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WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2020

1. Which among the following was the single biggest Item of import to the
Vijayanagar empire
(A) Pearl
(B) Precious stones
(C) Horses
(D) Silk

2. Who wrote ‘Rajatarangini‘?
(A) Megasthenes
(B) Kalhana
(C) Al-beruni
(D) Herodotus

3. In which of the following years Akbar built Ibadat Khana ?
(A) 1575 A.D.
(B) 1568 A.D.
(C) 1571 A.D.
(D) 1562 A.D.

4. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of settlement were introduced by
(A) Sher Shah
(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
(C) Bahiul Khan Lodi
(D) Humayun

5. Who among the following built the Alai Darwaza?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Akbar
(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Jahangir

6. When was the first battle of Tarain fought?
(A) 1175 A.D.
(B) 1191 A.D
(C) 1192 A.D.
(D) 1206 AD

7. In reference to Mughal period’s revenue collection system, ‘Zabti’
means
(A) Estimate
(B) Yield per unit area
(C) Based on Yield of crops
(D) 1/3rd of total Yield

8. Which of the followings clearly define ‘Mitakshara‘?
(A) A work on astronomy.
(B) A treatise on ancient hindu law of Inheritance
(C) A text on aquaculture.
(D) A compendium on medicine

9. The commander of Alauddin Khilji’s forces during his Deccan
campaigns was
(A) Aniul Mulk Multani
(B) Nusrat Khan
(C) Malik Kafur
(D) Ulugh Khan

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2019

1. Who built the Ibadat-khana at Fatehpur Sikri ?
(A) Shahjehan
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir

2. Malik Kafur was general of
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlag
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Alauddin Khilji

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2018

1. Which Rajput ruler was not a contemporary of Akbar?
(a) Man Singh
(b) Amar Singh
(c) Udai Singh
(d) Jaswant Singh

2. Who founded the ‘Khalsa’?
(a) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Guru Govind Singh

3.Who assumed the title of ‘Haindava Dharmoddharak’ [Protector of theHindu faith?
(a) Guru Ramdas
(b) Shivaji
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Balaji Baji Rao

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2017

1. The delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from delhi to Daulatabad
(Devagiri) was
(a)Qutubuddin Aibak
(b)Iltutmish
(c)Muhammad -bin Tughlaq
(d)Firoz Shah Tughlaq

2. Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History ?
(a)Sumit sarkar
(b)Jadunath Sarkar
(c)Subhobhan Chandra Sarkar
(d)S. Gopal

3. Which Mughal emperor wrote his own autobiography ?
(a)Babur
(b)Akbar
(c)Shah Jahan
(d)Aurangazeb

4. Sulh – i- Kul ‘ was a policy introduced by
(a)Akbar
(b)Aurangazeb
(c)Jahandar Shah
(d)Mohammed Shah

5. Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput Dynasty of
(a)Kachwa
(b)Sisodiya
(c)Solanki
(d)Paramara

6. Ashtadiggajas’ were patronised by
(a)Deva Raya I
(b)Deva Raya II
(c)Vira Narasimha
(d)Krishna Deva Raya

7. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Auranagazeb was
(a)Tegh Bahadur
(b)Nanak
(c)Govind Singh
(d)Arjun Dev

8. The Satnami rebelluion took place during the reign of Mughal emperor
(a)Akbar
(b)Jahangir
(c)Shah Jahan
(d)Aurangazeb

9. Razmnama’ was a persian translation of
(a)Upanishad
(b)Ramayana
(c)Geeta
(d)Mahabharata

10. The author of’ Ain – I – Akbari ‘ was
(a)Badayuni
(b)Abul fazal
(c)Shaikh Mubarak
(d)Faizi

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2016

1. The remains of the Vijayanagar Empire can be found in
(1336–1646)
(A) Bijapur
(B) Golconda
(C) Hampi
(D) Baroda

2. Who of the following became a member of the Din-Ilahi ?
(1582)
(A) Raja Man Singh
(B) Todarmal
(C) Tansen
(D) Raja Birbal

3. What was ‘Taccavi’ ?
(A) Loans to the Peasants
(B) A fertile category of land
(C) A tax on the Hindus
(D) Barren land

4. The official language of the Mughal empire was-
(A) Urdu
(B) Persian
(C) Persian and the local language
(D) Turkish

5. Who introduced the Duh-Aspah Sih-Aspah system ?
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb

6. Todarmal is associated with the Revenue system known as –
(A) Nasaq
(B) Ghalla Bakshi
(C) Zabti
(D) Kankut

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2015

1. Identify the Mughal painter not mentioned by Abul Fazl ?
(A) Farooq
(B) Mushkin
(C) Mansur
(D) Mukund

2. During whose rule was the Zabti system of revenue settlement
introduced ?
(A) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Akbar
(D) Shah Jahan

3. Which among the following sultans of the Slave dynasty was not a
slave ?
(A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Raziya
(D) Balban

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2014

1. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died in
(A) 1658 A.D.
(B) 1659 A.D.
(C) 1662 A.D.
(D) 1670 A.D.

2. Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty ?
(A) Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
(B) Muhammad Shah I
(C) Firoz Shah
(D) Ahmad Shah

3. Sufism reached India in the
(A) Eleventh century
(B) Twelfth century
(C) Fourteenth century
(D) Thirteen century

4. In which year the second battle of Panipat was fought ?
(A) 1605 AD
(B) 1707 AD
(C) 1757 AD
(D) 1556 AD

5. The centre of Portuguese power in India was
(A) Cochin
(B) Calicut
(C) Bijapur
(D) Goa

6. Who was the founder of the ‘Delhi Sultanate’ ?
(A) Muhammad Ghori
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) lltutmish
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

7. Where is the tomb of Jahangir situated ?
(A) Agra
(B) Delhi
(C) Lahore
(D) Srinagar

8. Name the Maratha leader who put forward the ideal of founding
Hindu Empire before the Marathas.
(A) Shivaji (1627-80)
(B) Balaji Viswanath
(C) BajiRaol
(D) BajiRaoll

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2013

1. Who was the founder of the slave dynasty ?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Nasiruddin
(D) Qutab-ud-din Aibak

2. What was the ‘Dam’ ?
(A) Copper coin introduced by Sher Shah
(B) Copper coin introduced by Akbar
(C) Copper coin introduced by Shah Jahan
(D) Copper coin introduced by Aurangzeb

3. Which Mughal emperor subdued the Portuguese in Bengal ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb

4. Who was Jalaluddin Mangabarni ?(1220 – 1231)
(A) Ruler of Afganistan
(B) Ruler of Persia
(C) Ruler of Mongolia
(D) Ruler of Khwarizm or Khiba

5. Who invited Babur to invade India ?
(A) Ibrahim Lodi
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Daulat Khan Lodi
(D) Sher Khan

6. When did Siraj-ud-daullah ascend the throne ?
(A) 1707
(B) 1739
(C) 1756
(D) 1757

7. Who of the following became a member of the ‘Din-i-Ilahi ?
(A) Raja Man Singh
(B) Todarmal
(C) Tansen
(D) Raja Birbal

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2012

1. Who was the author of the book ‘Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi’ ?
(A) Abdul Fazl
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Ziauddin Barani (1285–1357)
(D) Al Biruni

2.Who was Todar Mal ?
(A) A Minister of Sher Shah
(B) A revenue expert in Akbar’s court
(C) A Prince of Mawar
(D) An officer in Jahangir’s army

3. Who was the last ruler of Delhi Sultanate ?
(A) Alauddin Alam Shah
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Bahlul Lodi
(D) Sikander Lodi

4. Who was the Nasuruddin Chirag ? (1274-1356)
(A) A Sultan of the Khilji dynasty
(B) A Sufi Saint (poet Persian language)
(C) A minister of Giyasuddin Balban
(D) Amilitary officer in Alauddin Khilji’s army

5. Who was the Babar’s main adversary in the battle of Khanwa ?
(A) Mahmud lodi
(B) Himu
(C) Rana Sanga
(D) None of them

6. Who among the following visited Jahangir’s Court ?
(A) Nicclo Conti
(B) Francois Bernier
(C) Sir Thomas Roe
(D) Athanasius Nikitin

7. Which Mughal Emperor transferred the Mughal capital from Agra to
Delhi ?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Bahadur Shah

8. Who was the Mughal Empepor during whose reign Nadir Shah
invaded India ?
(A) Farrukhsiyar
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Muhummad Shah (1719-48)
(D) Shah Alam

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2011

1. ‘Baburnama’ was written by
(A) Abul Fazal
(B) Firdousi
(C) Afif
(D) Babur

2. Who introduced “Din-i-llahi” ?(1582)
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Kabir
(D) Akbar

3. Who wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind ?(Kitabul-Hind, 1017-31)
(A) Al beruni
(B) Al Biladari
(C) Sulaiman
(D) AI Masudi

4. Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal ?
(A) Husain Shah
(B) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah(1533–38)
(C) Nusrat Shah
(D) Illiyas Shah

