Grade: VI

Subject: HISTORY

Topic : The Turkish Invasions

1. Name the two important states that rose after the decline of the
Abbasid caliphate?
 Ghazni and Ghor.

2. Who was Mahmud Ghazni?

 Mahmud Ghazni was the ambitious and powerful sultan of a Turkish
empire called Ghazni.

3. How many times did he invade India?

 Mahmud Ghazni invaded India 17 times.

4. Why did Mahmud invade India?

 He wanted to build a large and well equipped army to expand his
Kingdom.
 He wanted to protect his Kingdom from his enemies in Central Asia.
 He was attracted to the riches of the temples of North India.

5. The Rajput could not prevent Mahmud from invading India. Give
reason.
 Rajputs were absorbed in mutual rivalries.
 There was no unity among them.
 They failed to understand the gravity of the situation and did not
unite to fight Mahmud Ghazni.

6. Name the temple that was repeatedly plundered and destroyed by

Mahmud Ghazni?
 The Somnath Temple.

7. Why didn’t Mahmud Ghazni establish an Indian Empire?

 Mahmud Ghazni wanted to expand his kingdom in Central Asia. He
did not want to establish his kingdom in India.
 He only wanted the vast treasures of India to transform Ghazni into a
magnificent City.

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8. What did Mahmud Ghazni do with the treasures he robbed from

India?
 He transformed Ghazni into a magnificent capital city.
 He built splendid mosques, libraries and a museum.
 The court of Ghazni glittered with sparkling pearls, diamonds and
rubies.
9. Mahmud Ghazni was a patron of art and learning. Give reasons to
support this statement.
 Mahmud Ghazni patronized poets like Firdausi who wrote the
Shahanama.
 He also patronized the great historian and mathematician Al Beruni.

10. Name the Persian poet patronized by Mahmud Ghazni. What

was the book written by this poet called?
 Firdausi was a great Persian poet who was patronized by Mahmud
Ghazni. Firdausi wrote Shahnama.

11. Name the great Persian historian and mathematician.

 Al Beruni.

12. Name the major Rajput kingdoms that ruled India when
Muhammad Ghori invaded India?
 The Rathores of Kannauj
 The Chauhans of Delhi and Ajmer
 The Solankis of Gujarat
 The Paramaras of Malwa
 The Chandellas of Bundelkhand

13. Name the king who was defeated by Muhammad Ghori?

 Prithviraj Chauhan.

14. In which battle did Muhammad Ghori defeat Prithviraj

Chauhan?
 The second Battle of Tarain.

15. Which king refused to support Prithviraj Chauhan in the

second Battle of Tarain?
 Jaichandra of Kannauj.

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16. Whom did Muhammad Ghori appoint as his Viceroy in India?

 Qutubuddin Aibak.

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