1. The Mughal school of painting formed the spinal column of different schools of Indian miniature art. Which one of the following painting styles was not affected by Mughal painting?

• (a) Pahari
• (b) Rajasthani
• (c) Kangra
• (d) Kalighata

2. Who among the following were famous jurists of medieval India?

• (a) Vijnanesvara
• (b) Hemadri
• (c) Rajasekhara
• (d) Jimutavahana

3. According to Mimamsa system of philosophy, liberation is possible by means by:

• (a) jnana
• (b) bhakti
• (c) yoga
• (d) karma

4. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola periodinvariably show the deity with:

• (a) eight hands
• (b) six hands
• (c) four hands
• (d) two hands

5. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?

• (a) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
• (b) Jama Masjid, Delhi
• (c) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
• (d) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur

6. Ashtapradhan was a council of ministers:

• (a) in the Gupta administration
• (b) in the Chola administration
• (c) in the Vijayanagar administration
• (d) in the Maratha administration

7. Nastaliq was:

• (a) a Persian script used in medieval India
• (b) a raga composed by Tansen
• (c) a cess levied by the Mughal rulers
• (d) a manual of code of conduct for the Ulemas

8. The sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was;

• (a) Muin-ud-din Chisti
• (b) Baba Farid
• (c) Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
• (d) Shah Alam Bukhari

9. Mughal painting reached its zenith under:

• (a) Humayun
• (b) Akbar
• (c) Jahangir
• (d) Shahjahan

10. In medieval India, Mansabdari system was introduced for:

• (a) making recruitment to the army
• (b) facilitating revenue collection
• (c) ensuring religious harmony
• (d) effecting clean administration

11. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

• (a) Guru Amar Das – Miri and Piri
• (b) Guru Arjun Dev –Dal Khalsa
• (c) Guru Gobind Singh – Manji

12. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, were composed by:

• (a) Bihari
• (b) Surdas
• (c) Raskhan
• (d) Kabir

13. After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of:

• (a) Tute-Hind
• (b) Kaisr-I-Hind
• (c) Zil-I-Ilahi
• (d) Din-I-Ilahi

14. Head of the military department under the recognized central machinery of administration during Akbar’s reign was:

• (a) Diwan
• (b) Mir Bakshi
• (c) Mir Saman
• (d) Bakshi

15. Assertion (A): The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.
Reason (R): The Chisti order takes its name from a village chisti in Ajmer. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

• (a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
• (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
• (c) A is true but R is false
• (d) A is false but R is true.

16. Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched?

• (a) Sarladasa-Bengali
• (b) Kasirama-Oriya
• (c) Tikkana-Marathi
• (d) Pampa-Kannada

17. The medieval Indian writer who refers to the discovery of America is:

• (a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
• (b) Amir Khusrau
• (c) Raskhan
• (d) Abul Fazl

18. The member of Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan who looked after foreign affairs was:

• (a) Peshwa
• (b) Sachiv
• (c) Pandit Rao
• (d) Sumant

19. The loss of Qandhar was a big blow to the mughal empire from the view point of:

• (a) natural resources
• (b) buffer territory
• (c) communication
• (d) strategic stronghold

20. Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant:

• (a) extra payment to the nobles
• (b) revenue assigned in lieu of salary
• (c) excess amount paid to the exchequer by the Iqtadars
• (d) illegal exactions extracted from the peasants

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