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The Age of Conflict Trivia Quiz

This quiz pertains to the Muslim attacks from ninth to twelfth century that were launched on the South Asian countries like India, Afghanistan etc.

A multiple-choice quiz by swashbuckler. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
swashbuckler

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
63,105

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
10 / 20

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792

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Question 1 of 20

1. Who was the first Muslim ruler to attack India? Hint

Hajjaj bin Yusuf

Mahmud of Ghazni

Muhammad Ghori

Muhammad bin Qasim

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who was the governor of Iraq from 694-714 and planned to invade India? Hint

Muhammad Amin Khan

Bakhtiyar Khalji

Hajjaj bin Yusuf

Khwarizm Shah

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Question 3 of 20

3. Which invader was also known as Muizz-ud-din Muhammad bin Sam? Hint

Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Muhammad bin Qasim

Mahmud of Ghazni

Muhammad Ghori

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which Turkish slave revolted against the Samanids and went on to become the founder of the Ghaznavids? Hint

Yildiz

Subaktigin

Alaptgin

Qabacha

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Question 5 of 20

5. Mahmud of Ghazni is usually associated with __ raids in India. Hint

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Question 6 of 20

6. The most celebrated expedition of Mahmud was the sacking of the temple of __________. Hint

Mahabalipuram

Khajuraho

Brihadiswara

Somnath

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Question 7 of 20

7. How many camels did Mahmud deploy for this campaign (the temple mentioned in the last question)? Hint

51,000

9,500

17,000

30,000

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Question 8 of 20

8. The celebrated poet Firdausi wrote a famous book during the reign of Mahmud. What was the title? Hint

Rubaiyat

Tarikh-i-Subuktigin

Tahqiq-i-Hind

Shah Nama

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which famous scholar accompanied Mahmud during his raids? Hint

Al-Masudi

Al-Farebi

Ibn Batuta

Al-Beruni

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Question 10 of 20

10. Mahmud himself claimed descent from which legendary Persian king? Hint

Afrasiyab

Darius

Cyrus

Xerxes

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Question 11 of 20

11. Which Hindushahi king waged two wars against Mahmud? Hint

Raja Dahir

Anandapala

Jayapala

Mahendrapala

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Question 12 of 20

12. Mahmud is said to have posed as a great 'but shikan' for the glory of Islam. What is the literal meaning of 'But Shikan' ? Hint

Destroyer of images

Messiah of terror

Destroyer of Hindu religion

Lord of Universe

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which Ghurid emperor assumed the title 'the world burner' (jahan-soz) ? Hint

Muhammad Ghuri (Ghori)

Khusru Shah

Bahram

Ala-ud-din Husain

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Question 14 of 20

14. The first battle of Tarain was fought between whom and in which year? Hint

Jaichand and Mahmud; 1190

Prithviraj and Mahmud; 1187

Prithviraj and Ghori; 1191

Jaichand and Ghori; 1192

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who emerged victorious at the second battle of Tarain? Hint

Mahmud of Ghazni

Jaichand

Prithviraj Chauhan

Muhammad Ghori

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Question 16 of 20

16. Which Turkish invader ransacked the University of Nalanda and Vikramasila? Hint

Muhammad bin Qasim

Mahmud of Ghazni

Bakhtiyar Khalji

Muhammad Ghori

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Question 17 of 20

17. Who is regarded as the founder of Muslim rule in India? Hint

Qutab-ud-din Aibak

Mahmud of Ghazni

Shihab-ud-din Ghori

Muhammad bin Qasim

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Question 18 of 20

18. The founder of Slave dynasty in India was _________. Hint

Qutab-ud-din Aibak

Nasir-ud-din Qabacha

Taj-ud-din Yildiz

Iltutmish (Altamsh)

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Question 19 of 20

19. What title meaning 'the sun of religion' was assumed by Iltutmish? Hint

Raziyyat-ud-din

Ala-ud-din

Fakhr-ud-din

Shams-ud-din

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Question 20 of 20

20. What title was conferred upon Iltutmish by the Khalif (Caliph) of Baghdad in 1229? Hint

Nawab i Iltutmish

Badshah i Azam

Jahanpanah i Azam

Sultan i Azam

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first Muslim ruler to attack India?

Answer: Muhammad bin Qasim

Qasim was infact the first Arabian to attack India. In 712 he invaded Sindh and defeated and killed Raja Dahir, the ruler of Sindh.

2. Who was the governor of Iraq from 694-714 and planned to invade India?

Answer: Hajjaj bin Yusuf

Hajjaj was the uncle and father-in-law of Muhammad bin Qasim.

3. Which invader was also known as Muizz-ud-din Muhammad bin Sam?

Answer: Muhammad Ghori

He assumed several other titles such as Shihab-ud-din Ghori, Muhammad Ghor (Ghur), etc.

