This Indian History quiz on Provincial Kingdoms of Medieval India: Bengal, Jaunpur, Malwa, Gujarat and Kashmir 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
Who founded the Sharqi dynasty of Jaunpur?
A noble of the later Tughlaq court, Malik Sarwar was sent east in 1394 with the title Malik-us-Sharq, the Master of the East, and he made himself independent of Delhi; the title gave his line the name Sharqi.
Read the full explanation →Which medieval Indian city was known as the Shiraz of the East for its scholars and learning?
Under the Sharqi sultans, and especially Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, Jaunpur attracted so many scholars of Persian and Arabic, theologians and musicians that it was compared with Shiraz, the city of learning and poetry in Iran.
Read the full explanation →The city of Ahmedabad was founded in 1411 on the bank of the Sabarmati by which ruler?
He moved the capital of Gujarat from Anhilwara Patan to a new city on the Sabarmati in 1411, named it after himself, and built there the Jama Mosque and the ceremonial Teen Darwaza.
Read the full explanation →Mahmud of Gujarat received the title Begarha because he
In Gujarati be garh means two forts, and Mahmud took both the hill fort of Girnar in Junagadh and the fort of Champaner in the east of his kingdom, founding the towns of Mustafabad and Muhammadabad beside them.
Read the full explanation →Zain-ul-Abidin, the greatest ruler of medieval Kashmir, is popularly known as
He abolished the jizya, recalled the Brahmins who had fled, had the Mahabharata and Kalhana's Rajatarangini translated into Persian, and settled artisans from Samarkand who introduced paper-making, shawl weaving and carpet weaving.
Read the full explanation →Which ruler of Malwa shifted the capital from Dhar to Mandu and renamed it Shadiabad?
The son of Dilawar Khan Ghuri moved the seat of government from the plains town of Dhar to the hill fort of Mandu, renamed it Shadiabad, the city of joy, and built the Jama Mosque there; his own tomb at Mandu is the first building in India faced entirely in…
Read the full explanation →Who united Bengal in 1342, founded the Ilyas Shahi dynasty and assumed the title Shah-i-Bangalah?
He brought the three divisions of Bengal under one authority in 1342, founded the dynasty named after him, took the title Shah-i-Bangalah and held off Firoz Shah Tughlaq's two invasions.
Read the full explanation →Jaunpur was annexed to the Delhi Sultanate in 1484 by which ruler?
The founder of the Lodi dynasty spent much of his reign subduing the Sharqi kingdom, defeated Hussain Shah Sharqi, who fled to Bengal, and annexed Jaunpur in 1484.
Read the full explanation →Alauddin Hussain Shah, under whom medieval Bengal saw its golden age, was a contemporary of which religious figure?
The great exponent of Krishna bhakti in Bengal lived during the reign of Alauddin Hussain Shah, who patronised Bengali literature and under whose rule Vaishnava devotion spread widely in the province.
Read the full explanation →The Adina Mosque at Pandua, the largest mosque of medieval Bengal, was built by
The correct answer is A, Sikandar Shah, the son and successor of Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, who raised the Adina Mosque at Pandua in the later fourteenth century on a scale unmatched in eastern India.
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