Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Kotwal was the head of city administration who maintained law & order, implemented economic regulations and also kept vigil on the visitors.

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In the Nayakar System, military chiefs were assigned certain pieces of land or territory called amaram. These chiefs were known as Amar Nayaks, had revenue and administrative rights on their lands.

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The history of Bengal from the death of Harsha up to the ascendancy of the Palas is shrouded in bscruity. At this time, west bengal was known as Gauda and East Bengal as Vanga. Bengal was subjected to internal disorder what is called Matsya Nyaya (the rule of strong devouring the weak), leading up to a revolution by which a local chief Gopala (AD 750-770) was elected (Grahita) by the people. This is however, to be taken not in a strictly democractic or constitutional sense which was not possible in these days. Perhaps the election was nothing but his acceptance as a ruler by the people.

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• Rajarani Temple is an 11th-century Hindu temple located in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.
• Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from Puri on the coastline of Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasimha deva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty about 1250 CE.
• Lepakshi is culturally and archaeologically significant as it is the location of shrines dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Veerabhadra which were built during the Vijayanagara Kings’ period. The temples are the location of mural paintings of the Vijayanagara kings, Vijayanagara paintings and Kannada inscriptions.
• Hoysaleswara temple is also referred simply as the Halebidu temple.It is a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is the largest monument in Halebidu, a town in the state of Karnataka, India and the former capital of the Hoysala Empire.

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Amir Khusrau (1253 –1325 CE), a Persian poet was associated with the rulers of Delhi Sultanate. He composed poetry in Arabic and Persian besides being the first writer to use Urdu as a medium of poetic expression. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of South Asia. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India.

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Zia-ud-din-Barani was a contemporary of Muhammad Tughlaq and Firoz Tughlaq. He enjoyed the patronage of both the sultans. He composed Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi and Fatwa-i-Jahandari.

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The motive behind Shah Jahan’s Balkh and Badakshan campaign in central Asia was to secure the defence of North-West India. That’s why the statement ‘a’ is correct.

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Miftah-ul-Futuh enumerates the military campaigns and victories of Sultan Jalaluddin Khalji, which he achieved in the first year after his accession. It was written by Amir Khusrau or Ab’ul Hasan Yamin ud-Din Khusrau. He was better known as Amir Khusrau Dehlavi, was a Sufi musician, poet, and scholar from India. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. Khusrau is regarded as the “father of qawwali” and introduced the ghazal style of music into India, both of which still exist widely in India and Pakistan.

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The Bara Balutedar system, also known as the Twelve Balutedar system, was a hereditary system of village servants prevalent in villages of medieval Maharashtra. The Balutedars were paid through a barter system using village produce. This system included groups like goldsmiths, temple servants, barbers, washers, potters, carpenters, blacksmiths, cobblers, cattle ornament makers, water carriers, chougula, and mang. It bore similarities with the jajmani system of North India at that time. In the year 1958, an act was passed freeing village servants from this work.

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The Chaurasi Khamba Mosque, built by Bahauddin Tughril, is located in Kaman of the Bharatpur district in Rajasthan. Once ruling over Bayana, Bahauddin Tughril was a member of the medieval dynastic Slave Rule. Kaman, also known as Adi Vrindavan, has considerable historical and cultural significance. Part of Braj Bhoomi, associated with Lord Krishna’s life.