
Keerthi varma
Pulakesi II


(10) The Bengal king Pala was defeated by
Amoghavarsha
Dhruva
DanthiDurga
Krishna I

(1) Period of rule of Samudragupta

380-413 A.D
335-375 A.D
455-467 A.D
413-540 A.D

(2) Chola administration is famous for

Rural administration
Town Planning
Municipal administration
Art and Architecture


(3) The Royal emblem of Cholas
Lion
Carp
Tiger
Nandi


(4) The capital of  Early Cholas
Korakai
Madurai
Uraiyur
Amaravati


(5) Kanchi was the capital of
Pandyas
Pallavas
Cholas
Rastrakutas


(6) Who defeated Badami Chalukyas and founded Rastrakuta dynasty
Dantidurga
Amoghavarsha
Dhruva
Indra III


(7) Who has the title of Thribhuvanamalla
Amoghavarsha
vikramaditya III
Hastivarma
Nandivarma


(8) The capital of Pandyas
Prathistanapuram
Manyaked
Madurai
Tanjore


(9) Who is the last ruler in Nanda Dynasty
Mahapadmananda
Pushyamitra
Vassudeva
Dhanananda


(10) The Chola king who was killed in Koppam war by Someswara I
Rajadhiraju
Adhirajendra
Adityachola
Rajendrachola

(1) Who is the founder of Sisunaga dynasty

Kalashoka
Sisunaga
Bimbisara
Udayan

(2) During the cholas period Gram Sabha(elders) is called as

Perungur
Nigama
Kadam
Ur


(3) Periapuranam was written by
Agastya
Tolkoppiar
Sekkilar
Kamban


(4) Titles of RajaRaja Chola
Mummada Chola
Chola Marthanda
Jayagonda Sivapada Sekara
All the above


(5) Karikala Chola defeated Cheras and Pandyas in the battle of
Manimangali
Pullalur
Venni
Takkolam


(6) Military Camps of Cholas are called
Tan-Kurrams
Kadagam
Kurrams
Perungur


(7) Who is the founder of Kalachuri dynasty
Bijjala
Vijayalaya
Vindhya Sakthi
Karikala


(8) Who is the greatest among Chedi kings
Karikala
Amoghavarsha
Rudradaman
Kharavela


(9) The book about the propogation of Buddhism in srilanka by Ashoka
Parisistaparvan
Deepavamsa and Mahavamsa
Mudrarakshasam
Kiratharjuniam


(10) During Chola period Gram Sabha was called
Nigama
Kadam
Ur
Valikar

(1) When was Gupta Era started

320 A.D
330 A.D
340 A.D
350 A.D

(2) Who wrote Kaumudimahotsava

Vishakadatta
Vajjika
Sudraka
Kamandaka


(3) The Gupta king who played Veena
Vikramaditya
Chandragupta I
Kumaragupta
Samudragupta


(4) Aryabhattiyam, Suryasiddanta were written by
Aryabhatta
Brahmagupta
Varahamihira
Bhaskara


(5) Norma rate of interest on loans during guptas period
10%
20%
15%
25%


(6) The Pallava king who was defeated by Samudragupta
Vishanugopta
Simhavarma
Simhavishnu
Karikala


(7) Kahandakhadyaka was written by
Aryabhatta
Brahmagupta
Varahamitra
Bhaskara


(8) Military camps in Guptas period were called as
Ghatikas
Bandagaras
Skandavaras
Karagaras


(9) Waste land during Guptas period was called as
Sithaka
Khila
Nihila
Hiranyaka


(10) The main commercial towns during guptas period
Benaras
Kaushambi
Pataliptram
All the above

(1) Where did Muhammad Bin Tughluq died

Devagiri
Thatta
Delhi
Agra

(2) Shahna during Delhi Sultanate period stands for

Market superintendent
Auditor General
Army superintendent
Treasurer


(3) The solanki ruler at the time of Muhammad of Ghazini plundering the Somanath temple


Narasimha
Mahipala
Bhima I
Bhima II


(4) Who said `Islam is in danger`
Balban
Ghazi Malik
Iltutmish
Razia


(5) Who was last Sultan in Khalji dynasty
Alauddin khalji
Jalaluddin khalji
Aramshah
Qutb-ud-din Mubarak khalji


