WBCS Preliminary Medieval Indian History
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2023 (9 Questions)
1. Who built the Adina Mosque of Pandua?
(A) Firuz-Tughluq
(B) Husain Shah
(C) Sikandar Shah
(D) Jain-ul-Abedin
✅ Answer: (C) Sikandar Shah
2. Name the Sultan who first organised expeditions to conquer the Deccan.
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Balban
(C) Firuz Tughluq
(D) Md. Bin-Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji
3. Between whom was the First Battle of Panipat fought in 1526?
(A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(B) Babur and Rana Sanga
(C) Babur and Sher Khan
(D) Akbar and Himu
✅ Answer: (A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
4. Who introduced ‘Din-i-Ilahi’?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
✅ Answer: (B) Akbar
5. Which Mughal emperor was known as Alamgir I?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah II
✅ Answer: (C) Aurangzeb
6. Who is known as the ‘Parrot of India’?
(A) Jimutavahana
(B) Al-Beruni
(C) Ibn-Batutah
(D) Amir Khasrau
✅ Answer: (D) Amir Khasrau
7. Who was the last Sultan of Delhi?
(A) Firuz-Tughluq
(B) Bahlul Khan Lodi
(C) Ibrahim Lodi
(D) Sikandar Lodi
✅ Answer: (C) Ibrahim Lodi
8. Name the Sultan of Delhi who first introduced the north-west frontier policy.
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Raziya
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (B) Balban
9. Who wrote the book ‘Amuktamalyada’?
(A) Madhabacharya
(B) Ramanuj
(C) Krishnadevaray
(D) Maladhar Basu
✅ Answer: (C) Krishnadevaray
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2022 (12 Questions)
10. Choose the correct chronological order of the following dynasties of Delhi Sultanate:
(A) Lodi, Ilbari Turks, Tughluq, Khilji
(B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
(C) Tughluq, Khilji, Lodi, Ilbari Turks
(D) Khilji, Lodi, Tughluq, Ilbari Turks
✅ Answer: (B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
11. Who built Buland Darwaza?
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: (B) Akbar
12. Which among the Mughal princes assassinated Abul Fazl?
(A) Khasru
(B) Selim
(C) Azimushhan
(D) Khurram
✅ Answer: (B) Selim
13. Which of the following pair do not match?
(A) Jaunpur – Atala Masjid
(B) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal
(C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam
(D) Gaur – Bara Sona Masjid
✅ Answer: (C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam
14. Who wrote Humayunnamah?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Humayun
(C) Birbal
(D) Abul Fazl
✅ Answer: (A) Gulbadan Begum
15. Who used ‘Tulghumah’ as a military tactic for the first time in India?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Babur
(D) Akbar
✅ Answer: (C) Babur
16. Chand Bibi ruled over which of the Deccan Sultanates?
(A) Bijapur
(B) Berar
(C) Ahmednagar
(D) Golkonda
✅ Answer: (C) Ahmednagar
17. Who among the following Sultans organized Iqta, army, currency and other most important organs of Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(B) Giyasuddin Balban
(C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
18. Who among the Mughal Emperors/Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Dara Sukoh
✅ Answer: (D) Dara Sukoh
19. Which of the following dynasties was designated as ‘Balhar’ by the Arab travellers?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Chola
(C) Rashtrakuta
(D) Pandya
✅ Answer: (C) Rashtrakuta
20. Which Chola king was known as Arumolivarman before his coronation?
(A) Vira Rajendra
(B) Rajaraja I
(C) Kulottunga I
(D) None of them
✅ Answer: (B) Rajaraja I
21. Who among the following was the contemporary ruler of Bengal during Chaitanyadeva’s time?
(A) Nusrat Shah
(B) Fatheh Shah
(C) Husein Shah Sharqi
(D) Alauddin Hussein Shah
✅ Answer: (D) Alauddin Hussein Shah
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2021 (13 Questions)
