Quiz questions on Medieval India:
1. Which pala ruler founded the famous Vikramasila University for the Buddhists?
2. Which Prathihara ruler had the famous poet , Rajasekhara, at his court?
3. Who wrote KATHASARITSAGARA?
4. Which saint was greatly influenced by Tantricism?
5. Name the temple built in Nagara style and located at Kajuraho?
6. Who founded the Lingayat Movement?
7. Which is the tallest of all medieval Indian Temples?
8. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
9. What was “Abwab”?
10. Which of the contemporary historians was appointed as the chief quazi of Delhi by Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq?
11. What was the term used for measurement of land in the Sultanate period?
12. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
13. Which Bahmani Sultan shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?
14. Name the temple built by Krishnadeva Raya at Hampi-Vijayanagara?
15. Who was the Rajaguru or the great royal teacher of KrishnadevaRaya?
16. Why did Mahmud Begarha attack Dwarka?
17. Who founded the fortress city Mandu-the capital of Malwa?
18. Name the Persian version of the Mahabharat, translated during Akbar’s reign?
19. Whose reign has been called the “Golden Age of the Mughals’?
20. Who was the last royal patron of the Mughal School of painting?
21. What was the original name of Tansen?
22. In which language did Babur write his memories ,called Tuzuk-i-Baburi?
23. What was the “Tanab”in the Mughal Period?
24. Who were the earliest Vaishnava Bhakti saints from the South?
25. Who founded the Varkari sect in Maharashtra?
Quiz Answers:
1. Dharmapala
2. Mahipala
3. Somadeva
4. Vrajayana
5. Nilakanteshwara
6. BasvaRaja
7. Brihadeswara at Tanjore
8. Qutbuddin Aibak
9. Miscellaneous kinds of taxes like the house taxes, grazing tax, irrigation taz etc
10. Ibn-Batutah
11. Masahat
12. Sikander Lodi
13. Ahmed Shah Wali
14. Vittalswamy temple, Krishnaswamy temple and hazaraRamaswamy temple
15. Vyasaraja
16. To suppress the pirates who preyed on the pilgrim traffic to Mecca
17. Hushang-Shah
18. Razm-namah
19. Shah-Jahan
20. Aurangzeb
21. Ramtanu Pande
22. Turkish
23. A measuring instrument made of Bamboo sticks joined by iron rings
24. Alvars
25. Tukaram.
Compiler: Pavan Kumar, Karimnagar.
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