Best Medieval History MCQs for SSC Exam Preparation

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.

Medieval History MCQs Set:- 1

• Q1: The Battle of Chandawar took place between which of the following?
  • a) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
  • b) Muhammad Ghori and Jayachandra
  • c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
  • d) Akbar and Hemu
  • Answer: b) Muhammad Ghori and Jayachandra
• Q2: Who among the following attacked Gujarat in the 11th century and looted the Somnath temple?
  • a) Genghis Khan
  • b) Muhammad Ghori
  • c) Mahmud Ghaznavi
  • d) Timur
  • Answer: c) Mahmud Ghaznavi
• Q3: Which of the following was Mahmud Ghaznavi’s last invasion outside Punjab?
  • a) Somnath
  • b) Somanath
  • c) Kannauj
  • d) Mathura
  • Answer: b) Somanath
• Q4: Who among the following had invaded India in 712 AD?
  • a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
  • b) Muhammad Ghori
  • c) Muhammad bin Qasim
  • d) Timur
  • Answer: c) Muhammad bin Qasim
• Q5: Muhammad Ghori attacked Tabarhinda (Bhatinda) in 1191, a strategic point for _____.
  • a) Ghaznavids
  • b) Prithviraj Chauhan
  • c) Chalukyas
  • d) Palas
  • Answer: b) Prithviraj Chauhan
• Q6: Which of the following Indian rulers was defeated by Mahmud Ghazni in his first attack in the year 1001 AD?
  • a) Jaipal
  • b) Anandapala
  • c) Prithviraj Chauhan
  • d) Dahir
  • Answer: a) Jaipal
• Q7: In 1001 AD which of the following Indian ruler was defeated by Mahmud Ghazni in his first invasion in India?
  • a) Jayapala
  • b) Jaipal
  • c) Anandapala
  • d) Sukhpal
  • Answer: b) Jaipal
• Q8: Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated at the hands of ______ in the Battle of Tarain 1192.
  • a) Mahmud Ghazni
  • b) Muhammad Ghori
  • c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • d) Iltutmish
  • Answer: b) Muhammad Ghori
• Q9: Who was the scholar entrusted by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni to write an account of the subcontinent?
  • a) Firdausi
  • b) Al-Biruni
  • c) Utbi
  • d) Bayhaqi
  • Answer: b) Al-Biruni
• Q10: In 711 CE, Arab general…….conquered Sindh, which became a part of the Caliph’s domain.
  • a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
  • b) Muhammad bin Qasim
  • c) Muhammad Ghori
  • d) Timur
  • Answer: b) Muhammad bin Qasim
• Q11: Which of the following rulers defeated Muhammad Ghori in 1178?
  • a) Prithviraj Chauhan
  • b) Mularaja II
  • c) Jayachandra
  • d) Parmal
  • Answer: b) Mularaja II
• Q12: When was India first invaded by Mahmud of Ghazni?
  • a) 998 AD
  • b) 1001 AD
  • c) 1010 AD
  • d) 1025 AD
  • Answer: b) 1001 AD
• Q13: Which one of the following kings was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the Battle of Chandawar?
  • a) Prithviraj Chauhan
  • b) Jayachandra
  • c) Paramardi Deva
  • d) Bhima II
  • Answer: b) Jayachandra
• Q14: Which king made Al–Biruni, the writer of Kitab–ul–Hind, a hostage?
  • a) Muhammad Ghori
  • b) Mahmud of Ghazni
  • c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • d) Iltutmish
  • Answer: b) Mahmud of Ghazni
• Q15: The traveler Al–Biruni who visited India in the tenth and eleventh centuries was from which country?
  • a) Persia (Iran)
  • b) Afghanistan
  • c) Uzbekistan
  • d) Turkey
  • Answer: c) Uzbekistan
• Q16: Who attacked and looted the famous Somnath temple in 1026 AD?
  • a) Muhammad Ghori
  • b) Mahmud of Ghazni
  • c) Nadir Shah
  • d) Ahmad Shah Abdali
  • Answer: b) Mahmud of Ghazni
• Q17: Which battle took place between Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan?