22. Ibn Batuta came to India during which rulers’ reign?
(A) Akbar
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
23. Which Sultan was not a slave before he ascended the throne?
(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Balban
✅ Answer: (C) Alauddin Khilji
24. What was ‘Iqta’?
(A) A rank or office
(B) A military general
(C) A grant of revenue free land
(D) A religious text
✅ Answer: (A) A rank or office
25. Which Turkish Sultan introduced the Iqta system?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Balban
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (C) Iltutmish
26. Which Muslim general conquered Bengal in the thirteenth century?
(A) Timur
(B) Iqtiaruddin Bin Baktiar Khilji
(C) Chenges Khan
(D) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
✅ Answer: (B) Iqtiaruddin Bin Baktiar Khilji
27. Who wrote ‘Gitagovinda’?
(A) Harisena
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Tulsidas
(D) Joydev
✅ Answer: (D) Joydev
28. What is ‘Khutba’?
(A) A sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday prayers
(B) A royal order
(C) A religious decree
(D) A tax
✅ Answer: (A) A sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday prayers
29. Khajuraho, ‘the City of the Gods’ a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the name of which was first referred in the 11th century CE by:
(A) Ibn Battuta
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Abu Rihan Alberuni
(D) Omar Khayyam
✅ Answer: (C) Abu Rihan Alberuni
30. Which Medieval ruler introduced Ain-i-Dahsala?
(A) Balban
(B) Feroz Tughlaq
(C) Sher Shah
(D) Akbar
✅ Answer: (D) Akbar
31. Sandhyakar Nandi was the court poet of the:
(A) Mauryas
(B) Senas
(C) Hussain Shahis
(D) Palas
✅ Answer: (D) Palas
32. Vikramsila Bihara was founded by:
(A) Devapala
(B) Dharmapala
(C) Rampala
(D) Sasanka
✅ Answer: (B) Dharmapala
33. Who wrote Amuktamalyada?
(A) Rajaraja Chola
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Deva Raya
(D) Krishnadeva Raya
✅ Answer: (D) Krishnadeva Raya
34. The Nayankara system is associated with:
(A) The Bahmani Kingdom
(B) The Chola Empire
(C) The Maratha Kingdom
(D) The Vijayanagara Empire
✅ Answer: (D) The Vijayanagara Empire
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2020 (9 Questions)
35. Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Akbar
(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Jahangir
✅ Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji
36. Which among the following was the single biggest item of import to the Vijayanagar empire?
(A) Pearl
(B) Precious stones
(C) Horses
(D) Silk
✅ Answer: (C) Horses
37. Who wrote ‘Rajatarangini’?
(A) Megasthenes
(B) Kalhana
(C) Al-beruni
(D) Herodotus
✅ Answer: (B) Kalhana
38. When was the first battle of Tarain fought?
(A) 1175 A.D.
(B) 1191 A.D.
(C) 1192 A.D.
(D) 1206 A.D.
✅ Answer: (B) 1191 A.D.
39. In reference to Mughal period’s revenue collection system, ‘Zabti’ means:
(A) Estimate
(B) Yield per unit area
(C) Based on yield of crops
(D) 1/3rd of total yield
✅ Answer: (B) Yield per unit area
40. Which of the followings clearly define ‘Mitakshara’?
(A) A work on astronomy
(B) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance
(C) A text on aquaculture
(D) A compendium on medicine
✅ Answer: (B) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance
41. The commander of Alauddin Khilji’s forces during his Deccan campaigns was:
(A) Aniul Mulk Multani
(B) Nusrat Khan
(C) Malik Kafur
(D) Ulugh Khan
✅ Answer: (C) Malik Kafur
42. In which of the following years Akbar built Ibadat Khana?
(A) 1575 A.D.
(B) 1568 A.D.
(C) 1571 A.D.
(D) 1562 A.D.
✅ Answer: (A) 1575 A.D.
43. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were introduced by:
(A) Sher Shah
(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
(C) Bahlul Khan Lodi
(D) Humayun
✅ Answer: (A) Sher Shah
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2019 (2 Questions)
44. Who built the Ibadat-khana at Fatehpur Sikri?
(A) Shahjehan
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir
✅ Answer: (C) Akbar
45. Malik Kafur was general of:
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (D) Alauddin Khilji
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2018 (11 Questions)
46. Which Rajput ruler was not a contemporary of Akbar?
(A) Man Singh
(B) Amar Singh
(C) Udai Singh
(D) Jaswant Singh
✅ Answer: (D) Jaswant Singh
47. Who assumed the title of ‘Haindava Dharmoddharak’ (Protector of the Hindu faith)?
(A) Guru Ramdas
(B) Shivaji
(C) Baji Rao I
(D) Balaji Baji Rao
✅ Answer: (B) Shivaji
48. Who founded the Khalsa?
(A) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(B) Guru Nanak
(C) Guru Govind Singh
(D) Guru Hargovind
✅ Answer: (C) Guru Govind Singh
49. Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?
