Mughal History MCQs:
Ques. Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival of NAUROJ in India?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ques. Which statement about Amir Khusrao is not true?
(a) He was a great poet.
(b) He was a great historian.
(c) He wrote poetry in Hindi and Urdu.
(d) He worked for the Hindu-Muslim unity
Ques. Who was the Mughal Prince who was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanakrit?
(a) Prince Akbar
(b) Prince Salim
(c) Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
(d) Prince Dara Shukoh
Ques. Who was the last of the powerful Mughal emperors ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Babur
(d) Humayun
Ques. Of the following which was not built by Shah Jahan?
(a) Moti Masjid
(b) Jami Masjid
(c) Taj Mahal
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
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Ques. The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between
(a) Babar and Daulat Khan
(b) Babar and Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Babar and Alam Khan
(d) Babar and Rana Sanga
Ques. The most decisive battle between the forces of Dara and Aurangzeb (in the war of Succession) was fought at
(a) Dharmat
(b) Samugarh
(c) Deorai
(d) Khajwa
Ques. ____ was the first Mughal Emperor to acquire Koh-i-noor diamond
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shah Jahan
Ques. The voluminous compositions attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (the last Sikh Guru) are collectively known as
(a) Dasam (Padshah Ka) Granth
(b) Apni Katha
(c) Baichitra Natak
(d) Gyan Prabodh
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Ques. On the wall of which building built by Shah Jahan, is the following Persian couplet inscribed “if there is paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this”?
(a) Jasmine Palace
(b) Moti Masjid
(c) Diwan-i-Aam, Delhi
(d) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi
Ques. The Mughal empire reached its maximum territorial extent during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Bahadur Shah I
Ques. The first Muslim ruler to conquer southern India was
(a) Babar
(b) Mohammad Ghuri
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ques. The Mughal government can be described as an/a
(a) Autocracy
(b) Liberal monarchy
(c) Centralised despotism
(d) Absolute monarchy
Ques. Two marble masterpieces of the reign of Shah Jahan were
(a) Diwan-i-Khas and Musamman BuIj (Jasmine Palace at Agra)
(b) Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) and Taj Mahal (at Agra)
(c) Diwan-i-Aam and Shish Mahal (at Agra)
(d) Jami Masjid and Diwan-i-Khas (Shahjahanabad, Delhi)
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Ques. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by
(a) Bihari
(b) Surdas
(c) Raskhan
(d) Kabir
Ques. The first woman ruler of India was
(a) Rani of Jhansi
(b) Razia Sultan
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Noorjahan
Ques. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
(a) Dome
(b) Arch
(c) The narrow columns
(d) Corbel brackets
Ques. Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad?
(a) Muzaffar Shah II
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Qutub-ud-din Ahmad Shah
(d) Muhammad I Begarha
Ques. Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babar.
(a) Rana Man Singh
(b) Raja Jai Singh
(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Rana Pratap
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Ques. Original name of Mumtaj Mahal was
(a) Mihr-un-Nisa
(b) Jagat Gosami
(c) Arzumand Banu
(d) Man Bai
Ques. Aurangzeb died in –
(a) 1680
(b) 1707
(c) 1709
(d) 1711
Ques. Who was the founder of the Mughal empire ?
(a) Babur
(b) Humanyu
(c) Akbar
(d) Shahjehan
Ques. The battle of Buxar was fought in –
(a) 1756
(b) 1757
(c) 1764
(d) 1766
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Ques. In India artillery was first used by
(a) Balban
(b) Babar
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar
Ques. Under the Mughala the Governor was popularly known as
(a) Subahdar
(b) Wazir
(c) Vakil
(d) Faujdar
Ques. In which year did Mahmud of Ghaznavi perform the infamous plunder of the Somnath temple?
(a) 1008
(b) 1017
(c) 1022
(d) 1026
Ques. Which of the following statements correctly describes the real spirit of Din-i-illahi?
(a) It was an attempt towards founding a universal religion
(b) It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none
(c) It was a concept of common citizenship of the people of common faith
(d) It was founded to instil intense loyalty to the emperor
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Ques. Who completed the Qutub Minar?
