Solution: (b)
The Battles of Tarain were fought in 1191 and 1192 between a Turkic Ghurid raiding force led by Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghauri and a Rajput army led by Prithviraj Chauhan. In the first of the two battles, Muhammad Ghauri was defeated, but left to flee by the Chauhan king.
Who wrote “Ain-i-Akbari” the great historical work?
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Amir Khusrau
(c) Firoz Shah
(d) Abdul Rashid
Solution: (a)
The Ain-i-Akbari or the “Constitution of Akbar”, is a 16th century, detailed document recording the administration of emperor Akbar’s empire, written by his vizier, Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. It makes the Volume III and the final part of the much larger document, the Akbarnama, the Book of Akbar, also by Abul Fazl, and it itself is in three volumes.
Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
(a) French
(b) British
(c) Portuguese
(d) Dutch
Solution: (a)
The Ain-i-Akbari or the “Constitution of Akbar”, is a 16th century, detailed document recording the administration of emperor Akbar’s empire, written by his vizier, Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. It makes the Volume III and the final part of the much larger document, the Akbarnama, the Book of Akbar, also by Abul Fazl, and it itself is in three volumes.
Krishnadevaraya main-tained freindly relations with the
(a) French
(b) British
(c) Portuguese
(d) Dutch
Solution: (c)
Krishna Deva Raya established friendly relations with the Portuguese, who set up the Portuguese Dominion of India in Goa in 1510. The Emperor obtained guns and Arabian horses from the Portuguese merchants. He also utilized Portuguese expertise in improving water supply to Vijayanagara City.
Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
(a) Bada Imambara
(b) Buland Darwaza
(c) Jama Masjid
(d) Siddi Bashir
Solution: (c)
Known as the Letter of Victory, Zafarnama was written in Persian by Guru Gobind Singh as a letter of defiance and delivered to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707. It was composed by Guru Gobind Singh in one of the darkest times for the Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh had lost his four sons, while most of the Sikhs had either been scattered or killed on the battlefield. The letter praises God and then outlines the bloody battle of Chamkaur and the treachery of Aurangzeb and the Mughals who broke their oath not to attack the Sikhs.
The remains of the Great Vijayanagar Empire can be found in
(a) Bijapur
(b) Golconda
(c) Hampi
(d) Baroda
Solution: (c)
Hampi is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple, as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as the Group of Monuments at Hampi.
To take care of the conquered lands, Mohmmad Ghori left behind his trusted General
(a) Nasiruddin
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Malik Kafur
Solution: (c)
After the Second Battle of Tarain and the foundation of Muslim rule in India, Muhammad Ghori returned west to Ghazni to deal with the threat to his western frontiers from the unrest in Iran, but he appointed Qutb-ud-din Aybak as his regional governor for northern India. His armies, mostly under Turkic generals, continued to advance through northern India, raiding as far east as Bengal. Aibak ransacked Ayodhya temples in 1193, followed by his conquest of Delhi.
‘Prithvirajraso’ was written by
(a) Bhavabhuti
(b) Jaideva
(c) Chand Bardai
(d) Banabhatta
Solution: (c)
The Prithviraj Raso is an epic poem composed by court poet, Chand Bardai, on the life of Prithviraj III, a Chauhan king who ruled Ajmer and Delhi between 1165 and 1192. Chand Bardai claimed to be contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan.
Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond.
(a) Nadir Shah
(b) Firuz Shah
(c) Mohammed Shah
(d) Mohammed Ghori
Solution: (a)
Nadir Shah of Iran invaded India in 1739 and sacked Agra and Delhi. Along with the Peacock Throne, he also carried off the Koh-i Noor to Persia in 1739. It was allegedly Nadir Shah who exclaimed Koh-i Noor! when he finally managed to obtain the famous stone, and this is how the stone gained its present name. There is no reference to this name before 1739.
The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was
(a) Raja Mansingh
(b) Raja Bhagwan Das
(c) Raja Todarmal
(d) Raja Birbal
Solution: (a)
Raja Todar Mal was a warrior, an able administrator and an exemplary finance minister. He was one of the ‘Navratnas’ of Akbar’s court. He introduced an excellent land revenue system. In 1582, the title DiwanI- Ashraf was bestowed upon him by the Emperor.
