Practice

Reshaping India's Political Map — Practice

15 questions 15 min Recall + understand

Q1. According to this chapter, the 'medieval period' of Indian history broadly refers to which centuries?
- A. 5th to 10th centuries
- B. 8th to 11th centuries
- C. 11th to 17th centuries
- D. 17th to 19th centuries
Q2. On the timeline in Fig. 2.2, the Delhi Sultanate is shown as being established in which year?
- A. 1192
- B. 1206
- C. 1336
- D. 1526
Q3. According to the timeline the Vijayanagara Empire was established in
- A. 1326
- B. 1336
- C. 1347
- D. 1398
Q4. The chapter glossary explains the term 'Turkic' as referring to peoples, languages and cultures historically associated with a region stretching from
- A. Western Europe to North Africa
- B. Central Asia to Turkey and Siberia
- C. Persia to the Indian Ocean
- D. Tibet to Southeast Asia
Q5. The Delhi Sultanate was formed after the defeat in 1192 of which Indian king?
- A. Jaichand of Kannauj
- B. Prithviraj Chauhan
- C. Harihara of Vijayanagara
- D. Rana Kumbha of Mewar
Q6. The five successive dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate in this order
- A. Khiljis, Mamluks, Tughlaqs, Lodis, Sayyids
- B. Mamluks, Khiljis, Tughlaqs, Sayyids, Lodis
- C. Tughlaqs, Mamluks, Khiljis, Lodis, Sayyids
- D. Sayyids, Lodis, Khiljis, Mamluks, Tughlaqs
Q7. Priya reads the side-note and asks her teacher: 'What does the word Sultanate mean?' The correct answer, as given in the chapter, is
- A. A region paying tribute to a Mongol khan
- B. A territory ruled by a 'Sultan' — a title that some Muslim rulers adopted
- C. A confederacy of Rajput chieftains
- D. A coastal trading port governed by Portuguese officers
Q8. Fig. 2.6 shows a coin minted by Ala-ud-din Khilji. The Persian inscription on it reads
- A. Padshah-i-Hind
- B. Sikander Sani (the second Alexander)
- C. Sultan-ul-Azam
- D. Khalifa-tul-Allah
Q9. Muhammad bin Tughlaq moved his capital from Delhi to
- A. Agra
- B. Daulatabad (then called Devagiri)
- C. Lahore
- D. Multan
Q10. The Eastern Ganga ruler Narasimhadeva I built the famed Sūrya temple at
- A. Puri
- B. Konark (present-day Odisha)
- C. Bhubaneswar
- D. Halebidu
Q11. According to Fig. 2.9 and the text the Hoysalas built magnificent temples at
- A. Belur and Halebidu
- B. Konark and Puri
- C. Hampi and Tirupati
- D. Madurai and Srirangam
Q12. In the 15th century, the Delhi Sultanate faced stiff resistance in parts of Rajasthan from the ruler of the Mewar kingdom, who was
- A. Rana Sanga
- B. Rana Kumbha
- C. Rana Pratap
- D. Maharaja Surajmal
Q13. In 1565, the Vijayanagara forces led by Ramaraya were defeated by a coalition of the Deccan Sultanates at the
- A. Battle of Haldighati
- B. Battle of Talikota
- C. Battle of Saraighat
- D. First Battle of Panipat
Q14. Babur laid the foundation of the Mughal Empire by defeating which ruler in 1526 at the First Battle of Panipat?
- A. Ala-ud-din Khilji
- B. Ibrahim Lodi
- C. Sher Shah Suri
- D. Hemu (Vikramaditya)
Q15. The chapter glossary defines 'iconoclasm' as
- A. The worship of multiple gods in temples
- B. The rejection or destruction of icons or religious images considered idolatrous
- C. The minting of coins with images of rulers
- D. The building of large mosques on conquered land

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