WBCS Mains Early Medieval Indian History Questions 2023

Q. During the Arab invasion in 712AD the ruler of Sind was defeated by whom?

(A) Sultan Mahmud of Gazni
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(D) Tajuddin Yildiz

Correct Answer: (C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim

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Q. Who composed the book ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’?

(A) Al Beruni
(B) Al Masudi
(C) Khafi Khan
(D) Hasan Nizami

Correct Answer: (A) Al Beruni

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Q. Who won the first battle of Tarain?

(A) Prithviraj Chauhan
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(D) Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni

Correct Answer: (A) Prithviraj Chauhan

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Q. During the Arab invasion in 712AD the ruler of Sind was defeated by whom?

(A) Sultan Mahmud of Gazni
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(D) Tajuddin Yildiz

Correct Answer: (C) Muhammad-bin-Qasim

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Q. The duration of Tripartite Struggle was:

(A) 200 years
(B) 100 years
(C) 400 years
(D) 50 years

Correct Answer: (A) 200 years

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Q. Who composed ‘Rajatarangini’?

(A) Kalhana
(B) Bilhana
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Ashvaghosha

Correct Answer: (A) Kalhana

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Q. Who composed the ‘Vikramankadevacharita’?

(A) Bilhana
(B) Ravikirti
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Kalhana

Correct Answer: (A) Bilhana

WBCS Mains Early Medieval Indian History Questions 2022

Q. The Arab conquest of Sindh is depicted in:

(A) Akbar Namah
(B) Ain i Akbari
(C) Chach Namah
(D) Shah Namah

Correct Answer: (C) Chach Namah

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Q. The First Battle of Tarain took place in:

(A) 1191 AD
(B) 1176 AD
(C) 1105 AD
(D) 1155 AD

Correct Answer: (A) 1191 AD

WBCS Mains Early Medieval Indian History Questions 2021

Q. Who was the author of Rajtarangini?

(A) Kalhana
(B) Jonaraja
(C) Srivara
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Kalhana

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Q. Who was the author of the Prabandha Chintamani?

(A) Medhatithi
(B) Merutunga
(C) Shriharsha
(D) Soddhala

Correct Answer: (B) Merutunga

WBCS Mains Early Medieval Indian History Questions 2020

Q. King Jaypala, who faced Sultan Mahmud’s invasion belonged to the:

(A) Chalukya dynasty
(B) Hindushahi dynasty
(C) Pandya dynasty
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) Hindushahi dynasty

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Q. The Persian poet Firdausi who composed ‘Shah Namah’ was associated with the court of:

(A) Sultan Mahmud
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Shah Tahmasp
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Sultan Mahmud

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Q. The Somnath Temple of Gujarat was destroyed by Sultan Mahmud in:

(A) 1015 AD
(B) 1020 AD
(C) 1025 AD
(D) 1027 AD

Correct Answer: (C) 1025 AD

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Q. The name of Sultan Mahmud’s father is:

(A) Alptigin
(B) Sabuktigin
(C) Ulugh Khan
(D) Nove of the above

Correct Answer: (B) Sabuktigin

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Q. The popular name of Muizuddin Muhammad Bin Sam was:

(A) Sultan Mahmud
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Timur
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) Muhammad Ghori

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Q. Which of the following works refer to the History of Sind and its conquest by the Muslim?

(A) Taj-ul-Maathir
(B) Chach Namah
(C) Lubab-ul-Abab
(D) Kitab-i-Tahqiq

Correct Answer: (B) Chach Namah

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Q. Who faced defeat in the Battle of Chandawar in 1194 AD?

(A) Bhima II
(B) Jaichand
(C) Lakshman Sena
(D) Muhammad Ghori

Correct Answer: (B) Jaichand

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Q. Who was the Hindu king at the time of Muhammad bin Qasim’s invasion of Sind?

(A) Dahir
(B) Hala
(C) Harsha
(D) Ananda Pala

Correct Answer: (A) Dahir

WBCS Mains Early Medieval Indian History Questions 2016

Q. “The success of Muizzudin Muhammad Ghori in India was the consummation of a process which extended over the whole of 12th Century”. By whom this observation has been made?

(A) A.B.M. Habibullah
(B) Satish Chandra
(C) Irfan Habib
(D) A.K. Nizami

Correct Answer: (D) A.K. Nizami

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Q. Which of the following kingdoms was referred to as ‘Ruhmi’ by the Arab merchant Sulaiman?

(A) Rashtrakuta
(B) Chola
(C) Pala
(D) Pratihara

Correct Answer: (A) Rashtrakuta