Questions asked from Medieval Indian History section in IAS Prelims Exam are quite easy but the Civil Services aspirants need to memorise well before appearing in the exam. The Civil Services aspirants should have balanced preparation of overall three sections i.e. Ancient, Medieval and Modern, of the History and its chronology is one of the most important parts of the subject history which enable candidates to memorise well the every important aspects of history.
Following Chapter-wise Multiple Choice Questions of Medieval Indian History would help Civil Services aspirants in understanding the nature of questions asked in IAS Prelims Exam.
THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS: Perceptions of Society
Women and men have travelled in search of work, to escape from natural disasters, as traders, merchants, soldiers, priests, pilgrims, or driven by a sense of adventure. Those who visit or come to stay in a new land invariably encounter a world that is different: in terms of the landscape or physical environment as well as customs, languages, beliefs and practices of people. Many of them try to adapt to these differences; others, somewhat exceptional, note them carefully in accounts, generally recording what they find unusual or remarkable. Unfortunately, we have practically no accounts of travel left by women, though we know that they travelled.
Questions for Through The Eyes Of Travellers
BHAKTI-SUFI TRADITIONS: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts
We saw in Chapter 4 that by the mid-first millennium CE the landscape of the subcontinent was dotted with a variety of religious structures – stupas, monasteries, temples. If these typified certain religious beliefs and practices, others have been reconstructed from textual traditions, including the Puranas, many of which received their present shape around the same time, and yet others remain only faintly visible in textual and visual records.
Questions for the Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts
AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA
Vijayanagara or “city of victory” was the name of both a city and an empire. The empire was founded in the fourteenth century. In its heyday it stretched from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the peninsula. In 1565 the city was sacked and subsequently deserted. Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it lived on in the memories of people living in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. They remembered it as Hampi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess, Pampadevi. These oral traditions combined with archaeological finds, monuments and inscriptions and other records helped scholars to rediscover the Vijayanagara Empire.
Questions for AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA
PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries about 85 per cent of the population of India lived in its villages. Both peasants and landed elites were involved in agricultural production and claimed rights to a share of the produce. This created relationships of cooperation, competition and conflict among them. The sum of these agrarian relationships made up rural society.
Questions for PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE
KINGS AND CHRONICLES: The Mughal Courts
The rulers of the Mughal Empire saw themselves as appointed by Divine Will to rule over a large and heterogeneous populace. Although this grand vision was often circumscribed by actual political circumstances, it remained important. One way of transmitting this vision was through the writing of dynastic histories. The Mughal kings commissioned court historians to write accounts. These accounts recorded the events of the emperor’s time. In addition, their writers collected vast amounts of information from the regions of the subcontinent to help the rulers govern their domain.
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