Medieval Indian History MCQs

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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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In 1351 AD, Sultan Mohammad-bin Tughlaq died in Thatta while campaigning in Sindh against rebel Taghi, a Turkish slave.

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Rajyapala was one of the last Pratihara ruler who surrendered before Mahmud Gajni and later defeated and killed by Chandela king Vidyadhara .

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In 1675 AD, the 9th Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur was captured and executed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb because he objected to
Aurangzeb’s forced conversions. This led to the creation of Khalsa and the growth of Sikh military under the last Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh (who was the son of Guru Tegh Bahadur).

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During the time of the Maratha empire under Peshwa, Patels was only authorized to address the rights of the villagers to higher officials. The cultivators were deprived of addressing any grievance in case their right is under threat.

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During Medieval India, the Barid-i-Mumalik was the head of the intelligence and news-gathering branch of the Delhi Sultanate that reigned between 1210 and 1526. Tasked with collecting, reporting, and assessing information significant to the Sultan, such intelligence was deemed critical for effective local governance. Throughout the vast country, these intelligence agents known as Munihiyan or reporters, dispatched their surveillance data to the Barid-i-Mumalik.

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Mahmud of Ghazni was the first independent ruler of the Turkic dynasty of Ghaznavids which ruled from 999 A.D. to 1030 A.D. He was the eldest son of Subuktagin, and had inherited his father’s martial spirit and organizational abilities.

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Muhammad Ghori, who was the Sultan of the Ghurid empire is considered as the actual founder of the Islamic Empire in India. He ruled the Ghurid empire along with his brother Ghiyath ud-din from 1173–1202 CE.

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The Quwwat-ul-Islam was commissioned by Qutb-ud-din Aibak to be built after destroying 27 Hindu and Jain temples. It was built over the site of a large temple located in the centre of a citadel.

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Pratāparudra or Rudradeva II was the last ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty and grandson of great Rudramadevi. He faced first invasion from Alauddin in 1310 and agreed to become tributary of Delhi. After death of Alauddin, he stopped making tributes but then he faced another invasion in 1318, and was forced to pay tribute to Mubarak Shah, son of Alauddin. After end of Khilji dynasty, he again stopped making payments. In 1323, an invasion from Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq ended the Kakatiya dynasty and their territories were annexed into Delhi sultanate.