25 questions on medieval India

 

 

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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