North India and Islam

Q.

What is the old name of patna?

Q. What is the old name of Daulatabad?

1. Devagiri
2. Pataliputra
3. Prayag
4. Benares

Q. Who was the founder of the Bahmani kingdom?

1. Alauddin Hasan Gangu
2. Allauddin Khalji
3. Malik Kafur
4. Muhammad Ghori

Q. _______ crowned himself as Bahman Shah and made _________ his capital.

1. Alauddin Hasan Gangu, Daulatabad
2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Daulatabad
3. Alauddin Hasan Gangu, Bidar
4. Malik Kafur, Bijapur

Q. From the following, identify the traveller(s)/historian(s) who visited India during the Sultanate-Mughal era?

1. Ferishta
2. Al Beruni
3. Ibn Battuta
4. Aurangzeb

Q. Select the region(s) that were part of the Deccan Sultanate after the split of Bahmani kingdom:

1. Golkonda
2. Bijapur
3. Bengal
4. Ahmedabad

Q. Mention the time span that is referred to as the early modern period in India.

1. 14th Century to 18th Century
2. 16th Century to 18th Century
3. 14th Century to 19th Century
4. 15th Century to 18th Century

Q. What prominent change(s) did the formative years between 1000 C.E. and 1700 C.E. bring forth?

1. Changes in socio-economic status of the country
2. Rise of many new kingdoms
3. New territories were formed
4. Rise of the East India Company in India

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are wrong about the Khalji dynasty?

1. In the first decade of the 1100s, Alauddin Khalji’s loyal commander and slave, Malik Kafur, was sent to south for further expansion.
2. It was under the Khalji dynasty that the Delhi Sultanate became an imperial power.
3. Alauddin Khalji sent multiple military expeditions to south to loot wealth.
4. This military expedition to the south that started during the reign of the Alauddin Khalji, was taken forward by the Tughlaq kings.