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Regional Sultantes Bengal, Deccan, Gujrat and Malwa MCQs

50 questions · Pakistan Studies

  1. Question 1 of 50

    The independent Malwa Sultanate was conquered and annexed by the Gujarat Sultanate (under Bahadur Shah) in:

  2. Question 2 of 50

    The Barid Shahi dynasty, ruling from Bidar (the former Bahmani capital), had originally risen to power as ministers/regents controlling the later, weakened Bahmani Sultans, under:

  3. Question 3 of 50

    The Sixty Dome Mosque (Shait Gumbad Mosque) at Bagerhat, associated with the Sufi saint/administrator Khan Jahan Ali and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, exemplifies which regional Sultanate's architecture?

  4. Question 4 of 50

    Around 1414, a Hindu noble named Raja Ganesha seized power in Bengal; his own line continued to rule for a time after his son converted to Islam and took the throne as:

  5. Question 5 of 50

    Sharqi architecture at Jaunpur, exemplified by structures such as the Atala Masjid, is particularly noted for its distinctive:

  6. Question 6 of 50

    The Nizam Shahi dynasty, ruling from Ahmadnagar, was founded around 1490 by:

  7. Question 7 of 50

    Independent Sharqi rule at Jaunpur was effectively ended when the last significant Sharqi ruler, Husain Shah Sharqi, was defeated by:

  8. Question 8 of 50

    Mahmud Khilji I, who came to power in Malwa around 1436 (displacing the Ghuri line and founding a separate 'Khilji dynasty of Malwa,' distinct from the earlier Delhi Khiljis), is noted for repeated conflicts with which neighbouring Rajput ruler?

  9. Question 9 of 50

    The independent Gujarat Sultanate was finally annexed into the Mughal Empire by Akbar in:

  10. Question 10 of 50

    Mahmud Gawan's career and life ended in 1481 when he was:

  11. Question 11 of 50

    Between approximately 1490 and 1518-1527, the Bahmani Sultanate gradually broke apart into how many successor states, collectively known as the Deccan Sultanates?

  12. Question 12 of 50

    The city of Ahmedabad, later capital of the Gujarat Sultanate, was founded in 1411 on the banks of the Sabarmati river by:

  13. Question 13 of 50

    Which ruler is generally credited with unifying the separate regions of Bengal (Lakhnauti, Sonargaon, and Satgaon) into a single independent Sultanate around 1352?

  14. Question 14 of 50

    The Bahmani capital was later shifted (in the 1420s) from Gulbarga to Bidar, renamed Muhammadabad, under which ruler?

  15. Question 15 of 50

    The Jaunpur Sultanate (Sharqi dynasty) was founded in 1394 by:

  16. Question 16 of 50

    The last dynasty to rule an independent (or semi-independent) Bengal before its final absorption into the Mughal Empire under Akbar in 1576 was the:

  17. Question 17 of 50

    Over the course of the Bengal Sultanate period, the seat of government shifted between which two principal capital cities (at different times)?

  18. Question 18 of 50

    The Shah Mir dynasty, the first Muslim ruling house of Kashmir, was founded in 1339 by:

  19. Question 19 of 50

    Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat was killed in 1537 in an encounter with:

  20. Question 20 of 50

    Bengal is historically notable among the regional Sultanates for having:

  21. Question 21 of 50

    Malwa (under Baz Bahadur) was finally annexed to the Mughal Empire following a campaign by Akbar's forces (notably under Adham Khan) around:

  22. Question 22 of 50

    The Gujarat Sultanate became formally independent of Delhi in 1407 under:

  23. Question 23 of 50

    Baz Bahadur, associated with Malwa in the mid-16th century, is remembered in popular tradition chiefly for his romance with:

  24. Question 24 of 50

    The Qutb Shahi dynasty, ruling from Golconda, was founded in 1518 by:

  25. Question 25 of 50

    The famous Charminar monument, and the city of Hyderabad itself, were founded in 1591 by which Qutb Shahi ruler?

