Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Sir Josiah Child’s war with the Mughal Empire began when he captured Mughal ships and ended when the English were obliged to conclude peace with the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1689. This was first conflict of British with a Mughal emperor.

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Muhammad Ibn Ahmed Alberuni’s Book Tahqiq-i-Hind (the reality of Hindustan or Hindus) gives a graphic description of India as he had seen it. In this work, he describes the religious, literary, and scientific traditions of India. Alberuni was one of the great Muslim scholars and experts of the medieval period. He came to India with Mohammad Ghaznavi in 1017 and wrote about the conditions and society of India in his account namely Tahqiq-i-Hind.

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Jahangir showed the legend in a couplet in the coins. In some of his coins, he added the name of his beloved wife Noorjahan. The most famous of his coins had images of Zodiac signs.

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The meeting of famous exponent of Dvaita philosophy Madhavacharya and Balban happened when Balban along with his forces camped on North Bank of Ganga river; and had forbidden anyone to cross river without permission. However, Madhavacharya along with disciples crossed the river. The soldiers of Balban wanted to arrest Madhava but he commanded them to be quiet; and told them that he wanted to see Sultan. This was followed by a meet between Madhava and Balban in which Madhava told Balban in chaste Persian about the Dvaita philosophy. Balban was impressed with Madhavacharya and offered him gifts, which Madhava declined.

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Thomas Roe and John Fryer’s ‘Travels in India in the Seventeenth Century’ and Francisco Pelsaert’s travelogues- form important historical sources for the times they represent.

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Arab invasion in India made way for Islam into India. The Arabs learnt the art of administration, astronomy, music, painting, medicine and architecture from India. The Arabs spread astronomy, Indian Philosophy, and numerals to Europe.

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When the governor of Multan revolted, Ruknuddin Firuz Shah marched to suppress that revolt. Raziya Sultan, with the support of amirs of Delhi, used this opportunity to seize the throne of the Delhi Sultanate. Both Firuz Shah and Shah Turkan were put to death.

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Bahram Shah was the sixth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty, ruling from 1240 to 1242 CE. He succeeded Razia Sultan and faced internal strife and challenges from the Chihalgani. His reign continued his father’s administrative and military reforms, consolidating the Delhi Sultanate’s power.

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In 1279 CE, Tughril Beg the governor of Bengal, who was encouraged by the Mongol threats and the old age of the Sultan revolted against Balban and assumed the title of Sultan.

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City of Tughlaqabad, which we know today as Tughlaqabad Fort was built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq in 1321. However, it was abandoned in 1327.