Previous year MCQs

Medieval History UPPSC 1993 GS-I
Question

Sher Shah Suri was died in?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Kalinjar

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Kalinjar”.
Sher Shah died in an accidental gunpowder explosion in the fort of Kalinjar on 22 May 1545.

Similar Questions:

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Akbar, like Shershah, tried to regulate the currency of the state.
Reason (R): As in Shershah's currency, the chief copper coin of Akbar's time was the Dam.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ibn Batuta, the Moorish traveller, visited India during the reign of:
  1. A) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
  2. B) Babar
  3. C) Akbar
  4. D) Mahmood Ghazni
Jahangir mainly patronised, Which of the following arts?
  1. A) Painting
  2. B) Architecture
  3. C) Sculpture
  4. D) Music
Mira Bai was contemporary of:
  1. A) Tulsidas
  2. B) Chaitanya Mabaprabhu
  3. C) Guru Nanak
  4. D) Rama Krishna Paramhans
Which of the following is an indirect tax?
  1. A) Income tax
  2. B) Death tax
  3. C) Expenditure tax
  4. D) Sales tax
Sent which of the following by East India Company to the court of Jahangir?
  1. A) Sir Thomas Roe
  2. B) Vasco-da-Gama
  3. C) Hawkins
  4. D) Job Charnock
Insulin is a type of:
  1. A) Hormone
  2. B) Enzyme
  3. C) Vitamin
  4. D) Salt
Who translated Ramayana into Persian in accordance with the wishes of Akbar?
  1. A) Abul Fazal
  2. B) Abdul Qadir Badauni
  3. C) Faizi
  4. D) Abdul-Rahim khan-i-Khana
Find the two main currencies of Sultanate period from the codes given below:

1. Dam
2. Jital
3. Rupiya
4. Tanka

Codes:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 1 and 3
  3. C) 2 and 3
  4. D) 2 and 4
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? (Books) (Writers):
  1. A) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri - Minhaj-us-Siraj-Juzjani
  2. B) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi - Shams-i-Siraj-Afif
  3. C) Tughlaqnama - Ibn Battuta
  4. D) Humayunnama - Gulbadan Begam
Which of the following dynasty was famous for sailors?
  1. A) Chola
  2. B) Chera
  3. C) Pallava
  4. D) Rashtrakutas
Market control trend was started by?
  1. A) Gyasuddin
  2. B) Allauddin Khilji
  3. C) Jalaluddin Khilji
  4. D) Balban