5. Which of the following Delhi Sultans had set up a separate
department of Slaves?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

6. During the reign of which Sultan, Chinghiz Khan invaded India ?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

7. During the reign of which ruler Ibn Batuta came to India ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Alauddin Khilji

8. Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not annex ?
A) Kashmir
(B) Bengal
(C) Bihar
(D) Assam

9. The Bahmani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Empire clashed frequently
over the territory of
(A) Madurai
(B) Warangal
(C) Malabar
(D) Raichur Doab (between Krishna and Tungabhadra)

10. Who caused to build Qutb Minar in Delhi ?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Alauddin Khilji

11. To which place did Murshid Quli Khan transfer his capital from
Dacca ?
(A) Monghyr
(B) Murshidabad
(C) Gour
(D) Pandua

12. During whose reign the East India Company established their first
factory in India ?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah-I

13. Which Sultan of Delhi brought one Asokan Pillar to Delhi ?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Md. Bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

14. Which Muslim invader conquered Bengal during the time of
Lakshmanasena ?
(A) Muhammad Ghori
(B) Bakhtiyar Khilji
(C) Qutbuddin Aibak
(D) Iltutmish

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2010

1. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi wanted to become Second
Alexander and conquer the world ?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(C) Bin Tugluq
(D) None of them

2. What did Iqta mean during Sultanate period ?
(A) A form of Salutation
(B) An important official
(C) The grant of land revenue from a village or territory
(D) None of the above

3. What is Ibadat Khana at Fatepur Sikri ?
(A) A magnificent building for residence
(B) A house for religious discourses of all religions
(C) A house for eating
(D) None of the above

4. Nadir Shah invaded India in the year
(A) 1738 A.D.
(B) 1739 A.D.
(C) 1740 A.D.
(D) 1741 A.D.

5. When did Chingiz Khan invade India ?
(A) 1211 A.D.
(B) 1221 A.D.
(C) 1399 A.D.
(D) 1526 A.D.

6. What is Adigranth ?
(A) A religious book of the Sikhs
(B) A book which gave the fundamental codes of human conduct
(C) A book which guided the rulers of medieval India
(D) None of the above

7. Shivaji’s coronation took place in the year
(A) 1672 A.D.
(B) 1673 A.D.
(C) 1674 A.D.
(D) 1675 A.D.

8. Which officer was called Bakshi during the ruie of Akbar ?
(A) An officer in charge of town administration
(B) Officer in charge of military organization
(C) An administrative/executive officer
(D) None of the above

9. What was Khutba ?
(A) A sermon read in the name of the ruling king at Friday prayers
(B) An order issued by the king
(C) A punishment given by the king
(D) None of the above

10. Who of the following conquered territory in India and founded an
empire in the name of his ancestors ?
(A) Humayun
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Babur
(D) None of them

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2009

1. When did Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal ?
(A) 1194 A.D.
(B) 1199 A.D.
(C) 1202A.D.
(D) 1206 A.D.

2. Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate who was adorned with
the title ‘the Parrot of Hindustan’ .
(A) Ziauddin Barani
(B) Utbi
(C) Alberuni
(D) Amir Khasru

3. Who built the famous Adina Mosque in Bengal ?
(A) Iliyas Shah
(B) Sikandar Shah
(C) Azam Shah
(D) Hamza Shah

4. Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title ‘Gunaraj
Khan’ in the Sultanate period
(A) Jnanadas
(B) Govindadas
(C) Maladhar Basu
(D) Chandidas

5. Who wrote Humayun nama ?
(A) Abul Fazal
(B) Faizi
(C) Badaoni
(D) Gulbadan Begum

6. The battle of Tarain was fought between Muhammad Ghuri and
(A) Rana Sanga
(B) Rana Pratap
(C) Prithviraj Chauhan
(D) Rana Hambirdeva

7. Who introduced the Iqta system ?
(A) Muhammad Ghuri
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban

8. Who introduced ‘Qabuliyat’ and ‘Patta’ ?
(A) Babar
(B) Shershah
(C) Akbar
(D) Shahjahan

9. Who was called ‘Zinda Pir’ or ‘living saint’ in Mughal India ?
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb

10. Name the Sultan who introduced Rationing System in India
(A) Ghiyasuddin Baioan
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Tughlaq

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2008

1. Who was defeated at Kanauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?
(A)Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayun
(D) Jahangir

2. Amir Khasru was the Court Poet of
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Kholji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(D) Akbar

