1. The Western traveler who came to the Bahmani Empire in 1470 AD was

(a) Marco Polo

(b) Niccolo Conti

(c) Ethaneshish nicotine

(d) Ibn Batuta

ANS. (C) Ethanish Nicotine

2. Which battle caused the fall of Vijayanagara Empire

(a) Talikota

(b) Raichur

(c) Mudgal

(d) Civil

ANS. (A) Talikota

3. In which century was the ancient Vijayanagar city established?

(a) 17th century

(b) 16th century

(c) 15th century

(d) 14th century

ANS. (D) 14th century

4. Harihara and Bukka established a kingdom in South India, which later became the Vijayanagara Empire. At that time the Sultan of Delhi was -

(4) Jalaluddin Khilji

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(c) Mohammed bin Tughlaq

(d) Ferozeshah Tughlaq

ANS. (C) Mohammed bin Tughlaq

5. By which four monasteries were established in organized India?

(a) by Guru Nanak

(b) by Shankaracharya

(c) by Chaitanya

(d) by Meera Bai

ANS. (B) by Shankaracharya

6. Kabir insisted -

(a) Communal harmony

(b) Idol worship

(c) Varna system

(d) dualism

ANS. (A) Communal harmony

7. The dargah of the following Sufi saint in Ajmer is-

(a) Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya

(b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

(c) Khwaja Salim Chishti

(d) Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

ANS. (B) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

98. India was the first Muslim invader.

(a) Mohammed bin Qasim

(b) Mohammad Ghori

(c) Alauddin Khan

(d) Mahmud Ghaznavi

ANS. (A) Mohammed bin Qasim

9. Who among the following attacked Somnath temple?

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Qutubuddin Aibak

(c) Mahmud Ghazni

(d) Muhammad Gaur

ANS. (C) Mahmud Ghazni

10. Who was the first Muslim (Arab) invader (712 AD)?

(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi

(b) Mohammad Ghori

(c) Mohammed bin Qasim

(d) Babur

ANS. (C) Mohammed bin Qasim