(a) Hussain Nizam Shah I
(b) Ali Adil Shah I/
(c) Ibrahim Adil Shah II/
(d) None of these
Sol. Chand Bibi was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmednagar,and the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk, the Sultan of Ahmednagar.
Q2. Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the ruler of?
(a) Mamluk dynasty/
(b) Khalji dynasty/
(c) Slave dynasty /
(d) Sayyid dynasty/
Sol. Razia Sultan, the daughter of Iltutmish, was the ruler of Slave dynasty. She was first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi.
Q3. Nadir Shah who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond, was one of the most powerful from-
(a) Afghanistan/
(b) Iran/
(c) Turkey/
(d) Turkmenistan/
Sol. Nader Shah Afshar was one of the most powerful Iranian rulers in the history of the nation, ruling as Shah of Iran from 1736 to 1747 when he was assassinated during a rebellion.
Q4. The planetary tables of Zij-i Muhammad Shahi compiled by?
(a) Ajit Singh/
(b) Raja Sawai Jai Singh/
(c) Bhara Mal/
(d) Man Singh/
Sol. The planetary tables of Zij-i Muhammad Shāhi compiled by Sawai Jai singh.
Q5. Who among the following founded the city of Tughluqabad?
(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq/
(b) Alauddin Khilji/
(c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq/
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq/
Sol. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the city of Tughluqabad.
Q6. The court language of the Mughals was—
(a) Urdu /
(b) Hindi/
(c) Arabic/
(d) Persian/
Sol. Persian enjoyed status of court language and by the Mughal time it was widely spoken by majority of Indians.
Q7. Who was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty in India?
(a) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq/
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq/
(c) Feroz Tughlaq/
(d) Alauddin Khilzi/
Sol. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty in India, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1320 to 1325.
Q8. The system of tri-metalism which came to characterise Mughal coinage was introduced by-
(a) Babur
(b) Islam Shah
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar
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Sol. The system of tri-metalism which came to characterise Mughal coinage was introduced by Sher Shah.During his rule the term rupee came to be used as the name for a silver coin of a standard weight of 178 grains, which was the precursor of the modern rupee.
Q9. Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujrat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat.
Q10. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj established his capital at?
(a) Sinhgad
(b) Nagpur
(c) Pune
(d) Raigad
Sol. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhosale clan who is considered to be the founder of the Maratha empire.He created an independent Maratha kingdom with Raigad as its capitaland successfully fought against the Mughals to defend his kingdom.
