Medieval History Miscellaneous Test 19 Welcome to your Medieval History Miscellaneous Test 19 Name Email 1.Which of the following was the first English language newspaper of India? (a) Hicky’s Bengal Gazette (b) Maratha (c) The Madras Courier (d) The Bombay Herald None 2.Under the rule of which king was the Sun Temple at Konark built? (a) Anantha Padmanbhan (b) Samudragupta (c) Narasimhadeva 1 (d) Anantavarman Chodaganga None 3.Hafiz (Hafez) was a ______ century poet whose collection of poems is known as 'Diwan' or 'Diwan-e-Hafiz'. (a) 14th (b) 15th (c) 16th (d) 17th None 4.In the context of Sufi traditions, what is the meaning of the word 'sama'? (a) recitation of sacred songs (b) Magical feat (c) disciple (d) Ashram None 5.Who among the following foreign travellers is NOT correctly matched with their respective country they hail from? (a) Marco Polo – Italy (b) Peter Mundy – China (c) Ibn Battuta – Morocco (d) Al-Biruni – Uzbekistan None 6.Which of the following is a replica of the famous Taj Mahal built in1679? (a) Zeenat-ul-Masjid (b) Pari Mahal (c) Bibi ka Maqbara (d) Allahabad Mahal None 7.Who among the following travellers came to India from Uzbekistan in the 11th century? (a) Abdur Razzaq Samarquandi (b) François Bernier (c) Ibn Battuta (d) Al-Biruni None 8.Who founded the famous Vikramashila University in the ninth century? (a) Ballala Sena (b) Gopala (c) Samanta Sena (d) Dharmapala None 9.Who among the following was a Portuguese writer who wrote about the trade and society in South India? (a) Niccolao Manucci (b) Francois Bernier (c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (d) Duarte Barbosa None 10.Which part of India did the Nizams of Asaf Jahi dynasty rule? (a) Western kingdoms (b) Eastern states (c) Deccan provinces (d) Northern India None 11.How many storeys does Qutub Minar have in Delhi? (a) Five (b) Eight (c) Seven (d) Six None 12.Who was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815? (a) John Hodgson (b) Thomas Hickey (c) Henry Walpole (d) Colin Mackenzie None 13.Which of the following dynasties made Kanauj (Kanyakubja) its capital city? (a) Pala dynasty (b) Pratihara dynasty (c) Sena dynasty (d) Chola dynasty None 14.Who among the following was appointed as the curator of ancient monuments in year 1880? (a) Alfred Foucher (b) HH Cole (c) John Marshall (d) Rajendra Lal Mitra None 15.. Prophet Muhammad founded the faith of Islam in the ______ century. (a) sixth (b) eighth (c) seventh (d) ninth None 16.Alivardi Khan was a Nawab of ______. (a) Deccan (b) Malabar (c) Awadh (d) Bengal None 17.Which Mughal prince translated the Upanishads into Persian in 1657? (a) Sultan Luftallah (b) Dara Shikoh (c) Murad Mirza (d) Shah Suja None 18.Mughal Emperor Shah Alam appointed the British East India Company as the Diwan of the province of Bengal in the year ______. (a) 1835 (b) 1765 (c) 1917 (d) 1623 None 19.Which of the following is the meaning of ‘Pishtaq’ in the context of medieval Indo-Islamic Architecture? (a) Dome (b) Tall gateway (c) True arch (d) Water tank None 20.Who among the following was the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1947? (a) Mir Mahbub Ali Khan (b) Osman Ali (c) Akbar Ali Khan (d) Nasir jung None 21. Who among the following first translated the 'Bhagavad Gita' into English ? (a) George Yule (b) Vincent Arthur Smith (c) Max Muller (d) Charles Wilkins None Time's up
