Pachhunga University College

2nd CAT October 2021

HISTORY PAPER III
History of India (Gupta to Sultanate Periods)
HIST/III/EC/03
Full Mark: 24

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ) (1X15=15)

1. The theory of two-stage urban decay in ancient and Medieval India was put forward by
a. B.D. Chattopadhyaya
b. Hermann Kulke
c. Vincent A. Smith
d. R.S. Sharma

2. In south India land grants were made to

a. temples
b. guilds
c. landlords
d. peasants

3. Administration of the Cholas was based on

a. autonomous village administration
b. district administration
c. local self-government
d. panchayat system

4. The capital of Pallava dynasty was

a. Badami
b. Kanchi
c. Madurai
d. Guntur

5. The Pallavas became a major power under

a. Narasimhavarman
b. Sankaracharya
c. Mahendravarman I
d. Harshavardhana

6. Pallava means
a. d. creeper
b. mighty
c. fast
d. kind
7. Tax free land given to the Brahmin either in form of single plot or whole villages in the
early medieval India was called
a. brahmadeya
b. dharmasana
c. sabh
d. taniyur

8. The Arab conquest of Sindh took place in AD 712 under the leadership of
a. Muhammad bin Qasim
b. Qutub-ud-din
c. Mahmud Ghazni
d. Subuktagin

9. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating
Prithiviraj Chauhan in 1192 AD in
a. The battle of Chandawar
b. The second battle of Tarain
c. The first battle of Panipat
d. The battle of Plassey

10. The number of dynasties which ruled India during the Sultanate period was:
a. three
b. five
c. six
d. seven

11. Who adopted the ‘Blood and Iron’ policy?

a. Iltutmish
b. Balban
c. Ala-ud-din Khalji
d. Firoz Shah Tughlaq

12. Muhammad-bin Tughlaq decided to shift his capital from Delhi to

a. Lahore
b. Daulatabad/Deogiri
c. Gulbarga
d. Allahabad

13. The historian who termed the economic changes in the Delhi Sultanate as an ‘urban’ and
‘rural’ revolution is
a. D.D. Kosambi
b. M.G. Ranade
c. Muhammad Habib
d. R.S. Sharma

14. The last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate was

a. Firoz Tughlaq
b. Ala-ud-din Khalji
c. Ibrahim Lodi
d. Muhammad-bin Tughlaq

15. To take care of the conquered lands, Muhmmad Ghori left behind his trusted slave and
General:
a. Iltutmish
b. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
c. Nasiruddin
d. Malik Kafur

Answer any 3 from the following: (3X3=9)

1. In what ways did the Pallavas make contribution to Indian art?
2. What is “ur” and “sabha‟?
3. What was the devadasi system in South India?
4. Why was the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, called the “Slave Dynasty‟?
5. Who was Razya Begum?
6. Who were the Ulemas?