(A) Al-Masudi
(B) Al-Biruni
(C) Sulaiman
(D) Firdausi
✅ Answer: (B) Al-Biruni
50. Who assumed the title of ‘Gangaikondachola’?
(A) Rajendra I
(B) Rajaraja I
(C) Rajadhiraja I
(D) Kulotunga I
✅ Answer: (A) Rajendra I
51. Who broke the power of ‘Chahalgani’ nobles?
(A) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (A) Ghiyasuddin Balban
52. Who introduced Market Control Policy?
(A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Sikandar Lodi
✅ Answer: (C) Alauddin Khalji
53. Who among the following Hindus first joined Din-i-Ilahi/Tauhid-i-Ilahi?
(A) Man Singh
(B) Todarmal
(C) Bhagwant Das
(D) Birbal
✅ Answer: (D) Birbal
54. ‘Sati’ of Hindu women was prohibited during the reign of which Mughal emperor?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: (C) Akbar
55. Who completed the Qutab Minar?
(A) Qutab-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki
(B) Nasiruddin Qubacha
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Qutbuddin Aibak
✅ Answer: (C) Iltutmish
56. Who was the author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’?
(A) Badayuni
(B) Abul Fazl
(C) Shaikh Mubarak
(D) Faizi
✅ Answer: (B) Abul Fazl
📊 Year-wise Summary (2018-2023)
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| TOTAL | 56 |
WBCS Preliminary Medieval Indian History
Questions with Answers (2017-2010)
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2017 (11 Questions)
57. The Delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) was:
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (C) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
58. Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History?
(A) Sumit Sarkar
(B) Jadunath Sarkar
(C) Subhobhan Chandra Sarkar
(D) S. Gopal
✅ Answer: (B) Jadunath Sarkar
59. Which Mughal emperor wrote his own autobiography?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangazeb
✅ Answer: (A) Babur
60. Sulh-i-Kul was a policy introduced by:
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangazeb
(C) Jahandar Shah
(D) Mohammed Shah
✅ Answer: (A) Akbar
61. Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput Dynasty of:
(A) Kachwa
(B) Sisodiya
(C) Solanki
(D) Paramara
✅ Answer: (B) Sisodiya
62. ‘Ashtadiggajas’ were patronised by:
(A) Deva Raya I
(B) Deva Raya II
(C) Vira Narasimha
(D) Krishna Deva Raya
✅ Answer: (D) Krishna Deva Raya
63. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangazeb was:
(A) Tegh Bahadur
(B) Nanak
(C) Govind Singh
(D) Arjun Dev
✅ Answer: (A) Tegh Bahadur
64. The Satnami rebellion took place during the reign of Mughal emperor:
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangazeb
✅ Answer: (D) Aurangazeb
65. ‘Razmnama’ was a Persian translation of:
(A) Upanishad
(B) Ramayana
(C) Geeta
(D) Mahabharata
✅ Answer: (D) Mahabharata
66. The author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ was:
(A) Badayuni
(B) Abul Fazl
(C) Shaikh Mubarak
(D) Faizi
✅ Answer: (B) Abul Fazl
67. Who among the following Mughal emperors/courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Dara Sukoh
✅ Answer: (D) Dara Sukoh
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2016 (7 Questions)
68. Which of the following gives an account of Balban period?
(A) Tahqiq-i-Hind
(B) Shahnama
(C) Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (C) Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
69. India’s earliest contact with Islam came through:
(A) Arab invasion of Sindh in the seventh century
(B) Turkish invasions of the eleventh-twelfth centuries
(C) Arab merchants of Malabar coast
(D) Sufi saints and Arab travellers
✅ Answer: (C) Arab merchants of Malabar coast
70. The first Muslim incursions on Deccan occurred during the reign of:
(A) Balban
(B) Raziya
(C) Jalaluddin Khalji
(D) Firoz Tughluq
✅ Answer: (C) Jalaluddin Khalji
71. The remains of the Vijayanagar Empire can be found in:
(A) Bijapur
(B) Golconda
(C) Hampi
(D) Baroda
✅ Answer: (C) Hampi
72. Which King founded the Vikramasila University?
(A) Dharmapala
(B) Dhruva
(C) Devapala
(D) Ballal Sen
✅ Answer: (A) Dharmapala
73. Who were the participants in the tripartite struggle in northern India from the 8th to the 10th Century?
(A) Palas, Cholas, Pallavas
(B) Palas, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas
(C) Cholas, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas
(D) Palas, Cholas, Rashtrakutas
✅ Answer: (B) Palas, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas
74. Who of the following became a member of the Din-i Ilahi?
(A) Raja Birbal
(B) Raja Man Singh
(C) Raja Bhagwan Das
(D) Tansen
✅ Answer: (A) Raja Birbal
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2015 (3 Questions)
75. Identify the Mughal painter not mentioned by Abul Fazl?
(A) Farooq
(B) Mushkin
(C) Mansur
(D) Mukund
✅ Answer: (A) Farooq
76. Which among the following sultans of the Slave dynasty was not a slave?
(A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Raziya
(D) Balban
✅ Answer: (C) Raziya
77. During whose rule was the Zabti system of revenue settlement introduced?
(A) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Akbar
(D) Shah Jahan
✅ Answer: (C) Akbar
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2014 (7 Questions)
78. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died in __
(A) 1658 A.D.
