Knowledge Check: Kingdoms
Q1: Who founded the Delhi Sultanate after the death of Muhammad Ghori?
A) Qutbuddin Aibak
B) Iltutmish
C) Balban
D) Alauddin Khilji
Q2: Which ruler introduced the Iqta system in the Delhi Sultanate?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Iltutmish
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D) Sikandar Lodi
Q3: Who constructed the Qutb Minar?
A) Balban
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Qutbuddin Aibak
D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Q4: Who founded the Kakatiya dynasty?
A) Prola II
B) Beta I
C) Ganapati Deva
D) Rudrama Devi
Q5: What was the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty?
A) Vijayanagara
B) Warangal
C) Hampi
D) Kondavidu
Q6: Who was the first woman ruler in Indian history with full administrative power?
A) Razia Sultana
B) Rudrama Devi
C) Noor Jahan
D) Razia Begum
Q7: Who founded the Vijayanagara Empire?
A) Bukka Raya
B) Krishnadevaraya
C) Harihara and Bukka
D) Deva Raya
Q8: Under which dynasty did Krishnadevaraya rule?
A) Saluva Dynasty
B) Sangama Dynasty
C) Aravidu Dynasty
D) Tuluva Dynasty
Q9: Which phrase is linked to Vijayanagara culture?
A) Vande Mataram
B) Satyameva Jayate
C) Desa Bhashalandu Telugu Lessa
D) Jai Hind
Q10: Which Mughal ruler defeated Ibrahim Lodi?
A) Akbar
B) Humayun
C) Babur
D) Shah Jahan
Q11: Who built the Taj Mahal?
A) Akbar
B) Aurangzeb
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
Q12: Which Mughal ruler introduced the Mansabdari system?
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Aurangzeb
D) Humayun
Q13: Who founded the Bahmani Sultanate?
A) Alauddin Bahman Shah
B) Muhammad Tughlaq
C) Firuz Shah Bahmani
D) Mahmud Gawan
Q14: The capital of Bahmani Sultanate was later shifted to?
A) Bijapur
B) Golconda
C) Bidar
D) Ahmadnagar
Q15: Who founded the Reddy Dynasty?
A) Prolaya Vema Reddy
B) Anavota Reddy
C) Kumaragiri Reddy
D) Prola II
Q16: Who was the founder of the Gajapati dynasty?
A) Kapilendra Deva
B) Purushottama Deva
C) Prataparudra Deva
D) Anantavarman
Q17: The kingdom of Kalinga under Gajapatis was mainly located in which modern regions?
A) Odisha and Northern Andhra
B) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
C) Gujarat and Rajasthan
D) Bengal and Assam
Q18: Who was the last powerful ruler of the Gajapati dynasty?
A) Kapilendra Deva
B) Purushottama Deva
C) Prataparudra Deva
D) Mukunda Deva
Q19: Who succeeded the Kakatiyas in most of Coastal Andhra region?
A) Vijayanagara Empire
B) Reddy Dynasty
C) Gajapati Kingdom
D) Bahmani Sultanate
Q20: The Bahmani Sultanate emerged mainly due to the decline of which power?
A) Delhi Sultanate
B) Chola Empire
C) Vijayanagara Empire
D) Mughal Empire
Q21: Who was the most famous minister of the Bahmani Sultanate?
A) Malik Kafur
B) Mahmud Gawan
C) Amir Khusrau
D) Todar Mal
Q22: The Battle of Talikota led to the decline of which empire?
A) Bahmani Sultanate
B) Maratha Empire
C) Vijayanagara Empire
D) Mughal Empire
Q23: Which ruler constructed the grand city of Hampi?
A) Harihara I
B) Deva Raya II
C) Krishnadevaraya
D) Sadasiva Raya
Q24: Which language was officially patronized by the Kakatiyas?
A) Sanskrit and Persian
B) Telugu and Sanskrit
C) Tamil and Kannada
D) Prakrit only
Q25: The Mansabdari system was used mainly to control?
A) Religious institutions
B) Trade guilds
C) Military administration
D) Village panchayats
Q26: Which Mughal ruler abolished Jizya tax?
A) Aurangzeb
B) Shah Jahan
C) Akbar
D) Jahangir
Q27: Which dynasty built the Thousand Pillar Temple in Warangal?
A) Cholas
B) Kakatiyas
C) Reddys
D) Vijayanagara
Q28: The diamond mines of Golconda were controlled by which dynasty?
A) Bahmani
B) Qutb Shahi
C) Mughal
D) Nizam
Q29: Which region was mainly ruled by the Reddy dynasty?
A) Telangana
B) Coastal Andhra
C) Karnataka Plateau
D) Odisha
Q30: The Mughal capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi by?
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Aurangzeb
D) Babur
Q31: Which fort was the main capital center of the Mughal Empire?
A) Red Fort
B) Agra Fort
C) Fatehpur Sikri
D) Lahore Fort
Q32: The Vijayanagara economy mainly depended on?
A) Mining
B) Agriculture and trade
C) Forest products
D) Hunting
Q33: Which port helped Vijayanagara trade with Arabs and Europeans?
A) Machilipatnam
B) Pulicat
C) Bhatkal
D) Nagapattinam
Q34: The Persian historian who wrote about Akbar was?
A) Badauni
B) Abul Fazl
C) Ibn Battuta
D) Al-Biruni
Q35: Which Mughal ruler built Fatehpur Sikri?
A) Humayun
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
Q36: Who was the last powerful Mughal ruler?
A) Aurangzeb
B) Shah Alam II
C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
D) Akbar II
Q37: Which factor mainly weakened the Mughal Empire?
A) Agricultural failure
B) Internal rebellions
C) Foreign trade loss
D) Natural disasters
Q38: The Telugu poet Srinatha was associated with which dynasty?
A) Kakatiya
B) Reddy
C) Vijayanagara
D) Chola
Q39: Who controlled most of South India before Mughal expansion?
A) Deccan Sultanates
B) Vijayanagara Empire
C) Marathas
D) Bahmani Sultanate
Q40: Which dynasty acted as a buffer between Bahmani and Vijayanagara Empires?
A) Kakatiya
B) Reddy
C) Gajapati
D) Qutb Shahi