mughal empire quiz set 5 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following areas was not conquered by Akbar?

a) Kashmir

b) Orissa

c) Qandahar

d) Bidar

Question : 2

Consider the following statements: In 1560’s Akbar began to patronise the formation of the Mughal school of painting with the illustration of Dastani-Amir Hamaza, because

1. Akbar inherited Humayun’s taste for painting.
2. Akbar was especially interested in book illustration.
3. Akbar was persuaded to take interest in painting by Abdul Fazl.

a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

b) 1 and 2 are correct

c) 2 and 3 are correct

d) 1 and 3 are correct

Question : 3

Month scale in the Mansabdari system was introduced by

a) Shahjahan

b) Jahangir

c) Aurangzeb

d) None of these

Question : 4

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The Jain text, Parisistha Parvam, describes that with the help of Chanakya, Chandragupta defeated the Nanda king and captured him.
2. Chandra Gupta defeated the invading army of the Greek Kshatrapa Seleucus who had succeeded Alexander in the eastern part of his empire.
3. The Junagarh rock inscription of Rudradaman says that a dam on the Sudarshana lake for irrigation was constructed by Pushyagupta, ·a provincial governor of Chandragupta Maurya.
4. Seleucus sent Megasthenese as his ambassador to the court of Chandragupta.

a) 2, 3, and 4 only

b) 1, 3, and 4 only

c) 1, 2, and 3 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 5

Consider these two statements:

1. Assertion (A): Akbar constructed the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri.
2. Reason (R): Akbar desired to commemorate his victory.

a) A is true, but R is false.

b) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

c) A is false, but R is true.

d) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Question : 6

Who among the following Sufis is known as Mujaddid or reformer?

a) Khwaja Baqi Billah

b) Dara Shikoh

c) Shah Waliullah

d) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi