Question 1.
Mughals were the descendants (Fatheeside) of
(a) Genghis Khan
(b) Timur
(c) Ibn Battuta
(d) Safavids
Answer
Answer: (a) Timur
Question 2.
The successor of Babur was _________
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Jehangir
Answer
Answer: (a) Humayun
Question 3.
________ is considered the greatest Mughal Emperor.
(a) Shahjehan
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer
Answer: (b) Akbar
Question 4.
Mother tongue of the Mughals was _______
(a) Persian
(b) Arabian
(c) Turkish
(d) Urdu
Answer
Answer: (c) Turkish
Question 5.
Who made Persian as the Court language of the Mughal Court?
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Babur
(d) Shahjehan
Answer
Answer: (a) Akbar
Question 6.
Asiatic society of Bengal was established in
(a) 1762
(b) 1784
(c) 1786
(d) 1802
Answer
Answer: (b) 1784
Question 7.
Which of these cities was not the capital of the Mughal Court?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Lahore
(d) Calcutta
Answer
Answer: (d) Calcutta
Question 8.
Who was requested by Akbar to write the history of earlier times under Babar and Humayun?
(а) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Abdus Samad Lahori
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Gulbadan Begum
Question 9.
_________ was a scriptorium where the emperor’s collection of manuscripts was preserved.
(a) Library
(b) Kitabkhana
(c) Karkhana
(d) Fort
Answer
Answer: (b) Kitabkhana
Question 10.
Urdu is the mixture of which of the following languages?
(а) Hindi and Bengali
(b) Persian and Bengali
(c) Hindi and Persian
(d) Hindi and Tamil
Answer
Answer: (c) Hindi and Persian
Question 11.
Which of the following statement is/are correct?
(1) Jahanara was the daughter of Shah Jahan.
(2) Abul Fazl was the Prime Minister of Akbar.
(3) Badshahnama was written by Shah Jahan.
(4) Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Babur.
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Answer
Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 4
Question 12.
Which Mughal emperor made Persian the court language?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer
Answer: (b) Akbar
