Provincial Dynasty of North India and Deccan Province

Provincial Dynasties of North India and Deccan MCQs

1. Which one of the following places was known as 'Shiraz of East' during the regime of Sharqi Rulers? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, UPPCS (Pre) 2001]

(A) Agra

(B) Delhi

(C) Jaunpur

(D) Varanasi

Correct Answer: (C) Jaunpur

2. Who was the last ruler of 'Jaunpur' state? [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2018, UPPCS (Pre) 2017]

(A) Mohammad Shah

(B) Hussain Shah

(C) Mubarak Shah

(D) Ibrahim Shah

Correct Answer: (B) Hussain Shah

3. The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of [UPPCS (Mains) 2004, UPPCS (Pre) 2003, UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]

(A) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(D) Akbar

Correct Answer: (B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

4. Who had established Jaunpur? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]

(A) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(B) Firuz Shah Tughluq

(C) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi

(D) Sikandar Lodi

Correct Answer: (B) Firuz Shah Tughluq

5. Who were Polygars of South India? [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2017, UPPCS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2015]

(A) Ordinary Zamindars

(B) Mahajans

(C) Territorial Administrative and Military Governors

(D) Newly enriched traders

Correct Answer: (C) Territorial Administrative and Military Governors

6. Ruler of Kashmir who was also known as 'Akbar of Kashmir' was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]

(A) Shamshuddin Shah

(B) Sikandar Butshikan

(C) Haidar Shah

(D) Zain-ul-Abidin

Correct Answer: (D) Zain-ul-Abidin

7. Which among of the following ruler abolished Jizya first time? [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006]

(A) Zain-ul-Abidin

(B) Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq

(C) Hussain Shah Sharqi

(D) Akbar

Correct Answer: (A) Zain-ul-Abidin

8. Who amongst the following scholars was not in the Court of Kumbha? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Muni Sunder Suri

(B) Natha

(C) Tilla Bhatt

(D) Muni Jin Vijay Suri

Correct Answer: (D) Muni Jin Vijay Suri

9. Bahmani State was established by [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]

(A) Alauddin Hasan

(B) Ali Abid Shah

(C) Hussain Nizam Shah

(D) Mujahid Shah

Correct Answer: (A) Alauddin Hasan

10. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded in the year [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]

(A) 1336

(B) 1338

(C) 1347

(D) 1361

Correct Answer: (C) 1347

11. Which of the following was the first capital of the Bahmani Kingdom? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2014]

(A) Bidar

(B) Gulbarga

(C) Daulatabad

(D) Hussainabad

Correct Answer: (B) Gulbarga

12. Who among the following was founder of the Bahmani Kingdom in Deccan? [UPPCS (Pre) 1995]

(A) Malik Ambar

(B) Hasan Gangu

(C) Muhammad Diwan

(D) Sikandar Shah

Correct Answer: (B) Hasan Gangu

13. Bahmani Kingdom was founded in [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2017, UPPCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) 15th century A.D.

(B) 14th century A.D.

(C) 13th century A.D.

(D) 16th century A.D.

Correct Answer: (B) 14th century A.D.

14. Who was the founder of Bahmani Kingdom? [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016]

(A) Alauddin Hasan

(B) Firoz Shah

(C) Mahmud Gaonwa

(D) Asaf Khan

Correct Answer: (A) Alauddin Hasan

15. Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the 'Jagadguru' by his Muslim subject because of his belief in secularism? [IAS (Pre) 2000]

(A) Hussain Shah

(B) Zain-ul-Abidin

(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah

(D) Mahmud II

Correct Answer: (C) Ibrahim Adil Shah

16. How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahi of Ahmednagar come to an end? [IAS (Pre) 2004]

(A) Ahmednagar was annexed to Mughal empire and Hussain Shah was consigned to life imprisonment

(B) Mughal troops destroyed Daulatabad fort and killed Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmednagar

(C) Fateh Khan usurped the throne from Nizam-ul-Mulk

(D) Malik Ambar was defeated in a battle with Mughals in 1631 and the entire royal family was killed by the Mughal troops

Correct Answer: (A) Ahmednagar was annexed to Mughal empire and Hussain Shah was consigned to life imprisonment

17. Name the pair which is not correctly matched. [UPPCS (Pre) 2004]

(A) Baz Bahadur - Malwa

(B) Qutub Shah - Golconda

(C) Sultan Muzaffar Shah - Gujarat

(D) Yusuf Adil Shah - Ahmednagar

Correct Answer: (D) Yusuf Adil Shah - Ahmednagar

18. What is Golconda called at present? [MPPCS (Pre) 1990]

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Karnataka

(C) Bijapur

(D) Banglore

Correct Answer: (A) Hyderabad

19. Which one of the following is correctly matched? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008, UPPCS (Mains) 2003]

(A) Kakatiya : Devgiri

(B) Hoysala : Dwarasamudra

(C) Yadava : Warangal

(D) Pandya : Madurai

Correct Answer: (B) Hoysala : Dwarasamudra

20. 'Dwarasamudra' was the capital of which dynastic power? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]

(A) Ganga

(B) Kakatiya

(C) Hoysala

(D) Kadamba

Correct Answer: (C) Hoysala

21. Hoysala monuments are found in [IAS (Pre) 2001]

(A) Hampi and Hospet

(B) Halebid and Belur

(C) Mysore and Bangalore

(D) Sringeri and Dharwar

Correct Answer: (B) Halebid and Belur

22. What is modern name of Hoysaleshvara's ancient capital of Dwarasamudra? [UPPCS (Mains) 2003]

(A) Sringeri

(B) Belur

(C) Halebid

(D) Somnathpur

Correct Answer: (C) Halebid

23. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world? [IAS (Pre) 1995]

(A) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram

(B) Jama Masjid, Delhi

(C) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq, Delhi

(D) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur

Correct Answer: (D) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur

24. Who built Gujari Mahal? [MPPCS (Pre) 2010]

(A) Suraj Sen

(B) Man Singh

(C) Tej Karan

(D) Akbar

Correct Answer: (B) Man Singh

25. Consider the following statements. The striking feature of the Jama Masjid in Kashmir completed by Zain-ul-Abidin include(s)

1. Turret

2. Similarity with Buddhist pagodas

3. Persian style

Which of the above statements is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 1999]

(A) Only 1

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 3

Correct Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3

26. Consider the following pairs.

Medieval Indian State - Present Region

1. Champaka - Central India

2. Durgara - Jammu

3. Kuluta - Malabar

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2015]

(A) 1 and 2

(B) Only 2

(C) 1 and 3

(D) Only 3

Correct Answer: (B) Only 2

27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below. [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2003, UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

List-I

(a) Adil Shahi

(b) Qutub Shahi

(c) Nizam Shahi

(d) Sharqi Shahi

List-II

1. Ahmednagar

2. Bijapur

3. Golconda

4. Jaunpur

Code

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 4 1 2

(D) 2 3 1 4

Correct Answer: (D) 2 3 1 4

28. Match the following monuments with their concerned ruler and select the correct code given below. [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]

List-I

(a) Double dome

(b) Octagonal tomb

(c) True arch tomb

(d) Gol Gumbad

List-II

1. Sher Shah

2. Muhammad Adil Shah

3. Balban

4. Sikandar Lodi

Code

(A) 4 3 1 2

(B) 4 1 3 2

(C) 1 3 4 2

(D) 2 3 1 4

Correct Answer: (B) 4 1 3 2