MUGHAL EMPIRE - ANSWERS

     

1.      Which Sikh guru was executed by Aurangzeb?

A) Tegh Bahadur

B) Arjun Dev

C) Hargobind

D) Gobind Singh

Ans: A

2.    Which Mughal king died by a sudden fall from the staircase?

A)Babur

B)Akbar

C)Jahangir

D)Humayun

Ans. D

3.    Who was the head of the military department of Akbar’s reign?

A)Mir Bakshi

B)Diwan

C)Amir Khasru

D)Surdas

Ans. A

4.    Ibadat Khana, during the reign of Akbar, is a famous structure in –

A)Fathepur Sikri

B)Agra fort

C)Sikandarabad

D)Delhi

Ans. A

5.     Which Mughal ruler constructed A new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?

A) Humayun

B) Babur

C) Jahangir

D) Aurangzeb

Ans. A

6.    Mughal paintings were reached its zenith of progress during the reign of?

A) Babur

B) Aurangazeb

C) Jahangir

D) Shahjahan

Ans. C

7.     “The people of Hindustan have no good look…. ” – Which Mughal ruler wrote in his memory?

A)Babur

B)Akbar

C)Aurangzeb

D)Humayun

Ans.A

8.    Which one of the following was the original name of Tansen, the famous musician in the court of Akbar?

A) Mahananda Pande

B) Lal Kalawant

C)   Baz Bahadur

D) Ramtanu Pande

Ans. D

9.    With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?

A) Akbar

B) Jahangir

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

Ans. B

10.            Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of Alamgir?

A) Aurangzeb

B) Akbar

C) Babar

D) Bahadur Shah

Ans. A

11.  Who of the following was the revenue minister of Akbar?

A) Raja Man Singh

B) Birbal

C) Faizi

D) Todar Mal

Ans. D

12.Buland Darwaza, was built at Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar to commemorate his victory over

A) Berar

B) Mewar

C)   Gujarat

D) Bengal

Ans. C

13.Who of the following introduced the policy of Sulh-i-kul?

A) Aurangzeb

B) Akbar

C) Humayun

D) Shahjahan

Ans. B

14.Whom is the Bibi ka Maqbara, a monument built by Azam Shah, son of Aurangzeb at Aurangabad dedicated?

A) Jodha Bai

B) Mumtaz Begum

C)   Rabia Durrani

D) Chand Bibi

Ans. C

15. Who of the following was the author of Badshah Nama?

A) Inayat Khan

           B) Abdul Hamid Lahori

C) Gulbadan Begum

D) Abul Fazl

Ans. B

16.Humayun Nama was written during the reign of Emperor Akbar by

     A) Gulbadan Begum      

     B) Ahmad Yadgar       

     C) Abbas Sarwani       

   D) Faizi Sarhindi

Ans. A

17. The lovely Moti Masjid or Pearl Mosque at Agra, an example of true art for its purity and elegance, was built by

A) Akbar       

B) Jahangir        

C) Shah Jahan       

D) Aurangzeb

Ans. C

18.Who amongst the following Sikh Gurus was tortured to death by Jahangir on a charge of treason ?

A) Guru Amardas        

B) Guru Arjan Dev      

C) Guru Har Gobind       

D) Guru Har Kishan

Ans. B

19.Emperor Shah Jahan died in

A) 1658 AD       

B) 1659 AD        

C) 1666 AD      

D) 1667 AD

Ans. C

20.          Which of the following was the official court language during Akbar's reign ?

A) Arabic       

B) Persian      

C) Urdu      

D) Turki

Ans. B