Medieval History - MOST IMPORTANT Haryana PCS Previous Year Questions

Where was Razia Sultan defeated and assassinated?

Who was the Jain scholar who was consulted and honoured by Sultan Muhammad-bin Tughlaq?

Firoz Shah Tughlaq established a fort in 1354 :

Consider the following pairs:

1. Dar-ul Adal : Place of Justice
2. Balahar : Low class agricultural labourer
3. Malikut-Tujjar : Chief of traders
   How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Consider the following statement:

1. The selection of the Vijayanagar site was inspired by the existence of the Virupaksha temple.
2. Vijayanagar was established near the Pampadevi temple.
3. 'Shri Pampay Namah' inscription has been found on the Vijayanagar coins.
   How many of the statement given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs :

1. Sur Das : Sur Sagar
2. Shankardeva : Kirtan Ghosh
3. Sant Tukaram : Abhangas
   How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. Kabir Granthawali is related to Dadupanthies of Rajasthan.
2. Meera's teacher Raidas was weaver.
3. Malik Mohammad Jayasi promoted the establishment prayer hallas like Namghar.
   How many of the statement is correct.

Which statements are correct about the Bhakti saint Namdeva? (I) Worshipped Vitthal of Pandharpur (II) He was from Gujarat. (III) He was a son of a tailor. (IV) He wrote many Abhangas. Choose the correct Answer :

Consider the following pairs: 1. Mulfuzat : conversation of Sufi Saints 2. Maktubat : Recollection of biographies of Sufi saints 3. Tazkiras : Compilation of written letters How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Match the Sufi saints in Column I with their significant activities given in Column II: Column-I 1. Nizam-ud-Din Auliya 2. Bayazid Ansari 3. Shah Muhammad Ghouse 4. Nuruddin Noorani. Column-II (A) Tansen's spiritual and musical preceptor (B) Founded the Rishi order in Kashmir (C) Spiritual preceptor of Amir Khusrow (D) Founder of the Roshaniya Order

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Aurangzeb had constructed the Kuwait-ul-Islam mosque by demolishing the Chintamani Temple.
Statement II : Qutbuddin Aibak got the Kuwait-ul-Islam mosque built in Delhi.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match List I with List II and choose the correct option :
List I
A. Gujri mahal
B. Seikh Chilli's tomb
C. Choron ki Baoli
D. Jal Mahal

List II

1. Kurukshetra
2. Mahendragarh
3. Hisar
4. Rohtak

With reference to the Mughal administration, which among the following options is connected to the Features of Mansabdari System?

Match the years given in column I with some important events of emperor Akbar's reign given in Column II.
Column I: 1. 1564, 2. 1575, 3. 1579, 4. 1580
Column II: (A) Dahsala system, (B) Proclamation of Mahzar, (C) Abolition of Jiziya, (D) Establishment of Ibadat Khana

Who led the English Company's Embassy to Emperor Farrukshiyar court?

With reference to Medieval Indian History, what does 'Pietra Dura' refer to?

Consider the following pairs:

1. Basawan : Akbar
2. Mir Sayyid Ali : Humayun
3. Daswant : Jahangir
   How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: Daswant painter had committed suicide out of madness.
Reason R: The manuscript of Daswant's work Khandan-e-Taimuria is preserved in Khuda bakhsh oriented Public Library, Patna.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer.

Who were the chief painters of the Hamza-nama under Akbar's order?

Match the authors in column-I with the chronicles written by them given in Column-II and provide the correct answer from the options given below:
Column-I

1. Abul Fazal
2. Abdul Qadir Badayuni
3. Ziauddin Barani
4. Abdul Hamid Lahori
   Column-II
   (A) Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi
   (B) Padshahanama
   (C) Akbarnama
   (D) Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh