From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 6 — Unit 6: Society and Culture unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
The Atala Masjid at Jaunpur, featuring high sloped pylons, represents the distinctive architectural style of which regional Sultanate?
Sharqi Sultanate ✓
Bahmani Sultanate
Malwa Sultanate
Bengal Sultanate
The Atala Masjid, with its distinctive tall sloped propylon (gateway) facade, exemplifies the regional architectural style of the Sharqi Sultanate of Jaunpur — a good example of how regional Sultanates each developed distinct architectural identities separate from Delhi.
Which medieval Indian poet composed the epic Awadhi poem Padmavat during the reign of Sher Shah Suri?
Malik Muhammad Jayasi ✓
Tulsidas
Surdas
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
Malik Muhammad Jayasi composed the Awadhi epic Padmavat (the semi-legendary story of Padmini of Chittor) during Sher Shah Suri's reign — a landmark of pre-Mughal Hindi/Awadhi literature blending Sufi allegory with a Rajput legend.
Ramcharitmanas, the monumental Awadhi version of the Ramayana, was written during the 16th century by:
Goswami Tulsidas ✓
Surdas
Jayadeva
Kabir
Tulsidas composed the Ramcharitmanas, a devotional Awadhi retelling of the Ramayana centered on Rama-bhakti, during the 16th century — it remains one of the most widely read and recited religious texts in North India to this day.
The Sur Sagar, a celebrated poetic collection dedicated to Lord Krishna, was composed by which blind devotional poet?
Surdas ✓
Raskhan
Nandadas
Kumbhandas
Surdas, traditionally held to have been blind, composed the Sur Sagar, an extensive collection of Krishna-devotional poetry in Braj Bhasha — one of the most celebrated poets of the Krishna bhakti tradition associated with Vallabhacharya's Pushtimarga circle.
The Adina Mosque at Pandua represents the distinctive architectural legacy of which regional dynasty?
Iliyas Shahi Dynasty of Bengal ✓
Sharqi Dynasty of Jaunpur
Muzaffarid Dynasty of Gujarat
Bahmani Dynasty
The Adina Mosque at Pandua, one of the largest mosques ever built in the Indian subcontinent, was constructed under the Iliyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal — reflecting the independent regional Sultanate's own distinct architectural ambitions separate from Delhi.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
