The Mughal Kings Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which one among the following books was authored by a lady of the Mughal Royal House?
2. Which Mughal officer helped Humayun capture the fort of Chunargarh from Sher Shah?
3. In the Mughal administration, Muhtasib was
4. Which of the following schools of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?
5. Which jeweller foreign traveller of the Mughal period has left a detailed account of Takht-i-Taus (Peacock throne)?
6. The Mughal Emperor, who built the Peacock Throne?
7. Which Mughal Emperor's tomb was not in India
8. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic feature of Mughal architecture?
9. Which Mughal ruler constructed A new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river?
10. The Mughal fireman of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in
11. Mughal paintings were reached its zenith of progress during the reign of?
12. Tobacco cultivation was introduced in the Deccan by the Portuguese during the 16th century. Tobacco smoking reached the Mughal Court because of which one of the following?
13. The last Mughal Emperor was
14. Which of the statements given below about the Mughal rule in India is false?
15. Who among the following Mughal princess produced a 'diwan' (collection of poems) with the name 'Makhi'?
16. The Mughal emperor who issued a firman to the English East-India Company in 1717 to trade freely in Bengal was
17. Who among the following Mughal Emperors was half Rajput?
18. During the Mughal period, what was Narnal or light artillery?
19. Mughal culture came mainly from:
20. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
21. The author of "Parties and Politics in Mughal Court" is?
22. Which Mughal emperor abolished the old custom of Sizda?
23. Who was the last Mughal emperor?
24. Who gave the Kitab of Mirza Raja to Jaisingh in Mughal Empire?
25. The contemporary source that provides satisfitical data immensely valuable to the study of economy of the Mughal Empire is the
26. Who among the following Mughal rulers has been called as the 'Prince of Builders? '
27. Which of the following Mughal emperors spent a greater part of his reign to overthrow the Deccan Kingdoms?
28. Which was the chief or main region of copper mines in Mughal period?
29. With reference to the Mughal administration, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
30. Which one among the following depicts the correct meaning of the term Tins-i-Kamil concerning crops in Mughal India?
31. The rulers of which of the following was/ were called tarafdar by the Mughal Monarchs?
32. Which Mughal Ruler's permitted collecting Chauth and Sardesh Mukhi on Maratha land to Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath?
33. Who was proclaimed as Mughal emperor by Asaf Khan on Jahangir's death to ensure Khurram's (Shahjahan's) enthronement?
34. The offsprings of which Mughal emperor were born in a Sufi's Khanqah instead of the Mughal haram?
35. Who among the following Mughal kings had sent Raja Ram Mohan Roy as his envoy to London?
36. Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the peacock throne?
37. Which contemporary Mughal historian of the age of Akbar had prepared a list of charges calling him an enemy of Islam?
38. How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandarshah's reign, come to an early end?
39. Which Mughal emperor enrolled Guru Govind Singh into Mughal service?
40. Which Mughal emperor stopped the practice of Forceful conversion of prisoners of war?
41. Which of the following Mughal ruler who tried to create an affinity between Sikh and Maratha by granted the right to collect Sardesh Mukhi of Deccan but not Chauth to the Marathas?
42. In Mughal paintings one notices the adoption of the principles of foreshortening whereby near and distant people and things could be placed in perspective. This was due to the influence of the-
43. Which mughal emperor was a good veena player?
44. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of the Later Mughal Emperors?
45. From which Mughal Emperor did John Middenhall tried to obtain a farman for trade in Gujarat?
46. The founder of the Mughal Empire was:
47. Early English trade with Mughal India was blocked by the influence of the:
48. Who among the foreign travellers describes how the 'Ganges water' was carried in copper vessels for Mughal Emperors to drink?
49. Which of the following statement is related to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
50. Who among the following was named as Zinda Pir or Living Saint in Mughal period?
51. During the Mughal rule the Qazi-ul-Quzat was
52. Who of the Mughal rulers understood the significance of Rajputs and tried to win them?
53. Identify the name of the wife of the Mughal Emperor who is believed to have sabotaged the work of the rebels by acting as an informer to the British.
54. In Mughal period Zamindars were
55. Who among the following Mughal Emperors, granted permission to trade of tax in the territories of Bengal. Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British?
56. Which mughal Emperor introduced "Duaspa-Sihaspa" method in Mansabdari System?
57. Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmad Shah Abdali's invasion of India?
58. Which Mughal Emperor increased more number of Rajput and Maratha Mansabdars in his reign?
59. The Mughal Empire reached its zenith of expansion under
60. Khalsa in Mughal rule meant