Question 1.

Cartographer is a person who makes:

(a) Cartoons

(b) Caricatures

(c) Maps

( d) None of these

,.. Answer

Answer: (c) Maps

Question 2.

In which century Babur used Hindustan to describe

geography of subcontinent?

(a) 17th century

(b) 18th century

(c) 16th century

( d) None of these

..- Answer

Answer: (c) 16th century

Question 3.

Why do historians today have to be careful about the

terms in the past?

(a) Because they do not know the meaning of terms

(b) Because the terms may have more than one

meaning

(c) Because the terms meant different in the past

(d) None of the above

T Answer

Answer: (c) Because the terms meant different in the

past

Question 4.

Which of the fol lowing is not the meaning of

foreigner' in the past?

(a) Stranger

(b) Pardesi

(c) Ajnabi

(d) Indigenous

T Answer

Answer: ( d) Indigenous

Question 7.

Where were the manuscripts placed?

(a) At home

(b) In libraries

(c) In archives

(d) Both (b) and (c)

• Answer

Answer: ( d) Both (b) and ( c)

Question 8.

Ziyauddin Barani wrote his Chronicle first in

(a) 13th century

(b) 12th century

(c) 14th century

( d) 15th century

• Answer Answer: (c) 14th century

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1 ....... .... .. provide a lot of information to the historians.

T Answer

Answer: Manuscripts

2. Rules and regulations of jatis were enforced by

T Answer

Answer: Jati Panchayat

3. Knowledge of ...... ... ... earned Brahmanas a lot of

respect.

T Answer

Answer: Sanskrit

Question 3.

Who were expected to bring gifts for their kings in

17th century?

(a) Samantas

(b) Overlords

(c) Maha-samantas

(d) Maha-mandaleshvara

'Y Answer

Answer: (a) Samantas

Question 4. When were Samantas declared Maha-samantas?

(a) When they bring gifts for their kings

(b) When they provide kings with military support

(c) When they gain power and wealth

( d) None of the above

'Y Answer

Answer: (c) When they gain power and wealth

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Prashastis tell us how rulers wanted to depict

themselves as

(a) leader

(b) valiant victorious warriors

(c) achiever

(d) all of these

T Answer

Answer: (b) valiant victorious warriors

Question 11 .

In which language was the prashasti found in

Gwalior written?

(a) Hindi

(b) English

(c) Sanskrit

(d) Urdu

T Answer

Answer: (c) Sanskrit

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1 ............. defeated Md. Ghori.

-.. Answer

Answer: Prithviraja Ill

2 ............. wrote Kitab al-Hind.

-.. Answer

Answer: al-Biruni

3. Gurjara-Pratiharas, ............ and ............ fought the

Tripartite struggle.

-.. Answer

Answer: Rashtrakutas, Palas

Question 1. Which of the following was NOT the king of the

Rajput Dynasty?

(a) Tomaras

(b) Ananga Pala

(c) Prithviraj Chauhan

(d) Bahlul Lodi

.- Answer

Answer: ( d) Bahlul Lodi

Question 2.

Which ruler first established his capital at Delhi?

(a) Chauhans ruler

(b) Tamara Rajput ruler

(c) Turkish ruler

( d) Khalji dynasty

.- Answer

Answer: (b) Tamara Rajput ruler

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Who was successor of Muhammad-bin Tughluq?

(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

(b) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(c) lbn Battuta

( d) None of these

,.. Answer

Answer: (b) Firuz Shah Tughluq

Question 5.

What was the language of administration under the

Delhi Sultans?

(a) Urdu

(b) Persian

(c) Hindi

(d) English

T Answer

Answer: (b) Persian

Question 9.

A fortified settlement with soldiers was

(a) hinterland

(b) garrison town

(c) jagir

( d) none of these

,.. Answ er

Answer: (b) garrison town

Question 10.

Which was NOT the kind of taxes during Delhi

Sultanate?

(a) Kharaj

(b) Tax on catties

(c) Tax on houses

( d) Bandagans

,.. Answer

Answer: ( d) Bandagans

Question 11 .

Kharaj was a type of tax on

(a) houses

(b) cattle

(c)trade

( d) cultivation

T Answer

Answer: ( d) cultivation

Question 12.

Which Mughal emperor followed Sher Shah Suri's

idea of administration?

(a) Humayun

(b) Akbar

(c) Babur

( d) Aurangzeb

T Answer

Answer: (b) Akbar

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1 ........... ... dynasty ruled Delhi before the Tughluqs.

T Answer

Answer: Khalj i

2. Tarikh or Tawarikh were written in ...... ...... .

T Answer

Answer: Persian

3 . ........... was built by two rulers Qutbuddin Aybak and

lltutmish.

T Answer

Answer: Qutb Minar

Question 1.

The name of residence of Mughal Emperors in Delhi

was

(a) the Red Fort

(b) the Old Fort.

(c) the Siri Fort

( d) none of these

,.. Answer

Answer: (a) the Red Fort

Question 2.

Genghis Khan was a ru ler of this tribe:

(a) Turkish

(b) Mongols

(c) Huns

( d) None of these

'Y Answer

Answer: (b) Mongols

Question 3.

Which Mughal Emperor was defeated by Sher Shah

Suri?

(a) Babur

(b) Humayun

(c) Akbar

( d) Jahangir

~ Answer

Answer: (b) Humayun

Question 4.

What is the ruling period of Jahangir?

(a) 1526-1530 AD

(b) 1530-1556 AD

(c) 1556- 1605 AD

(d) 1605- 1627 AD

~ Answer

Answer: ( d) 1605-1627 AD

Question 8.

Which ru ler was insulted by Aurangzeb?

(a) Man Singh

(b) Rana Pratap

(c) Shivaji

( d) All of these

..- Answer

Answer: (c) Shivaji

Question 9.

The salary of the Mansabdars was called

(a) mansab

(b)jat

(c)jagi

(d) zabt

..- Answer

Answer: (c) jagi

Question 10.

Who was Akbars Revenue minister?

(a) Todar Mai

(b) Birbal

(c) Abul Fazl

(d) Tansen

~ Answer

Answer: (a) Todar Mai

Question 11 .

Akbar, a great Mughal Emperor was known for his

(a) tolerant religious policy

(b) good administration

(c) economic reforms and works

(d) all of these

~ Answer

Answer: ( d) all of these

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. In the battle of Panipat Babur defeated .............. .

T Answer

Answer: Ibrahim Lodhi

2. Another name of Emperor Shah Jahan was Prince

T Answer

Answer: Khurram

3. Mansabdars received their salaries as revenue

assignments called .......... .... .

T Answer

Answer: Jagirs

5. The Mughals were descendants of ... ........ and

...... .......

T Answer

Answer: Genghis Khan, Timur

6 .............. captured Delhi in 1555 with help of Safavid

Shah.

T Answer

Answer: Humayun.