  • a) Battle of Chandawar
  • b) Battle of Tarain
  • c) Battle of Panipat
  • d) Battle of Khanwa
  • Answer: b) Battle of Tarain
• Q18: The First Battle of Tarain was fought in the year ______.
  • a) 1190
  • b) 1191
  • c) 1192
  • d) 1193
  • Answer: b) 1191
• Q19: Battle of Tarain was fought in the year……..
  • a) 1190 AD
  • b) 1191 AD
  • c) 1192 AD
  • d) 1193 AD
  • Answer: b) 1191 AD
• Q20: The battle of Tarain was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and………
  • a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
  • b) Muhammad Ghori
  • c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • d) Sultan Razia
  • Answer: b) Muhammad Ghori
• Q21: Al-Biruni’s famous work ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ is a composition in the ………. language.
  • a) Persian
  • b) Urdu
  • c) Arabic
  • d) Turkish
  • Answer: c) Arabic
• Q22: Chachnama records the history of which conquest?
  • a) Mongol conquest of Delhi
  • b) Arab conquest of Sindh
  • c) Turkish conquest of Punjab
  • d) Mughal conquest of Deccan
  • Answer: b) Arab conquest of Sindh
• Q23: Who among the following travelers came to India from Uzbekistan in the 11th century?
  • a) Ibn Battuta
  • b) Al-Biruni
  • c) Marco Polo
  • d) Abdur Razzaq
  • Answer: b) Al-Biruni
• Q24: Al-Biruni from Uzbekistan, travelled to India in which century?
  • a) 9th century
  • b) 11th century
  • c) 13th century
  • d) 15th century
  • Answer: b) 11th century
• Q25: Which of the following foreign traveler is correctly related to their respective country?
  • a) Fa Hien – Sri Lanka
  • b) Hiuen Tsang – Japan
  • c) Al-Biruni – Uzbekistan
  • d) Ibn Battuta – Persia
  • Answer: c) Al-Biruni – Uzbekistan
• Q26: During which of the following years did Qutbuddin Aibak rule?
  • a) 1192-1206 AD
  • b) 1206-1210 AD
  • c) 1210-1236 AD
  • d) 1236-1240 AD
  • Answer: b) 1206-1210 AD
• Q27: Who assumed the title of Balban?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Razia Sultan
  • c) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • d) Alauddin Khalji
  • Answer: c) Ghiyas ud din Balban
• Q28: Who defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second Battle of Tarain in 1192 AD?
  • a) Mahmud Ghazni
  • b) Muhammad Ghori
  • c) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • d) Iltutmish
  • Answer: b) Muhammad Ghori
• Q29: In which year was Razia removed from the throne of Delhi Sultanate?
  • a) 1236 AD
  • b) 1240 AD
  • c) 1242 AD
  • d) 1246 AD
  • Answer: b) 1240 AD
• Q30: He was the Sultan of Delhi who introduced the practice of Sijda and Paibos in the court. Who was he?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Alauddin Khalji
  • c) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: c) Ghiyas ud din Balban
• Q31: Balban served as the Naib of which of the following Sultans of Delhi?
  • a) Razia Sultan
  • b) Muiz ud din Bahram
  • c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
  • d) Alauddin Masud Shah
  • Answer: c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
• Q32: Who captured Badaun (1197-98 AD) and appointed Iltutmish as the first Muslim governor there?
  • a) Muhammad Ghori
  • b) Qutb ud-din Aibak
  • c) Mahmud Ghaznavi
  • d) Razia Sultan
  • Answer: b) Qutb ud-din Aibak
• Q33: When was the first battle of Tarain fought?
  • a) 1190 AD
  • b) 1191 AD
  • c) 1192 AD
  • d) 1193 AD
  • Answer: b) 1191 AD
• Q34: Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia imprisoned Razia Sultan in which of the following forts?
