Mughal Period: Miscellaneous Quiz

1. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is famous in Indian history as [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]

(A) Puran Mal

(B) Maldev

(C) Rana Sanga

(D) Hemu

Answer: (D) Hemu

2. 'The last Sun of Indian glory' has been used for [UPPCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Shivaji

(B) Prithviraj

(C) Rana Pratap

(D) Hemu

Answer: (D) Hemu

3. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 1999]

(A) Jahangir : William Hawkins

(B) Akbar : Sir Thomas Roe

(C) Shah Jahan : Tavernier

(D) Aurangzeb : Manucci

Answer: (B) Akbar : Sir Thomas Roe

4. Which of the following pair (battle during the Mughal and Maratha Period and its year) is correctly matched? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Battle of Chausa : 1538 A.D.

(B) Battle of Kannauj : 1539 A.D.

(C) Battle of Haldighati : 1576 A.D.

(D) Battle of Khanwa : 1657 A.D.

Answer: (C) Battle of Haldighati : 1576 A.D.

5. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 2010]

(A) Babur : Battle of Khanwa

(B) Humayun : Battle of Chausa

(C) Akbar : Battle of Haldighati

(D) Jahangir : Battle of Balkh

Answer: (D) Jahangir : Battle of Balkh

6. Whose name called Ata Ali Khan? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2014]

(A) Abul Fazl

(B) Abul Faizi

(C) Todarmal

(D) None of these

Answer: (C) Todarmal

7. Which among the following ports was called Babul Mecca (Gate of Mecca) during the Mughal Period? [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018 IAS (Pre) 2001]

(A) Calicut

(B) Bharuch

(C) Cambay

(D) Surat

Answer: (D) Surat

8. Mughals adopted 'Navroj' festival from [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2018 UPPCS (Pre) 2001]

(A) Zoroastrians

(B) Jews

(C) Mongols

(D) Turks

Answer: (A) Zoroastrians

9. During the Mughal period, the Madarsa which was specialised in the teaching of 'Muslim Jurisprudence' was located in [UPPCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Lucknow

(B) Delhi

(C) Sialkot

(D) Hyderabad (India)

Answer: (B) Delhi

10. Which one of the following is correctly matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 2010]

(A) Khuldabad : Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti

(B) Fatehpur Sikri : Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula

(C) Agra : Tomb of Aurangzeb

(D) Delhi : Tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

Answer: (D) Delhi : Tomb of Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

11. Which one of the following buildings is known as 'Shah-i-Fatehpur'? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Buland Darwaza

(B) Turky Sultana ka Mahal

(C) Jama Masjid

(D) Shahjadi Umber ka Mahal

Answer: (A) Buland Darwaza

12. During the Mughal period 'Muallim' was [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]

(A) A tax

(B) An administrative unit

(C) A ruler

(D) An employee on Indian merchant ships

Answer: (D) An employee on Indian merchant ships

13. Banjaras during the medieval period of Indian history were generally [IAS (Pre) 2016]

(A) Agriculturists

(B) Warriors

(C) Weavers

(D) Traders

Answer: (D) Traders

14. Select the correct chronological order for the following Muslim rulers from the code given below the names. [UPPCS (Pre) 2003, 01 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]

List	Rulers
1	Ahmad Shah Abdali
2	Muhammad Shah
3	Jahangir
4	Bahadur Shah II

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 3, 2, 1, 4

(D) 2, 1, 3, 4

Answer: (C) 3, 2, 1, 4

15. Arrange the following four foreign invasions in chronological order and find the correct answer from the code given below. [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]

List	Invaders
1	Ahmad Shah Abdali
2	Genghis Khan
3	Nadir Shah
4	Timur

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 2, 4, 3, 1

(D) 2, 4, 1, 3

Answer: (C) 2, 4, 3, 1

16. Which of the following statements are correct? [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]

List	Statements
1	Ahmad Shah Abdali fought the third battle of Panipat.
2	Babur established the Delhi Sultanate.
3	Shah Jahan fought the war of succession.
4	Jahangir was a lover of beauty and nature.

(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(B) 1 and 3 are correct

(C) 1 and 4 are correct

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct

Answer: (C) 1 and 4 are correct

17. Arrange the chronological order of the following options and find out the correct answer with the help of the given code. [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002 UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]

List	Names
1	Ahilya Bai
2	Durgawati
3	Padmini
4	Tara Bai

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 3, 2, 4, 1

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 2, 1, 3, 4

Answer: (B) 3, 2, 4, 1

Answer Sheet

1. (D)

2. (D)

3. (B)

4. (C)

5. (D)

6. (C)

7. (D)

8. (A)

9. (B)

10. (D)

11. (A)

12. (D)

13. (D)

14. (C)

15. (C)

16. (C)

17. (B)