CBSE Class 8 Social Science Reshaping India’s Political Map (Class 8 NCERT New) Quiz 12

1. Which foreign traveler compared the size and beauty of the Vijayanagara capital to Rome?

A Abul Fazl B Domingo Paes C Ram Singh D Prince Dara Shikoh

2. Who led the Vijayanagara forces during their defeat at the Battle of Talikota?

A Krishnadevaraya B Harihara C Ramaraya D Bukka Raya

3. Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, was originally from which Central Asian city?

A Samarkand B Kabul C Bukhara D Tashkent

4. In 1526, Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat using which military elements?

A Chariots and toxic gas arrows B Gunpowder, field artillery, and matchlock guns C Guerrilla warfare and riverboat fleets D Large armies of war elephants

5. What is a common historical critique of Babur's character?

A He was illiterate and despised poetry B He was intellectually curious about nature but was also a brutal conqueror C He spent his entire treasury constructing the Taj Mahal D He voluntarily surrendered his throne to return to Samarkand

6. Who briefly captured Delhi and ruled as Hemchandra Vikramaditya before the Second Battle of Panipat?

A Sher Shah Suri B Malik Kafur C Himu (or Hemu) D Durga Das Rathore

7. Akbar ordered a massive massacre of 30,000 civilians after breaching which Rajput fort?

A Kumbhalgarh Fort B Jodhpur Fort C Chittor Fort (or Chittorgarh) D Warangal Fort

8. What was "jauhar" in the context of Rajput history?

A A court ritual presenting miniature paintings B The act of Rajput women jumping into mass fires to avoid capture C A tax where peasants paid half of their grain D A method of rowing military river boats

9. What does the doctrine of "sulh-i-kul", promoted by Akbar, literally mean?

A Conquest by bloodthirsty sword B War with the infidels C Peace with all or tolerance of all faiths D Systematic survey of agricultural yields

10. Which Sanskrit text was translated into Persian as the "Razmnama" (Book of War)?

A The Ramayana B The Mahabharata C The Bhagavad Gita D The Panchatantra