MUGHAL EMPIRE - QUESTIONS

   

1.      Which Sikh guru was executed by Aurangzeb?

A) Tegh Bahadur

B) Arjun Dev

C) Hargobind

D) Gobind Singh

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

A)Babur

B)Akbar

C)Jahangir

D)Humayun

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

A)Mir Bakshi

B)Diwan

C)Amir Khasru

D)Surdas

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

A)Fathepur Sikri

B)Agra fort

C)Sikandarabad

D)Delhi

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

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

A) Babur

B) Aurangazeb

C) Jahangir

D) Shahjahan

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

A)Babur

B)Akbar

C)Aurangzeb

D)Humayun

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

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

A) Akbar

B) Jahangir

C) Shah Jahan

D) Aurangzeb

10.            Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of Alamgir?

A) Aurangzeb

B) Akbar

C) Babar

D) Bahadur Shah

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

A) Raja Man Singh

B) Birbal

C) Faizi

D) Todar Mal

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

A) Berar

B) Mewar

C)   Gujarat

D) Bengal

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

A) Aurangzeb

B) Akbar

C) Humayun

D) Shahjahan

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

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

A) Inayat Khan

           B) Abdul Hamid Lahori

C) Gulbadan Begum

D) Abul Fazl

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

     A) Gulbadan Begum      

     B) Ahmad Yadgar       

     C) Abbas Sarwani       

   D) Faizi Sarhindi

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

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

19.Emperor Shah Jahan died in

A) 1658 AD       

B) 1659 AD        

C) 1666 AD      

D) 1667 AD

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

A) Arabic       

B) Persian      

C) Urdu      

D) Turki