the mughal empire Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

Akbar ruled with a social and religious toleration that was relative, not absolute, and was based on his concept of sulh-i-kul (for the general good of all people) which built on his liberal views of religion. Akbar took the Sufi mystic notion of sulh-i-kul and transformed it to become a principle denoting amity within a culturally pluralistic India.

Answer: (a)

During the beginning of his rule, Shahjahan used to favour Islam, but as the time rolled by he became tolerant to other religions, and kept continuing the ‘Jharokha Darshan’ ‘Tuladaan’ and Tilak on the forehead of the Hindu Kings. He donated lands to Shanti Das, a jeweller and banker, to construct inns for Jain saints.

He also had Hindu poets like Pt. Jagannath, Kavindracharya, Chintamani, and Sunder Das.

Answer: (c)

Marwar was taken under direct control by Aurangzeb. In 1679, the Rathore clan under the command of Durgadas Rathore rebelled when Auranzeb refused to make the young Rathore prince the king and took direct command of Jodhpur. This caused great unrest amongst the Hindu Rajput rulers under Aurangzeb and lead to many rebellions in Rajputana.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Shivaji was simple and religious in his personal life. He did not force any Muslim to embrace Hinduism. He organised Marathas against the Mughal empire. Shivaji Bhonsle, venerated in Maharashtra as the father of “the Maratha nation”, was born in 1627 into a family of Maratha bureaucrats.

His father, Shahji, was the jagirdar of the Sultan of Ahmadnagar in Pune, but he shifted his allegiance to the Sultan of Bijapur; Shivaji’s mother, Jija Bai, was devoted to her son, particularly after her husband took a second wife.