(6) What was the original name of Rajaraja I
Arumolivarman
Hastivarma
Nandivarma
Narasimhavarma


(7) Who was the founder of Tughluq dynasty
Feroz shah Tughluq
Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Mubarak Shah


(8) The Sultan who collected Jijiya from Brahmins


Ghiyasudding Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Feroz Shah Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji


(9) During whose period Mongols settled in Delhi as New Muslims


Alauddin Khalji
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Feroz Shah Tughluq
Jalaluddin Khalji


(10) Minhaj Siraj was the poet laurate of 


Nasiruddin Muhammad
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

(1) Who has the title parrot of India

Barani
Amirkhusru
Alberuni
Nizami

(2) The pala ruler who ruled Kanauj for a while

Dharmapala
Govindapala
Mahipala
Gopala


(3) The Rastrakuta ruler who was defeated by Tailapa

Dhruva
Amoghavarsha
Karka
Govinda III


(4) The Gujarat ruler who was defeated by Alauddin Khalji
Vishnudeva
Ramachandradeva
Mahadeva
Karnadeva


(5) Who led Allauddin Deccan invasions

Junakhan
Mubarak shah
Malik Kapur
Aram shah


(6) Who merged Vengi kingdom wihh chlola empire
Rajendra III
Kulottunga I
Rajaraja II
Aditya chola


(7) The Kakatiya ruler who defeated the army of Alauddin Khalji

Prataparudra II
Rudramadeva
Mahadeva
Ganapathi Deva


(8) The Kakatiya ruler who was defeated by Alauddin Khalji
Ganapathi Deva
Maha Deva
Rudrama Devi
Prataparudra II


(9) The sultan who himself declared as Khalifa

Alauddin Khalji
Mubarak Khalji
Jalaluddin Khalji
Aibak


(10) The sultan during whose period the first invasion on Deccan took place

Balban
Iltutmish
Jalal-ud-din Khalji
Nasiruddin Muhammad
(1) Kharaj during sultanate period was a

Religious tax
Income tax
Land revenue
Welth tax

(2) Timur invaded India in

1398
1380
1366
1383


(3) Diwan-i-Mandi in sultanate period belongs to


Army
Markets
Judical
Lands


(4) Who among the following converted to Islan from Hindu and become a sultan


Mubarak Khalji
Aram shah
Muhammad shah
Nasiruddin Khhusru


(5) Ganima during sultanate period stands for


War booty
Land revenue
Religious tax
Wealth tax


(6) During the sultanate period share of war booty was called


Kharaj
Khams
Zakat
Jaziya


(7) Period of rule of Khizir Khan as Delhi sultan


1400-1408
1410-1418
1414-1421
1416-1420


(8) After invasion Timur appointed Khizr Khan as Governor of 


Lahore
Multan
Dipalpur
All the above


(9) Khizr Khan was succeeded by


Aram shah
Nasiruddin
Mubarak shah
Bahram shah


(10) Period of rule of Mubarak shah as Delhi sultan


1421-1448
1421-1434
1430-1451
1415-1432

(1) Capital of Sungas

Rajgruha
Vidisa
Ujjaini
Pataliputram

(2) Who is the founder of Sunga dynasty

Pushyamitra Sunga
Chandragupta
Vasumitra
Devabhuti


(3) The last Mauryan king who was killed by the Pushayamitara Sunga
Skandagupta
Chandragupta Maurya
Brihadatta
Devabhuti


(4) Who is the last king in Sunga dynasty
Agnimitra
Vajramitra
Vasumitra
Devabhuti


(5) Who is the foundr of Kanva Dynasty
Susharma
Narayan
Vasudeva
Bhumimitra


(6) Who is the last king in the Kanva dynasty
Bhumimitra
Susharma
Vasudeva
Narayan


