R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | UPSC,PCS,CDS,NDA Ancient Indian History [Nation

Ghiyasuddin Muhammad wrote which of the following sheds light on many aspects of the social and cultural life of the age?

1. Tarik-e-Sher
2. Humayun-Nama
3. Akbarnama
4. Qunum-i-Humayuni

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is an account of the life and reign of Sher Shah between 1539 and 1545?

1. Kalhana
2. Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi
3. Sher-e-Sultin
4. Miftah-ul-Futuh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi was written by?

1. Nizam Shah
2. Amir Khusrau
3. Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarbadi
4. Gulbadan Begum

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Motif of which goddess was inscribed on Rajput kings’ coins?

1. Laxmi
2. Durga
3. Kali
4. Chamunda

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rulers killed Dahir, the Rajput ruler of Sind?

1. Muhammad bin Qasim
2. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
3. Muhammad Ghori
4. Mahmud Ghaznavi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rulers was bestowed with the title “Yamin-ud-Daula”?

1. Alaptagin
2. Muhammad bin Qasim
3. Mahmud of Ghazni
4. Subuktagin

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Mahmud of Ghazni led a raid against the Rai of Bhera on the River Jhelum in which of the following years?

1. 1004 A.D.
2. 1010 A.D.
3. 1014 A.D.
4. 1020 A.D.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Muhammad Ghori conquered Punjab and Lahore during which of the following period?

1. 1279–1286 CE
2. 1079–1086 CE
3. 1179–1186 CE
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following assumed the title of ‘Sultan’ and made Lahore his capital?

1. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
2. Aramshah
3. Illtutmish
4. Nasiruddin Mahmud

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rulers of Delhi sultanate appointed an Abyssinian slave, Malik Jamaluddin Yaqut, to the important office Amir-i-akhur?

1. Alauddin Masud Shah
2. Iltutmish
3. Razia Sultan
4. Nasiruddin Mahmud

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following kings introduced the Persian festival of Nauroz?

1. Bahram Shah
2. Balban
3. Ruknuddin Firuz Shah
4. Nasiruddin Mahmud

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following department was called as Diwan-i-Arz during the reign of Balban?

1. Military Department
2. Military Department
3. Finance Department
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Alai Darwaza, Hauz Khas, Mahal Hazaar Satoon, Jamait Khana Mosque and Alai Minar were constrcuted by which of the following?

1. Mubarak Shah
2. Khusrau Shah
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Jalauddin Khalji

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following was the only Hindu convert to sit on the throne of Delhi?

1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Jalauddin Khalji
3. Mubarak Shah
4. Khusrau Shah

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Khizr khan died in which of the following years?

1. 1400 CE
2. 1414 CE
3. 1421 CE
4. 1312 CE

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Khizr Khan was succeeded by which of the following kings?

1. Muhammad Shah
2. Alauddin Alam Shah
3. Mubarak Shah
4. Feroz shah

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following introduced a new measurement yardstick, the Gazz-i-Sikandari?

1. Bahlol Lodhi
2. Sikander Lodhi
3. Ibrahim Lodhi
4. Daulat Khan Lodhi

✅ Correct Answer: 2