(B) 1659 A.D.
(C) 1666 A.D.
(D) 1670 A.D.
✅ Answer: (C) 1666 A.D.
79. Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty?
(A) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
(B) Muhammad Shah I
(C) Firoz Shah
(D) Ahmad Shah
✅ Answer: (A) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
80. Sufism reached India in the:
(A) Eleventh century
(B) Twelfth century
(C) Fourteenth century
(D) Thirteenth century
✅ Answer: (B) Twelfth century
81. In which year the second battle of Panipat was fought?
(A) 1605 AD
(B) 1707 AD
(C) 1757 AD
(D) 1556 AD
✅ Answer: (D) 1556 AD
82. Who was the founder of the ‘Delhi Sultanate’?
(A) Muhammad Ghori
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
✅ Answer: (B) Qutubuddin Aibak
83. Where is the tomb of Jahangir situated?
(A) Agra
(B) Delhi
(C) Lahore
(D) Srinagar
✅ Answer: (C) Lahore
84. Name the Maratha leader who put forward the idea of founding Hindu Empire before the Marathas:
(A) Shivaji
(B) Balaji Viswanath
(C) Baji Rao I
(D) Bajirao II
✅ Answer: (C) Baji Rao I
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2013 (10 Questions)
85. In which year did Muhammad-bin-Qasim conquer Sind?
(A) 712 AD
(B) 715 AD
(C) 718 AD
(D) 721 AD
✅ Answer: (A) 712 AD
86. How many times did Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni invade India?
(A) 12
(B) 17
(C) 5
(D) 20
✅ Answer: (B) 17
87. Who introduced Kaulinya system in Bengal?
(A) Gopala
(B) Ballal Sen
(C) Lakshmana Sen
(D) Dharmapala
✅ Answer: (B) Ballal Sen
88. Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Nasiruddin
(D) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
✅ Answer: (D) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
89. Who was Jalaluddin Mangabarni?
(A) Ruler of Afghanistan
(B) Ruler of Persia
(C) Ruler of Mongolia
(D) Ruler of Khwarizm or Khiba
✅ Answer: (D) Ruler of Khwarizm or Khiba
90. Who invited Babur to invade India?
(A) Ibrahim Lodi
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Daulat Khan Lodi
(D) Sher Khan
✅ Answer: (C) Daulat Khan Lodi
91. Who of the following became a member of the ‘Din-i-Illahi’?
(A) Raja Man Singh
(B) Todarmal
(C) Tansen
(D) Raja Birbal
✅ Answer: (D) Raja Birbal
92. What was the ‘Dam’?
(A) Copper coin introduced by Sher Shah
(B) Copper coin introduced by Akbar
(C) Copper coin introduced by Shah-Jahan
(D) Copper coin introduced by Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: (B) Copper coin introduced by Akbar
93. Which Mughal emperor subdued the Portuguese in Bengal?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: (C) Shah Jahan
94. When did Siraj-ud-daullah ascend the throne?
(A) 1707
(B) 1739
(C) 1756
(D) 1757
✅ Answer: (C) 1756
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2012 (10 Questions)
