History Solved Practice IAS Questions
Model Test Paper History
1. Who amongst the following Sultans of the Slave Dynasty reigned for the longest period?
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(c) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
(d) Shams-ud-din lltutmish
Answer. (d)
2. The Chalisa or the Group of Forty was the nickname of:
(a) Forty leading slave officers of lltutmish
(b) Forty great scholars at the court of Iltutmish
(c) Turkish commanders of Iltutmish
(d) Turkish nobility created by Iltutmish
Answer. (d)
3. Who amongst the following Sultans of Delhi, declared himself as a lieutenant of Caliph?
(a) Balban
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(c) lltutmish
(d) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
Answer. (c)
4. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda’ ?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Balban
(d) Muhammad Tughlaq
Answer. (c)
5. Which Muslim emperor was attracted by the beauty of Queen Padmini?
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Alauddin Khlji
Answer. (d)
6. Which of the following rulers ordered the translation of a large number of Hindu
religious works from Sanskrit to Persian?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Answer. (a)
7. ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’, a famous literary work, was written by:
(a) Badauni
(b) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad
(c) Alberuni
(d) Minhaj-us-Siraj
Answer. (c)
8. Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India mainly:
(a) To plunder the wealth of India
(b) To establish his empire in India
(c) To spread Islam in India
(d) To take the famous artisans of India to his court
Answer. (a)
9. During whose reign did the Mongols first invade India?
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(c) lltutmish
(d) Jalal-ud-din Khilji
Answer. (c)
10. Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order and choose the correct sequence :
1. Tughlaq
2. Khilji
3. Pallava
4. Kushana
(a) 3, 4, 2, 1
(b) 3, 4, 1, 2
(c) 4, 3, 1, 2
(d) 4, 3, 2,1
Answer. (d)
11. The most important feature in the economic measures pursued by
Alauddin Khalji was:
(a) Foreign trade
(b) Market control
(c) Minting of new coins
(d) Development of agriculture
Answer. (b)
12. Who amongst the following was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khilji attacked and
conquered it in 1303 A.D.?
(a) Rana Sanga
(b) Rana Kumbha
(c) Rana Ratan Singh
(d) Rana Hammir
Answer. (c)
13. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) First to adopt the title of Sultan-Balban
(b) Tried to make monarchy hereditary Iltutmish
(c) First Sultan to be born of a Hindu mother-Nasir-ud-din Khusrau
(d) First Sultan to invade South India-Ala-ud-din Khalji
Answer. (a)
14. What was Kharaj in the thirteenth century?
(a) Tax on cultivation
(b) Tax on land transfer
(c) Waiver of the tax on land
(d) Tax on irrigated lands
Answer. (a)
15. Which ofthe following is not correctly matched ?
(a) Alai Darwaza-Ala-ud-din Khalji
(b) Jamait Khana Masjid-Balban
(c) Qutab Minar-Iltutmish
(d) Hissar-Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer. (b)
16. Match the following:
A. Dinpanah 1. Slave Dynasty
B. Khizrabad 2. Khaliji Dynasty
C. Siri 3. Tughlaq Dynasty
D. Qila-i-Rai Pithora 4. Sayyid Dynasty
E. Jahanpanah
A B C D E
(a) 1 2 3 2 4
(b) 1 2 3 3 4
(c) 1 4 2 1 3
(d) 2 4 3 1 1
Answer. (c)
17. Which of the contemporary historians was appointed as the chief qazi of Delhi by
Sultan Muhammad-bin- Tughlaq?
(a) Ibn Batutah
(b) Zia-ud-din Barani
(c) Shams-i-siraj Afif
(d) None of these
Answer. (a)
18. Buland Darwaza, built by Akbar, is to commemorate the victory of:
(a) Orissa
(b) Bengal
(c) Delhi
(d) Gujarat
Answer. (d)
19. Which of the following forts was not built by Akbar?
(a) Lahore Fort
(b) Allahabad Fort
(c) Gwalior Fort
(d) Agra Fort
Answer. (c)
20. The tomb of Babar is at:
(a) Lahore
(b) Kabul
(c) Sasaram
(d) Sikandra
Answer. (b)
21. Sher Shah’s real name was:
(a) Hemu
(b) Faizi
(c) Bahadur
(d) Farid
Answer. (d)
22. Which Mughal emperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple
at Amritsar?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer. (a)
23. The ‘Jaziya’ was abolished by:
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Babar
(c) Akbar
(d) Sher Shah
Answer. (c)
24. Who among the following Mughal rulers was ignorant of the art of reading and writing?
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
Answer. (c)
25. The East India Company was founded in London during the reign of:
(a) Jahanglr
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer. (b)
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