14000+ MCQs Medieval History (Arab and Turkish Invasion)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 12/03/2026
1. Assertion (A) Al-Biruni, who visited India at the time of Mahmud of Ghazni, criticised the Hindus for their exclusiveness which kept them away from the rest of the world. Reason (R) He believed that the caste system was responsible for this.
2. Which among the following were the first Muslim Invaders in India?
3. Which of the following was the first target of Muhammad Ghori in the Indian subcontinent?
4. Which among the following gave stiff resistance to Arabs?
5. What was the main motive of Mahmud Ghaznavi in context of the invasion of India?
6. Match the following (Mahmud of Ghazni's Invasions).
| List I (Events/Invasions) | List II (Date - AD) |
| A. Invasion on Somnath | 1. 1025 AD |
| B. Invasion on Kalinjar | 2. 1021 AD |
| C. Invasion on Mathura and Kannauj | 3. 1018–1019 AD |
| D. Invasion of Thaneshwar | 4. 1014 AD |
| E. Battle with Anandpal (Battle of Waihind) | 5. 1008 AD |
7. The temple of Somnath which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni (Mahmud Ghazanavi) was dedicated to Lord
8. Who was Muhammad bin Qasim?
9. Whom had Muhammad Ghori defeated in 1194 in the Battle of Chandawar?
10. Jaichand, the ruler of Kannauj belonged to which among the following dynasty?
11. Which among the following was the objective of the invasion of Muhammad Ghori on India?
12. What was the name used for Muhammad Ghori in the coins struck and issued in India after his victories?
13. Which Arab traveller calls the Pratihara kingdom as Al-jurr and the king as Baura?
14. The battle from which Muslim rule in India was established?
15. Chandawar is situated in which Indian state?
16. Assertion (A) Turkish invasions on India were successful. Reason (R) There was no political unity in North India.
17. Who had given Mahmud an investiture to rule as an independent ruler?
18. Which among the following Muslim rulers had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his coins?
19. Which among the following statement in the context of Al-Biruni is not correct?
20. Who among the following Mongol leaders/commanders did not cross the Indus to attack India?
21. Who among the following re-constructed the Somnath temple after the invasion of Mahmud?
22. The second battle of Tarain was fought between?
23. Arabs were defeated in AD 738 by
24. Which among the following Indian ruler was not defeated by Mahmud Ghaznavi?
25. Which invasion of Mahmud was appreciated by the Caliph and he called Mahmud as 'Star of the Islamic World'?
26. The last expedition of Muhammad Ghori was launched in 1206 against the
27. Assertion (A) Mahmud Ghaznavi invaded India 17 times. Reason (R) He wanted to establish a permanent Muslim rule in India.
28. Who among the following is considered as the Founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty?
29. Which Rajput ruler invited Ghori to fight against Prithviraj Chauhan?
30. The earliest description of Bakhtiyar Khalji's invasion of Bihar is in
31. Who was handed over the conquered territories of Muhammad Ghori in India?
32. Who was the ruler of Gujarat when Mahmud invaded the Somnath temple?
33. Which dynasty had the best cavalry in India, according to the Arab traveller Sulaiman?
34. First Muslim to study Purana was?
35. Nalanda Vihar was destroyed by
36. In which year did Mahmud Ghaznavi attack the Somnath temple?
37. Who was the Hindu King at the time of the invasion of Muhammad-bin-Qasim on Sindh?
38. Who among the following wrote Kitab-ul-Hind or Tahkik-e-Hind?
39. Muhammad Ghori was the ruler of which dynasty?
40. During Mahmud's expedition of invasion in 1001 CE., which among the following rulers was defeated in Peshawar?
41. The author of Shahnama associated with the court of Mahmud Ghaznavi was?
42. Who among the following was the court historian of Mahmud Ghaznavi?
43. Who fought the Battle of Waihind (AD 1009)?
44. Who among the following was the Arab commander who successfully conquered Sindh?
45. Muhammad Ghori suffered his first defeat at the hands of which ruler?
46. Al-Biruni came with Mahmud Ghaznavi in?
47. The famous historian who came to India along with Mahmud Ghaznavi?
48. Arrange the correct chronology of Mahmud's invasion:
I. Invasion on Somnath
II. Invasion on Kalinjar
III. Invasion on Mathura and Kannauj
IV. Invasion of Thaneshwar
V. Battle with Anandpal
49. When was the first contact of India with Islam established?
50. Which among the following is the oldest chronicle of the Arab Conquest of Sindh?