Mughal Literature Quiz

1. Delhi's education centre which was known as 'Madarsa-e-Begum'. By whom it was established? [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

(A) Gulbadan Begum

(B) Maham Anaga

(C) Ziaunnisa

(D) Zeenat Unnisa

Answer: (B) Maham Anaga

2. Who wrote Humayun Nama? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 UPPCS (Pre) 2004; UPPCS (Mains) 2002 42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997]

(A) Babur

(B) Humayun

(C) Gulbadan Begum

(D) Jahangir

Answer: (C) Gulbadan Begum

3. Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of [UPPCS (Pre) 2004 UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]

(A) Babur

(B) Humayun

(C) Shah Jahan

(D) Aurangzeb

Answer: (A) Babur

4. Who among the following wrote historical records in the Mughal period? [UPPCS (Pre) 1998 IAS (Pre) 1994]

(A) Gulbadan Begum

(B) Nur Jahan Begum

(C) Jahanara Begum

(D) Zebunnisa Begum

Answer: (A) Gulbadan Begum

5. Who among the following had translated 'Hitopadesha' into Persian? [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]

(A) Dara Shikoh

(B) Faizi

(C) Abdul Qadir Badauni

(D) Tajul Mali

Answer: (D) Tajul Mali

6. Which of the following Muslim Scholars has most significant contribution in hindi literature? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]

(A) Abul Fazl

(B) Faizi

(C) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

(D) Abdul Qadir Badauni

Answer: (C) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

7. In Indian history, who was Abdul Hamid Lahori? [IAS (Pre) 2006]

(A) An important military commander during Akbar's reign

(B) An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan

(C) An important noble and confident of Aurangzeb

(D) A chronicler and poet during the reign of Muhammad Shah

Answer: (B) An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan

8. Who is the author of Shahjahannama? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015]

(A) Gulbadan Begum

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Abdul Hamid Lahori

(D) Inayat Khan

Answer: (D) Inayat Khan

9. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]

(A) Babur : Tuzuk-i-Baburi

(B) Humayun : Humayun Nama

(C) Sher Shah : Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi

(D) Akbar : Tabaqat-i-Akbari

Answer: (A) Babur : Tuzuk-i-Baburi

10. Anwar-e-Suhaili is a translation of [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]

(A) Panchtantra

(B) Mahabharata

(C) Ramayan

(D) Sur Sagar

Answer: (A) Panchtantra

11. Akbar Nama was completed by Abul Fazl in [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]

(A) Seven years

(B) Eight years

(C) Nine years

(D) Ten years

Answer: (A) Seven years

12. Court Language during Mughal period was [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

(A) Arabic

(B) Turkish

(C) Persian

(D) Urdu

Answer: (C) Persian

13. Nastaliq was [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(A) A Persian script used in medieval India

(B) A raga composed by Tansen

(C) A cess levied by the Mughal rulers

(D) A manual of code of conduct for the Ulemas

Answer: (A) A Persian script used in medieval India

14. The poet heart King, who wrote praising verses for Lord Krishna under the name of Nagri Das was [UPPSC (GIC) 2010 UPPCS (Mains) 2004]

(A) Raja Ummed Singh

(B) Raja Ram Singh

(C) Raja Chhatrasal

(D) Raja Sawant Singh

Answer: (D) Raja Sawant Singh

15. Which one of the following, wrote the famous works 'Ram Chandrika' and 'Rasik-Priya'? [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]

(A) Keshav

(B) Matiram

(C) Raskhan

(D) Senapati

Answer: (A) Keshav

16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists. [UPPCS (Mains) 2003]

List-I	List-II
(a) Hasan Nizami	1. Alamgir Nama
(b) Khwandamir	2. Nushkha-i-Dilkusha
(c) Muhammad Kazim	3. Humayun Nama
(d) Bhim Sen	4. Tazul Maasir

(A) 4 3 1 2

(B) 3 2 4 1

(C) 2 4 3 1

(D) 1 3 2 4

Answer: (A) 4 3 1 2

17. Match the names of books with that of the authors and choose your answer from the code given below. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]

List-I (Books)	List-II (Authors)
(a) Alamgir Nama	1. Muitamad Khan
(b) Tabaqat-i-Akbari	2. Munshi Mohd. Kazim
(c) Char Chaman	3. Chandrabhan Barahman
(d) Iqbal Nama-Jahangiri	4. Nizamuddin Ahmad

(A) 1 3 4 2

(B) 3 2 1 4

(C) 4 1 2 3

(D) 2 4 3 1

Answer: (D) 2 4 3 1

Answer Sheet

1. (B)

2. (C)

3. (A)

4. (A)

5. (D)

6. (C)

7. (B)

8. (D)

9. (A)

10. (A)

11. (A)

12. (C)

13. (A)

14. (D)

15. (A)

16. (A)

17. (D)