Take the Indian History Quiz

 

1. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating___

a) Rana Sanga
b) Alauddin Khalji
c) Ibrahim Lodhi
d) Udai Singh II

Answer (c) Ibrahim Lodhi

 

2. Which dynasty ruled Delhi Sultanate for the shortest time?

a) Slave dynasty
b) Khalji dynasty
c) Sayyid dynasty
d) Lodi dynasty

Answer (b) Khalji dynasty

 

3. Which of thse was not among the Navratnas of Akbar?

a) Kalidasa
b) Todarmal
c) Tansen
d) Mansingh

Answer (a) Kalidasa

 

4. Harshavardhana was the last great royal patron of ___

a) Buddhism
b) Shaivism
c) Jainism
d) None of these

Answer (a) Buddhism

 

5. Who issued the token currency in copper coins?

a) Harshavardhana
b) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
c) Alauddin Khalji
d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Answer (d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

 

6. Which of these was the court language of the Mughals?

a) Urdu
b) Persian
c) Arabic
d) Latin

Answer (b) Persian

 

7. Who was the first Muslim ruler to introduce the system of price control?

a) Alauddin Khalji
b) Jalaluddin Khalji
c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d) Bahlul Khan Lodi

Answer (a) Alauddin Khalji

 

8. Which Sultan shifted the capital from Lahore to Delhi?

a) Pulakeshin II
b) Qutb al-Din Aibak
c) Sikandar Lodi
d) Iltutmish

Answer (d) Iltutmish

 

9. Which ruler died after falling from his horse while playing Chaugan?

a) Bindusara
b) Jalaluddin Khalji
c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d) Sikandar Lodi

Answer (c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak

 

10. Who was the founder of Lodi dynasty?

a) Sikandar Lodi
b) Bahlul Khan Lodi
c) Alexander
d) Iltutmish

Answer (b) Bahlul Khan Lodi