SSC Exam: Important Medieval History MCQs

Here are some very important question and answers for the students who are preparing for the SSC exam. After reading these questions, you can click on the link below to take the exam. By taking this exam, you will know how much preparation you have done. And these questions are taken from the History topic.

Important Medieval History MCQs Set- 3

• Q1: Qutub Minar is an example of____________ architecture.
  • a) Mughal
  • b) Persian
  • c) Indo-Islamic
  • d) British
  • Answer: c) Indo-Islamic
• Q2: Razia Sultan’s tomb in Haryana state is made of which construction material?
  • a) Marble
  • b) Red Sandstone
  • c) Brick
  • d) Limestone
  • Answer: c) Brick
• Q3: Alai-Darwaza, the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi, was constructed by –––––.
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Alauddin Khilji
  • c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: b) Alauddin Khilji
• Q4: Shah-e-Hamadan Mosque is located on the banks of the river _____.
  • a) Jhelum
  • b) Ganga
  • c) Yamuna
  • d) Indus
  • Answer: a) Jhelum
• Q5: At 73 metres, which of the following is the world’s tallest rubble masonry minaret?
  • a) Charminar
  • b) India Gate
  • c) Qutub Minar
  • d) Fateh Burj
  • Answer: c) Qutub Minar
• Q6: Qutub Minar is located in ……….
  • a) Agra
  • b) Delhi
  • c) Lahore
  • d) Ajmer
  • Answer: b) Delhi
• Q7: Which world heritage site comprises of the tomb of Iltutmish?
  • a) Humayun’s Tomb
  • b) Red Fort Complex
  • c) Qutub Minar and its Monuments
  • d) Fatehpur Sikri
  • Answer: c) Qutub Minar and its Monuments
• Q8: Hauz-e-Sultani is a –––––
  • a) Palace
  • b) Mosque
  • c) Large reservoir
  • d) Fort
  • Answer: c) Large reservoir
• Q9: Which world heritage site comprises of the Alai Darwaza Gate?
  • a) Red Fort Complex
  • b) Humayun’s Tomb
  • c) Qutub Minar and its Monuments
  • d) Agra Fort
  • Answer: c) Qutub Minar and its Monuments
• Q10: The Qutub Minar was named after the Sufi saint______.
  • a) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
  • b) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
  • c) Nizamuddin Auliya
  • d) Baba Farid
  • Answer: b) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
• Q11: Moth Ki Masjid was built in the reign of––––.
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Sikandar Lodi
  • c) Ibrahim Lodi
  • d) Sher Shah Suri
  • Answer: b) Sikandar Lodi
• Q12: Who among the following started the construction of the Qutub Minar?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Alauddin Khilji
  • c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
• Q13: Who composed Tabakat-e-Nasiri during the Delhi Sultanate?
  • a) Amir Khusrau
  • b) Ziauddin Barani
  • c) Minhaj-us-Siraj
  • d) Ibn Battuta
  • Answer: c) Minhaj-us-Siraj
• Q14: Who was the first to mention the incident of Jauhar in Persian language?
  • a) Amir Khusrau
  • b) Ziauddin Barani
  • c) Minhaj-us-Siraj
  • d) Firdausi
  • Answer: a) Amir Khusrau
• Q15: Which of the following was written by Ziauddin Barani?
  • a) Kitab-ul-Hind
  • b) Tarikh-e-Firoz Shahi
  • c) Tuzuk-i-Baburi
  • d) Humayun Nama
  • Answer: b) Tarikh-e-Firoz Shahi
• Q16: Who is the author of Tarikh-e-Firoz Shahi?
  • a) Amir Khusrau
  • b) Ziauddin Barani
  • c) Minhaj-us-Siraj
  • d) Ibn Battuta
  • Answer: b) Ziauddin Barani
• Q17: Who among the following was popularly known as the Parrot of India?
