This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Medieval > The Mughal Kings – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Mughal Kings Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one among the following books was authored by a lady of the Mughal Royal House? A) Akbar Nama. B) Babur Nama. C) Humayun Nama. D) Badshah Nama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humayun Nama. 2. Which Mughal officer helped Humayun capture the fort of Chunargarh from Sher Shah? A) Dilwar Khan. B) Mahabat Khan. C) Rumi Khan. D) Hindal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rumi Khan. 3. In the Mughal administration, Muhtasib was A) A military officer. B) An officer incharge of public morals. C) The head of the department of correspondence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An officer incharge of public morals. 4. Which of the following schools of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period? A) The Kangra School. B) The Bijapur School. C) The Golconda School. D) The Rajput School. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bijapur School. 5. Which jeweller foreign traveller of the Mughal period has left a detailed account of Takht-i-Taus (Peacock throne)? A) 'Omrah' Danishmand Khan. B) Geronimo Verroneo. C) Austin of Bordeaux. D) Travernier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Travernier. 6. The Mughal Emperor, who built the Peacock Throne? A) Akbar. B) Nadirshah. C) Shah Jahan. D) Aurangazeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shah Jahan. 7. Which Mughal Emperor's tomb was not in India A) Shajahan. B) Jahangir. C) Humayun. D) Akbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jahangir. 8. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic feature of Mughal architecture? A) Walled forts. B) Gardens. C) Stupas. D) Monumental buildings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stupas. 9. Which Mughal ruler constructed A new city called as Din Panah on the bank of Yamuna river? A) Jahangir. B) Babur. C) Aurangzeb. D) Humayun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humayun. 10. The Mughal fireman of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in A) 1696. B) 1756. C) 1650. D) 1717. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1717. 11. Which Mughal emperor prohibited the use of tobacco? A) Babur. B) Muhammad Shah. C) Aurangzeb. D) Jahangir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jahangir. 12. Mughal paintings were reached its zenith of progress during the reign of? A) Babur. B) Aurangazeb. C) Jahangir. D) Shahjahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jahangir. 13. 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? A) The Mughal ambassador to Bijapur, Mirza Asad baig introduced it to Akbar. B) The soldiers of the Deccan spread this among the Mughal nobility. C) The Portuguese missionaries introduced it into the Mughal Court. D) The farmers who took tobacco cultivation introduced this to the Mughal Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The soldiers of the Deccan spread this among the Mughal nobility. 14. The last Mughal Emperor was A) Akbar. B) Noor Jehan. C) Babur. D) Bahadur Shah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bahadur Shah. 15. Which of the statements given below about the Mughal rule in India is false? A) Peasant communities were a united and homogeneous group. B) Most regions produced two crops in a year. C) The State encouraged these crops that brought in more revenue. D) There was an abundance of food grain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peasant communities were a united and homogeneous group. 16. Who among the following Mughal princess produced a 'diwan' (collection of poems) with the name 'Makhi'? A) Aurangzeb's daughter Zibunnisa. B) Humayun's sister Gulbadan Begum. C) Shah Jahan's daughter Jahanara. D) Shah Jahan's daughter Roshanara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangzeb's daughter Zibunnisa. 17. The Mughal emperor who issued a firman to the English East-India Company in 1717 to trade freely in Bengal was A) Bahadur Shah. B) Farrukh Siyar. C) Jahandar Shah. D) Shah Alam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Farrukh Siyar. 18. Who among the following Mughal Emperors was half Rajput? A) Shah Jahan & Jahangir. B) Akbar Jahan & Jahangir. C) Jahangir & Humayun. D) Shah Jahan & Aurangzeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shah Jahan & Jahangir. 19. During the Mughal period, what was Narnal or light artillery? A) One carried on elephant back. B) One carried on camel back. C) One carried by man. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One carried by man. 20. Mughal culture came mainly from: A) Arabia. B) Central Asia. C) China. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persia. Next →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesThe Mughal Kings Quiz 2The Mughal Kings Quiz 3The Mughal Kings Quiz 4Chola QuizMediaval India QuizMedieval Indian History QuizVijaynagar Empire Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books