(7) Famous ruler of Indo-Greeks
Menandar
Rudradaman
Gondophernes
Kanishka


(8) Capital of Indo-Greeks
Taxila
Mathura
Vidisa
Sakala


(9) Famous ruler of shakas
Menandar
Rudradaman
Simuka
Chandragupta Maurya


(10) Capital of Shakas
Sakala
pataliputara
Taxila
Vidisa


INDIAN HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

(1) Who invaded devagiri and defeated Yadava king Ramachandra

Balban
Iltutmish
Alauddin Khalji
Bahulal Lodi

(2) Who defeated Kaikubad and occupied delhi throne

Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Jalaluddin Khalji
Feroz Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji


(3) Capital of Hindu shahi kingdom
Ujjaini
Malwa
Kanauj
Udabhanda


(4) Who introduced the practice of Sijda and Paibos
Balban
Iltutmish
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji


(5) Period of rule of Sayyads
1400-1490
1420-1470
1427-1467
1414-1457


(6) The system of reporters established by Balban was called
Barid
Kotwal
Shiqdar
Khazin


(7) Diwan-i-Bandagan was established by
Iltutmish
Balban
feroz shah Tughluq
Jalaluddin Khalji


(8) Zakat was a
Land revenue
Commercial tax
religious tax
income tax


(9) Period of rule of Srikrishnadevaraya
1500-1520
1509-1529
1520-1540
1516-1525

(1) Who built Tughlakabad near Delhi
Feroz Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Ghiasuddin Tughluq
Nasiruddin Muhammad

(2) The ruler of sind who was defeated and deposed by Arab invaders
Harsha
Dahir
Vikramaditya
Maues


(3) Who is called as Sultan of Gardens
Feroz shah Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Jalaluddin Khalji
Qutbuddin Mubarak shah


(4) The department of correspondence under Delhi Sultanate
Diwan-i-insha
Diwan-i-Bandagan
Diwan-i-Mustakhraj
Diwan-i-Qaza-i-Mamalik


(5) The period of rule of Ibrahim Lodi
1478-1490
1490-1498
1506-1519
1517-1526


(6) Who established Tughluq dynasty in 1320 by defeating last Khilji ruler Nasiruddin Khusru
Ghiasuddin Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Feroz Shah Tughluq
Tughluq shah II


(7) Who named Warangal as Sulthanpur
Alauddin Khalji
Jalaluddin Khalji
Junakhan(Muhammad Bin Tughluq)
Ghiasuddin Tughluq


(8) Who rebelled in Bengal during the period of Balban
Khazir Khan
Mubarak Shah
Tugril Khan
Alikhan


(9) During the period of Delhi Sultanate police officer is called
Quazi
Kothwal
Diwani
Mukhaddam


(10) Who built Tughlakabad near Delhi?
Kurram
Salim
Junakhan
Gazi Malik

(10) Who invaded devagiri and defeated Yadava king Ramachandra
Ghiyasuddin Khalji
Feroz shah Tughluq
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji

(1) Jalaluddin Khalji was killed at

Janpur
Delhi
Agra
Kara

(2) The ruler of Ranthambore who was killed by Allauddin Khilji

Karnadeva
Mahadeva
Hamviradeva
Ramachandradeva


(3) The sultan who fled from Delhi when Timur invaded on it

 
Nasiruddin Muhammad
Shaik Abdul Quadir
Shihab-ud-din Suhrawardi
Shaikh Salim


(4) The sufi saint after his name Qutubminar was named

 
Abdul Quadir
Qutub-ud-din Bakhtiyar kaki
Shaikh Salim
Suhrawardi


(5) Who introduced Nauraz festival

 
Iltutmish
Mohammad-Bin-Tughluq
Balban
Alauddin Khalji


(6) Who invaded Chittor for Padmini (Rathan sing wife)

 
Balban
Alauddin Khalji
Iltutmish
Ibrahim Lodi


(7) The Jaina saint with whom Muhammad Bin Tughluq held discussions

 
Mahendra
Jina Prabha Suri
Hemachandra
Kundacharya


(8) Who among the following are pratihara rulers

 
Bhoja I
Bhoja II
Mahipala I
All the above


(9) The ruler of Ranthambhor at the time of Alauddin invasion on it

 
Hamirdeva
Ranaprathap
Ratan sing
Rana Sangramasingh


(10) Who was called as `Lakh Buksh` 


Iltutmish 
Balban
Aibak
Alauddin Khalji









MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS - RASHTRAKUTAS

(1) Mudrarakshasa was written by
Vishakadatta
Devadatta
Bharavi
Dhandi

(2) Who propogated Veerashaiva or lingayath religion
Gosala
Basaveswara
Sankaracharya
Madhvacharya


