50 MCQ Question on The Mughals
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1. Who united all the and a kingdom (Political History: (Railways, 1992)
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(d) Guru Teg Bahadur in the Punjab?
2.The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system in (I.A.S. 1994) (a) Turkey
(c)Afganisthan
(b) Persia
(d) Mongolia
3. Who among the following was the first Mughal cmperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India? (Transmission Executives' Exam, 1992)
(a) Akbar
(b) Jchangir
(c) Sahajeha
(d) Aurangzeb
4. Which of the following is wrongly matched with his contemporary Mughal king
(a) Rana Sanga -Babar
(b) Prithvi Raj Chauhan –Akbar
(c) Jujhar Singh -Shahjehan
(d) Jaswant Singh -Aurangzeb
5. The capital of the Mughal Empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi by
(a) Jehangir
(b) Aurangzeb
(d) Shahjehan
(c) Humayun
6. The Peacock Throne was made for
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Aurangzeb
7. In 1662 A.D., Mirjumla, the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal led a successful expedition to(C.D.S.91)
(a) Assam
(b) Tibet
(c) Orissa
(d) Avadh
8. During the Mughal period, the incharge of law and order in the villages was
(a) Muqaddam
(c) Karkun
(b) Patwari
(d) Qanungo
9. The dee-aspah sih-aspah system was introduced by (Teacher's Exam, 1990)
(a) Akbar
(b) Jehangir
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Aurangzeb
10. Which of the following Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar ?
(a) Parmar
(b)Pratihara
(c) Rathor
(d)Sisodiya
11. Which of the following ports was the biggest port during the Mughal Period?
(a) Hooghly
(b) Chittagong
(c) Balasore
(d) Surart
12. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
(a) Jehangir
(b)Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
(d)aurangzeb
13. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was
(a) Patiala
(b)Amritsar
(c) Lahore
(d)Kapurthala
14. Match the following: .Personalities during Mughal Period
A. Todar Mal -1. Literature
B. Tansen-2 Architecture
C. Shahjehan -3. Music
D Abdul Hamid -4. Revenue administration
ABCD ABCD
(b) 3412 (a) 4 3 2 1
(d) 1 2 3 4 (c) 4 2 1 3
15. The Sikh Guru who fought Mughals was(C.R.P.F. 1990)
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Arjun Dey
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Teg Bahadur
16. The Mughal Empire in India was founded by
(a) Akbar the Great (b)Zahir-ud-din Babar
(c) Shahjehan(d)aurangzeb
17. When Akbar was young, his guardian was
(a) Hemu
(b)Faizi
(c) Abul Fazal
(d) Bairam Khan
18. During the decline of the Mughal empire the Jats were organised into a political force by
(a) Suraj Mal
(b)Churaman
(c) Rajaram
(d)Badan Singh
19. Consider the following European missions during the Mughal Period:
1. Thomas Roe
2.Travemier
3. Rudolf Acquaviva
The correct chronological order of their visits is
(a) 1,2,3 (b) 2,3,1 (c) 2,1,3 (d) 3,1,2
20. The two great Mughal rulers who wrote their own memories are
(a) Babar and Humayun
(b) Humayun and Akbar
(c) Babar and Jehangi
r (d) Jehangir and Shahjehan
21. The court language of Mughals was
(a) Arabic
(b)Hindi
(c) Persian
(d)Urdu
22. Who initiated Din -I-Ilahi?
(a) Shahjehan
(d) Aurangzeb
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
23. During Sher Shah's reign, the document contain- ing the information of the tax that the farmer had to pay was called
(a) muhaslana
(c) patta
(b) Quabuliat
(d) jaribana
24. Revenue system during Akbar's reign was in the hands of
(a) Bairam Khan
(b) Man Singh
(c) Birbal
(d) Todar Mal
25. Akbar assumed actual control over the ad- ministration of his empire in
(a) 1556
(b) 1562
(c) 1558
(d) 1560
26. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating
(a) Daulat Khan Lodi
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Alauddin Khilji
27. During the reign of which of the following emperors was the artillery most perfect and numerous?
(a) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(b) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
28 Who consolidated the Mughal Empire and gave it a unique multi-religious culture?
