Medieval Indian History

1.During the Delhi Sultanate, who among the following were called the Barids?
[A] Craftsmen
[B] Bodyguards of the Sultan
[C] Officer-in-charge of state exchequer
[D] The spy / news reporters

2.The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__?
[A] Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
[B] Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
[C] Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad 
[D] Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology

3.Who among the following Sultans of Delhi assumed the title Sikandar-i-Sani?

[A] Balban
[B] Alauddin Khalji
[C] Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
[D] Sikandar Lodi

4.Which among the following Sultans refused to read Khutba in the name of Khalifa for first time?

[A] Alauddin Khilji
[B] Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
[C] Sikandar Lodi
[D] Ibrahim Lodi

5.The Varkari sect in Maharashtra was founded by __?

[A] Tukaram
[B] Namdev
[C] Visoba Khechar
[D] Dhyaneshwar

6.A devotional saint and a cobbler by profession was ___?

[A] Tulsidas
[B] Surdas
[C] Raidas
[D] Malukdas

7.God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste; in the next world there is no caste. This teaching is of __?

[A] Kabir
[B] Guru Nanak
[C] Chaitanya
[D] Ramananda

8.The features of Indian art, that were adopted in the construction of the Mosques in India were:

1. Turned Lotus
2. Kalash on the domes
3. Ornamentation
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

9.Who among the following Arab scholars studied Sanskrit and astronomy for a decade at Varanasi ?

[A] Alberuni
[B] Amir Khusrau
[C] Al’bidari
[D] Al’Masher

10.Which among the following was the work of Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq?

[A] Fautuhat-i-Ferozshahi
[B] Fatawa-i-Jahandari
[C] Tarikh-i-Ferozshahi
[D] Tughlaqnama