(3) The prathihara king Nagabhatta II was defeated by
Amoghavarsha
Govinda I
Govinda II
Govinda II

(4) Who shifted the Rastrakuta capital from Ellora to Manyakhed
Amoghavarsha
Krishna III
Krishna I
Krishna II

(5) Manyakhetam was built by
Govinda I
Govinda II
Amoghavarsha
Krishna I

(6) The book written by Amoghavarsha I the Rashtrakuta king
Kavirajamargam
Dhasakumaracharita
Nruthyaratnavali
Kiratharjuniyam

(7) Oldest Buddhist Stupa in South India
Amaravathi
Bhattiprolu
Nagarjunakonda
Madhurai

(8) Amoghavarsha patronised
Buddhism
Hindu
Jainism
Bagavatha

(9) Nayanars are
Vaishnavas
Saivas
Jains
Buddhists

(10) The chola inscripion describes about rural administration
Saranath inscription
Junagarh inscription
Hathigumha inscription


Uttarmerur inscription
(1) Who occupied the throne of Delhi by defeating Nasiruddin Khusru

Jalaluddin Khalji
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Alauddin Khalji
Feroz shah Tughluq

(2) The Mongol leader who invaded Delhi Sultanate during the period of Iltutmish

Timur
Yakuth Khan
Ali Khan
Chengiz Khan


(3) Kissing the sultan feet is called
Paibos
Sijda
Chalisa
Darul


(4) Who was the founder of Pratiharas
Prithviraj
Vatsaraja
Jayachandra
Nagabhatta


(5) The Mongol invasions started from the period of
Aibak
Iltutmish
Balban
Razia


(6) When did vascodagama reached Calicut
1490
1496
1498
1501


(7) Among the follwing who visited Vijayanagara empire
Itsing
Fahien
Hsuan-Tsang
Barbosa


(8) The Delhi Sultan who established authority over North and South India for the first time
Alauddin Khalji
Jalaluddin Khalji
Khizir Khan
Sikander Lodi


(9) The famous poet in the court of Balban
Siraj Alif
Amir Khusru
Nizami
Utbi


(10) When did Sikander Lodi transferred capital from Delhi to Agra
1501
1504
1506
1508


INDIAN HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS



(1) Period of rule of Alauddin Khalji

1286-1298
1220-1240
1250-1273
1296-1316

(2) Who wrote Gita Govindam

Rajasekhara
Kalhana
Jayadeva
Cheraka


(3) Battle of Waihind took place between
Jaipala and Muhammad of Ghazini
Jaipala and Ghori Muhammmad
Prithviraj and Muhammad Gazini
Prithviraj and Muhammad Ghori


(4) The period of 17 raids by Muhammad Gazini on India
990-1020
1001-1026
980-1010
998-1046


(5) Who built sun temple at Konark
Simhavarma
Mahendravarma
Narasimha I (Ganga II)
Parameswaravarma


(6) Who built Jagannatha temple at Puri
Vijayalaya Chola
Ananthavarma Chola
Narasimhavarma
Nandivarma


(7) Hoyasala ruler vishnuvardhana patronised
Sankaracharya
Ramanujacharya
Madhvacharya
Nagarjunacharya


(8) Bittideva Vishnuvardhana constructed Hoyasaleswara temple at
Hampi
Ellora
Mahabalipuram
Halebid


(9) Period of rule of Lodhis
1451-1526
1406-1520
1490-1573
1480-1548


(10) The department of justice and posts under Delhi Sultanate
Bar-i-Khas
Bar-i-am
Diwan-i-Qaza-i-Mamalik
Diwan-i-Khairat
(1) Sangam literature was composed during the period of

Pandyas
Pallavas
Chalukyas
Sathavahanas

(2) Who influenced Harsha to take Buddhism

Hsuan-Tsang
Aswaghosha
Megasthanese
Naga Sena


(3) Harsha Vardhana belongs to
Guptas
Mauryas
Kushans
Pushyabhuti


(4) Aryabhatta wrote
Surya Siddanta
Aryabhattiyam
A & B
Bruhatsamhita.