95. Who was the Kaivartta chief who rebelled against the Pala ruler Mahipala II of Bengal?
(A) Dhekata
(B) Gandhata
(C) Divya
(D) Mayuraddhwaja
✅ Answer: (C) Divya
96. The Khalimpur Copper Plate informs us about the military exploit of Pala ruler:
(A) Devapala
(B) Rampala
(C) Dharampala
(D) Mahipala
✅ Answer: (C) Dharampala
97. Who was the author of the book ‘Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi’?
(A) Abdul Fazl
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Ziauddin Barani
(D) Al Biruni
✅ Answer: (C) Ziauddin Barani
98. Who was Todar Mal?
(A) A Minister of Sher Shah
(B) A revenue expert in Akbar’s court
(C) A Prince of Mawar
(D) An officer in Jahangir’s army
✅ Answer: (B) A revenue expert in Akbar’s court
99. Who was the last ruler of Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Alauddin Alam Shah
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Bahlul Lodi
(D) Sikander Lodi
✅ Answer: (B) Ibrahim Lodi
100. Who was Nasuruddin Chirag?
(A) A Sultan of the Khilji dynasty
(B) A Sufi Saint
(C) A minister of Giyasuddin Balban
(D) A military officer in Alauddin Khilji’s army
✅ Answer: (B) A Sufi Saint
101. Who was Babar’s main adversary in the battle of Khanwa?
(A) Mahmud Lodi
(B) Himu
(C) Rana Sanga
(D) None of them
✅ Answer: (C) Rana Sanga
102. Who among the following visited Jahangir’s Court?
(A) Niccolo Conti
(B) Francois Bernier
(C) Sir Thomas Roe
(D) Athanasius Nikitin
✅ Answer: (C) Sir Thomas Roe
103. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal capital from Agra to Delhi?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Bahadur Shah
✅ Answer: (C) Shah Jahan
104. Who was the Mughal Emperor during whose reign Nadir Shah invaded India?
(A) Farrukhsiyar
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Shah Alam
✅ Answer: (C) Muhammad Shah
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2011 (15 Questions)
105. ‘Baburnama’ was written by:
(A) Abul Fazal
(B) Firdousi
(C) Afif
(D) Babur
✅ Answer: (D) Babur
106. Who introduced “Din-i-Ilahi”?
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Kabir
(D) Akbar
✅ Answer: (D) Akbar
107. Who wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind?
(A) Al Beruni
(B) Al Biladari
(C) Sulaiman
(D) Al Masudi
✅ Answer: (A) Al Beruni
108. Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal?
(A) Husain Shah
(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
(C) Nusrat Shah
(D) Iliyas Shah
✅ Answer: (B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
109. Which of the following Delhi Sultans had set up a separate department of Slaves?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
110. During the reign of which Sultan, Chinghiz Khan invaded India?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (A) Iltutmish
111. During the reign of which ruler Ibn Batuta came to India?
(A) Akbar
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
112. Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not annex?
(A) Kashmir
(B) Bengal
(C) Bihar
(D) Assam
✅ Answer: (D) Assam
113. The Bahmani Kingdom and Vijayanagar Empire clashed frequently over the territory of:
(A) Madurai
(B) Warangal
(C) Malabar
(D) Raichur Doab
✅ Answer: (D) Raichur Doab
114. Who started to build Qutb Minar in Delhi?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (A) Qutbuddin Aibak
115. To which place did Murshid Quli Khan transfer his capital from Dacca?
(A) Monghyr
(B) Murshidabad
(C) Gour
(D) Pandua
✅ Answer: (B) Murshidabad
116. Gopal was the founder of:
(A) Pala dynasty
(B) Pallava dynasty
(C) Prathihara dynasty
(D) Chalukya dynasty
✅ Answer: (A) Pala dynasty
117. During whose reign the East India Company established their first factory in India?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah-I
✅ Answer: (A) Jahangir
118. Which Sultan of Delhi brought one Asokan Pillar to Delhi?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Md. Bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
119. Which Muslim invader conquered Bengal during the time of Lakshmanasena?
(A) Muhammad Ghori
(B) Bakhtiyar Khilji
(C) Qutbuddin Aibak
(D) Iltutmish
✅ Answer: (B) Bakhtiyar Khilji
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2010 (11 Questions)
120. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi wanted to become Second Alexander and conquer the world?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(C) Bin Tughluq
(D) None of them
✅ Answer: (B) Ghiyasuddin Balban
121. What did Iqta mean during Sultanate period?
(A) A form of Salutation
(B) An important official
(C) The grant of land revenue from a village or territory
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (C) The grant of land revenue from a village or territory
122. What is Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri?
(A) A magnificent building for residence
(B) A house for religious discourses of all religions
(C) A house for eating
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (B) A house for religious discourses of all religions
123. Nadir Shah invaded India in the year __.
(A) 1738 A.D.
(B) 1739 A.D.
(C) 1740 A.D.
(D) 1741 A.D.
✅ Answer: (B) 1739 A.D.
124. Who was the author of Rajatarangini?
(A) Kautilya
(B) Megasthenes
(C) Kalhan
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (C) Kalhan
125. When did Chingiz Khan invade India?
(A) 1211 A.D.
(B) 1221 A.D.
(C) 1399 A.D.
(D) 1526 A.D.
✅ Answer: (B) 1221 A.D.
126. What is Adigranth?
(A) A religious book of the Sikhs
(B) A book which gave the fundamental codes of human conduct
(C) A book which guided the rulers of medieval India
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (A) A religious book of the Sikhs
127. Shivaji’s coronation took place in the year __.
(A) 1672 A.D.
(B) 1673 A.D.
(C) 1674 A.D.
(D) 1675 A.D.
✅ Answer: (C) 1674 A.D.