3. The Gurumukhi script was introduced by
(A)Guru Amardas
(B) Guru Ramdas
(C) Guru Angad
(D) Guru Nanak

4. The founder of the Bahamani kingdom was
(A) Alauddin Mujahid Shah
(B) Ahmad Shah
(C) Alauddin Bahaman Shah
(D) Tajuddin Firuj Shah

5. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal ?
(A)Siraj-ud-Daulah
(B) Mir jafar
(C) MirKasim
(D) Najm-ud-Daulah

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2007

1. Who among the Maratha peshwas followed the ideal of
“Hindupadapadshahi”?
(A) Baji Rao I
(B) Balaji Viswanath
(C) Narayana Rao
(D) Madhab Rao

2. Who founded Sikhism?
(A) Gobind Singh
(B) Ramdas
(C) Nanak
(D) Hargovind

3. Who founded independent Sultanate of Bengal?
(A) Ilias Shah
(B) Murshid Quli Khan
(C) Hussain Shah
(D) Alivardi Khan

4. Who was the General of Sher Shah?
(A) Brahmajit Gaur
(B) Dilir Khan
(C) Shayestha Khan
(D) Jaising

5. Who was the Hindu Saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?
(A) Sri Chaitanya
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Rabidas
(D) Namdev

6. Who was known as “the Parrot of Hindusthan” ?
(A) Amir Khasru
(B) Malik Muhammad Jaisy
(C) Roy Vanmal
(D) Purandar Khan

7.Who was among the Mughal Emperors, the “Zinda Pir” to the Sunnis ?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar
(C) Babar
(D) Humayun

8. Who wrote “Akbarnama” ?
(A) Abul FazI
(B) Faizi
(C) Shaik Mubarak
(D) Tansen

9. Who was called, “the Akbar of Kashmir” ?
(A) Zainul Abedin
(B) Hussain Shah
(C) Balban
(D) Sujauddoullah

10. Who was the Muslim general to have conquered Bengal in 13th century
AD?
(A) Afzal Khan
(B) Iktiaruddin-bin-Baktiar-Khilji
(C) Chenghiz Khan
(D) Temuchin

11. Who converted Sikhs into a martial race?
(A) Arjundev
(B) Gobind Singh
(C) Hargovind
(D) Teg Bahadur

12. Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?
(A) Ramdas
(B) Teg Bahadur
(C) Arjundev
(D) Gobind Singh

13. Who was the first ‘real king’ of Sultanate?
(A) Qutubuddin
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Alauddin

14. Who has been described by elites as “the Akbar of the Sultanate” ?
(A) lltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Aluddin Khiljii
(D) Firuz Tuglak

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2006

1. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between.
(a) Marathas and Afghans
(b) British and Rohillas
(c) Sikha and Jats
(d) Pathans and Satnamis

2. The First Battle of Panipat took place in
(a) 1500
(b) 1510
(c) 1520
(d) 1526

3. ‘Babarnama’ was written by
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Firdousi
(c) Afif
(d) Babar

4. Shivaji was succeeded by
(a) Shambhuji
(b) Shivaji II
(c) Raja Ram

(c) Tara Bai

5. The author of Futuh-Us. Salatin is(1311, court poet of Ala-ud-Din
Bahman Shah)
(a) Barin
(b) Isami
(c) Nasru
(d) Batutha

6. The opponent of Akbar at the Second Battle of Panipat was
(a) Abdul Lohani
(b) Himu
(c) Jainhand
(d) Daulat Khan

7.Who among the following did introduce the ‘Dokani’ currency?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmis
(c) Rajiya
(d) Md.-bin-Tughlaq

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2005

1. In which year was the battle to Talikota fought?
(a) 1556
(b) 1565
(c) 1571
(d) 1581

2. Who wrote Kitab-ur-Rehla
(a) Ibn Batuta
(b) Al Beruni
(c) Hasan Nizami
(d) Abul Fazl

3. Who first introduced rationing system?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) Ibrahim Lodi

4. Lilabati was translated into Persian by
(1587, Akbar)
(a) Faizi
(b) AbulFazl
(c) Dara
(d) Abu Talib Kalim

5. Who wrote Amukta Malyada?
(a) Bukka
(b) Harihara II
(c) Krishnadev Roy
(d) Bir Narasingha

6. Under whose orders the Mahabharata was translated into Bengali?
(a) Alauddin Hossain Shah
(b) Jalaluddin
(c) Nusrat Shah
(d) Haji Iliyas

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2004

1. Which Mughal emperor granted Diwani to the English East India
Company?
(A) Bahadur shah II
(B) Shah Alam II
(C) Farrukh Sever
(D) Zehander Shah

