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SSC AND STATES PCS EXAMINATIONS MCQs

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Question 1. Ibn Batuta was a traveler from which among the following current nations?
  1.    Algeria
  2.    Morocco
  3.    Tunisia
  4.    Libya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Morocco
IBN BATUTA WAS A MOROCCAN AND BERBER EXPLORER. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS EXTENSIVE TRAVELS, ACCOUNTS OF WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN THE RIHLA.
Question 2. The Mansabdari system was borrowed from ?
  1.    Afghanistan
  2.    Turkey
  3.    Mongolia
  4.    Persia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mongolia
MANSABDAR IMPLIES THE GENERIC TERM FOR THE MILITARY-KIND GRADING OF ALL ROYAL FUNCTIONARIES OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE. THE MANSABDARI SYSTEM INTRODUCED BY AKBAR WAS BORROWED FROM THE SYSTEM FOLLOWED IN MONGOLIA.
Question 3. Who among the following was the contemporary leader of Chengiz Khan ?
  1.    Genghis Khan
  2.    Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat Beg
  3.    Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
  4.    Iitutmish
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Iitutmish
IITUTMISH , THE SULTAN OF DELHI, WAS CONTEMPORARY OF MONGOL LEADER CHENGIZ KHAN. IN 1221 A.D., THERE WAS A DANGER OF EXPECTED ATTACK OF CHENGIZ KHAN ON DELHI.
Question 4. Which among the following was the single biggest item of import to the Vijayanagar empire?
  1.    Precious stones
  2.    Horses
  3.    Luxury goods
  4.    Raw Silk
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Horses
KINGS OF VIJAYANAGAR, IMPORTED ARABIAN HORSES ON A LARGE SCALE, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE BREED OF CAVALRY HORSES IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS. THUS, THE SINGLE BIGGEST ITEM OF IMPORT TO THE VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE WAS HORSES.
Question 5. Which ruler sent two of his brothers Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan to invade Gujarat?
  1.    Alauddin Khilji
  2.    Sikandar Lodi
  3.    Muhammad Shah
  4.    Firuz Shah Tughlaq
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Alauddin Khilji
ALAUDDIN KHILJI SENT TWO OF HIS GENERAL BROTHERS ULUGH KHAN AND NUSRAT KHAN TO INVADE GUJARAT. GUJARAT WAS INVADED AND THE TEMPLES OF SOMNATH AND RUDRA MAHALAYA WERE SACKED.
Question 6. Which of the following ladies wrote an historical account during the Mughal period?
  1.    Gulbadan Begum
  2.    Noorjahan Begum
  3.    Jahanara Begum
  4.    Zebun-nissah Begum
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Gulbadan Begum
GULBADAN BEGUM (1523-1603) WAS A PERSO-TURKIC PRINCESS, THE DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR BABUR. SHE IS MOST KNOWN AS THE AUTHOR OF HUMAYUN NAMA, THE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF HER BROTHER, HUMAYUN.
Question 7. Which of the following rulers of India issued Mahzarnama to take all the religious matters into his own hands ?
  1.    Jahangir
  2.    Akbar
  3.    Aurangzeb
  4.    Shah Alam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Akbar
AKBAR DECLARED OR ISSUED MAHZARNAMA TO TAKE ALL THE RELIGIOUS MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS. THIS MADE HIM SUPREME IN THE RELIGIOUS MATTERS. HE ISSUED MAHZARNAMA TO CURB THE DOMINANCE OF ULEMA. IT WAS WRITTEN BY FAIZI IN 1579.
Question 8. In medieval India, Solanki queen Naikidevi defeated which of the following invaders in the Battle of Kayadara?
  1.    Mahmud Ghaznavi
  2.    Mohammad Ghori
  3.    Sabuktigin
  4.    Mohammad Bin Qasim
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Mohammad Ghori
THE WORST DEFEAT OF MOHAMMAD GHORI IN INDIA WAS INFLICTED BY THE SOLANKIS IN THE BATTLE OF KAYADARA NEAR MOUNT ABU. RAJA BHIMDEV II WAS A YOUNG MEN AND REAL REGENT WAS HIS MOTHER NAIKIDEVI. NAIKIDEVI INFLICTED SUCH A MAJOR DEFEAT TO MUHAMMAD GHORI THAT TH
Question 9. Akbarnama was written originally in which among the following languages?
  1.    Chagtai Turkic
  2.    Persian
  3.    Arabic
  4.    Urdu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Persian
ABUL FAZAL WAS THE AUTHOR OF AKBARNAMA WHICH IS WRITTEN IN PERSIAN. IT IS THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AKBAR’S REIGN IN 3 VOLUMES. THIS BOOK GIVES THE HISTORY OF AKBAR’S FOREFATHERS FROM TIMUR TO HUMAYUN AND AKBAR’S REIGN TILL 1602.
Question 10. Who among the following Kings of Rajasthan was a victim of Patricide?
  1.    Rana Sanga
  2.    Rana Kumbha
  3.    Rana Udai Singh
  4.    Rawal Ratan Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Rana Kumbha
RANA KUMBHA WAS KILLED BY HIS SON UDAI SINGH I IN 1468. HOWEVER, UDAY SINGH DIED OR MURDERED IN 1473 AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS BROTHER RAIMAL. RAIMAL WAS LATER SUCCEEDED BY HIS SON SANGRAM SINGH OR RANA SANGA. THUS, RANA SANGA WAS GRANDSON OF RANA KUMBHA.

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