Mediaeval India

The first four rulers of the Muslims following the Prophet are known as 'Rashidun' or 'rightly guided caliphs. Which one of the following was not one of them?

• Bakr

   

• Umar

• Muawiya

• Usman

Which one of the following new techniques of cotton textile industry was not introduced in India by the Turks?

• Weaver's treadles

• Spinning wheel

• Cotton-carder's bow

• Water frame

Who was the first caliph as well as the founder of the Umayyad dynasty (661-749 AD) of the caliphate?

 

• Prophet Muhammad

• Abu Bakr

• Walid

• Hazrat Ibrahim

The Hindu ruler of Sind who was defeated and deposed by the Arab invaders was.....

• Jaisingha

• Dahir

• Jayachandra

• Bhima

Whom did Mahmud of Ghazni defeat to conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab?

 

• Hindu Shahis

• Ghurids

• Arabs

• Karkotakas

Who was the court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and author of Shah Namah?

 

• Al-Beruni

• Ibn Battutah

• Maulana Khwajagi

• Firdausi

Who was the first Indian ruler to defeat Muhammad of Ghor?

 

• Prithviraja Chauhan, ruler of Ajmer

• Jayachandra, Gahadvala ruler of Kanauj

• Lakshmana, the Sena ruler of Bengal

• Mularaja II, the Solanki ruler of Gujarat

When did the last campaign of Muhammad of Ghor in India take place and for what purpose?

 

• 1199-To suppress a rebellion of Prithviraja Chauhan

• 1201-To establish his authority in eastern India

• 1206-To suppress a rebellion of Khokkars of the Punjab

• 1207-To plunder the Somanatha temple in Gujarat

Which commander of Muhammad of Ghur was responsible for defeating the Senas and establishing Muslim rule in eastern India?

 

• Qutub-ud-din Aibak

• Iltutmish

• Bakhtiyar Khalji

• Muhammad bin Qasim

Arrange the following historians of the Muslim period in the chronological order

 

(i) Firdausi

 (ii) Abu Bakr

 (iii) Amir Khusrau

(iv) Barani  

(v) Hasan Nizami

• iii, ii, i, iv and v

• ii, i, v, iii and iv

• iv, i, v, ii and iii

• ii,i, iv, iii and v