NMMS SAT The Mughal Empire 7th Term 2 Question and answer English medium
NMMS SAT The Mughal Empire 7th Term 2 Question and answer English medium
🔹 Introduction to Mughal Empire
- When did the Mughal Empire begin in India?
a) 1206 CE
b) 1526 CE
c) 1600 CE
d) 1707 CE
✅ Answer: b) 1526 CE - Which Mughal emperor founded the empire in
India?
a) Akbar
b) Humayun
c) Babur
d) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: c) Babur - Till which year did the Mughal rule last
in India?
a) 1757
b) 1800
c) 1857
d) 1707
✅ Answer: d) 1707 - How many Great Mughal Emperors ruled
before the empire started disintegrating?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 7
d) 5
✅ Answer: b) 6 - From which dynasty was Sher Shah who
briefly interrupted Mughal rule?
a) Lodi
b) Sur
c) Tughlaq
d) Slave
✅ Answer: b) Sur
🔹 Babur – Early Life and Background
- What was Babur’s full name?
a) Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur
b) Jalal-ud-din Akbar Babur
c) Nasir-ud-din Babur Shah
d) Shihab-ud-din Babur Khan
✅ Answer: a) Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur - Babur was a descendant of which famous
Mongol leader?
a) Genghis Khan
b) Timur
c) Mahmud of Ghazni
d) Alexander the Great
✅ Answer: a) Genghis Khan - From which side did Babur inherit Timur’s
bloodline?
a) Mother’s side
b) Father’s side
✅ Answer: b) Father’s side - Who was Babur’s maternal grandfather?
a) Timur
b) Yunus Khan of Tashkent
c) Sultan Ibrahim Lodi
d) Sher Khan
✅ Answer: b) Yunus Khan of Tashkent - Where was Babur born?
a) Delhi
b) Kabul
c) Farghana
d) Kandahar
✅ Answer: c) Farghana - How old was Babur when he inherited the
kingdom of Farghana?
a) 14
b) 10
c) 15
d) 12
✅ Answer: d) 12
🔹 Foundation of Mughal Empire
- When did Babur first capture Kabul?
a) 1504
b) 1505
c) 1517
d) 1526
✅ Answer: a) 1504 - Babur’s first expedition into India was
in:
a) 1510
b) 1505
c) 1524
d) 1518
✅ Answer: b) 1505 - Which two nobles approached Babur to help
defeat Ibrahim Lodi?
a) Mahmud Gawan and Rana Sanga
b) Dilawar Khan and Alam Khan
c) Daulat Khan and Shihab-ud-din
d) Mir Jumla and Faizi
✅ Answer: b) Dilawar Khan and Alam Khan - In which battle did Babur defeat Ibrahim
Lodi?
a) Battle of Khanwa
b) Battle of Ghaghra
c) Battle of Panipat
d) Battle of Plassey
✅ Answer: c) Battle of Panipat
🔹 Babur’s Military Conquests and Legacy
- When was the First Battle of Panipat
fought?
a) 1527
b) 1526
c) 1530
d) 1529
✅ Answer: b) 1526 - Who was defeated by Babur at the Battle of
Khanwa in 1527?
a) Rana Sanga
b) Ibrahim Lodi
c) Hemu
d) Sher Shah
✅ Answer: a) Rana Sanga - Which chief did Babur defeat at Chanderi
in 1528?
a) Medini Rai
b) Rana Sanga
c) Sher Khan
d) Mir Jumla
✅ Answer: a) Medini Rai - What was the name of Babur’s
autobiography?
a) Baburnama
b) Tuzuk-i-Baburi
c) Humayunnama
d) Ain-i-Akbari
✅ Answer: b) Tuzuk-i-Baburi - Who did Babur choose as his successor?
a) Akbar
b) Aurangzeb
c) Humayun
d) Jahangir
✅ Answer: c) Humayun
🟦 Humayun (1530–1540 & 1555–1556)
- Who were the brothers of Humayun?
a) Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan
b) Kamran, Hindal, and Askari
c) Bairam, Kamran, and Alam Khan
d) Shah Jahan, Bahadur Shah, and Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: b) Kamran, Hindal, and Askari - Which Afghan ruler defeated Humayun at
Chausa and Kannauj?
