mughal empire quiz set 8 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Itimad-ud-Daulah’s tomb at Agra was built by Nur Jahan. After her father’s death, Nur Jahan built this mausoleum in memory of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, from 1622 – 1625 AD.

The first example of a tomb built on a riverbank in India. Itmad-ud-Daulah’s tomb situated on the banks of the Yamuna has many design features that were later used in the Taj Mahal.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

• Babar — Jami Majid (Sambhal)
• Humayun — Din Panah
• Akbar — Jhangiri Mahal
• Jahangir — Akbar’s Mausoleum

Answer: (d)

The Golconda fort used to have a vault where once the famous Kohinoor and Hopediamonds were stored along with other diamonds. Golconda was once renowned for the diamonds found on the southeast at Kollur Mine near Kollur (modern day Guntur district), Paritala (modern day Krishna district) and cut in the city during the Kakatiya reign. At that time, India had the only known diamond mines in the world.

Answer: (c)

One of the observatories established by Sawai Jai Singh was of Ujjain.

The idea behind building a number of observatories at different locations in northern India was to make the same observations from different places and thus reduce the errors introduced due to the limits of resolution of human vision.

Sawai Jai Singh built the three small ones at Ujjain, Mathura, and Banaras with the help of Hindu astronomers who themselves had limitations in civil engineering (architectural engineering).