4. Which Turkish slave revolted against the Samanids and went on to become the founder of the Ghaznavids?

Answer: Alaptgin

He is also known as Aptigin. After his death in 963, his slave and son-in-law Subaktigin seized power and conquered many regions around Ghazni.

5. Mahmud of Ghazni is usually associated with __ raids in India.

Answer: 17

His 17 invasions were launched within the span of 25 years.

6. The most celebrated expedition of Mahmud was the sacking of the temple of __________.

Answer: Somnath

He plundered the temple of Somnath or Prabhasa Pattana on the coast of Saurashtra or Kathiawar in 1025. The temple was known to be stored with incalculable riches. About 50,000 devotees at Somnath laid down their lives in vain to save the honour of the temple. The idol was smashed and the booty collected amounted to two crore dinars, each of which contained 64.8 grams of gold.

7. How many camels did Mahmud deploy for this campaign (the temple mentioned in the last question)?

Answer: 30,000

All these camels were deployed to carry the provisions for the army and the booty that was collected from the raid on Somnath temple.

8. The celebrated poet Firdausi wrote a famous book during the reign of Mahmud. What was the title?

Answer: Shah Nama

Firdausi, the author of this great Persian epic, considering he had not been treated with sufficient generosity, composed a bitter satire upon the Sultan, which is extant.

9. Which famous scholar accompanied Mahmud during his raids?

Answer: Al-Beruni

Alberuni, who was born in A.D. 973 and died in A.D. 1048, was a native of the Khwarizm or Khiva territory, and was brought to Ghazni either as a prisoner or as a hostage. 'An Enquiry into India' (Tahqiq-i-Hind) gives an account of the arts, literature and sciences and above all the condition of the contemporary Indian society.

10. Mahmud himself claimed descent from which legendary Persian king?

Answer: Afrasiyab

11. Which Hindushahi king waged two wars against Mahmud?

Answer: Jayapala

The Hindushahi rulers had been battling against the Ghaznavids ever since the time of Mahmud's father. The Hindushahi kings, whose territories had earlier extended from the Punjab to modern Afghnistan, had been quick to see the danger to them of the rise of an independent state based on Ghazni.

The Hindushahi king, Jayapala, had invaded Ghazni in alliance with the son of the former governor of Ghazni under the Samanid ruler. But Jayapala had to suffer defeat. He had renewed the fight the following year but was again defeated.

The Muslim rulers of Multan joined Jayapala in the struggle that followed. In 1001, Jayapala was defeated and taken prisoner, but was released. However, he decided to enter a funeral pyre because he thought he had disgraced himself.He was succeeded by his son Anandapala.

12. Mahmud is said to have posed as a great 'but shikan' for the glory of Islam. What is the literal meaning of 'But Shikan' ?

Answer: Destroyer of images

He was called 'but shikan' as he destroyed several temples, idols, monuments and structures. The Somnath temple bears testimony to it.

13. Which Ghurid emperor assumed the title 'the world burner' (jahan-soz) ?

Answer: Ala-ud-din Husain

He earned this title because he ravaged Ghazni in A.D. 1151 and burned it to the ground in revenge for the treatment that had been meted out to his brothers at Ghazni. His brothers were gruesomely murdered by a Seljuk emperor named Bahram.

14. The first battle of Tarain was fought between whom and in which year?

Answer: Prithviraj and Ghori; 1191

In this battle which was decisively fought, Prithviraj inflicted a crushing defeat on the Ghurids. Ghori was lucky enough to escape with his beaten army. Muhammad's life was saved by a young Khalji horseman.

15. Who emerged victorious at the second battle of Tarain?

Answer: Muhammad Ghori

In 1192 Ghori returned, met the Hindu confederates on the same ground, and in his turn defeated them utterly.Prithviraj Chauhan, when his cumbrous host had been broken by the onset of 10,000 mounted archers, fled from the field, but was captured and killed. The second battle of Tarain is regarded as one of the turning points in Indian History.

16. Which Turkish invader ransacked the University of Nalanda and Vikramasila?

Answer: Bakhtiyar Khalji

He sacked these universities while he was carrying raids on Bihar, which at that time was in 'no-man's land'.

17. Who is regarded as the founder of Muslim rule in India?

Answer: Shihab-ud-din Ghori

He was popularly known as Muhammad Ghori.

18. The founder of Slave dynasty in India was _________.

Answer: Qutab-ud-din Aibak

He was bought as a slave by Ghori. Aibak was a native of Turkistan. Later on he laid down the stepping-stone of the Qutab Minar in Delhi which was ultimately completed by his slave and successor Iltutmish.

19. What title meaning 'the sun of religion' was assumed by Iltutmish?

Answer: Shams-ud-din

He was corruptly called Altamsh.

20. What title was conferred upon Iltutmish by the Khalif (Caliph) of Baghdad in 1229?

Answer: Sultan i Azam

He received this title as a patent of investiture. He completed the Qutab Minar, except the basement story which was built by Qutab-ud-din Aibak, in A.D. 1232

Source: Author swashbuckler

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