a) Bairam Khan
b) Babur
c) Sher Shah
d) Hemu
✅ Answer: c) Sher Shah - In which year was Humayun defeated at
Chausa?
a) 1526
b) 1540
c) 1539
d) 1555
✅ Answer: c) 1539 - After defeat, where did Humayun flee to?
a) Kabul
b) Iran
c) Punjab
d) Bengal
✅ Answer: b) Iran - With whose help did Humayun recapture
Delhi in 1555?
a) Rana Sanga
b) Akbar
c) Bairam Khan
d) Shah Tahmasp of Persia
✅ Answer: d) Shah Tahmasp of Persia - How did Humayun die in 1556?
a) In a battle
b) Illness
c) Assassination
d) Falling down stairs
✅ Answer: d) Falling down stairs
🟦 Sher Shah (1540–1545)
- Sher Shah was originally known as:
a) Sher Khan
b) Hasan Suri
c) Farid Khan
d) Humayun Suri
✅ Answer: c) Farid Khan - Where was Sher Shah’s family from?
a) Delhi
b) Farghana
c) Sasaram in Bihar
d) Lahore
✅ Answer: c) Sasaram in Bihar - Sher Shah established which dynasty?
a) Mughal Dynasty
b) Lodi Dynasty
c) Tughlaq Dynasty
d) Sur Dynasty
✅ Answer: d) Sur Dynasty - What was Sher Shah’s capital?
a) Delhi
b) Agra
c) Lahore
d) Kabul
✅ Answer: b) Agra - Sher Shah’s empire stretched from:
a) Delhi to Punjab
b) Kabul to Kashmir
c) Bengal to the Indus
d) Deccan to Gujarat
✅ Answer: c) Bengal to the Indus - Which major reform is Sher Shah known for?
a) Calendar system
b) Land revenue system
c) Religious reforms
d) Railways
✅ Answer: b) Land revenue system - Sher Shah also introduced:
a) Local parliaments
b) Islamic taxation
c) Standard coins, weights, and measures
d) Military codes
✅ Answer: c) Standard coins, weights, and measures
🟦 Akbar (1556–1605)
- How old was Akbar when he became king?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 18
✅ Answer: c) 14 - Who became regent for Akbar after
Humayun’s death?
a) Tansen
b) Sher Shah
c) Bairam Khan
d) Hemu
✅ Answer: c) Bairam Khan - In which battle did Bairam Khan defeat
Hemu?
a) Battle of Kannauj
b) First Battle of Panipat
c) Battle of Chausa
d) Second Battle of Panipat
✅ Answer: d) Second Battle of Panipat - In which year was the Second Battle of
Panipat fought?
a) 1526
b) 1540
c) 1556
d) 1576
✅ Answer: c) 1556 - Hemu was a general under which dynasty?
a) Mughal
b) Sur
c) Tughlaq
d) Lodi
✅ Answer: b) Sur - Where was Bairam Khan murdered?
a) Delhi
b) Punjab
c) Gujarat
d) Kabul
✅ Answer: c) Gujarat - After Bairam Khan's death, Akbar:
a) Fled to Iran
b) Was overthrown by Hemu
c) Took full control of the government
d) Left India
✅ Answer: c) Took full control of the government
🟣 Conquests of Women Rulers
- Which region did Akbar conquer that led to
his confrontation with Rani Durgavati?
a) Gujarat
b) Malwa and Central India
c) Kashmir
d) Bengal
✅ Answer: b) Malwa and Central India - Rani Durgavati was a ruler in which
region?
a) Gujarat
b) Malwa
c) Central Province
d) Bengal
✅ Answer: c) Central Province - Who was the famous woman ruler Akbar faced
in South India?
a) Rani Laxmi Bai
b) Rani Durgavati
c) Rani Chand Bibi
d) Razia Sultana
✅ Answer: c) Rani Chand Bibi - Rani Chand Bibi was the regent of:
a) Gwalior
b) Kashmir
c) Bengal
d) Ahmednagar
✅ Answer: d) Ahmednagar
🟣 Battle of Haldighati
- Whom did Akbar defeat to capture Chittoor
in 1568?
a) Rana Pratap
b) Uday Singh of Mewar
c) Rana Sanga
d) Sher Shah
✅ Answer: b) Uday Singh of Mewar - When did Akbar capture Ranthambore?
