Practice Medival mughal empire - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Where did Babur die?
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Babur died on 26 December 1530, of fever, aged 47, in Agra, India. Buried 9 years later, as per his wishes, in a garden in Kabul. His sister Khanzada and son Hindal also buried on the same garden terrace.
Q-2) Who among the following was the first Mughal ruler to adopt the custom of Tuladan?
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Q-3) Which Mughal emperor prohibited the use of tobacco?
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Q-4) Thomas Roe was received in audience by Jahangir at
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Sir Thomas Roe was sent by James I in 1615. He was both a scholar and a courtier and was well qualified for the job given to him. He reached Surat in September 1615 and proceeded to Ajmer where Jahangir was. He remained at the court of Jahangir from 1615 to 1618. He succeeded in obtaining a Firman from Jahangir allowing the English to trade at Surat. .
Q-5) Which Mughal emperor stopped the practice of Forceful conversion of prisoners of war?
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Q-6) Who among the following rulers gave court protection to Urdu?
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Q-7) Who among the following was the first Peshwa of Shahu?
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Balaji Vishwanath was the first Peshwa of Shahu. Balaji Vishwanath assisted a young Maratha emperor Shahu to consolidate his grip on a kingdom that had been racked by civil war and persistent attack by the Mughals under Aurangzeb.
Q-8) Consider the following statements about Sher Shah’s administration:
- He divided his empire into Sarkars, which were further subdivided into Parganas.
- The Sarkars and the Parganas were directly administered by Sher Shah without the help of any other officials.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Sher Shah divided the entire Kingdom into 47 divisions and called them “Sarkars”. These Sarkars were divided into Parganas. Every Pargana was under a Shikqdar, who looked into the law and order of his Pargana.
Q-9) Jaziya was reimposed during the reign of
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Jaziya was reimposed during the reign of Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb reimposed the Jaziya the hated poll-tax on non-Muslims, which the wise and compassionate Akbar abolished early in his region.
Q-10) Who among the following shifted the capital of the empire from Agra to Delhi?
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In 1638, Shahjahan moved his capital from Agra to a city in Delhi, known as Shahjahanabad, the new capital city was laid out under the emperor’s auspices from 1639 – 1648.
Q-11) The Kirti-Stambha at Chittor was built by
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The Vijay Stambh (tower of victory) is located in Chittorgarh, which was built by Rana Kumbha in 1440 AD to celebrate his victory over Mahmud Khilji of Malwa.
Q-12) Whose painting style was an immediate inspiration at the time of Babur’s conquest of Delhi?
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Q-13) The original name of Mumtaj Mahal was
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Arjumand Banu Begum (also called Mumtaz Mahal) was the third wife of Shahjahan, the Mughal emperor. Mumtaz Mahal (meaning ‘Jewel of the palace’) was the nickname her husband gave to her.
Q-14) Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?
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Rani Durgavati was a contemporary of Akbar. The riches of Rani Durgavati’s state drew Abdul Mazid Khan’s attention. He sought and gained permission from Akbar to attack the Rani. Akbar’s interest in the invasion was his wish to expand his rule over central India.
Q-15) In the third battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by
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In the third battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by Afghans.
Battle of Panipat fought on January 14th 1761 between the forces of the Maratha Confederacy and the coalition of the kings of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Durrani (also known as Ahmed Shah Abdali) and his two Indian Muslim allies; The Rohilla Afghans of Doab and the Nawab of Oudh, Shuja-ud-aula.
The battle was fought at Panipat in present-day Haryana, 95.5 km from Delhi.
Q-16) Who was the author of Ain-i-Akbari?
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Abul Fazal was the author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’.
The Akbarnama is a document of the history of Akbar’s reign and his ancestors spread over three volumes. It contains the history of Akbar’s ancestors from Timur to Humayun, Akbar’s reign up to the 46th regnal year (1602), and an administrative report of Akbar’s empire, the Ain-i-Akbari, which itself is in three volumes. The third volume of Ain-i-Akbari gives an account of the ancestry and life of the author.
The Ain-i-Akbari was completed in the 42nd regnal year, but a slight addition was made to it in the 43rd regnal year on the account of the conquest of Berar.
Q-17) The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Sikoh under the title
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Dara Shikoh’s spiritual quest for monotheistic strands in Hindu philosophy was a continuous process.
This led him to study the Upanishads and with the help of some scholars of Banaras, he translated 50 Upanishads from Sanskrit to Persian. The text he prepared, the Sirr-i-Akbar, ‘the Great Secret’ was completed in 1657.
He was of the firm opinion that the 'Great Secret’ of the Upanishads is the monotheistic message, which is identical to that on which the Quran is based.
Q-18) Khalsa in Mughal rule meant
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Q-19) Which one of the following contemporary sources depicts Humayun’s passion for astronomy and astrology?
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Q-20) The famous historical book ‘Travels of the Mughal Empire’ was written by
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