the mughal empire Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

a) Afif Qandahari — Tarikh-o-Akbari

b) Abdul Qadir — Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh

c) Nizamuddin — Tabaqat-i-Akbari

d) Mutamad Khan — Khulastut Tawarikh

Answer: (d)

Question : 12

Consider the following statements:

  1. In Shivaji’s domain, Chauth was mainly a military contribution.
  2. Shivaji demanded Sardeshmukhi on the basis of his claim as the hereditary Sardeshmukh of Maharashtra.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c)

In Shivaji’s domain chauth was mainly a military contribution. Shivaji demanded Sardeshmukhi on the basis of his claim as the hereditary sardeshmukh of Maharashtra.

Shivaji first demanded chauth in 1665 and the Deccan sultanates of Bijapur and Golconda began to pay him a combined sum of 800,000 after he was made a raja by Aurangzeb in 1668. In 1719, the Mughal emperor granted Shahu the chauth and sardeshmukhi rights over the six Deccan provinces in exchange for his maintaining a contingent of 15,000 troops for the emperor.

The revenues from chauth were in turn divided into four parts that went to various functionaries of the Maratha empire.

Question : 13

Consider the following statements: Under Todar Mal’s bandobast in Akbar’s administration:

  1. The state was to advance loans to the cultivators which could be paid in easy annual instalments.
  2. Remissions of revenue were granted in a bad season.
  3. The revenue collectors were required to write officially annual reports about the word, character and integrity of their subordinates.
  4. The accounts were to be kept in Hindi.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) 1 and 2

b) 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (c)

Question : 14

The Maratha artillery was mainly organised by

a) Kanhoji

b) Mir Habib

c) Ibrahim Khan Gardi

d) Khande Rao Dabhade

Answer: (c)

Question : 15

Khalsa in Mughal rule meant

a) The Land belonging to Emperor

b) Land from where revenue was collected for royal treasure

c) All royal system

d) Religious Land grant

Answer: (a)

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