With reference to Suffism in Indian history, consider the following statements: [2002] 1. Sheikh Ahmad Sarhandi was a contemporary of Ibrahim Lodi 2. Sheikh Nasiruddin Chirag-I-Dehlavi was a disciple of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya

Assertion (A): Saluva Narasimha put an end to the old dynasty and assumed the royal title. Reason (R) : He wanted to save the kingdom from further degeneration and disintegration. [2003] 1) ...

Assertion (A): Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an emperor far away from his capital. Reason (R): There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from the north-west frontier.[2003] ...

Assertion (A): Emperor Akbar marched towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a huge army. Reason (R): He was on his way to reclaim his ancestral country of Ferghana in Central Asia. [2003] 1) ...

Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message? [2002] 1) Dadu 2) Kabir 3) Ramananda 4) Tulsidas

With reference to medieval Indian rulers, which one of the following statement is correct? [2002] 1) Alauddin Khalji first set up a separate ariz 2) Balban introduced the branding of horses in ...

Assertion (A): Muhammad Bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-Dwari. Reason (R): At that time, Delhi was ravaged by plague and many people died. [2002] ...

The motive behind Shah Jahan’s Balkh campaign was to: [2002] 1) secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul 2) conquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelands 3) ...

Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subject because of his belief in secularism? [2000] 1) Hussain Shah 2) Zain-ul-Abidin 3) Ibrahim Adil ...

In which one of the following cities is the Lingaraja Temple located? [2001] 1) Bhubaneswar 2) Bijapur 3) Kolkata 4) Shravananbelagola