2. Who described the din-i-llahisa “the monument of Akbar’s folly”?
(A) V. A. Smith
(B) Elliot
(C) Badaoni
(D) Faizy

3. “Ram Rahim ek hai. nam dhara hai do”- who preached during the
sultanate?
(A) Sri Chaitanya
(B) Kabir
(C) Nanak
(D) Dadu

4. Ibn Batuta came to India during which ruler’s reign?
(A) Akbar
(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(C)Iltutmisb
(D) Alauddin Khilji

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2003

1. Woman folk of which region performed the rite of Jawhar?
(A) Malwa
(B) Gujarat
(C) Rajputana
(D)Bengal

2. Who was defeated in the hands of Mahamud Ghori in the Battle of Tarain
in 1192?
(A) Prithviraj Chauhan
(B) Jaichand
(C) Dahir
(D) Pulakesin II

3. In 1498 Vasco da Gama landed at the port of
(A) Calicut
(B) Surat
(C) Masulipatam
(D) Cochin

4. Who among the follouying rulers was a slave in his early life?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Muhamad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(D) Firujshah Tughlaq

5. Shri Krishna Vijaya Kavya was composed by(1500)
(A) Chandidas
(B) Vidyapati
(C) Maladhar Basu
(D)Joydeva

6. The meaning of the word ’Mansab’ is
(A) Rank
(B) Proprietorship of land
(C) Possession of army personnel
(D) Land revenue

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2002

1. What does the word ‘Iqta’ stand for?
(A) Law of Primogeniture
(B) Crown lands donatad to army officers
(C) Stater’s share of 1/3 of the spoils of war
(D) The grant of revenue from a territory in lieu of salary

2. The Sultanate Coins Jital, Shasgaini and Tanka were made of
(A) Copper, Silver, Silver
(B) Gold, Copper, Lead
(C) Silver, Gold, Copper
(D) Silver, Gold, Silver.

3. Who said following lines, “Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree
and the branches will fall by themselves”?
(A) Baji Rao – I
(B) Shivaji
(C) BalajrViswanatfa
(D) Nana Phadnavis

4. Abdur Razzaq visited the Kingdom of(Vijayanagara in 1440)
(A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Shamsuddin lliyas Saha
(D) Devaraya-II

5. Krisnnadeva Ray a wrote his famous work Amukryamaiyada in
(A) Telugu
(B) Kannada
(C) Tamil
(D) Malayalam

6. With whom of the following did Shivaji sign the Treaty of Purandharin
1665 A. D.?
(A) Shaista Khan
(B) Afzal Khan
(C) Jaisingh
(D) Prince Muazzam

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2001

1. Sher Shah died while attacking
(A) Mandu
(B) Raisin
(C) Marwar
(D) Kalinjar

2. Among the Turkish who made the first attack on India?
(A) Mahmiid Ghaznavi
(B) Sabuktagin
(C) Alptgin
(D) Abdul Wahid

3. Who among the following historians described the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi of India as jihads (holy wars)?
(A) Al-Beruni
(B) Henry Elliot
(C) Jafar
(D) Utbi

4. Lodhi Sultans of Delhi were
(A) Turkis
(B) Persians
(C) Arabs
(D) Afgans

5. The ruler of one of the following states entered into matrimonial alliance
with Akbar was
(A) Jaipur
(B) Ranthambhor
(C) Marwar
(D) Mewar

6. To which Sufi orders did Saikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-DelhL belong?
(A) Chisti
(B) Suharwardi
(C) Qadiri
(D) Naqshbundi

7. What did the Sikhs mean by Misl?
(A) A tax
(B) An area conquered by them
(C) A political unit
(D) A Book

WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2000

1. Who was the Muslim Sultan regarded by Hindus as ‘Jagadgure’
(A) Akbar
(B) Yusuf Adil shah (Bijapur)
(C) Jainal abedin
(D) Hussain Shah

2. The Muslim sant of medieval India worshipped by Hindus & Muslims was
(A) Kabira
(B) Nijamuddin Aulia
(C) Salim Chisti
(D) Shaik Qutubaddin

3. Who said, “Hindus & Muslims are pots of the same clay”?
(A) Nanak
(B) Kabir
(C) Chaitaanya
(D) Tulsidas

4. What is the ‘Dastak’?
(A) A Book by Ciive
(B) A free pass
(C) Permission to trade without tax
(D) Donation by the Mughal emperors.

5. Who was called ‘grandfather of Anndhra Poetry”?
(A) Peddana
(B) Arbidu
(C) Krishnadeva Rao
(D) Bhaskar Pandit

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