  26. Question 26 of 50

    The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta, who visited Bengal in the 14th century, famously described the region as:

  27. Question 27 of 50

    Bengal Sultanate architecture is distinctive among regional Sultanates chiefly for its extensive use of:

  28. Question 28 of 50

    The Adil Shahi dynasty, ruling from Bijapur, was founded around 1490 by:

  29. Question 29 of 50

    Between 1487 and 1494, the throne of Bengal was held by a series of rulers of Abyssinian (Habshi) slave origin, before this line was overthrown by:

  30. Question 30 of 50

    Independent Bengal Sultanate rule under the Hussain Shahi line was effectively ended around 1538 when the region was conquered by:

  31. Question 31 of 50

    Throughout much of its independent history, the Gujarat Sultanate's economic importance derived chiefly from its position as:

  32. Question 32 of 50

    Malik Ayyaz, the governor of Diu who commanded Gujarat's naval forces around the time of the Battle of Diu, had originally been:

  33. Question 33 of 50

    Mahmud Gawan, the celebrated Persian-origin statesman who served as vizier under Muhammad Shah III, is best remembered for:

  34. Question 34 of 50

    Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, who came into conflict with the Mughal emperor Humayun, was compelled by circumstances to cede the port of Diu to the Portuguese via treaty in:

  35. Question 35 of 50

    Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin of Kashmir (reigned c. 1420-1470), popularly known as 'Budshah' ('the Great King'), is celebrated in history chiefly for:

  36. Question 36 of 50

    In 1565, an alliance of several Deccan Sultanates decisively defeated which major Hindu kingdom at the Battle of Talikota, effectively ending its regional dominance?

  37. Question 37 of 50

    Throughout much of its history, the Bahmani Sultanate's principal and most enduring rivalry was with which powerful Hindu kingdom to its south, chiefly over control of the fertile Raichur Doab?

  38. Question 38 of 50

    The Malwa Sultanate traces its formal founding to around 1401-1405, initiated by Dilawar Khan Ghuri and formally established with royal title by his son:

  39. Question 39 of 50

    Jaunpur, under Sharqi rule, earned a reputation for cultural and architectural brilliance, leading to its being popularly known as the:

  40. Question 40 of 50

    The Bahmani Sultanate, the first major independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan, was founded in 1347 by:

  41. Question 41 of 50

    Hoshang Shah shifted the Malwa Sultanate's capital from Dhar to which hill-fortress city, thereafter closely associated with Malwa's Sultanate architecture?

  42. Question 42 of 50

    In the naval Battle of Diu (1509), a combined fleet of Gujarat, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, and the Zamorin of Calicut was decisively defeated by:

  43. Question 43 of 50

    The Hussain Shahi period in Bengal is particularly noted for patronage of vernacular culture and coincided with the life of which influential Vaishnavite religious reformer?

  44. Question 44 of 50

    Hoshang Shah's tomb at Mandu is historically significant as:

  45. Question 45 of 50

    Mahmud Begada also conquered the fortress of Champaner, which he renamed and developed as an alternative capital under the name:

  46. Question 46 of 50

    The Jahaz Mahal ('Ship Palace'), one of the most celebrated structures at Mandu, is an example of:

  47. Question 47 of 50

    Mahmud Begada (reigned c. 1458-1511), widely regarded as the greatest ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate, is particularly remembered for his conquest of the Girnar (Junagadh) fort, which he renamed:

  48. Question 48 of 50

    The Bahmani Sultanate's original capital, known as Ahsanabad, corresponds to the present-day city of:

  49. Question 49 of 50

    The Adina Mosque, built under Sultan Sikandar Shah, was notable in its time for being:

  50. Question 50 of 50

    The Imad Shahi dynasty of Berar, founded around 1490 by Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk, is generally noted among the five Deccan Sultanates as being:

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