(5) Indica is written in
Hindi
Latin
Greek
English


(6) Number of Slokas in rugveda
1061
1260
1028
1187


(7) The Buddhist sect which was patronised by Kanishka
Hinayana
Mahayana
Sthiravada
Mahasanghika


(8) Another name of Mahabharatha
Jayasamhita
Vijaya Samhita
Maha Samhitha
Yagna Samhitha


(9) In pullalur war Mahendravarma I was defeated
Narasimhavarma I
Narasimhavarma II
Pulakesi I
Pulakesi II


(10) The Magadha king who shifted the capital from Rajgruha to Pataliputram
Ajathasatru
Udayan
Pushyamitra-Sunga
Bimbisara

(1) The meta which doesn`t known Indus people

Iron
Bronz
Copper
Tin

(2) Fahien came to India during the reign of

Chandragupta II
Bimbisara
Kanishka
Samudragupta


(3) Who wrote Kiratarjunia
Visakhadatta
Bhatti
Sudraka
Bharavi


(4) Sallekana related to
Buddhism
Hindu
$Jainism
Bhagavatha


(5) Chandragupta I founded Gupta Era in
378 A.D
476 A.D
467 A.D
379 A.D


(6) Swapnavasavadatta was written by
Kalidas
Aswaghosha
Banudu
Dhandi


(7) Followers of Bhadrabahu are caled
Swethambaras
Digambaras
Alwars
Nayanars


(8) Followers of Stulabahu are called
Swethambaras
Digambaras
Alwars
Nayanars


(9) Mehrauli Iron piller was built by
Mauryas
Kushans
Nandas
Guptas


(10) Who proposed Sunyavadam
Aryabhatta
Acharya Nagarjuna
Varahamitra
Sustrutha

(1) Gupa empire was largest in the period of

Samudragupta
Chandragupta II
Skandagupta
Ramagupta

(2) Priminister of Chandragupta Maurya

Charaka
Bana
Dhandi
Kautilya


(3) Which of the following says that the main enemies of Skandagupta are Hunas
Bhitari Rock Inscription
Basenagar Piller Inscription
Allahabadr Piller Inscription
Saranath Stupa


(4) Center of trade and commerce in Guptas period
Nalanda
Taxila
Pataliputra
Ujjaini


(5) The greek king Selucus Nicater was defeated by
Skandagupta
Samudragupta
Chandragupta Maurya
Vishnugupta


(6) Who build first buddha Stupa in Sanchi
Bindusara
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Kumaragupta


(7) Who is great among Saka kings
Karavela
Kalashoka
Srimuka
Rudradaman


(8) Panchatantra was written by
Vishnusharma
Nandivarma
Hastivarma
Bana


(9) Famous inscription of Karavela
Allahabad
Hatigumpha
Sanchi
Saranath


(10) Harisena was the court poet of
Ramagupta
Vikramaditya
Samudragupta
Skandagupta


(1) The Vengi king who was defeated by Samudragupta

Nandivarma
RajaRaju
Hastivarma
Rajendra

(2) The Prime Minister of Chandragupta II

Amarasena
Veerasena
Mahasena
Vishnusena


(3) Who wrote Allahabad Piller Inscription
Harisena
Sahapana
Veerasena
Kumaragupta


(4) The Saka king Nahapana was defeated by
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Sivasri Satakarni
Pulomavi
Yagnasri Satakarni


(5) Tolakoppiyam that belongs to grammar was prepared in
Sangam IV
Sangam III
Sangam I
Sangam II


(6) Who is the president of Sangam III
Nakkirar
Tolkappiyar
Agastya
Nedunzelian


(7) The inscription which says that the Sudarshan lake was repaired by Skandagupta
Hatigumpha
Nasik
Junaghar
Mehrauli


(8) Coins having a ship symbol issued by
Pulomavi
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Yagnasri Satakarni
Simuka