a) 1566
b) 1567
c) 1569
d) 1570
✅ Answer: c) 1569 - The Battle of Haldighati took place in
which year?
a) 1568
b) 1576
c) 1585
d) 1605
✅ Answer: b) 1576 - Who fought against Akbar at the Battle of
Haldighati?
a) Rani Chand Bibi
b) Rana Sanga
c) Rana Pratap
d) Bairam Khan
✅ Answer: c) Rana Pratap - What was the name of Rana Pratap’s horse?
a) Ashva
b) Raja
c) Chetak
d) Bahadur
✅ Answer: c) Chetak - How is Rana Pratap’s resistance
remembered?
a) As a betrayal
b) As cowardice
c) As a legend
d) As a foreign attack
✅ Answer: c) As a legend
🟣 Commercial and Overseas Expansion
- Akbar’s conquest of Gujarat helped in:
a) Building temples
b) Inland trade
c) Controlling overseas trade
d) Gold mining
✅ Answer: c) Controlling overseas trade - Akbar’s military success in Bengal helped
expand access to:
a) Africa
b) Arabia and Southeast Asia
c) Europe
d) Australia
✅ Answer: b) Arabia and Southeast Asia
🟣 Military Campaigns in the North-West
- Which three regions were added to the
Mughal Empire by Akbar in the North-West?
a) Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat
b) Kashmir, Kandahar, Kabul
c) Deccan, Odisha, Cuttack
d) Malwa, Chittor, Saurashtra
✅ Answer: b) Kashmir, Kandahar, Kabul - Which of the following was NOT added to
the Mughal Empire by Akbar?
a) Khandesh
b) Ahmednagar
c) Delhi
d) Berar
✅ Answer: c) Delhi - Under Akbar, the Mughal Empire extended
from Kashmir to:
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Godavari
c) Vindhyas
d) Kaveri
✅ Answer: b) Godavari - Akbar’s empire in the west extended up to:
a) Rajasthan
b) Bengal
c) Kandahar
d) Goa
✅ Answer: c) Kandahar - Which region marked the eastern extent of
Akbar’s empire?
a) Cuttack
b) Assam
c) Bengal
d) Tripura
✅ Answer: c) Bengal - What year did Akbar die?
a) 1600
b) 1605
c) 1610
d) 1627
✅ Answer: b) 1605 - Where was Akbar buried?
a) Delhi
b) Fatehpur Sikri
c) Agra
d) Sikandra
✅ Answer: d) Sikandra - Akbar’s conquest of Gujarat strengthened
trade with:
a) African nations
b) Mongols
c) Arabs and Europeans
d) Japanese
✅ Answer: c) Arabs and Europeans
🕌 Akbar’s Religious Policy
- What tax did Akbar abolish to win the
goodwill of non-Muslims?
a) Khilafat tax
b) Jizya
c) Zakat
d) Ushr
✅ Answer: b) Jizya - Akbar abolished the tax on:
a) Trade
b) Muslim pilgrims
c) Hindu pilgrims
d) Agricultural produce
✅ Answer: c) Hindu pilgrims - To strengthen ties with Rajputs, Akbar:
a) Imprisoned Rajput rulers
b) Waged war on Rajputs
c) Married into a Rajput family
d) Converted Rajputs to Islam
✅ Answer: c) Married into a Rajput family - Raja Man Singh of Jaipur was once sent as
the governor of:
a) Bengal
b) Kabul
c) Malwa
d) Kashmir
✅ Answer: b) Kabul - Akbar’s religious policy was based on:
a) Strict orthodoxy
b) Religious intolerance
c) Generosity and fairness
d) Conquest and conversion
✅ Answer: c) Generosity and fairness - Which Sufi saint received great respect
from Akbar?
a) Nizamuddin Auliya
b) Salim Chishti
c) Moinuddin Chishti
d) Sheikh Ahmed
✅ Answer: b) Salim Chishti - Which Sikh Guru did Akbar honour and gift
land to?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Arjan Dev
c) Guru Ramdas
d) Guru Tegh Bahadur
✅ Answer: c) Guru Ramdas - The Sikh shrine Harmandir Sahib was later
built in:
a) Delhi
b) Amritsar
c) Lahore
d) Agra
✅ Answer: b) Amritsar - What was the name of the hall where
scholars met for religious discourse?
