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1
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Two main clans of Rajputs

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Surya Vansha & Chandra Vansha

2
Q

Prithviraj Chauhan defeated _____ in the First Battle of Tarrain [1191].

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Mohammed of Ghori

  • Prithviraj was killed by him in the second battle of Tarrain [1192]
  • established Muslim rule over India
3
Q

The Rajput ruler Bhoja Parmar of Malwa was also known as ____.

A

Kaviraj

4
Q

Kandariya Mahadev temple at Khajuraho were built by ____.

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Chandellas of Bundelkhand

5
Q

____ temple at Mt Abu was built by Siddharaja Solanki of Gujarat.

A

Dilwara temple

6
Q

_____ temple in Cambodia was built by Suryavarman II.

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Angkorvat temple

  • dedicated to Lord Vishnu
7
Q

Somadeva wrote ____ during the Rajput rule.

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Kathasaritasagar

8
Q

____ is the biography of Chalukya King, Vikramadeva VI

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Vikramadeva Charita by Bilhana

9
Q

____ contains the history of Kashmir, written during the Rajput rule.

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Rajtarangini of Kalhana

10
Q

First Muslim to invade India

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Mohammed Qassim of Iraq

  • defeated the ruler of Sind
11
Q

This Turkish ruler invaded India 17 times.

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Mahmud of Ghazni

  • plundered Somnath temple in his 16th raid [1025 AD]
12
Q

____ wrote Sahnemeh

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Firdausi [court poet of Ghazni]

13
Q

___ founded the Chola dynasty.

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Vijayalaya

14
Q

___ build the city, Gangaikondacholapuram.

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Rajendra I

15
Q

____ founded slave dynasty.

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Qutub ud-din Aibak

  • former slave of Ghori
16
Q

Qutub ud-din Aibak was given the title of ___.

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Lakh Bakhsh

17
Q

Qutub Minar was built in the honour of this person.

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Sufi saint, Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

  • started by Aibak; completed by Iltutmish
18
Q

Aibak patronised these two writers.

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Hasan Nizami & Fakhruddin

19
Q

Real founder of the Delhi Sultanate

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Iltutmish

20
Q

Iltutmish saved Delhi from the wrath of ____ by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah

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Chegiz Khan

21
Q

First and only woman to ever rule India.

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Razia Sultan

22
Q

Iltutmish’s corp of 40 loyal slaves was called ____.

A

Turkan-i-Chahalgani / Chalisa

23
Q

___ ruler of the Delhi sultanate ordered the separation of military from finance department.

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Balban

24
Q

Balbal also took on the title of ____.

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Zil-i-Ilahi [shadow of god]

25
Q

____ started the festival of Nauroz.

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Balban

26
Q

____ invaded Devangiri in 1294.

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Jalaluddin Khilji & Alauddin Khilji

27
Q

First ruler of the Sultan dynasty to have a permanent army.

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Alauddin Khilji

  • adopted the title of Sikander-i-Sahni
28
Q

Most important fort built by Alauddin Khilji

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Alai Fort

29
Q

Entrance gate of Qutub Minar is called ___.

A

Alai Darwaza

30
Q

Founder of Tughlaq dynasty

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Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

31
Q

____ took on the title of Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq when he ascended the throne.

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Jauna Khan

32
Q

___ changed the Iqta system from being salary-based to hereditary.

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Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  • land of the empire divided into several tracts called Iqta & assigned to soldiers, officers and nobles.
33
Q

Firoz Shah Tughlaq renamed ____ as Firozabad.

A

Pandua

34
Q

____ imposed a tax on Brahmins for the first time in Indian history.

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Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  • called Jaziya
35
Q

___ wrote Tarikh-i-Firozshahi & Fatwa-i-Jahangiri

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Barani [historian]

36
Q

Timur invaded India during the rule of ____.

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Nasiruddin Mohammed Tughlaq

37
Q

Founder of Sayyid Dynasty

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Khizr Khan

  • took on title ‘Rayat-i-Ala’
38
Q

Founder of Lodhi dynasty in India

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Bahlol Lodhi

39
Q

Real name of Sikandar Lodhi

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Nizam Khan

  • wrote verses in Persian under pen name ‘Gulrukhi’
40
Q

This Lodhi ruler defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar

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Ibrahim Lodhi

41
Q

____ battle marks the end of Delhi Sultanate

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First Battle of Panipat [1526]

  • between Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
42
Q

Head of military department in Delhi Sultanate was called ____.

A

Ariz-i-Mamalik

43
Q

These two instruments were introduced during the Delhi Sultanate

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Sarangi & Rabab

44
Q

___ invented the Sitar

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Amir Khusro

  • also innovated Khayyal
45
Q

Other names for Amir Khusro

A

Tuti-i-Hind or Parrot of India

46
Q

____ built Ahmedabad and Jama Masjid

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Ahmed Shah I