Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Maharana Amar Singh of Mewar fought many battles with Jahangir. Due to depletion in financial and manpower of Mewar, he signed a treaty with Jahangir in 1615 AD. The treaty between Rana Amar Singh and Jahangir stands on a different platform. In it , it was agreed that the Ruler of Mewar will not be bound to present himself in person at the Mughal court and will not forced to enter into a matrimonial alliance with the Mughals. Owing to generous nature, Jahangir gave back the territories around Chittor along with the Chittorgarh Fort to Mewar in 1616 AD. Maharana Amar Singh was the eldest son of Maharana Pratap, ruled Mewar from 1597 AD to 1620 AD.

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The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb reimposed the jizya and the pilgrimage tax on Hindus. (these both the taxes were abolished by his great grandfather Mughal emperor Akbar by adopting the liberal policy towards the Hindus ).

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Qutb-ud-din Aibak began his rule with the modest titles ‘Malik’ and ‘Sipahsalar’ which had been conferred upon him by Muhammad Ghori.

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In 1320 AD, the Tughlaq dynasty was founded by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and he died under mysterious circumstances in 1325 AD. In other words, the reign period of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was 1320 – 1325 AD. More

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Firoz Shah Tughlaq introduced new coins Adha (50% Jital) and Bikh (25% Jital). The other coins prevalent during that period were Shashgani (6 jitals) and Hastgani (48 jitals).

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On January 27, 1556 AD, Mughal Emperor Humayun fell from the stairs of Sher Mandal, a library at Dinpanah and died in his fort at Delhi. Hazi Begum (Humayun’s wife) constructed a beautiful tomb near the fort of Dinpanah. The chief architect of Humayun’s tomb was Mirza Inayatullah.

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The Mughal Emperor Humayun died after a sudden fall from the stairs of his library in his fort at Delhi in 1556 AD. The tomb of Humayun was situated at Delhi on the bank of river Yamuna near the shrine of the Nizamuddin Auliya Chisti, a sufi saint.

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The Bahamani dynasty ruler, Humayun Shah was also known as ‘Zalim’ or oppressor due to his cruelty.

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The 5th guru of Sikhs, Guru Arjun Dev ji was executed by the Mughal emperor Jahangir on charges of helping his rebel son, Prince Khurram with money and prayer. He built the Swarna Mandir (or Golden temple) in Amritsar and compiled Adigranth, the holy scripture of Sikhism.

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Muhammad Bin Tughlaq had for the first time formulated ‘famine-code’ to provide relief to famine-affected people.