a) Darbar-e-Azam
b) Diwan-i-Khas
c) Ibadat Khana
d) Khilwat Mahal
✅ Answer: c) Ibadat Khana
📚 Contributions to Culture
- Akbar had a personal library containing
over:
a) 1,000 books
b) 2,000 books
c) 3,000 books
d) 4,000 books
✅ Answer: d) 4,000 books - Akbar was a great patron of:
a) Science
b) Warfare
c) Learning
d) Agriculture
✅ Answer: c) Learning - Who among the following was not an author
patronised by Akbar?
a) Abul Fazl
b) Abul Faizi
c) Rahim
d) Kabir
✅ Answer: d) Kabir - Who was the great storyteller at Akbar’s
court?
a) Birbal
b) Tansen
c) Raja Man Singh
d) Daswant
✅ Answer: a) Birbal - Which musician was part of Akbar’s court?
a) Baiju Bawra
b) Tansen
c) Amir Khusrau
d) Surdas
✅ Answer: b) Tansen - Who was the famous painter at Akbar’s
court?
a) Basawan
b) Daswant
c) Nainsukh
d) Raja Ravi Varma
✅ Answer: b) Daswant
👑 Jahangir (1605–1627)
- Who succeeded Akbar in 1605?
a) Shah Jahan
b) Aurangzeb
c) Jahangir
d) Babur
✅ Answer: c) Jahangir - What was Jahangir’s real name?
a) Shahzada Khurram
b) Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
c) Abu’l Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din
d) Jalal-ud-din Muhammad
✅ Answer: b) Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim - What does the title “Jahangir” mean?
a) Conqueror of Faith
b) Lion of Hind
c) Conqueror of the World
d) King of Kings
✅ Answer: c) Conqueror of the World - Jahangir was more interested in:
a) Battles and wars
b) Taxes and administration
c) Art, painting, and gardens
d) Religious debates
✅ Answer: c) Art, painting, and gardens - Who held real power during Jahangir’s
reign?
a) His son
b) His general
c) His wife, Nur Jahan
d) Birbal
✅ Answer: c) His wife, Nur Jahan
👑 Jahangir's Reign
- Who did Jahangir execute for helping his
rebellious son Khusrau?
a) Guru Ramdas
b) Guru Hargobind
c) Guru Arjan
d) Guru Nanak
✅ Answer: c) Guru Arjan - The execution of Guru Arjan led to:
a) Peace between Sikhs and Mughals
b) A prolonged war between the Sikhs and Mughals
c) Expansion of Sikh power
d) Mughals converting to Sikhism
✅ Answer: b) A prolonged war between the Sikhs and Mughals - Due to Mughal-Sikh conflict, the Mughals
lost control of trade routes to:
a) China and Tibet
b) Southeast Asia
c) Afghanistan, Persia, and Central Asia
d) Europe
✅ Answer: c) Afghanistan, Persia, and Central Asia - The loss of Kandahar exposed India to
invasions from:
a) The East
b) The South
c) The North-West
d) The Central Provinces
✅ Answer: c) The North-West - Which territory remained troublesome
during Jahangir’s reign?
a) Lahore
b) Ahmedabad
c) Ahmednagar
d) Delhi
✅ Answer: c) Ahmednagar - Who visited Jahangir’s court as a
representative of King James I?
a) William Hawkins
b) Thomas Roe
c) Vasco da Gama
d) Robert Clive
✅ Answer: b) Thomas Roe - The visit of Thomas Roe led to the
establishment of the British factory in:
a) Madras
b) Bombay
c) Surat
d) Calcutta
✅ Answer: c) Surat
👑 Shah Jahan (1627–1658)
- What was Shah Jahan’s original name?
a) Salim
b) Dara
c) Khurram
d) Alamgir
✅ Answer: c) Khurram - Shah Jahan ruled for:
a) 20 years
b) 30 years
c) 35 years
d) 48 years
✅ Answer: b) 30 years - Which city did Shah Jahan annex in 1632?
a) Kandahar
b) Ahmednagar
c) Delhi
d) Lahore
✅ Answer: b) Ahmednagar - Shahji Bhonsle, the father of Shivaji,
served in the court of:
a) Mughals
b) Rajputs
c) Deccan kingdoms
d) Portuguese
✅ Answer: c) Deccan kingdoms - Which tax did Shah Jahan reimpose?