(a) Akbar
(b)humayun
(c) Jehangir
(d)aurangzeb
29. The Sikh Guru who killed by the orders of Aurangzeb was
(a) Guru Ram Das
(b) Guru Arjun Dey
(c) Guru Teg Bahadur
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
30. Who among the following Mughals rulers intro- duced Rajput's patrons in the administration of his empire?
(a) Babar
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Aurangzeb
31. Akbar founded the Din -i-Ilahi primarily to
(a) put an end to differences between the Hindus and the Muslims.
(b) establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus.
(c) ensure racial and communal harmony.
(d) form a religious club.
32. The Sikh Khalsa was founded by
(a) Guru Teg Bahadur
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Hargobind
33. During the Mughal period, under the Zabti sys- tem, land revenue was assessed and was required to be paid
(a) in cash or kind
(b)only in Cash
(c) only in kind
(d) by the Zamindar on the behalf of the peasants
34. The British allowed Ranjit Singh to rule over the territories west of the Satluj because
(a) they were afraid of his French trained army.
(b) he proved to be a faithful ally.
(c) he was amenable to British pressure.
(d) they needed his help in conquering Af- ghanistan.
35. Who was last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Shah Alam II
36. Akbar's land revenue system was known as
(a) Bandobast system
b) Zabti system
(c) Todarmal's revenue system
(d) All of these
37. Who among the following Mughal rulers was ignorant of the art of reading & writing?
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jehangir
38. Which of the following statements about Akbar is incorrect?
(a) He was a benevolent ruler.
(b) He founded a new religion Din -i-llahi.
(c) He maintained good relations with Rajputs.
(d) None of these
39. The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh is
(a) Amritsar
(b) Anandpur Sahib
(c) Fatchgarh Sahib
(d)patna
40. The Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah II was exiled by eujed
British and sent to
(a)Mandalay
(b) Andaman & Nicobar
(c) Rangoon
(d) Hyderabad
41. Din -i-Illahi was accepted by
(a) Birbal
(b) Tansen
(c) Raja Mansingh
(d) Todarmal
42. The first Mughal emperor to issue a firman in favour of the British to open a factory at Surat was
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Jehangir
(d) Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
43. Babar won the Battle of Panipat mainly because of
(a) his cavalry
(b)his military skil
(c) Tulughma system
(d) Afghan's disunity
44. The 'Jaziya' was abolished by
(a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(b) Babar
(c) Akbar
(d)Sher Shah
45. The bitterest war of succession under the great Mughals was fought among the sons of
(a) Babur
(c) Jehangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
46. Which of the following contemporary sources of the Mughal period is especially useful for obtain- ing the information on the agrarian condition?
(a) Akbarnamah
(b) Ain -i-Akbari
(c) Tariksh i-Firishta
(d) Tuzuk-i-Baburi
47. "He left behind him an enemy still unsubdued, a minor son and a mercenary army". This descrip- tion given by Kennedy fits
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Jehangir
48. Which Mughal ruler had the 'chains of justice' fastened up which could be shaken by his sub- jects to bring their grievances to his notice?
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Shahjahan
49. Sher Shah is credited for introducing for the first time the following measures except
(a) postal system
(b) spy system
(c) currency system
(d) land revenue system based on scientific prin- ciples
50. In reforming land revenue system, Sher Shar Suri took which of the following steps? (C.D.S. 91)
1. He did away with the authority of the mid- dle-men and established direct relations with the tenants.
2. He abolished jagirs and zamindari system.
3. He fixed the government's share of produce at less than one third of the produce.
(a) 1,2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(d) 1 and 3
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