128. Which officer was called Bakshi during the rule of Akbar?
(A) An officer in charge of town administration
(B) Officer in charge of military organization
(C) An administrative/executive officer
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (B) Officer in charge of military organization
129. What was Khutba?
(A) A sermon read in the name of the ruling king at Friday prayers
(B) An order issued by the king
(C) A punishment given by the king
(D) None of the above
✅ Answer: (A) A sermon read in the name of the ruling king at Friday prayers
130. Who of the following conquered territory in India and founded an empire in the name of his ancestors?
(A) Humayun
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Babur
(D) None of them
✅ Answer: (C) Babur
WBCS Preliminary Medieval Indian History
Questions with Answers (2009-2000)
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2009 (10 Questions)
131. When did Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal?
(A) 1194 A.D.
(B) 1199 A.D.
(C) 1202 A.D.
(D) 1206 A.D.
✅ Answer: (C) 1202 A.D.
132. Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate who was adorned with the title ‘the Parrot of India’.
(A) Ziauddin Barani
(B) Utbi
(C) Alberuni
(D) Amir Khasru
✅ Answer: (D) Amir Khasru
133. The battle of Tarain was fought between Muhammad Ghuri and:
(A) Rana Sanga
(B) Rana Pratap
(C) Prithviraj Chauhan
(D) Rana Hambirdeva
✅ Answer: (C) Prithviraj Chauhan
134. Who introduced the Iqta system?
(A) Muhammad Ghuri
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
✅ Answer: (C) Iltutmish
135. Who built the famous Adina Mosque in Bengal?
(A) Iliyas Shah
(B) Sikandar Shah
(C) Azam Shah
(D) Hamza Shah
✅ Answer: (B) Sikandar Shah
136. Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title ‘Gunaraj Khan’ in the Sultanate period.
(A) Jnanadas
(B) Govindadas
(C) Maladhar Basu
(D) Chandidas
✅ Answer: (C) Maladhar Basu
137. Who wrote Humayun nama?
(A) Abul Fazal
(B) Faizi
(C) Badaoni
(D) Gulbadan Begum
✅ Answer: (D) Gulbadan Begum
138. Who introduced ‘Qabuliyat’ and ‘Patta’?
(A) Babar
(B) Shershah
(C) Akbar
(D) Shahjahan
✅ Answer: (B) Shershah
139. Who was called ‘Zinda Pir’ or ‘living saint’ in Mughal India?
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: (D) Aurangzeb
140. Name the Sultan who introduced Rationing System in India.
(A) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (B) Alauddin Khilji
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2008 (8 Questions)
141. Who wrote ‘Ramcharita’?
(A) Banabhatta
(B) Kalidasa
(C) Sandhyakara Nandi
(D) Tulsidas
✅ Answer: (C) Sandhyakara Nandi
142. Who was defeated at Kanauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayun
(D) Jahangir
✅ Answer: (C) Humayun
143. Amir Khasru was the Court Poet of:
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(D) Akbar
✅ Answer: (B) Alauddin Khilji
144. The Vikramasila-Vihara was founded by:
(A) Mahipala I
(B) Devapala
(C) Surapala
(D) Dharmapala
✅ Answer: (D) Dharmapala
145. The founder of the Bahamani kingdom was:
(A) Alauddin Mujahid Shah
(B) Ahmad Shah
(C) Alauddin Bahaman Shah
(D) Tajuddin Firuj Shah
✅ Answer: (C) Alauddin Bahaman Shah
146. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal?
(A) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(B) Mir Jafar
(C) Mir Kasim
(D) Najm-ud-Daulah
✅ Answer: (A) Siraj-ud-Daulah
147. Sulapani was a famous artist of the:
(A) Kushana Period
(B) Gupta Period
(C) Pala Period
(D) Sena Period
✅ Answer: (D) Sena Period
148. The Gurumukhi script was introduced by:
(A) Guru Amardas
(B) Guru Ramdas
(C) Guru Angad
(D) Guru Nanak
✅ Answer: (C) Guru Angad
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2007 (8 Questions)
