Under Akbar’s mansabdari system, what did the ‘sawar’ rank indicate?
Correct answer B. Number of cavalrymen to be maintained
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Medieval India MCQs
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The Second Battle of Panipat in 1556 was fought between Akbar’s forces and whom?
Correct answer B. Hemu
Which ruler introduced the silver coin called the ‘rupiya’?
Correct answer A. Sher Shah Suri
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Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and again in 1540 at which place?
Correct answer B. Kannauj
In the Battle of Khanwa in 1527, Babur defeated which ruler?
Correct answer A. Rana Sanga
The poet Amir Khusrau, called ‘Tuti-i-Hind’, was a disciple of which Sufi saint?
Correct answer A. Nizamuddin Auliya
Which Sultan introduced the court practices of ‘sijda’ and ‘paibos’ to stress royal majesty?
Correct answer D. Balban
The system of branding horses (‘dagh’) and keeping descriptive rolls of soldiers (‘huliya’) was introduced by which Sultan?
Correct answer A. Alauddin Khalji
Which general led Alauddin Khalji’s campaigns into southern India?
Correct answer B. Malik Kafur
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to which city?
Correct answer A. Daulatabad
The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta served as qazi of Delhi under which Sultan?
Correct answer A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Firoz Shah Tughlaq brought two Ashokan pillars to Delhi from Topra and which other place?
Correct answer A. Meerut
The ‘Diwan-i-Khairat’, a department of charity for the poor, was established by which Sultan?
Correct answer A. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Who founded the Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1414?
Correct answer A. Khizr Khan
Which Lodi Sultan founded the city of Agra in 1504?
Correct answer D. Sikandar Lodi
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The First Battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between Babur and which ruler?
Correct answer C. Ibrahim Lodi
The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in 1336 by which brothers?
Correct answer D. Harihara and Bukka
Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara wrote ‘Amuktamalyada’ in which language?
Correct answer D. Telugu
In which year was the Battle of Talikota fought, leading to the sack of Vijayanagara?
Correct answer A. 1565
Who founded the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347?
Correct answer C. Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah