This Uttar Pradesh quiz on Medieval Uttar Pradesh: Sultanate, Mughals and Awadh 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
In the battle of Chandawar in 1194, Muhammad Ghori defeated which ruler?
Chandawar lies on the Yamuna near present day Firozabad, and the battle fought there in 1194 ended the power of the Gahadavala ruler Jaichand, who was killed.
Read the full explanation →The city of Jaunpur was founded by which ruler?
Firoz Shah Tughlaq founded Jaunpur in 1359 and named it after his cousin and predecessor Muhammad bin Tughlaq, whose earlier name was Juna Khan.
Read the full explanation →Under which dynasty did Jaunpur come to be known as Shiraz e Hind?
After the invasion of Timur shattered Tughlaq authority, Malik Sarwar, who held the title Malik us Sharq or lord of the east, made Jaunpur independent in 1394, and his successors ruled as the Sharqis until 1479.
Read the full explanation →Sher Shah Suri finally defeated Humayun in 1540 at which place in present day Uttar Pradesh?
The battle of Kannauj, also called the battle of Bilgram, was fought in 1540 and completed the work begun at Chausa a year earlier.
Read the full explanation →The Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was built to commemorate the conquest of which region?
The Buland Darwaza is the towering southern gateway of the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri, raised by Akbar as a gate of victory in memory of his conquest of Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Itmad ud Daulah at Agra was built by whom?
The empress Nur Jahan raised the tomb at Agra for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who held the title Itmad ud Daulah and served as a minister of Jahangir.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the line of the Nawabs of Awadh?
He was appointed governor of Awadh by the Mughal emperor in 1722 and, like the Nizam in the Deccan and the Nawab in Bengal, turned the post into a hereditary one as imperial authority weakened.
Read the full explanation →Which Nawab shifted the capital of Awadh from Faizabad to Lucknow?
He moved the seat of the Awadh government from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775 and made the new capital famous for its building and its court life.
Read the full explanation →Awadh was annexed by the British in 1856 during the reign of which Nawab?
Lord Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856 on the plea of misgovernment, not under the doctrine of lapse, and the Nawab, a poet, dancer and patron of Kathak and thumri, was deposed and sent to Calcutta.
Read the full explanation →The saint Kabir, whose verses attacked ritual and caste, is chiefly associated with which city of Uttar Pradesh?
Kabir, a weaver by trade and a disciple in the tradition of Ramananda, lived and preached at Varanasi and died at Magahar.
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