149. Who was the Chola King to have conquered Bengal?
(A) Rajaraja
(B) Rajendra Chola I
(C) Rajendra Chola II
(D) Rajadhiraja
✅ Answer: (B) Rajendra Chola I
150. Who among the Maratha Peshwas followed the ideal of “Hindupadapadshahi”?
(A) Baji Rao I
(B) Balaji Viswanath
(C) Narayana Rao
(D) Madhab Rao
✅ Answer: (A) Baji Rao I
151. Who founded Sikhism?
(A) Gobind Singh
(B) Ramdas
(C) Nanak
(D) Hargovind
✅ Answer: (C) Nanak
152. Who founded independent Sultanate of Bengal?
(A) Ilias Shah
(B) Murshid Quli Khan
(C) Hussain Shah
(D) Alivardi Khan
✅ Answer: (A) Ilias Shah
153. Who was the General of Sher Shah?
(A) Brahmajit Gaur
(B) Dilir Khan
(C) Shayestha Khan
(D) Jaising
✅ Answer: (A) Brahmajit Gaur
154. Who was the Hindu Saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?
(A) Sri Chaitanya
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Rabidas
(D) Namdev
✅ Answer: (C) Rabidas
155. Who was known as “the Parrot of Hindusthan”?
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Malik Muhammad Jaisy
(C) Roy Vanmal
(D) Purandar Khan
✅ Answer: (A) Amir Khusrau
156. Who was among the Mughal Emperors, the “Zinda Pir” to the Sunnis?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar
(C) Babar
(D) Humayun
✅ Answer: (A) Aurangzeb
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2006 (8 Questions)
157. Sandhyakar Nandi was:
(A) Writer of ‘Ramcharita Kavya’
(B) Court poet of Chandra Gupta II
(C) Writer of Doha
(D) Medical practitioner
✅ Answer: (A) Writer of ‘Ramcharita Kavya’
158. The third Battle of Panipat was fought between:
(A) Marathas and Afghans
(B) British and Rohillas
(C) Sikhs and Jats
(D) Pathans and Satnamis
✅ Answer: (A) Marathas and Afghans
159. The first Battle of Panipat took place in:
(A) 1500
(B) 1510
(C) 1520
(D) 1526
✅ Answer: (D) 1526
160. ‘Babarnama’ was written by:
(A) Abul Fazl
(B) Firdousi
(C) Afif
(D) Babar
✅ Answer: (D) Babar
161. Shivaji was succeeded by:
(A) Shambhuji
(B) Shivaji II
(C) Raja Ram
(D) Tara Bai
✅ Answer: (A) Shambhuji
162. The author of Futuh-us-Salatin is:
(A) Barani
(B) Isami
(C) Nasru
(D) Batuta
✅ Answer: (B) Isami
163. The opponent of Akbar at the second Battle of Panipat was:
(A) Abdul Lohani
(B) Himu
(C) Jainhand
(D) Daulat Khan
✅ Answer: (B) Himu
164. Who among the following did introduce the ‘Dokani’ currency?
(A) Balban
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Raziya
(D) Md-bin-Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (D) Md-bin-Tughlaq
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2005 (6 Questions)
165. In which year was the battle of Talikota fought?
(A) 1556
(B) 1565
(C) 1571
(D) 1581
✅ Answer: (B) 1565
166. Who wrote Kitab-ur-Rehla?
(A) Ibn Batuta
(B) Al Beruni
(C) Hasan Nizami
(D) Abul Fazl
✅ Answer: (A) Ibn Batuta
167. Who first introduced rationing system?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(D) Ibrahim Lodi
✅ Answer: (B) Alauddin Khalji
168. Lillabati was translated into Persian by:
(A) Faizi
(B) Abul Fazl
(C) Dara
(D) Abu Talib Kalim
✅ Answer: (A) Faizi
169. Who wrote Amukta Malyada?
(A) Bukka
(B) Harihara II
(C) Krishnadev Roy
(D) Bir Narasingha
✅ Answer: (C) Krishnadev Roy
170. Under whose orders the Mahabharata was translated into Bengali?
(A) Alauddin Hossain Shah
(B) Jalaluddin
(C) Nusrat Shah
(D) Haji Iliyas
✅ Answer: (C) Nusrat Shah
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2004 (4 Questions)
171. Which Mughal emperor granted Diwani to the English East India Company?
(A) Bahadur Shah II
(B) Shah Alam II
(C) Farrukhsiyar
(D) Zehander Shah
✅ Answer: (B) Shah Alam II
172. Who described the din-i-ilahi “the monument of Akbar’s folly”?
(A) V. A. Smith
(B) Elliot
(C) Badaoni
(D) Faizy
✅ Answer: (C) Badaoni
173. “Ram Rahim ek hai, nam dhara hai do” – who preached during the sultanate?
(A) Sri Chaitanya
(B) Kabir
(C) Nanak
(D) Dadu
✅ Answer: (B) Kabir
174. Ibn Batuta came to India during which ruler’s reign?
(A) Akbar
(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Alauddin Khilji
✅ Answer: (B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2003 (6 Questions)