a) Land tax
b) Pilgrimage tax
c) Jizya
d) Salt tax
✅ Answer: c) Jizya - Shah Jahan spent his final years:
a) In battle
b) As emperor
c) In exile
d) As a prisoner
✅ Answer: d) As a prisoner - Where was Shah Jahan imprisoned?
a) Red Fort
b) Lahore Fort
c) Shah Burj of Agra Fort
d) Fatehpur Sikri
✅ Answer: c) Shah Burj of Agra Fort
👑 Aurangzeb (1658–1707)
- Aurangzeb assumed the title:
a) Jahangir
b) Khurram
c) Alamgir
d) Salim
✅ Answer: c) Alamgir - What does the title “Alamgir” mean?
a) Light of the world
b) Conqueror of the world
c) Servant of God
d) Defender of faith
✅ Answer: b) Conqueror of the world - Aurangzeb began his reign by:
a) Expanding trade
b) Building monuments
c) Imprisoning his father
d) Signing treaties
✅ Answer: c) Imprisoning his father - Aurangzeb ruled for:
a) 30 years
b) 48 years
c) 25 years
d) 50 years
✅ Answer: b) 48 years - Aurangzeb was intolerant of:
a) Muslims
b) Hindus
c) Christians
d) Sikhs only
✅ Answer: b) Hindus - Which groups did Aurangzeb suppress during
his reign?
a) Marathas and British
b) Bundelas, Jats, Satnamis, and Sikhs
c) Persians and Afghans
d) Portuguese and Rajputs
✅ Answer: b) Bundelas, Jats, Satnamis, and Sikhs
🛡️ Relationship with Rajputs and Marathas
1. Why did Aurangzeb fight prolonged wars
with the Rajputs?
a) To expand trade
b) To convert them
c) Due to his hostility towards them
d) To capture their forts
✅ Answer: c) Due to
his hostility towards them
2. Who joined the Rajputs against Aurangzeb?
a) Dara Shikoh
b) Bahadur Shah
c) Prince Khurram
d) Prince Akbar
✅ Answer: d) Prince
Akbar
3. With whom did Prince Akbar enter a pact
in the Deccan?
a) Shivaji
b) Bajirao
c) Shambhuji
d) Sambhaji Rao
✅ Answer: c)
Shambhuji
4. In which year did Aurangzeb march to the
Deccan?
a) 1674
b) 1685
c) 1689
d) 1707
✅ Answer: c) 1689
5. Who was captured and executed by
Aurangzeb?
a) Shivaji
b) Shahu
c) Shambhuji
d) Tarabai
✅ Answer: c)
Shambhuji
⚔️ The Mughal Administration – Central
Administration
6. Who was the supreme head of the Mughal
administration?
a) Subedar
b) Wazir
c) Emperor
d) Diwan
✅ Answer: c) Emperor
7. Who was the Wakil in the Mughal
administration?
a) Chief Justice
b) Finance Officer
c) Commander-in-Chief
d) Prime Minister
✅ Answer: d) Prime
Minister
8. What was the role of the Wazir or Diwan?
a) Law enforcement
b) Religious affairs
c) Revenue and expenditure
d) Defense
✅ Answer: c) Revenue
and expenditure
9. Who was in charge of the army in the
Mughal administration?
a) Wazir
b) Mir Saman
c) Mir Bakshi
d) Kotwal
✅ Answer: c) Mir
Bakshi
🏰 Provincial and Local Administration
10. What was a province called in the Mughal
empire?
a) Pargana
b) Sarkar
c) Subha
d) Kotwal
✅ Answer: c) Subha
11. What were Subhas divided into?
a) Villages
b) Paraganas
c) Towns
d) Sarkars
✅ Answer: d) Sarkars
12. What is a group of villages called?
a) Subha
b) Sarkar
c) Pargana
d) Panchayat
✅ Answer: c) Pargana
13. Who maintained law and order in towns and
cities?
a) Diwan
b) Subedar
c) Kotwal
d) Sadr-us-Sudr
✅ Answer: c) Kotwal
14. What was the informal institution of
justice in villages?
