This Bihar quiz on Medieval Bihar: Sher Shah Suri and After puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
What was the original name of Sher Shah Suri?
He was born Farid Khan, the son of Hasan Khan, an Afghan of the Sur clan who held the jagir of Sasaram in what is now Rohtas district of Bihar.
Read the full explanation →In which battle of 1539, fought in present Buxar district of Bihar, did Sher Khan defeat Humayun?
It was fought on 26 June 1539 at Chausa on the Ganga, in present Buxar district of Bihar, and Sher Khan's victory broke Humayun's army; the emperor himself escaped across the river and the Mughal hold on the east collapsed.
Read the full explanation →Sher Shah's tomb, built on a platform in the middle of a tank, stands at which town of Bihar?
Sher Shah's tomb stands in the middle of a large tank at Sasaram in Rohtas district, the town whose jagir his father held, and it is the work of the architect Aliwal Khan; its octagonal plan, high plinth and great dome make it one of the finest Indo Islamic monuments…
Read the full explanation →Which silver coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri gave the Indian currency its present name?
Sher Shah withdrew the debased mixed coins in circulation and issued a silver rupiya of about one hundred and seventy eight grains of fixed purity, along with a copper dam, and set a rate between them.
Read the full explanation →The Sadak e Azam, the Grand Trunk Road rebuilt by Sher Shah, ran from Sonargaon in Bengal to which point?
The Sadak e Azam ran from Sonargaon in eastern Bengal through Bihar, Agra, Delhi and Lahore to the Indus in the northwest, and Sher Shah lined it with wells, shade trees and sarais.
Read the full explanation →In Sher Shah's revenue system, which document was given to the cultivator stating his holding and the revenue due from it?
Sher Shah had the land measured, graded it as good, middling or bad, fixed the state's share at about one third of the average produce, and then issued every cultivator a patta, a title deed setting out his holding and what he owed, so that no intermediary could demand more.
Read the full explanation →Sher Shah Suri died in 1545 during the siege of which fort?
Sher Shah was besieging the Bundelkhand fort of Kalinjar when a gunpowder explosion on 22 May 1545 fatally injured him; the fort fell on the same day.
Read the full explanation →Which general of the Sur dynasty was defeated and killed at the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556?
Hemu, also called Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, was the Hindu general and chief minister of the Sur ruler Muhammad Adil Shah.
Read the full explanation →Patna was renamed Azimabad in 1704 after which Mughal prince, who served as subahdar?
He was a son of Bahadur Shah I and a grandson of Aurangzeb, and he governed Bihar as subahdar from Patna.
Read the full explanation →The Battle of Buxar of 22 October 1764 was won by the East India Company under which commander?
At Buxar in Bihar on 22 October 1764 Munro defeated the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the deposed Nawab of Bengal, Shuja ud Daula, the Nawab of Awadh, and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II.
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