175. Woman folk of which region performed the rite of Jawhar?
(A) Malwa
(B) Gujarat
(C) Rajputana
(D) Bengal
✅ Answer: (C) Rajputana
176. Who was defeated in the hands of Muhammad Ghori in the Battle of Tarain in 1192?
(A) Prithviraj Chauhan
(B) Jaichand
(C) Dahir
(D) Pulakesin II
✅ Answer: (A) Prithviraj Chauhan
177. In 1498 Vasco da Gama landed at the port of __.
(A) Calicut
(B) Surat
(C) Masulipatnam
(D) Cochin
✅ Answer: (A) Calicut
178. Who among the following rulers was a slave in his early life?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
✅ Answer: (C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
179. Shri Krishna Vijaya Kavya was composed by:
(A) Chandidas
(B) Vidyapati
(C) Maladhar Basu
(D) Joydeva
✅ Answer: (C) Maladhar Basu
180. The meaning of the word ‘Mansab’ is __.
(A) Rank
(B) Proprietorship of land
(C) Possession of army personnel
(D) Land revenue
✅ Answer: (A) Rank
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2002 (6 Questions)
181. What does the word ‘Iqta’ stand for?
(A) Law of Primogeniture
(B) Crown lands donated to army officers
(C) State’s share of 1/3 of the spoils of war
(D) The grant of revenue from a territory in lieu of salary
✅ Answer: (D) The grant of revenue from a territory in lieu of salary
182. The Sultanate Coins Jital, Shashgani and Tanka were made of:
(A) Copper, Silver, Silver
(B) Gold, Copper, Lead
(C) Silver, Gold, Copper
(D) Silver, Gold, Silver
✅ Answer: (A) Copper, Silver, Silver
183. Who said the following lines, “Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree and the branches will fall by themselves”?
(A) Baji Rao – I
(B) Shivaji
(C) Balaji Viswanath
(D) Nana Phadnavis
✅ Answer: (A) Baji Rao – I
184. Abdur Razzaq visited the Kingdom of Vijayanagara in 1440 during the reign of:
(A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah
(D) Devaraya-II
✅ Answer: (D) Devaraya-II
185. Krishnadeva Raya wrote his famous work Amuktamalyada in:
(A) Telugu
(B) Kannada
(C) Tamil
(D) Malayalam
✅ Answer: (A) Telugu
186. With whom of the following did Shivaji sign the Treaty of Purandhar in 1665 A.D.?
(A) Shaista Khan
(B) Afzal Khan
(C) Jaisingh
(D) Prince Muazzam
✅ Answer: (C) Jaisingh
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2001 (7 Questions)
187. Sher Shah died while attacking:
(A) Mandu
(B) Raisin
(C) Marwar
(D) Kalinjar
✅ Answer: (D) Kalinjar
188. Among the Turks who made the first attack on India?
(A) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(B) Sabuktagin
(C) Alptgin
(D) Abdul Wahid
✅ Answer: (B) Sabuktagin
189. Who among the following historians described the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi of India as jihads (holy wars)?
(A) Al-Beruni
(B) Henry Elliot
(C) Jafar
(D) Utbi
✅ Answer: (D) Utbi
190. Lodi Sultans of Delhi were:
(A) Turks
(B) Persians
(C) Arabs
(D) Afghans
✅ Answer: (D) Afghans
191. The ruler of one of the following states entered into matrimonial alliance with Akbar was:
(A) Jaipur
(B) Ranthambhor
(C) Marwar
(D) Mewar
✅ Answer: (A) Jaipur
192. To which Sufi order did Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Delhi belong?
(A) Chisti
(B) Suharwardi
(C) Qadiri
(D) Naqshbandi
✅ Answer: (A) Chisti
193. What did the Sikhs mean by Misl?
(A) A tax
(B) An area conquered by them
(C) A political unit
(D) A Book
✅ Answer: (C) A political unit
🟢 WBCS Preliminary 2000 (5 Questions)
194. The Muslim saint of medieval India worshipped by Hindus & Muslims was:
(A) Kabira
(B) Nizamuddin Aulia
(C) Salim Chisti
(D) Shaik Qutubuddin
✅ Answer: (A) Kabira
195. “A triumph without result” is the epithet for:
(A) Arab conquest of Sind
(B) Muslim conquest of Bengal
(C) Mughal conquest of India
(D) British conquest of India
✅ Answer: (A) Arab conquest of Sind
196. Who said, “Hindus & Muslims are pots of the same clay”?
(A) Nanak
(B) Kabir
(C) Chaitanya
(D) Tulsidas
✅ Answer: (B) Kabir
197. Who was the Muslim Sultan regarded by Hindus as ‘Jagadguru’?
(A) Akbar
(B) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(C) Jaimal Abedin
(D) Hussain Shah
✅ Answer: (B) Ibrahim Adil Shah
198. Who was called ‘grandfather of Andhra Poetry’?
(A) Peddana
(B) Arbidu
(C) Krishnadeva Rao
(D) Bhaskar Pandit
✅ Answer: (A) Peddana
199. What is the ‘Dastak’?
(A) A Book by Clive
(B) A free pass
(C) Permission to trade without tax
(D) Donation by the Mughal emperors
✅ Answer: (C) Permission to trade without tax