Medieval History Miscellaneous Test 20

1.Which explorer discovered a sea route to India in 1498?

2.Who became the Nawab of Bengal after the death of Alivardi Khan in 1756?

3.In which year did King George V assume the Crown of India?

4.In which year the administration of India was transferred into the hands of the British Monarch by the Proclamation of Queen Victoria?

5. Lord Hastings initiated the ______ where the East India Company claimed that its authority was supreme and hence its power was greater than that of Indian states.

6.Kalinjar Fort, which was strategically important during medieval times, is located in:

7.Who among the following did NOT belong to the Rajput kingdom of Marwar?

8.Who among the following was the first Portuguese viceroy of India?

9. The medieval traveller Marco Polo was from:

10.During the rule of Tipu Sultan, which was the capital city of his state Mysore?

11.In which language were the Mughal court chronicles written?

12.In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?

13. The Council of Ministers during the time of Shivaji Maharaj was known as:

14. Who was the Governor General of Bengal during the 3rd Anglo-Mysore war?

15.The Gol Gumbad (Gumbaz) of ______ is the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah.

16.In which year Sanchi was discovered after being abandoned for nearly 600 years?

17.Manikarnika Tambe is better known in history as______.

18.Who wrote the ‘Amuktamalyada’ ?

19.Which of the following Monument-Place pairs is correct ?

20.18th century freedom fighter Veerapandya Kattabomman was from which present state ?

21.In the 12th century Karnataka, the followers of Veershaiv were ______.