(a) Rajiya
(b) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Babar
Ques. The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian and musician who called himself ‘a parrot of India’ was
(a) Mulla Daud
(b) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(c) Tansen
(d) Amir Khusrau
Ques. The first Muslim ruler to introduce the system of price control was
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Jalaluddin Khalji
(c) Balban
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ques. Shah Jahan was kept in prison by Aurangzeb at
(a) Ajmer
(b) Agra
(c) Delhi
(d) Daulatabad
Ques. To which race did Mahmud of Ghazni belong?
(a) Arab
(b) Afghan
(c) Mongol
(d) Turk
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Ques. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
(a) Shaista Khan
(b) Mirza Raja Jai Singh
(c) Prince Muazzam
(d) Dilir Khan
Ques. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to
(a) Andman and Nicobar
(b) Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Mandalay
(d) Rangoon
Ques. What was the religion of Malik Kafur before he entered the service of Alauddin?
(a) Zoroastrianism
(b) Hinduism
(c) Buddhism
(d) Jainism
Ques. During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
(a) Madras
(b) Gujarat
(c) Delhi
(d) Calcutta
Ques. The first known ruler to introduce canal irrigation in India was
(a) Krishnadevaraya
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Akbar
(d) Tipu Sultan
Ques. The discriminatory Jizya tax was abolished by
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ques. Shah Jahan directed the construction of which from 1632 to 1648?
(a) Iron Pillar
(b) Global Vipassana Pagoda
(c) India Gate
(d) Taj Mahal
Ques. Market control had been first introduced in Medieval India by
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
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Ques. Dhrupad Dhamar style of singing was started by
(a) Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
(b) Tansen
(c) Amir Khusrau
(d) Raja Man Singh Tomar
Ques. What was the important reason for fall of Vijayanagar Empire?
(a) Unity among the Muslim rulers
(b) Internal instability and weakness of Princes
(c) Moplah’s rebellion
(d) Economic bankruptcy
Ques. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj Pilgrimage at State expense was
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Firuz Shah Tughluq
(d) Alauddin Khalji
Ques. Two major crops introduced in India during the Mughal period were
(a) Millet and Groundnut
(b) Potato and Mustard
(c) Tobacco and Maize
(d) Indigo and Maize
Ques. The Mongols under Chengez Khan invaded India during the reign of
(a) Balban
(b) Firuz Tughluq
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
Ques. During the last 25 years of his reign, Aurangzeb was mainly involved in long-drawn wars against
(a) Bijapur
(b) Golcunda
(c) Marathas
(d) Mangols
Ques. Which of the following measures of Sher Shah Suri greatly helped in the promotion of trade and commerce?
(a) He got many important roads built
(b) The roads were very safe
(c) He abolished all internal duties and taxes were levied only at the points of import and sales
(d) He built several sarais on the highways
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Ques. Who constructed the Purana Qila of New Delhi?
(a) Adil Shah
(b) Malik Kafur
(c) Bin-Kasim
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Ques. The original name of Sher Shah was
(a) Sikandar
(b) Akbar
(c) Farid
(d) Tahmasp
Ques. Amir Khusrau’s name is associated with the invention of the
(a) Sarod
(b) Sitar
(c) Shehnai
(d) Tabla
Ques. The independent kingdom of ‘Awadh’ was founded by
(a) Saadat Khan
(b) Safdar Jang
(c) Asaf-ud-Daulah
(d) Shuja-ud-Daulah
Ques. The purpose of Mahmud Ghaznavi’s attack on India was
(a) to plunder the wealth of India
(b) to spread Islam in India
(c) to rule over the territories of India
(d) None of these
Ques. Babar was originally the ruler of
(a) Kabul
(b) Persia
(c) Fargana
(d) Khandahar
Ques. Harihara and Bukka, the founders of the empire of Vijayanagar, named their dynasty as
(a) Sangama
(b) Saluva
(c) Tuluva
(d) Aravidu
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Ques. Tansen was originally in the service of
(a) Raja of Rewa
(b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Akbar
(d) Sher Shah
Ques. Shuja-Ud-Daulah was the Nawab of
(a) Rampur
(b) Arcot
(c) Awadh
(d) Surat
Ques. Mughals, the descendants of Mongol, were originally inhabitants of
(a) Central India
(b) Central Europe
(c) Central Asia
(d) None of these
Ques. When the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal ?
(a) 12 August 1735
(b) 12 August 1745
(c) 12 August 1755
(d) 12 August 1765
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