Important GK Questions

Question: In the Battle of Khatoli (1517) Rana Sanga of Mewar defeated Sultan of Delhi, ______ Lodhi and imprisoned him and then released him after collecting ransom.
Answer: Ibrahim

Question: Who was the ruler of Delhi sultanate when Ibn Batuta came in India?
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Question: Who was the first and last woman ruler of Delhi Sultanate?
Answer: Razia Sultana

Question: The silver coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri was called:
Answer: Rupiya

Question: Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq was the governor of ______ during the reign of Ala-ud-din Khilji.
Answer: Punjab

Question: Who among the following introduced the practice of Sijda (prostration) and Paibos (kissing the feet of monarch) in the court?
Answer: Ghiyasuddin Balban

Question: Who was the founder of the Mamluk dynasty in India?
Answer: Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Question: Who among the following was a slave of Muhammad Ghori? He became the ruler after the death of his master and founded the Slave Dynasty.
Answer: Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Question: ________ organised his trusted nobles into a group of forty known as Turkan-i-Chahalgani.
Answer: Iltutmish

Question: When did Ibrahim Lodi become the Sultan of Delhi?

Answer: 1517

Question: The city of Dhillika (Delhi) was founded by the:
Answer: Tomars

Question: Which of the following rulers built the mosque called ‘Adhai-din-ka-Jhopra’?
Answer: Qutub-ud-Din-Aibak

Question: Which Sultan established a separate department (Diwan-i-Amir Kohi) to take care of agriculture?
Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Question: Who among the following was the first Sayyid ruler of Delhi?
Answer: Khizr Khan

Question: Who among the following sultans of the Delhi Sultanate appointed Ghiyasuddin Balban as his/her Prime Minister?
Answer: Nasiruddin Mahmud

Question: In which language were the Mughal court chronicles written?
Answer: Persian

Question: The first Mughal emperor, Babur came to India from:
Answer: Ferghana

Question: Which of the following books was translated as ‘The Razmnama’ (Book of War) during the reign of Akbar?
Answer: Mahabharata

Question: Who did Mughal Emperor Babur defeat in the Battle of Ghagra in 1529?
Answer: Mahmud Lodi

Question: After the Battle of Plassey,  _______ was made Nawab of the Bengal.
Answer: Mir Jafar

Question: With which Mughal ruler is the Moti Masjid in Agra associated?
Answer: Shah Jahan

Question: In which of the following years was the Mughal empire established by Babur?
Answer: 1526

Question: _________ has been called the “architect king” as during his reign, the world witnessed a unique development of arts and culture of the Mughal Empire.
Answer: Shah Jahan

Question: It was under the reign of ______ that the Mughal Empire reached its peak in matter of area under the Mughal empire.
Answer: Aurangzeb

Question: Who was the Mughal Emperor at the time of Battle of Plassey?
Answer: Alamgir II

Question: The battle of Karnal (1739) was won by Persian King Nadir Shah by defeating the army of _______
Answer: Mughal Emperor, Muhammad Shah

Question: Which Mughal prince translated the Upanishads into Persian in 1657?
Answer: Dara Shikoh

Question: Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II appointed the British East India Company as the Diwan of the province of Bengal in the year _______.
Answer: 1765

Question: The Mysore Palace was the residence of the ______.
Answer: Wodeyars

Question: Who among the following rulers is called the ‘Napoleon of India’?
Answer: Samudragupta

Question: Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of Mughal ruler _______ as the ambassador of the king of England.
Answer: Jahangir

Question: Who among the following Mughal Emperors was called as Darvesh or a Zinda Pir? 
Answer: Aurangzeb

Question: Who among the following rulers is related to “market regulatory measures” in medieval India?
Answer: Alauddin Khilji

Question: Who was the scholar entrusted by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni to write an account of the subcontinent?
Answer: Al-Baruni

Question: Who has built the Vijay Stambha (tower of victory) in Chittorgarh?
Answer: Rana Kumbha

Question: Who was the Fifth Sikh Gurus?
Answer: Guru Arjan Dev

Question: After which of the following centuries, did the practice of donating land in South India go a long way?

Answer: Eighth century

Question: Where is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in Pakistan?
Answer: Lahore

Question: Military Commanders during the Rule of Akbar were known as ________.
Answer: Faujdars

Question: Who among the following was popularly known as the parrot of India?
Answer: Amir Khusrow

Question: The Council of Ministers during the time of Shivaji Maharaj was known as:
Answer: Ashta Pradhan

Question: Gol Gumbaz was designed by?
Answer: Yaqut of Dabul

Question: In which year did the battle of Khanua (Khanwa) take place between Babur and the Rajput forces led by Rana Sanga?
Answer: 1527

Question: Which ruler of Vijayanagar allowed the Portuguese to build a church in his empire?
Answer: Venkat II

Question: Dara Shikoh was killed in conflict with his brother _________.
Answer: Aurangzeb