UGC NET History Practice Question

Which Sultan of Delhi established the city of Agra in 1504 and made it his imperial capital?

Sikandar Lodi ✓

Bahlul Lodi

Ibrahim Lodi

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Sikandar Lodi founded Agra in 1504 and shifted his capital there — its strategic and symbolic importance continued under the Mughals, who made it one of their principal imperial cities.

The Gol Gumbaz at Vijayapura (Bijapur), famous for its giant dome and whispering gallery, is the mausoleum of:

Mohammed Adil Shah ✓

Ibrahim Adil Shah II

Ali Adil Shah

Yusuf Adil Shah

The Gol Gumbaz, with one of the largest pre-modern domes in the world and a famous whispering gallery, is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah of Bijapur — a landmark of Deccan Sultanate architecture distinct from the Mughal architectural tradition further north.

The prominent female Sufi mystic of 14th-century Kashmir who composed spiritual verses (Vakhs) was:

Lal Ded (Lalla Yogini) ✓

Habba Khatoon

Rupa Bhawani

Bibi Zulaikha

Lal Ded (Lalla Yogini) composed Vakhs — mystical Kashmiri verses blending Shaiva and Sufi ideas — and remains a revered figure across both Hindu and Muslim traditions in Kashmir, an early and influential example of the region's syncretic spiritual culture.

The Shuddhadvaita (Pure Non-Dualism) philosophy and the Pushtimarga sect of Vaishnavism were founded by:

Vallabhacharya ✓

Nimbarka

Madhvacharya

Chaitanya

Vallabhacharya founded both the Shuddhadvaita ("pure non-dualism") philosophical school and the Pushtimarga ("Path of Grace") devotional sect centered on Krishna worship — a distinct Vedanta school from Shankara's Advaita, Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita, or Madhva's Dvaita.

The Sufi concept of Wahdat-ul-Wujud (Unity of Existence) was propounded internationally by which philosopher?

Ibn al-Arabi ✓

Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Mansur al-Hallaj

Al-Ghazali

Ibn al-Arabi, a globally influential Sufi philosopher (not primarily an Indian figure), formulated Wahdat-ul-Wujud ("Unity of Being") — this concept was later influential among Indian Sufis, and Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi's own Wahdat-ush-Shuhud ("Unity of Witnessing") was formulated specifically as a corrective response to it.

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