a) Pargana
b) Kotwal
c) Panchayatdars
d) Subedar
✅ Answer: c)
Panchayatdars
🛡️ Army
15. What elements made up the Mughal army?
a) Infantry, cavalry, camels
b) Infantry, navy, elephants
c) Infantry, cavalry, elephants, artillery
d) Only cavalry and artillery
✅ Answer: c)
Infantry, cavalry, elephants, artillery
16. Who maintained a large number of palace
guards?
a) Subedar
b) Emperor
c) Wazir
d) Kotwal
✅ Answer: b) Emperor
🏇 Mansabdari System
17. Who introduced the Mansabdari system?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Shah Jahan
c) Akbar
d) Babur
✅ Answer: c) Akbar
18. What does the term "mansab"
refer to?
a) Province
b) Rank or position
c) Salary
d) Horseman
✅ Answer: b) Rank or
position
19. What was ‘Sawar’ in the Mansabdari
system?
a) Tax rate
b) Number of villages
c) Number of horses and horsemen
d) Amount of land
✅ Answer: c) Number
of horses and horsemen
20. What was the basis for a Mansabdar’s
salary?
a) Number of villages ruled
b) Number of horses
c) Number of soldiers
d) Land tax collected
✅ Answer: c) Number
of soldiers
💰 Land Revenue Administration
1. Who was the Revenue Minister of Akbar?
a) Abul Fazl
b) Birbal
c) Raja Man Singh
d) Raja Todar Mal
✅ Answer: d) Raja
Todar Mal
2. Whose revenue system did Todar Mal
refine?
a) Akbar
b) Babar
c) Sher Shah
d) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: c) Sher
Shah
3. What was the name of the revenue system
introduced by Todar Mal?
a) Iqta
b) Zamindari
c) Zabti
d) Mansabdari
✅ Answer: c) Zabti
4. For how many years was the average
produce calculated in Todar Mal’s system?
a) 5 years
b) 7 years
c) 10 years
d) 15 years
✅ Answer: c) 10
years
5. During whose reign was the Zabti system
extended to Deccan?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: c) Shah
Jahan
6. What was the old iqta system renamed as
by the Mughals?
a) Diwan
b) Jagir
c) Zabt
d) Subha
✅ Answer: b) Jagir
7. Who was called Jagirdar in the Mughal
system?
a) Tax collector
b) Military official
c) Mansabdar without cash salary
d) Zamindar
✅ Answer: c)
Mansabdar without cash salary
8. Who assisted the Amal Guzar in revenue
collection?
a) Mansabdar and Wazir
b) Qanungo, Patwari, Muqaddam, Potdar
c) Subedar and Diwan
d) Zamindar and Kotwal
✅ Answer: b)
Qanungo, Patwari, Muqaddam, Potdar
9. What were zamindars responsible for?
a) Maintaining forts
b) Trade routes
c) Collecting taxes and maintaining law and order
d) Overseeing mansabdars
✅ Answer: c)
Collecting taxes and maintaining law and order
10. What were tax-free lands given to
religious scholars called?
a) Jagirs
b) Zamins
c) Syurughal
d) Saranjam
✅ Answer: c)
Syurughal
🕌 Religious Policy
11. What religion did the Mughal emperors
follow?
a) Hinduism
b) Islam
c) Christianity
d) Jainism
✅ Answer: b) Islam
12. Which Mughal ruler was known for
religious tolerance and liberal views?
a) Babur
b) Aurangzeb
c) Akbar
d) Humayun
✅ Answer: c) Akbar
13. Who were favoured in Akbar's court for
religious discussions?
a) Hindu saints
b) Portuguese missionaries
c) Jain monks
d) Sikh gurus
✅ Answer: b)
Portuguese missionaries
14. What was the new faith introduced by
Akbar?
a) Sufism
b) Din-I-Ilahi
c) Jainism
d) Ahmadiyya
✅ Answer: b)
Din-I-Ilahi
15. Who re-imposed jizya and pilgrim tax?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: d)
Aurangzeb
🏛️ Art and Architecture
16. Who introduced Persian style of
architecture in India?
a) Akbar
b) Babur
c) Sher Shah
d) Jahangir
✅ Answer: b) Babur
17. Where was Humayun’s palace located?
a) Agra
b) Fatehpur Sikri
c) Delhi
d) Lahore
✅ Answer: c) Delhi
18. What was the name of Humayun’s palace?
a) Red Fort
b) Din-I-Ilahi
c) Purana Qila
d) Din-i-Panah
✅ Answer: d)
Din-i-Panah
19. Who destroyed Humayun’s palace and built
Purana Qila?
