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       Q1. Which of the following Persian version of the Mahabharata was translated during 
       Akbar's reign? 
       (A) Razm Namah 
       (B) Iqbal Namah 
       (C) Sakinat-ul-Auliya 
       (D) Akbar Namah 
       Q2. Which of the following reigns has been called the Golden Age of the Mughal? 
       (A) Aurangzeb 
       (B) Akbar 
       (C) Jahangir 
       (D) Shahjahan 
       Q3. Which of the following was a Mughal queen whose name was written on all the Mughal 
       farmans and inscribed on the coins? 
       (A) Mumtaz Mahal 
       (B) Mariam Makani 
       (C) Maham Anaga 
       (D) Nurjahan 
       Q4. Who was the ablest writer in Persian during Akbar's period? 
       (A) Badauni 
       (B) Faizi Sarhindi 
       (C) Abul Fazal 
       (D) Faizi 
       Q5. Which of the following was/were constructed by Akbar? 
       (A) Agra Fort 
       (B) Lahore Fort 
       (C) Allahabad Fort 
       (D) All of these 
       Q6. Who was the last royal patron of the Mughal school of painting? 
       (A) Jahangir 
       (B) Dara Shikoh 
       (C) Aurangzeb 
       (D) Shahjahan 
       Q7. Which of the following was the original name of Tansen? 
       (A) Ramtanu Pande 
       (B) Baz Bahadur 
       (C) Lal Kalwant 
       (D) Makarand Pande 
       Q8. In which of the following languages did Babur write his memories called Tuzuk-i 
       Babari? 
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       (A) Turkish 
       (B) Persian 
       (C) Mongol 
       (D) Arabic 
       Q9. Which of the following revenue systems is also known as the 'Bandobast System'? 
       (A) Nasa 
       (B) Zabti 
       (C) Kankut 
       (D) Dahsala 
       Q10. What was the term used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a 
       Particular Order or Silsila 
       (A) Peer 
       (B) Murid 
       (C) Wali 
       (D) Khanqah 
       Q11. Which was the most popular silsilah in India? 
       (A) Chistiya 
       (B) Qadiriya 
       (C) Suhrawardi 
       (D) Naqshbandiya 
       Q12. Which of the following were the earliest Vaishnava Bhakti Saints from the South? 
       (A) Nayanars 
       (B) Vaishvities 
       (C) Alvars 
       (D) Bhagavatas 
       Q13. Which of the following the Bhakti Saints was not a worshipper of Krishna? 
       (A) Ramananda 
       (B) Mirabai 
       (C) Surdas 
       (D) Vallabhacharya 
       Q14. Which of the following was the founder of the Varkari sect in Maharashtra? 
       (A) Eknath 
       (B) Namdev 
       (C) Ramdas 
       (D) Tukaram 
       Q15. In which of the following region of India was the Firdausi order popular? 
       (A) Deccan 
       (B) Sind 
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       (C) Bihar 
       (D) Delhi 
       Q16. Which of the following was the last Mughal emperor in India? 
       (A) Siraj-ud-daulah 
       (B) Shahjahan 
       (C) Bahadur Shah Zafar 
       (D) Aurangzeb 
       Q17. Who was the founder of Fatehpur Sikri? 
       (A) Babar 
       (B) Shahjahan 
       (C) Humayun 
       (D) Akbar 
       Q18. The British crown abolished the East India Company and took over the 
       administration of British possessions in India in the Year. 
       (A) 1905 
       (B) 1858 
       (C) 1885 
       (D) 1857 
       Q19. Which of the following emperors issued coins in India for the first time? 
       (A) Sakas 
       (B) Mauryas 
       (C) Indo-Greeks 
       (D) Guptas 
       Q20. The first Christian missionary who came to India to preach Christianity was 
       (A) St. John 
       (B) St. Thomas 
       (C) St. Peter 
       (D) St. Stephens 
       Q21. Which of the following statements is incorrect? 
       (A) Muhammad-bin-Qasim was called by new Khalifa Sulaiman and put to death 
       (B) Muhammad-bin-Qasim was killed in an encounter with Jats 
       (C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim invaded Sind in 711 A.D. 
       (D) King Dahir of Sind was defeated and killed by Muhammad-bin-Qasim 
       Q22 The first Muhammadan who assumed the title of Sultan was: 
       (A) Mahmud of Ghazni 
       (B) Sabuktigin 
       (C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim 
       (D) Muhammad Ghori 
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       Q23. How many times did Mahmud of Ghazni invade India during 10001026 A.D.? 
       (A) Ten times 
       (B) Seventeen times 
       (C) Fourteen times 
       (D) Twenty-six times 
       Q24. Which of the following were the rulers of Gujarat? 
       (A) Solankis 
       (B) Mongols 
       (C) Guptas 
       (D) None of these 
       Q25. Which of the following reasons did Muhammad Ghori come to India? 
       (A) To seek spiritual enlightenment 
       (B) To preach and propagate Islam 
       (C) For setting up of an empire 
       (D) For the purpose of plundering 
       Q26. Ghori is a name : 
       (A) A title assumed by the Muhammadan kings 
       (B) Derived from the name of the Gods 
       (C) A word which means deeply religious 
       (D) Related to a mountainous country 
       Q27. Which of the following was the result of the Second Battle of Tarain? 
       (A) The defeat of Jaichand by Mohammad Ghori 
       (B) The defeat of Muhammad Ghori 
       (C) The defeat of Khusru Malik 
       (D) The defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan 
       Q28. Which of the following dynasties did Iltutmish belong to? 
       (A) Ghaznavi 
       (B) Tughlaq 
       (C) Slave 
       (D) Khilji 
       Q29. Which of the following kings did not allow anybody to laugh in his court? 
       (A) Jalal-ud-din Khalji 
       (B) Aibak 
       (C) Balban 
       (D) Iltutmish 
       Q30. Which of the following was the founder of the Khalji dynasty? 
       (A) Nasir-ud-din Khilji 
       (B) Jalal-ud-din Khalji 
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