(9) The Gupta king who shifted the capita from pataliputra to Ujjaini
Kumaragupta
Chandragupta II
Samudragupta
Skandagupta


(10) The Vengi king who was defeated by Samudragupta0
Ashoka
Kanishka
Skandagupta
Kumaragupta

(1) Bana wrote

Harsha Charita
Kadambari
a and b
Naganandam

(2) The inscription which says that the Pulakesi II defeated Harsha

Ihol
Mehrauli
Babru
Uttarmerur


(3) Who is the first Huna king
Menander
Heliodors
Thoraman
Maues


(4) Work of Kalidas
Meghadutam
Ruthusamharam
Malavikagnimitra
All the above


(5) The inscription which describes the victories of Saudragupta
Allahabad
Sanchi
Hathigumpha
Saranath


(6) Who issues Mehrauli Iron piller inscription
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II
Srigupta
Skandagupta


(7) Who is greatest among Pandya dynasty
Nandivarma
Karikala
Nedunzelean
Simha Vishnu


(8) Who built Puhar town
Karikala Chola
RajaRaju
Rajendra Chola
Hastivarma


(9) Sangam III took place at
Pataliputram
Kanauj
Madhurai
Ujjaini


(10) Navanitakam deals with
Austronomy
Medicine
Geography
History


(1) Fahien came to India in

476 A.D
398 A.D
347 A.D
436 A.D

(2) The language in which Mahaveera propagated Jainism

Prakrit
Pali
Arthamagadhi
Sanskrit


(3) Who is the president of Sangam II
Agastya
Nakkirar
Sittanaisathanar
Tolkappiyar


(4) Ratnavali Raja Parikatha was written by
Acharya Nagarjuna
Bana
Aswaghosha
Dhandi


(5) The religion patronised by Nandas
Jainism
Bhagavatha
Buddhism
Hindu


(6) The Kalinga king who destryed pithunda town
Rudradaman
Kharavela
Hastivarma
Krishna I


(7) Gupta Era starts from
340 A.D
360 A.D
320 A.D
380 A.D


(8) The Chainese piligrim to visit India
HsuanTsang
Itching
Megastanese
Fahien


(9) The oldest purana is
Matsya purana
Vishnu purana
Garuda purana
Vayu purana


(10) Which of the following describes about Samudragupta victories
Sanchi Stupa
Saranath Stupa
Allahabad Prasasthi
Mehrauli Stupa
(1) The austronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period

Brahmagupta
Vagadatta
Varahamitra
Aryabhatta

(2) The Pallava king who was defeated by samudragupta

Mahendravarma
Nandivarma
Vishnugupta
Narasimhavarma


(3) Geevakachintamani was written by
Tirutakkadevara
Nakkirar
SittanaiSattanar
Agastya


(4) The book about Guptas social, economical and political systems
Mudrarakshasa
Neetisara
Kiratharjuniam
Dasakumaracharitra


(5) President of first Sangam
Nakkirar
Tolkappiyar
Agastya
SittanaiSattanar


(6) The historian who called Samudragupta as Indian Napoleon
S.V. Natham
V.A.Smith
D.VSarma
A.N.Dayanand


(7) Guptas period is a water mark in the field of
Town Planning
Sclupture
Rural administration
Terracottas


(8) The coins having a symbol of playing veena belongs to
Kumaragupta
Chandragupta
Skandagupta
Samudragupta


(9) Who wrote Pancha Siddantika
Varahamihiraka
Aryabhatta
Brahmagupta
Kautilya


(10) Among Gupta rulers who ruled for long period
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II
Kumaragupta
Skandagupta


(1) Kalidasa was in the court of

Chandragupta I
Chandragupta II
Vikramaditya
Vishnugupta

(2) Sakari is the title of

Chandragupta II
Srigupta
Samudragupta
Skandagupta


(3) Who has the title of Kaviraja
Kumaragupta
Chandragupta
Samudragupta
Skandagupta


(4) Harsha wrote
Naganandam
Ratnavali
Priyadarshika
All the above


(5) Who defeated Harsha on the banks of Narmada river
Pulakesi I
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Pulakesi II
Pulomavi


