Medieval History UPPSC 2004 GS-I
Question

Name the pair which is not correctly matched:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Yusuf Adil Shah– Ahmednagar

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Yusuf Adil Shah– Ahmednagar”.

1) Baz Bahadur Khan was the last Sultan of Malwa Sultanate, who reigned from 1555 to 1562.

2) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah was the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golkonda and founded the city of Hyderabad

3) Muzaffar Shah I, born Zafar Khan, was the founder of the Muzaffarid dynasty in Medieval India, reigning over the Gujarat Sultanate from 1391 to 1403.

4) Yusuf Adil Shah was the founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty in Bijapur, not Ahmednagar.

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