‘The king was freed from his people and they from their king’. On whose death did Badauni comment thus? [1999] 1) Balban 2) Ala-ud-din Khalji 3) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq 4) Firoz Shah ...

The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was: [1999] 1) Amir Khusrau 2) Mirza Ghalib 3) Bahadur Shah Zafar 4) Faiz

A on the map represent? 1) Bahlol Lodi – Jaunpur 2) Sikandar Lodi – Aligarh 3) Ibrahim Lodi – Jaunpur 4) Ibrahim Lodi – Aligarh ...

Consider the following: [1998] 1. Tughlaqabad fort 2. Lodi Garden 3. Qutab Minar 4. Fatehpur Sikri The correct chronological order in which they were built is : 1) 3, 1, 4, ...

The term ‘Apabhramsa’ was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote: [1996] 1) outcastes among the Rajputs 2) deviations from Vedic rituals 3) early forms of some of the modern Indian ...

Consider the following statements: [1998] Ahadis were those troopers who: 1. offered their services singly 2. did not attach themselves to any chief 3. had the emperor as their immediate colonel 4. attached themselves to ...

Nastaliq was: [1996] 1) a persian script used in medieval India 2) a raga composed by Tansen 3) a cess levied by the Mughal rulers 4) a manual of code ...

The sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was; [1996] 1) Muin-ud-din Chisti 2) Baba Farid 3) Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz 4) Shah ...

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? [1996] 1) Guru Amar Das–Miri and Piri 2) Guru Arjun Dev–Adi Granth 3) Guru Ram Das–Dal Khalsa 4) Guru Gobind Singh– Manji ...

Assertion (A): During the reign of Shahjahan, Dara Sikoh was sent on expedition to Balkha, Badakhshan and Qandahar. Reason (R): The expedition sent by Shahjahan to the Middle-East was a marvellous success. [1998] ...