the mughal empire Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

The correct chronological order is;

• Padmini,
• Durgawati,
• Tara Bai,
• Ahilya Bai.

Rani Padmini (Padmavati) (died 1303 CE), the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh and the daughter of the contemporary Sinhala king was the queen of Chittor. She features in Padmavat, an epic poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE.

Rani Durgavati maravi (October 5, 1524 – June 24, 1564) was born in the family of famous Rajput Chandel Emperor Keerat Rai. She is acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against the Mughal occupation of Maratha territories after the death of her husband in 1700.

Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795), was the Holkar Queen of the Maratha ruled Malwa kingdom, India. Rajmata Ahilyabai was born in the village of Chondi in Jamkhed, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Under the Mansabdari system, every officer was assigned a rank (mansab).

The lowest rank was 10 and the highest was 5000 for the nobles. Princes of royal blood received even higher ranks. 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.