History Online IAS Exam Solved Questions

History Online IAS Exam Solved Questions
Free Online History Practice Test

1. Which one of the following Kingdoms was annexed by Bahlul Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, in 1484 AD ?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Jaunpur
(c) Nepal
(d) Gujarat
Answer. (b)

2. I. Jahanpanah
II. Mubarakabad
Ill. Khizrabad
IV. Siri
V. Qila-i-Rai Pithora
Vl. Tughlaqabad
Vll. Firozabad
Which of the following gives the seven cities of Delhi in the chronological
order of their construction?
(a) l, II, lll, IV, V, Vl, Vll
(b) V, IV, VI, I, VII, Il, Ill
(c) I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, II
(d) lll, IV, V, ll, I, VII, VI
Answer. (b)

3. Who was the first monarch in the Delhi Sultanate to start direct relations with the
cultivators to know the actual amount they paid as land revenue?
(a) Balban
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(c) Ala-ud-din-Khalji
(d) Sikandar Lodi
Answer. (c)

4. The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which one
of the following?
(a) Vira Narasimha
(b) Deva Raya-I
(c) Achyuta Raya
(d) Sadasiva Raya
Answer. (c)

5. During whose reign was the award of the title ‘Khan’ introduced for the nobles
of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Balban
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(d) lltutmish
Answer. (a)

6. The ruler of which one of the following was not invited to join the
confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar in the battle of Talikota?
(a) Ahmadnagar
(b) Berar
(c) Bijapur
(d) Golconda
Answer. (b)

7. Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order ?
(a) Shankaracharya-Ramanuja Chaitanaya
(b) Ramanuja-Shankaracharya- Chaitanya
(c) Ramanuja-Chaitanaya- Shankaracharya
(d) Shankaracharya-Chaitanaya Ramanuja
Answer. (a)

8. Match the following
A. Kabir 1. Weaver
B. Ravidas 2. Barber
C. Namadeva 3. Tailor
D. Sena 4. Cobbler
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 2 1 4
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 4 1 3 2
Answer. (a)

9. Match the following:
Saint-poets Language of their
Compositions
A. Mirabai 1. Malayalam
B. Tyagaraja 2. Bengali
C. Chandidas 3. Hindi
D. Purandardasa 4. Telugu
5. Kannada

A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 5
(b) 3 4 2 5
(c) 2 5 1 4
(d) 3 5 2 4
Answer. (d)

10. Which of the following are principles of the Bhakti movement of the 16th century?
1. True devotion is the means of attaining God
2. Man’s equality before God
3. Respect for mankind
4. Meaningful rituals
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Answer. (c)

11. Kabir was the disciple of:
(a) Chaitanya
(b) Shankaracharya
(c) Ramananda
(d) Vallabhachary
Answer. (c)

12. In which region of India was the Suharawadi order of Sufis popular?
(a) Delhi and Bihar
(b) Delhi and Doab region
(c) Punjab and Sind
(d) Around Ajmer
Answer. (c)


13. The oldest compositions. in Punjabi are devotional compositions by :
(a) Guru Arjun Dev
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Baba Farid
(d) Vidyapati
Answer. (c)

14. The Chisti Sufis in India developed the institution ‘Vilayat’ which
stood for which one of the following:
(a) Abode ofthe Sufis
(b) Spiritual territory free from the State control
(c) Khanqah discipline
(d) Final resting place of the Sufis
Answer. (b)

15. Which of the following was the main reason for the emergence of Sufism ?
(a) The Sufi doctrine had similarities with Hindu ascetic traditions
(b) The mystical poetry of Hafiz and Rumi which preceded Sufism encouraged it
(c) The Sufis came to India with the advent of Turks
(d) The Sufis were encouraged by the Shia sect of Islam
Answer. (b)

16. Match the following:
A. Namadeva 1. Gujarat
B. Narasimha Mehta 2. Punjab
C. Chaitanya 3. Uttar Pradesh
D. Surdas 4. Maharashtra
5. West Bengal
A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 3 2 5 4
(c) 4 1 53
(d) 4 1 3 5
Answer. (c)

17. Which sufi saint’s dargah is at Ajmer?
(a) Salim Chishti
(b) Muinuddin Chishti
(c) Baba Farid
(d) Hazrat Nizamuddin
Answer. (b)

18. Match the following:
A. Namdeva 1. West Bengal
B. Chaitanya 2. Uttar Pradesh
C. Surdas 3. Maharashtra
D. Nanak 4. Punjab
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 4 2 1 3
Answer. (c)

19. Consider the following pairs:
Vaishnava saints Region of Strong following
1. Rarnanuja - South India
2. Chaitanya - Central India
3. Vallabhacharya - Gujarat and Bra area
4. Ramanand - North India
Of these pairs, the correctly matched ones are :
(a) 1, 2, and 3
(b) 2,3 and 4
(c) land 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Answer. (c)

20. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’. Whose dictum was this?
(a) Kabir
(b) Ramananda
(c) Ramanuja
(d) Chaitanya
Answer. (b)

21. Match the following:
Mystic order Mystic Leader
A. Chisti silsilah 1.Shaikh Ahmad Sirhandi
B. Naqshbandi Shaikh 2. Shaikh silsilah ‘ Bahaud-din' Zakariya
C. Qadiri silsilah 3. Hamidu’d d-din
D. Suhrawati silsilah 4. Syeed Makhdum Muhammad Gilan
A B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 1 4 3 2
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 1 3 2 4
Answer. (c)

22. Who among the following was contemporary of Namdev?
(a) Madhav
(b) Nimbark
(c) Sena
(d) Ramdas
Answer. (c)

23. Baba Came to India originally from:
(a) Ferghana
(b) Khiva
(c) Khorasan
(d) Seistan
Answer. (a)

24 What was the occasion for Rana Kumbha’s construction of the
‘tower of victory” at Chittor?
(a) His victory against Rao Jodha of Marvvar
(b) His victory against Mahmud Khalji of Malwa
(c) His victory against Ahmed Shah of Gujarat
(d) His victory against Ibrahim Shah of Bengal
Answer. (b)

25. Which one of the following was the original name of Tansen,
the famous musician in the court of Akbar?
(a) Mahananda Pande
(b) Lal Kalwant
(c) Bazfz Bahadur
(d) Ramtanu Pande
Answer. (d)