  • a) Amir Khusrau
  • b) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
  • c) Kabir
  • d) Tulsidas
  • Answer: a) Amir Khusrau
• Q18: Amir Khusrau was a
  • a) Sufi Saint
  • b) Poet
  • c) Historian
  • d) All of the above
  • Answer: d) All of the above
• Q19: The famous poet Amir Khusrau was contemporary of all except following:
  • a) Alauddin Khilji
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq
  • c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • d) Ibrahim Lodi
  • Answer: d) Ibrahim Lodi
• Q20: Name the Bhakti saint of South India, who was initially a Jain and was a minister in the court of a Chalukya king in the twelfth century.
  • a) Ramanuja
  • b) Basavanna
  • c) Madhvacharya
  • d) Nimbarka
  • Answer: b) Basavanna
• Q21: Alwars were followers of which South Indian sect?
  • a) Shaivism
  • b) Vaishnavism
  • c) Shaktism
  • d) Jainism
  • Answer: b) Vaishnavism
• Q22: In which of the following places is Govardhan Math located?
  • a) Puri
  • b) Dwarka
  • c) Badrinath
  • d) Sringeri
  • Answer: a) Puri
• Q23: In 19th century, the Satnami movement in central India was founded by______.
  • a) Birbal
  • b) Guru Ghasidas
  • c) Dayanand Saraswati
  • d) Swami Vivekananda
  • Answer: b) Guru Ghasidas
• Q24: The leader of the Bhakti movement focusing on Lord Rama was_______
  • a) Kabir
  • b) Ramananda
  • c) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
  • d) Tulsidas
  • Answer: b) Ramananda
• Q25: ………..was a philosopher and theologian from India during early 8th century who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.
  • a) Ramanuja
  • b) Shankaracharya
  • c) Madhvacharya
  • d) Nimbarka
  • Answer: b) Shankaracharya
• Q26: ………..was a Hindu saint associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari sect of Maharashtra.
  • a) Kabir
  • b) Tulsidas
  • c) Namdev
  • d) Meerabai
  • Answer: c) Namdev
• Q27: One of the earliest Bhakti movements were led by the Alvars, literally, those who were immersed in devotion to …………
  • a) Shiva
  • b) Vishnu
  • c) Shakti
  • d) Brahma
  • Answer: b) Vishnu
• Q28: One of the earliest Bhakti movements were led by the Nayanars, who were devotees of ____.
  • a) Vishnu
  • b) Shiva
  • c) Brahma
  • d) Krishna
  • Answer: b) Shiva
• Q29: Gnyaneshwar was a 13th-century Marathi saint who wrote the Dnyaneshwari, which is a commentary on the………..
  • a) Ramayana
  • b) Mahabharata
  • c) Bhagavad Gita
  • d) Vedas
  • Answer: c) Bhagavad Gita
• Q30: While historians use the term Vijayanagara Empire and contemporaries of this empire described it as the _________.
  • a) Karnataka Samrajyam
  • b) Andhra Samrajyam
  • c) Dravida Samrajyam
  • d) Deva Raya Samrajyam
  • Answer: a) Karnataka Samrajyam
• Q31: Which city was the capital of the Vijayanagara kingdom?
  • a) Hampi
  • b) Mysore
  • c) Kanchipuram
  • d) Madurai
  • Answer: a) Hampi
• Q32: Krishna Deva Raya founded a suburban township near Vijayanagara called Nagalapuram after his …………
  • a) Father
  • b) Mother
  • c) Wife
  • d) Guru
  • Answer: b) Mother
• Q33: ‘Pattanulkar’ migrated to Vijayanagara state from Gujarat region. Who were they?
  • a) Merchants
  • b) Farmers
  • c) Weavers
  • d) Soldiers
  • Answer: c) Weavers
• Q34: During whose reign the Persian envoy Abdur Razzaq came to Vijayanagara?
  • a) Deva Raya I
  • b) Deva Raya II
  • c) Krishna Deva Raya
  • d) Achyuta Deva Raya
  • Answer: b) Deva Raya II
• Q35: Amuktamalyada is a work on________written by Krishnadevaraya.
