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📘 Early Muslim Invasions📚 Muhammad Ghori
Q1

The first attack of Sultan Muhammad Ghori in India was at—

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Slave Dynasty📚 Balban
Q2

Who among the following sultan consecrated complete one year to suppress the Mevatis and cutting the forest near Delhi?

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Slave Dynasty📚 Balban
Q3

During Balban's Rule, where did the Revolt of Tughril Khan took Place?

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Slave Dynasty📚 Misc
Q4

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below–
List I (Ruler/officer)
A. Iltutmish
B. Balban
C. Jamaluddin Yaqut
D. Mangu

List II (Tribe)

  1. Shamsi
  2. Mangol
  3. Ilbari
  4. Habashi
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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Tughluq Dynasty📚 Muhammad bin Tughluq (Jauna Khan)
Q5

Which of the following Sultan had named Devgiri as 'Qubbathul Islam'?

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Tughluq Dynasty📚 Muhammad bin Tughluq - Major Projects (Token Currency, Capital Transfer, etc.)
Q6

Token currency was first circulated in India by-

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Lodhi Dynasty📚 Sikander Lodhi
Q7

Who among the following sultan had transferred the capital of Sultanate from Delhi to Agra?

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Lodhi Dynasty📚 Sikander Lodhi
Q8

Who among the following had invited learned Scholars from Arabia, Persia and Central Asia?

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📘 Delhi Sultanate- Lodhi Dynasty📚 Sikander Lodhi
Q9

Who among the following had invited learned Scholars from Arabia, Persia and Central Asia?

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📘 Vijaynagar Kingdom- Foreign Travellers📚 Foreign travellers
Q10

Persian ambassador, who took a tour of Vijayanagar Empire was

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📘 Vijaynagar Kingdom- Foreign Travellers📚 Foreign travellers
Q11

The Persian ambassador, who took a tour of the Vijayanagar Empire was:

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📘 The Rajput Clans📚 Misc
Q12

Earliest capital of Baghela Dynasty was located at-

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📘 The Bhakti and Sufi Movements📚 Bhakti Saints (men and women)
Q13

The mother tongue of the Great Poet Kabir of the 15th Century was:

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📘 The Bhakti and Sufi Movements📚 Bhakti Saints (men and women)
Q14

Consider the following statements about Kabir:

  1. Kabir belived in singleness and formlessness of god.
  2. Kabir opined that absolute knowledge and salvation can be obtained only through austerity.
    Select the correct Answer from the codes given below:
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📘 The Sikh Movement📚 Guru Nanak
Q15

The bitterest attack of Guru Nanak was on

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📘 The Bhakti and Sufi Movements📚 Bhakti Saints (men and women)
Q16

The famous and favourite hymn sung by Gandhiji "Vaishnava Jana to Tene Kahiye" was composed by

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📘 Early Muslim Invasions📚 Mahmud of Ghazni
Q17

That muslim author who had shown interest in comparative religion after the study of Bhagwadgita, Purana, Varahmihira, Brahmgupta?

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📘 Administration under the Sultanate📚 Misc
Q18

The language patronised by the Delhi Sultanate was

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📘 Literature in Delhi Sultanate Period📚 Literature
Q19

Who among the following historians had authored Taz-ul-Masir?

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📘 Scholars, Poets, and Historians of the Medieval Period📚 Court poets, Scholars, Historians and other prominent personalities
Q20

Who Among the following had called himself 'Tuti-e-Hind'?

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