Indian History Bits – Questions & Answers

1.Mohammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from delhi to ....

Ans:Daulatabad

2.Who established Mughal Empire in India?

Ans:Babar

3.Mohammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from delhi to ....

Ans:Daulatabad

4.Who established Mughal Empire in India?

Ans:Babar

5.Who was the last Mughal Emperor of India?

Ans:Bahadur Shah Zafar

6.Who founded the Slave (Mamluk) dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?

Ans:Qutb-ud-din Aibak

7.Who was the first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?

Ans:Razia Sultana

8.Over what period did the Slave dynasty rule?

Ans:1206 to 1290

9.Which ruler is the best known of the Khilji dynasty?

Ans:Alauddin Khilji

10.Name the three notable rulers of the Tughlaq dynasty.

Ans:Ghiyasuddin, Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and Firoz Shah Tughlaq

11.Who founded the Sayyid dynasty?

Ans:Khizr Khan

12.Which Lodi ruler was defeated at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526?

Ans:Ibrahim Lodi

13.Who founded the Mughal Empire and in which battle?

Ans:Babur, at the First Battle of Panipat (1526)

14.Which religion did Akbar found?

Ans:Din-i-Ilahi

15.Which administrative system did Akbar introduce?

Ans:The Mansabdari system

16.Under which Mughal emperor did architecture reach its peak?

Ans:Shah Jahan

17.Under which ruler did the Mughal Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?

Ans:Aurangzeb (1658-1707)

18.Who founded the Vijayanagara Empire, and under whom did it peak?

Ans:Harihara and Bukka; it peaked under Krishnadevaraya

19.Who founded the Maratha Empire?

Ans:Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

20.Which Delhi Sultan introduced token (copper) currency?

Ans:Muhammad bin Tughlaq