The Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri connects:
(a) Agra–Punjab
(b) Punjab–East Bengal
(c) Lahore–East Bengal
(d) Multan–Agra
Solution: (c)
The Grand Trunk Road of Sher Shah Suri runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh, west to Howrah, West Bengal in India, then across Northern India through Delhi, passing from Amritsar to Lahore in Pakistan, further up to Kabul in Afghanistan.
Which monument is known as the “Dream in Stones’?
(a) Char Minar
(b) Ajanta Caves
(c) Sanchi Stupa
(d) Panch Mahal
Solution: (d)
The Panch Mahal, one of the most famous structures of Fatehpur Sikri, is known as ‘dream in stone’ (Discover with Derek by Derek O’Brien). It was built by Akbar for Mughal women and ladies of the harem. Akbar’s grandson Shahjahan built ‘dream in marble’ (Taj Mahal).
Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
(a) Sheikh Mubarak
(b) Hazarat Khwaja
(c) Nasiruddin Chirag
(d) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Solution: (a)
Abdul Fazal was the son of Sheikh Mubarak Nagori. Abdul Fazal was the vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar’s reign in three volumes and a Persian translation of the Bible. He was also one of the Nine Jewels (Navaratnas) of Akbar’s royal court and the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate of emperor Akbar.
Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?
(a) Guru Amar Das
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Arjan Dev
(d) Guru Har Govind
Solution: (b)
The foundation of Amritsar was laid in 1577 by Guru Ram Das (1534-81). He inaugurated the digging of the holy tank Amritsar (pool of nectar) on a piece of land which was gifted by the Mughal Emperor Akbar to Guru Ram Das’ wife Bibi Bhani. Amritsar was originally called Ramdaspur – Guru Ramdas’s City (literally the City of God’s Servant).n.
The city of Vijayanagar is also known as
(a) Halebidu
(b) Chandragiri
(c) Hampi
(d) Kondavidu
Solution: (c)
Vijaya Nagara, meaning the city of victory was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire which extended over South India. The city’s ruins, surrounding the modern-day village of Hampi, are in Ballari district, Karnataka.
Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan ?
(a) The Sayyids
(b) The Lodhis
(c) The Rajputs
(d) The Khiljis
Solution: (a)
Khizr Khan founded the Sayyid dynasty, the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, in 1414 A.D. The dynasty was founded soon after the invasion of Timur and the fall of the Tughluq dynasty. Khan was the governor of Multan under the Tughluq ruler, Firoz Shah Tughluq.
The famous poet Amir Khusrau was contemporary of all except the following:
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Jalaluddin Khilji
Solution: (c)
Amir Khusrau(1253–1325) was contemporary of Balban, Jalaluddin Khilji and Alauddin Khilji. he began his career as court poet with King Balban’s nephew Malik Chhajju and then served under Balban. He then went on to chronicle the reigns of Jalaluddin Khilji and Alauddin Khilji.
Chachnama records the history of which conquest?
(a) Kushanas
(b) Hunas
(c) Arabs
(d) Greeks
Solution: (c)
Chach Nama, also known as the Fateh Nama Sindh, is a book about the history of Sindh, chronicling the Chacha Dynasty’s period, down to the Arab conquest by Muhammad bin Qasim in early 8th century AD. A valuable source on Arab history, it was written in Arabic by Kazi Ismail, who was appointed the first Qazi of Alor by Muhammad Kasim after the conquest of the Sindh.
The first woman ruler in Indian history was:
(a) Razia Sultan
(b) Hamida Begum
(c) Mehrunissa
(d) Hazrat Mahal
Solution: (a)
Razia Sultan, daughter of Iltutmish, was the first woman ruler of India. She was the Sultan of Delhi in India from 1236 to May 1240. She was the only woman ruler of both – the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal period, although other women ruled from behind the scenes
Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year _____.
(a) 1543
(b) 1643
(c) 1743
(d) 1843
Solution: (b)
Bahadur Shah I was born on 14 October 1643 in Burhanpur to the sixth Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb, and his secondary wife Nawab Bai. He became the seventh Mughal emperor of India and ruled from 1707 until his death in 1712.
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