  • a) Administration
  • b) Poetry
  • c) Statecraft
  • d) Architecture
  • Answer: c) Statecraft
• Q36: The founders of the Vijayanagara Empire were feudatories of which of the following dynasties?
  • a) Kakatiyas of Warangal
  • b) Hoysalas of Dorasamudra
  • c) Yadavas of Devagiri
  • d) Cholas of Thanjavur
  • Answer: b) Hoysalas of Dorasamudra
• Q37: Who founded the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire?
  • a) Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya
  • b) Vira Narasimha Raya
  • c) Krishna Deva Raya
  • d) Achyuta Deva Raya
  • Answer: b) Vira Narasimha Raya
• Q38: Which of the following systems of the Delhi Sultanate had an influence on the Bahmani and Vijayanagara empires?
  • a) Iqta System
  • b) Mansabdari System
  • c) Jagirdari System
  • d) Zamindari System
  • Answer: a) Iqta System
• Q39: Who among the following rulers belonged to Tuluva dynasty?
  • a) Harihara I
  • b) Bukka Raya I
  • c) Krishna Deva Raya
  • d) Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya
  • Answer: c) Krishna Deva Raya
• Q40: Hampi, the ancient capital of Vijayanagara is located in-
  • a) Kerala
  • b) Andhra Pradesh
  • c) Karnataka
  • d) Tamil Nadu
  • Answer: c) Karnataka
• Q41: The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi – capital of Vijayanagara is located in which present day Indian state?
  • a) Kerala
  • b) Andhra Pradesh
  • c) Karnataka
  • d) Tamil Nadu
  • Answer: c) Karnataka
• Q42: Ajmer Sharif is the shrine of which of the following Sufi saints?
  • a) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
  • b) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
  • c) Shaikh Salim Chishti
  • d) Baba Farid
  • Answer: b) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
• Q43: Which of the following is not a correct match of Dargah and its respective location?
  • a) Dargah of Salim Chishti – Fatehpur Sikri
  • b) Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya – Delhi
  • c) Dargah of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti – Ajmer
  • d) Dargah of Shah-e-Hamadan – Srinagar
  • Answer: d) Dargah of Shah-e-Hamadan – Srinagar (Note: While the Shah-e-Hamadan Mosque is in Srinagar, its Dargah aspect is complex and typically refers to the larger presence of the saint’s influence rather than a single dargah in the same sense as the others.)
• Q44: The Sufi Shrine Charar-e-Sharief (or Sharif) is located near ……… city.
  • a) Srinagar
  • b) Jammu
  • c) Leh
  • d) Kargil
  • Answer: a) Srinagar
• Q45: Shaikh Muinuddin Sijzi (Moinuddin Chishti) dargah is situated in which of the following cities?
  • a) Delhi
  • b) Agra
  • c) Ajmer
  • d) Fatehpur Sikri
  • Answer: c) Ajmer
• Q46: The Dargah of Sheikh Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki is located in:
  • a) Ajmer
  • b) Delhi
  • c) Fatehpur Sikri
  • d) Multan
  • Answer: b) Delhi
• Q47: In the context of medieval Sufi tradition, the term ‘wali’ meant:
  • a) A spiritual successor to the Prophet
  • b) A Sufi saint or friend of God
  • c) A Qazi or judge
  • d) A military commander
  • Answer: b) A Sufi saint or friend of God
• Q48: Urs Festival in Ajmer commemorates the death anniversary of which Sufi Saint?
  • a) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
  • b) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
  • c) Shaikh Salim Chishti
  • d) Baba Farid
  • Answer: b) Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
• Q49: The Tomb of a Sufi saint is called .
  • a) Khanqah
  • b) Dargah
  • c) Silsila
  • d) Ziyarat
  • Answer: b) Dargah
• Q50: What is the name of the holy book of Muslims, which describes the relationship between an omnipotent and omniscient God and his creations?
  • a) Torah
  • b) Bible
  • c) Quran
  • d) Vedas
  • Answer: c) Quran