(6) Who among the following is a Buddhist scholar in Guptas period
Kautilya
Vasubandu
Ananda
Srigupta


(7) Who influenced Kanishka to take Buddhism
Aswaghosha
Sudraka
Chanakya
Cheraka


(8) Navaratnas including Kalidas adorned in the court of
Samudragupta
Skandagupta
Ramagupta
Chandragupta II


(9) Who was called as Martin Luther of Buddhism
Aswaghosha
Acharya Nagarjuna
Nahapana
Ashoka


(10) Who is greatest among Kalinga dynast
Rudradaman
Krishna I
Karavela
Krishna II

(1) Banabhatta was in the court of

Harsha
Kanishka
Ashoka
Samudragupta

(2) The language which was at its peak during the Guptas period

Hindi
Sanskrit
Parsian
Arabic


(3) The famous scholar during the period of Guptas period
Aryabhatta
Brahmagupta
Varahamihirudi
All the above


(4) Talkopium is
Tamil Grammar
Telugu Grammar
Kannada Grammar
Malayala Grammar


(5) Who issued Hyderabad inscription
Pulakesi I
Pulomavi I
Pulakesi II
Pulomavi II


(6) The first place that was discovered in Indus civilization
Harappa
Kalibhangan
Lothal
Mohanjodaro


(7) Gatha Sapthasithi written by
Aswaghosha
Hala
Bharavi
Cheraka


(8) Ganitha Sara Sangraha written by
Nagarjunacharya
Nandithimmana
Pavalurimallana
Dhandi


(9) The capital of Harsha empire was
Pataliputram
Kannauj
Ujjain
Vidisa


(10) Lothal is located in
Panjab
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Gujarath

(1) Nalanda University is associated with

Pushyamitra
Harshavardhana
Bimbisara
Ashoka

(2) Varahamihira wrote

Bruhatsamhita
Pancha Siddantika
A & B
Surya Siddanta


(3) Diciple of buddha
Rahul
Somana
Krishna
Ananda


(4) Who wrote the book Arcitic home of Aryans
Balagangadhara Tilak
Sarkar
Marshal
Dayanand


(5) Holy Books of Buddhism
Tripitakas
12 Angas
Pancha Sutra
Arya sutras


(6) Period of rule of Harshavardhana
600-630
606-647
600-647
615-645


(7) Another name of Amuktamalyada
Rajatarangini
Abhinava Sakuntalam
Vishnu Chittiyam
Kiratharjuniyam


(8) The china travellar who visited the court of Pulakesi II
Fahien
Itsing
Megastanes
Hsuan-Tsang


(9) In Manimangala war Pulakesi II was killed by
Mahendravarma I
Mahendravarma II
Narasimhavarma II
Narasimhavarma I


(10) Who visited and studied at Nalanda University
Fahien
Megasthanese
Hsuan-Tsang
Alexander II

(1) The port that handled north Indian trade during the Guptas period

Kalyan
Tamralipthi
Broach
Cambay

(2) The Gupta king who shifted the capital from Ujjaini to Pataliputra

Skandagupta
Chandragupta II
Kumaragupta
Samudragupta


(3) Rupaka is a gold coin belongs to
Mauryas
Kushans
Guptas
Indo-Greeks


(4) The Gupta king who is called as Indian Napoleon
Chandragupta
Skandagupta
Samudragupta
Vishnugupta


(5) Silappadhikaram was written by
Agastya
Nakkirar
Tolkappiyar
Elangoadigal


(6) Who wrote Kiratharjuniam
Bharavi
Sudraka
Bhatti
Visakadatta


(7) The Salankayana king who was defeated by Samudragupta
Vishnugupta
Jayarma
Hastivarma
Nandivarma


(8) Nanaghat inscription says about the victories of
Gauthami Putra Sathakarni
Pulakesi I
Pulakesi II
Shiva Sri Sathakarni


(9) Manimekhala was written by
Nakkirar
Tolkappiyar
Agastya
SittanaiSattanar


(10) The inscription of Guptas about the practice of sati
Enran Inscription
Sanchi Inscription
Mehrauli Inscription
Babru Inscription