  • a) Qila Rai Pithora
  • b) Red Fort
  • c) Tabarhindah (Bhatinda) Fort
  • d) Chittorgarh Fort
  • Answer: c) Tabarhindah (Bhatinda) Fort
• Q35: In which of the following years was the Delhi Sultanate established?
  • a) 1192 AD
  • b) 1206 AD
  • c) 1210 AD
  • d) 1221 AD
  • Answer: b) 1206 AD
• Q36: Ruler of Slave dynasty Ghiyasuddin Balban adopted the title of………
  • a) Sultan-e-Azam
  • b) Khalifa
  • c) Zill-i-Ilahi (Shadow of God)
  • d) Sultan-e-Jahan
  • Answer: c) Zill-i-Ilahi (Shadow of God)
• Q37: In which year did the Mongols under the leadership of Genghis Khan invade Transoxiana in north-eastern Iran?
  • a) 1218 AD
  • b) 1221 AD
  • c) 1225 AD
  • d) 1227 AD
  • Answer: b) 1221 AD
• Q38: Who was the founder of the Mamluk dynasty in India?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Qutb ud-din Aibak
  • c) Razia Sultan
  • d) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • Answer: b) Qutb ud-din Aibak
• Q39: Which one of the following was the capital of the sultanate during the reign of Iltutmish?
  • a) Lahore
  • b) Delhi
  • c) Agra
  • d) Multan
  • Answer: b) Delhi
• Q40: Who among the following started the practice of Sijda and Paibos in his/her court?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Balban
  • c) Alauddin Khalji
  • d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: b) Balban
• Q41: The period between ––––– in India’s history is known as the Delhi Sultanate period.
  • a) 1192-1526 AD
  • b) 1206-1526 AD
  • c) 1210-1556 AD
  • d) 1221-1556 AD
  • Answer: b) 1206-1526 AD
• Q42: Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded India under whose reign?
  • a) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • b) Iltutmish
  • c) Razia Sultan
  • d) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • Answer: b) Iltutmish
• Q43: Which of the following Sultans died while playing Polo or Chaugan?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Qutb al-Din Aibak
  • c) Razia Sultan
  • d) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • Answer: b) Qutb al-Din Aibak
• Q44: Who was the first woman ruler in Indian history?
  • a) Nur Jahan
  • b) Razia Sultan
  • c) Chand Bibi
  • d) Rani Lakshmi Bai
  • Answer: b) Razia Sultan
• Q45: ____ was the first and only Muslim woman to ever seat on the throne of Delhi.
  • a) Gulbadan Begum
  • b) Razia Sultan
  • c) Zebunissa
  • d) Roshanara
  • Answer: b) Razia Sultan
• Q46: In which of the following forts was Razia Sultana imprisoned by Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-din Altunia?
  • a) Red Fort, Delhi
  • b) Agra Fort, Agra
  • c) Tabarhindah Fort, Bathinda
  • d) Chittor Fort, Rajasthan
  • Answer: c) Tabarhindah Fort, Bathinda
• Q47: Who among the following Delhi Sultans traced his descent to the ancient warrior Afrasiyab in order to fabricate a noble birth for himself?
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • c) Alauddin Khalji
  • d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
  • Answer: b) Ghiyas ud din Balban
• Q48: Who among the following was a slave of Muhammad Ghori? He became the ruler after the death of his master and founded the Slave Dynasty.
  • a) Iltutmish
  • b) Qutb ud-din Aibak
  • c) Ghiyas ud din Balban
  • d) Razia Sultan
  • Answer: b) Qutb ud-din Aibak
• Q49: Which of the following dynasty was founded by Qutb ud-din Aibak?
  • a) Khilji dynasty
  • b) Tughlaq dynasty
  • c) Slave dynasty (Mamluk dynasty)
  • d) Sayyid dynasty
  • Answer: c) Slave dynasty (Mamluk dynasty)
• Q50: Which was the first Muslim dynasty that ruled India?
  • a) Khalji dynasty
  • b) Tughlaq dynasty
  • c) Slave dynasty
  • d) Sayyid dynasty
  • Answer: c) Slave dynasty Sources