mughal empire quiz set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Sachiv was the minister in charge of royal correspondence. Pandit Rao – religious matter

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

The two states which Aurangzeb had conquered in Deccan were Bijapur and Golconda.

In 1685, Aurangzeb dispatched his son, Muhammad Azam Shah, with a force of nearly 50,000 men to capture Bijapur Fort and defeated Sikandar Adil Shah (the ruler of Bijapur) who refused to be a vassal.

The Mughals could not make any advancement upon Bijapur Fort mainly due to the superior usage of cannon batteries on both sides. Outraged by the stalemate, Aurangzeb himself arrived on 4 September 1686 and commanded the Siege of Bijapur; after eight days of fighting, the Mughals were victorious.

In 1687, Aurangzeb led his grand Mughal army against the Deccan Qutbshahi fortress during the Siege of Golconda.

Answer: (d)

• Birth of Shivaji (1627 AD.),
• Afzal Khan was killed by Shivaji (1659 AD.),
• Escape of Shivaji from Agra (1666 AD.),
• Shivaji crowned himself at Raigarh and assumed the title of Maharaja Chhatrapati (1674 AD.).
• Shivaji's life and achievements were such as to thoroughly justify Carlyle's "Great Man Theory".
• Before Shivaji, the scene in Maharashtra was of sadness, helplessness, suffering and humiliation at the hands of the Muslim powers.
• This is best described in the words of Sabhasad, a contemporary observer and the author of Sabhasad Bhakhara.

Answer: (c)

It was a significant battle fought between the forces under the command of the British East India Company on the one side and the combined army of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bangal, Nawab of Awadh and Shah Alam ll, the Mughal Emperor. Mir Jafar was a puppet of British East India Company.

Answer: (d)

At Farghana Babur was defeated by his distant relative and as a result lost his kingdom. He became a wanderer for sometime till he captured Kabul from one of his uncles. Then, Babur took interest in conquering India and launched four expeditions between 1519 and 1523.