Practice Quiz set 5 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Who among the following Vijayanagar kings started to recruit Muslim fighters in the army?
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Devaraya II, the king of Vijayanagar, started to recruit Muslim fightersin the army. Since Vijayanagar was a multi-cultural country, Muslims also joined the army. Theirstrength increased from Devaraya II time and peaked in the time of Aliyaramaraya.
Q-2) Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Chengiz Khan?
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Q-3) Who among the following Delhi Sultans was known for introducing market control mechanism ?
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Q-4) What were the districts called in the Vijayanagar empire?
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The Vijayanagar empire was divided into six provinces (Mandalam or Rajya). These provinces were placed under a governor, who was responsible for its overall administration. The provinces were further divided into ‘Nadu’ and ‘Grawa’. Villages were governed by hereditary officials.
Q-5) Who abolished the "Iqta system"?
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Alauddin Khilji abolished the Iqta system.
He was the son-in-law and nephew of Jalaluddin Khilji. He succeeded the throne in 1296 after killing Jalaluddin Khilji.
Q-6) Amir Khusrow played a pioneer role in the development of
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Q-7) Consider the following statements about the Vijaynagar empire.
- The city of Vijaynagar has located on the bank of the river Tungabhadra.
- The Raichur Doab, the permanent bone of contention between the kingdoms of Vijaynagar and Bahmani was the region between the rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The Vijaynagar city was located on the bank of river Tungabhadra. The ‘Raichur Doab’ region situated between the rivers of Krishna and Tungabhadra. The Ancient City of Vijayanagar was the urban core of the imperial city and the surrounding principalities of the capital of the Vijayanagar empire during the 14th century to 16th century CE.
Notes by foreign travellers such as Abdur Razzak, the Persian who visited Vijayanagara in 1440, mention six fortifications before the gates to the royal palace. The large area between the first and third fortifications contained agricultural fields, gardens and residences.
Q-8) The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by
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Q-9) In the Sultanate period, the highest rural authority for land revenue was
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Q-10) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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List I
List II
A. Alauddin Khilji
1. Agra
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
2. Siri Fort
C. Feroz Shah Tughlaq
3. Tughlaqabad
D. Sikander Lodi
4. Hissar
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| A. Alauddin Khilji | 1. Agra |
| B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq | 2. Siri Fort |
| C. Feroz Shah Tughlaq | 3. Tughlaqabad |
| D. Sikander Lodi | 4. Hissar |
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- Alauddin Khilji built the Siri Fort.
- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq established Tughlaqa-bad.
- Feroz Shah Tughlaq established Hiaar.
- Sikander Lodi established the Agra city.
Siri Fort, in the city of New Delhi, was built during the rule of Ala-Uddin Khalji of the Delhi Sultanate to defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols.
Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, stretching across 6.5 km, built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi Sultanate of India in 1321, as he established the fifth historic city of Delhi, which was later abandoned in 1327.