Question 1.
When Babur got throne of Ferghana, he was:
(a) Only 12 years old
(b) Only 14 years old
(c) Only 15 years old
(d) Only 20 years old
Answer
Answer: (a) Only 12 years old
Question 2.
1st war of Panipat fought between:
(a) Humayun and Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Akbar and Ibrahim
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Lodi Sher Khan and Ibrahim Lodi
Answer
Answer: (c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
Question 3.
War fought between Baber and Rana Sanga is called:
(a) Panipat war
(b) Khanua war
(c) Chausa war
(d) Kanauj war
Answer
Answer: (b) Khanua war
Question 4.
Who fought Chausa and Kanauj wars against Humayun?
(a) Sher Khan
(b) Mirza Hakim
(c) Bairam Khan
(d) Safavid Shah
Answer
Answer: (a) Sher Khan
Question 5.
The Mughal Emperor who spent his last days in prison, was:
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer
Answer: (d) Shah Jahan
Question 6.
The mother of Shah Jahan was a:
(a) Rajput Princess
(b) Bijapur Princess
(c) Rathor Princess
(d) Mewar Princess
Answer
Answer: (c) Rathor Princess
Question 7.
Number of mansabdars in Aurangzeb’s reign was:
(a) 75
(b) 79
(c) 85
(d) 90
Answer
Answer: (b) 79
Question 8.
Who wrote ‘Akbar Nama’?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Abul Faizi
(c) Todar Mai
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (a) Abul Fazal
Question 9.
Interesting aspect about the Ain-i-Akbari is:
(a) Its pictorial details
(b) Its ancestral details
(c) Its administrative details
(d) Its rich statistical details
Answer
Answer: (d) Its rich statistical details
Question 10.
Meaning of‘diwan’is:
(a) Administrative officer
(b) Legal officer
(c) Financial officer
(d) Revenue officer
Answer
Answer: (c) Financial officer
Question 11.
Red Fort Delhi was built by:
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer
Answer: (c) Shah Jahan
Question 12.
What was the capital of Mirza Hakim Akbar’s half-brother?
(a) Kabul
(b) Morocco
(c) Sind
(d) Afghan
Answer
Answer: (a) Kabul
Qandahar was seized from the Safavids, Kashmir was annexed, as also Kabul,after the death of Mirza Hakim.
Question 13.
What was the other name of Prince Khurram (Jahangir’son)?
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Shahjahan
Prince Khurram, the future Emperor Shah Jahan, rebelled in the last years of his reign.
Question 14.
What was the other name of Prince Salim (Akbar’s son)?
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Jahangir
In the last years of his reign Akbar was distracted by the rebellion of Prince Salim, the future Emperor Jahangir.
Question 15.
In which year, Humayun recaptured Delhi?
(a) 1552
(b) 1553
(c) 1554
(d) 1555
Answer
Answer: (d) 1555
In Iran Humayun received help from the Safavid Shah. He recaptured Delhi in 1555 but died the next year after an accident in this building.
Question 16.
Who was the first Mughal Emperor?
(a) Humayun
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Babur
Babur, the first Mughal emperor (1526-1530), succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years ol(d)
Question 17.
Who was Abul Fazl?
(a) Akbar counsellor
(b) Akbar friend
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Both a and b
Abul Fazl was Akbar’s friend and counsellor. He wrote the books Akbar Nama and Ain-i Akbari.
Question 18.
How Shahjahan is better known as in the Indian History?
(a) Prince salim
(b) Mirza haqim
(c) Prince khurram
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Prince khurram
Prince Khurram is better known as Emperor Shahjahan in the Indian History.
Question 19.
When was Shivaji insulted?
(a) when he came to accept Marathi authority
(b) when he came to accept Mughal authority
(c) when he decline to accept Mughal authority
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) when he came to accept Mughal authority
Shivaji was insulted by Aurangzeb when he came to accept Mughal authority.
Question 20.
Who was Babur?
(a) Last Mughal emperor
(b) Only Mughal emperor
(c) First Mughal emperor
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) First Mughal emperor
Babur was the first Mughal emperor and reigned from 1526 to 1530.
Question 21.
What were the central provinces under the control of the Mughals?
(a) Lahore
(b) Chittor
(c) Agra
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
The central provinces under the control of the Mughals were Lahore, Panipat, Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Amber, Ajmer, Fatehpur Sikri, Chittor, Ranthambhor and Allahaba.
