This Indian History quiz on Famous Queens and Women Rulers of Indian History puts 11 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.
11 questions with answers and explanations
Who was the only woman ever to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Razia was the daughter of Iltutmish of the Slave or Mamluk dynasty, who nominated her over his sons, and she ruled Delhi from 1236 to 1240 with the title Jalalat-ud-din, the only woman to occupy that throne.
Read the full explanation →Rani Rudramadevi, who ruled from Warangal in the thirteenth century, belonged to which dynasty?
Rudramadevi was the daughter of the Kakatiya ruler Ganapatideva and ruled the Kakatiya kingdom of Warangal, in present Telangana, in the second half of the thirteenth century; she is one of the very few women to have governed a southern kingdom in her own name, and her grandson Prataparudra II…
Read the full explanation →Rani Durgavati, who died fighting the Mughal commander Asaf Khan in 1564, ruled which kingdom?
Rani Durgavati ruled the Gond kingdom of Garha-Katanga, in the region of present Madhya Pradesh called Gondwana, and governed as regent for her young son after her husband death.
Read the full explanation →Ahilyabai Holkar, the ruler of the Holkar state of Indore, made which town on the Narmada her capital?
Ahilyabai Holkar ruled from 1767 to 1795 and shifted her seat to Maheshwar on the north bank of the Narmada, which became a centre of administration, temple building and handloom weaving; the Maheshwari sari is still named after it.
Read the full explanation →Who led the defence of the Ahmadnagar fort against the Mughal siege of 1595?
Chand Bibi, also called Chand Sultana, was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar and the wife of Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur, and she acted as regent in both kingdoms.
Read the full explanation →What was the childhood name of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi?
Lakshmibai was born at Varanasi in 1828 in a Marathi Brahmin family and was named Manikarnika, called Manu at home; she took the name Lakshmibai on her marriage to Gangadhar Rao, the ruler of Jhansi.
Read the full explanation →Under which policy of Lord Dalhousie was Jhansi annexed in 1854, after the refusal to recognise the adopted son of Gangadhar Rao?
Under this policy of Lord Dalhousie, a dependent princely state whose ruler died without a natural heir lapsed to the Company, and adoption was not accepted; Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Nagpur and Jhansi were taken over in this way, and Jhansi was annexed in 1854 after the death of Gangadhar Rao.
Read the full explanation →Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt of 1857 at Lucknow and proclaimed which of her relations the ruler of Awadh?
Begum Hazrat Mahal was a wife of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, who had been deposed and sent to Calcutta in 1856.
Read the full explanation →Rani Chennamma, who took up arms against the East India Company in 1824 over the refusal to accept her adopted heir, ruled which state?
Kittur Chennamma ruled the small state of Kittur in present Karnataka; when her son died, the Company refused to recognise her adopted son Shivalingappa as heir, and she resisted in arms in 1824, defeating the first British force before being overcome, so she is counted among the earliest rulers to…
Read the full explanation →Tarabai, who led the Maratha resistance to Aurangzeb after 1700 in the name of her son Shivaji II, was the widow of which ruler?
Tarabai was the wife of Rajaram, the younger son of Shivaji, and the daughter of the Maratha commander Hambirrao Mohite.
Read the full explanation →Rani Abbakka Chowta of Ullal, on the coast of present Karnataka, is remembered for her long resistance to which European power?
Rani Abbakka Chowta ruled Ullal near Mangaluru in the sixteenth century, when the Portuguese were trying to control the pepper and spice trade of the Malabar and Tulunadu coast, and she fought them for decades, which is why she is often called the first woman freedom fighter of the Indian…
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