Revision Series | History | Early Islamic Conquest of India | 2

October 4, 2023

In whose period of reign Sindh became a centre of islamic learning?

(A) Raja Dahir
(B) Muhammad Bin Qasim
(C) Mahmud of Ghazni
(D) Hajjaj Bin Yousuf

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ANSWER: B

During the reign of Muhammad Bin Qasim, Sindh became a centre of islamic learning. Sindh and Multan were the first to embrace Islam. Initially, the Khalifah were shaken by Muhammad bin Qasim’s death, and Islamic propagation was slowed.
Muhammad Bin Qasim’s alliances proved fruitful in later invasions of Islamic rulers. Because Arabs were not cruel, people’s attitudes toward Islam shifted.

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

When Muhammad-bin-Qasim invaded Sindh, who was the ruler of Sindh?

(A) Caliph Walid
(B) Sulaiman
(C) Dahir
(D) None of the above

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ANSWER: C

The Battle of Chandawar was fought between

(A) Muhammad of Ghor and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty.
(B) Muhammad of Ghor & Prithviraj Chauhan.
(C) Prithviraj Chauhan & Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty.
(D) Muhammad of Ghor & Bhima-ii

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ANSWER: A

Which Medieval Ruler is being talked about here
A. He erected the Sultan Ghari funerary monument in memory of his eldest son Nasiruddin, who died two years earlier
B. His tomb was situated in Mehrauli's Qutub complex. Choose the correct code

(A) Qutub Ud Din Aibak
(B) Illtutmish
(C) Qaikubad
(D) Balban

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ANSWER: B

He is known for commissioning the Delhi Qutb Minar and the Ajmer Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Options are:-

(A) Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(D) Muiz-ud-din Muhammad Qaiqabad

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ANSWER: A

Which of these Medieval period Books & Authors are correct matches :
1. Prithviraj Vijaya-Jayanak
2. Prithviraj Raso-Chandbardai
3. Mihnaj Ul Siraj-Tabaqat-i-nasiri
Choose Correct Code?

(A) 1 & 3 only
(B) 1 & 2 only
(C) 1, 2 & 3 only
(D) None of the Above

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ANSWER: C

Who is being credited for writing “Tajul-Ma'asir”?

(A) Hasan Nizami
(B) Mihnaj ul siraj
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Abd al-Qadir Badayuni

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ANSWER: A

Consider these statements regarding Masanavis
1. It is a kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, or more specifically "a poem based on independent, internally rhyming lines“.
2. It is prosody (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
3. The qaṣīda is an ancient Arabic word and form of writing poetry is same as Masanavi
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 2 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

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ANSWER: A

Who has written-”Tazkira-i-Shora-i-Urdu”?

(A) Mir Hasan Dehalvi
(B) Amir Khusrau
(C) Hasan Nizami
(D) Khwaja Mir Dard

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ANSWER: A

Wast ul-Hayat (The Middle of Life)is written by:

(A) Hasan Nizami
(B) Abu Bakr
(C) Fakhruddin
(D) Amir Khusrau

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ANSWER: D

Khurau’s works

Tuhfat us-Sighr(The Gift of Childhood), 1271 – Khusrau’s first divan, contains poems composed between the ages of 16 and 18.
Wast ul-Hayat(The Middle of Life), 1279 – Khusrau’s second divan.
Qiran us-Sa’dain(Meeting of the Two Auspicious Stars), 1289 – Khusrau’s first masnavi, which detailed the historic meeting of Bughra Khan and his son Muiz ud-Din Qaiqabad after a long enmity.
Miftah ul-Futuh(Key to the Victories), 1290 – Khusrau’s second masnavi, in praise of the victories of Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji.
Ghurrat ul-Kamaal(The Prime of Perfection), 1294 – poems composed by Khusrau between the ages of 34 and 41.

Fatwa-i-Jahandari & Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi were written by

(A) Abu Bakr
(B) Fakhruddin
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Zia-ud-din-Barani

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ANSWER: D

Ziauddin Barani (Urdu: ‎ 1285–1358 CE) was an Indian Muslim political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate located in present-day Northern India during Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah’s reign.

He was best known for composing the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi (also called Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi), a work on medieval India, which covers the period from the reign of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq to the first six years of the reign of Firoz Shah Tughluq; and the Fatwa-i–Jahandari which promoted a hierarchy among Muslim communities in the Indian subcontinent

Jawāmi ul-Hikāyāt wa Lawāmi' ul-Riwāyāt is written by:’

(A) Zahiriddin Nasr Muhammad Aufi
(B) Wali Mohammed Wali
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Zia-ud-din-Barani

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ANSWER: A

Chachnama (written by abu bakr bin kufi)is related to the history of Which place ?

(A) Punjab
(B) Bengal
(C) Sindh
(D) Deccan

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ANSWER: C

He is known for construction of city of Agra & his pen name was Gulrukh.Who is the ruler talked about ?

(A) Sikander Lodhi
(B) Mahmood Lodhi
(C) Bahlol Lodhi
(D) Sikander Khilji

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ANSWER: A

Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi was written by:-

(A) Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
(B) Minhaj-i-Siraj
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Zia-ud-din-Barani

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ANSWER: A