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Questions : With which medieval ruler, would you associate the statement ‘I would have lost the empire just for a handful of Millet’?

(a) Akbar

(b) Babur

(c) Sher Shah

(d) Aurangzeb

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

One of the greatest painters of Akbar’s court whom he employed as mint officer was

a) Keshav

b) Basawan

c) Mukund

d) Daswant

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List I List II
(Monuments) (Builders)
A. Buland Darwaja 1. Alauddin Khilji Fatehpur Sikri
B. Alai Darwaja, Delhi 2. Akbar
C. Moti Masjid, Delhi 3. Shahjahan
D. Moti Masjid, Agra 4. Aurangazeb
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 4 3

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 4 1 3 2

d) 2 1 4 3

Answer: (d)

  • Akbar built the Buland Darwaza and Fatehpur Sikri.
  • Alauddin Khilji built the Alai Darwaja of Delhi.
  • Aurangazeb built the moti masjid of Delhi.
  • Shahjahan built the moti masjid of Agra.

Question : 3

Who among the following was killed by Shivaji?

a) Afzal Khan

b) Shaista Khan

c) Jai Singh

d) Najib Khan

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Which of the following commodities constituted the main item of exports in Mughal India?

a) Cotton and silk fabrics

b) Opium and Indigo

c) Bullion and horses

d) Sugar and Saltpetre

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

Consider the following statements:

  1. The founder of the Saka rule was Maues who is considered to be the founder of the Vikrama era.
  2. Kushana king Wima Kadphises or Kadphises II issued gold coins with high-sounding titles like the ‘Lord of the Whole World’
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None

Answer: (a)

Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system in his administration. Zat means personal and it fixed the personal status of a person. Sawar rank indicated the number of cavalrymen of a person who was required to maintain.

Every sawar had to maintain at least two horses. The mansab rank was not hereditary. All appointments and promotions as well as dismissals were directly made by the emperor.

Question : 6

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.

List I List II
A. Gulbadan Begum 1. Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi
B. Ishwar Das Nagar 2. Tarikh-i-Shershahi
C. Yahiya bin Ahmad 3. Humayun Nama
D. Abbas Khan 4. Futuhat-i-Alamgiri Sarwani
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 1 4 2

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 4 3 2 1

Answer: (c)

  • Gulbadan Begum composed the Humayun Nama.
  • Ishwar Das Nagar composed Futuhat-iAlamgiri.
  • Tahiya bin Ahmad composed Tarikhi-Mubarakshahi.
  • Abbas Khan sarwani composed Tarikh-i-Shershahi Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Mughal Emperor Babur, she is the author of Humayun Nama, the account of the life of her halfbrother, Humayun.
  • Ishwar Das Nagar composed Futuhat-i-Alamgiri which is history of Aurangzeb’s reign.

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