a) Akbar
b) Babur
c) Sher Shah Sur
d) Jahangir
✅ Answer: c) Sher
Shah Sur
20. Where is Sher Shah’s mausoleum located?
a) Delhi
b) Agra
c) Sasaram in Bihar
d) Lahore
✅ Answer: c) Sasaram
in Bihar
🏛️ Art and Architecture (Continued)
1. Which structure was built by Akbar?
a) Taj Mahal
b) Jama Masjid
c) Diwan-i-Khas
d) Red Fort
✅ Answer: c)
Diwan-i-Khas
2. Who completed Akbar's tomb at Sikandara?
a) Shah Jahan
b) Humayun
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
✅ Answer: c)
Jahangir
3. Where is the tomb of Itmad-ud-daula
located?
a) Delhi
b) Fatehpur Sikri
c) Lahore
d) Agra
✅ Answer: d) Agra
4. What did Shah Jahan build to reflect
Mughal splendour?
a) Salim Chishti’s Tomb
b) Taj Mahal
c) Panch Mahal
d) Diwan-i-Am
✅ Answer: b) Taj
Mahal
5. What was the peacock throne used for?
a) Aurangzeb’s coronation
b) Burial purposes
c) Emperor's seating
d) Weddings
✅ Answer: c)
Emperor's seating
6. Which mosque was called the “pearl
mosque” and built by Shah Jahan?
a) Jama Masjid
b) Badshahi Masjid
c) Moti Masjid
d) Fatehpuri Masjid
✅ Answer: c) Moti
Masjid
7. What did Shah Jahan build in Delhi apart
from Jama Masjid?
a) Panch Mahal
b) Diwan-i-Khas and Diwan-i-Am
c) Rang Mahal
d) Akbar’s tomb
✅ Answer: b)
Diwan-i-Khas and Diwan-i-Am
8. What was the name of Shah Jahan's
fortified capital?
a) Fatehpur Sikri
b) Sikandara
c) Shahajanabad
d) Agra
✅ Answer: c)
Shahajanabad
9. What is the Red Fort named after?
a) Emperor Akbar
b) Red jewels
c) Red paint
d) Red sandstone walls
✅ Answer: d) Red
sandstone walls
10. In which year was the Red Fort
constructed?
a) 1632
b) 1635
c) 1639
d) 1648
✅ Answer: c) 1639
🏹 Mughal Political History & Highlights
11. Who founded the Mughal Empire?
a) Akbar
b) Humayun
c) Babur
d) Shah Jahan
✅ Answer: c) Babur
12. In which year did Babur defeat Ibrahim
Lodi?
a) 1522
b) 1524
c) 1526
d) 1528
✅ Answer: c) 1526
13. Which battle led to Sher Shah's victory
over Humayun?
a) Panipat
b) Chausa
c) Haldighati
d) Kannauj
✅ Answer: d) Kannauj
14. What was a major contribution of Sher
Shah's administration?
a) Construction of Taj Mahal
b) Introduction of Mansabdari
c) Land revenue reforms
d) Building Red Fort
✅ Answer: c) Land
revenue reforms
15. Who was appointed regent after Humayun’s
death?
a) Bairam Khan
b) Todar Mal
c) Shah Jahan
d) Mir Bakshi
✅ Answer: a) Bairam
Khan
🧭 General Administration & Legacy
16. Which emperor is known for religious
tolerance and military conquests?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Babur
✅ Answer: b) Akbar
17. Who was the influential wife of Jahangir?
a) Jodha Bai
b) Nur Jahan
c) Mumtaz Mahal
d) Hamida Banu Begum
✅ Answer: b) Nur
Jahan
18. Which Mughal ruler re-imposed jizya and
pilgrim taxes?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Aurangzeb
d) Babur
✅ Answer: c)
Aurangzeb
19. What did Akbar’s Mansabdari system help
regulate?
a) Agriculture
b) Army and administration
c) Religion
d) Architecture
✅ Answer: b) Army
and administration
20. Who formulated the zabt system of land
revenue?
a) Sher Shah
b) Aurangzeb
c) Todar Mal
d) Bairam Khan
✅ Answer: c) Todar
Mal
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