1. In Mughal Era duty of Mir Bakshi was
(a) to charge tax from farmers
(b) maintaining accounts of income and expenses
(c) justice
(d) supervisions of land revenue officials
Answer: (d) supervisions of land revenue officials
2. Who among the following was appointed as a physician in the Mughal service?
(a) Bernier
(b) Coreri
(c) Manucci
(d) Tavernier
Answer: (c) Manucci
3. What was ‘district’ known as during the Mughal administration?
(a) Ahar
(b) Vishyas
(c) Suba
(d) Sarkar
Answer: (d) Sarkar
4. Which of the following was the head of the army in Mughal period?
(a) Shan-e-Peel
(b) Mir Bakshi
(c) Wazir
(d) Sawahenigar
Answer: (b) Mir Bakshi
5. In the Mughal administration ‘muhtasib’ was
(a) military officer
(b) head of Foreign Affairs
(c) an officer in charge of public morals
(d) officer of correspondence department
Answer: (c) an officer in charge of public morals
6. In the medieval India Mansabdari system was introduced mainly for
(a) making recruitment to the army
(b) facilitating revenue collection
(c) ensuring religious harmony
(d) effecting clean administration
Answer: (d) effecting clean administration
7. Which one of the following is not true about the Mughal Mansabdari system?
(a) there were 33 divisions
(b) they got conditional or Mashut rank
(c) their ‘Sawar’ rank could exceed the ‘Zat’ rank
(d) all civil and military officers were given mansabs
Answer: (c) their ‘Sawar’ rank could exceed the ‘Zat’ rank
8. What was the principal source of state income in Mughal India?
(a) booty
(b) escheat
(c) land revenue
(d) tax
Answer: (c) land revenue
9. In Mughal administration vocabulary ‘maal’ represents
(a) land revenue
(b) selarried
(c) allowance
(d) none of the above
Answer: (a) land revenue
10. The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacco was
(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (c) Jahangir
11. ‘Madad-i-mash’ indicates in Mughal administration
(a) toll tax
(b) revenue free land granted to learned person
(c) pension provided to military officials
(d) cultivation tax
Answer: (b) revenue free land granted to learned person
12. Who among the following rulers issued some coins with figures of Rama and Sita and Devanagari legend ‘Rama-Siya’?
(a) Bhoja
(b) Siddharaja Jayasimha
(c) Zain ul Abidin
(d) Akbar
Answer: (d) Akbar
13. During the Mughal rule the copper coin was known as
(a) rupee
(b) dam
(c) taanka
(d) shamsi
Answer: (b) dam
14. The meaning of word Bantai during medieval period was
(a) religious tax
(b) system of calculating revenue
(c) wealth tax
(d) property tax
Answer: (b) system of calculating revenue
15. The Mughal School of Painting formed the spinal column of the various schools of Indian miniature auditory rehabilitation, training and counseling. Which one of the following painting styles was not affected by Mughal painting?
(a) Pahari
(b) Rajasthani
(c) Kangra
(d) Kalighata
Answer: (d) Kalighata
16. Who did illustrate Dastan e Amir Hamza?
(a) Abdus Samad
(b) Mansur
(c) Mir Syyid Ali
(d) Abdul Hasan
Answer: (a) Abdus Samad
17. Which statement is true about the Mughal painting?
(a) battle scene
(b) animal birds and natural scene
(c) courtier depicting
(d) all of the above
Answer: (d) all of the above
18. The foundation of the Mughal painting was laid by
(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan
Answer: (b) Humayun
19. During whose reign did the Mughal painting flourish?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan
Answer: (c) Jahangir
20. Jahangir mainly patronised which of the following arts?
(a) painting
(b) architecture
(c) sculpture
(d) music
Answer: (a) painting
21. The ‘Pahari School’, ‘Rajput School’, ‘Mughal School’ and the ‘Kangra School’ represent different styles in the art of
(a) architecture
(b) painting
(c) dancing
(d) music
Answer: (b) painting
22. ‘Kishan Garh School’ is famous for
(a) Temple art
(b) Painting
(c) Martial arts
(d) sculpture
Answer: (b) Painting
23. Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Aurangzeb?
(a) Sitar
(b) Pakhawaj
(c) Veena
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Veena
24. The Raga which is sung early in the morning is
(a) Todi
(b) Darbari
(c) Bhopali
(d) Bhimpalasi
Answer: (a) Todi
25. Musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra and Gopal Nayak had received training from the master Swami Haridas. How many music worship centres has been set up by the followers of Swami Haridas?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
Answer: (a) 5
26. Where is Tansen’s tomb located?
(a) Agra
(b) Gwalior
(c) Jhansi
(d) Jaipur
Answer: (b) Gwalior
27. The original name of Tansen was
(a) Makarchand Pandey
(b) Ramtanu Pandey
(c) Lala Kalawant
(d) Baz Bahadur
Answer: (b) Ramtanu Pandey
28. Which Mughal ruler of the following had learnt Hindu music from Lala Kalavant?
(a) Humayun
(b) Jahangir
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan
Answer: (c) Akbar
29. Delhi’s education centre which was known as Madarsa-e-Begum’. By whom it was established?
(a) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Maham Anaga
(c) Ziaunissa
(d) Zeenat Unissa
Answer: (b) Maham Anaga
30. Who wrote Humayun Nama?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Gulbadan Begum
(d) Jahangir
Answer: (c) Gulbadan Begum
31. Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: (a) Babur
32. Who among the following wrote historical records in the Mughal period?
(a) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Nur Jahan Begum
(c) Jahan Ara Begum
(d) Zebunissa Begum
Answer: (a) Gulbadan Begum
33. Who among the following had translated ‘Hitopadesha’ into Persian?
(a) Dara Shikoh
(b) Faizi
(c) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(d) Tajul Mali
Answer: (d) Tajul Mali
34. Which of the following Muslim Scholars has most significant contribution in Hindi literature?
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Faizi
(c) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
(d) Abdul Qadir Badauni
Answer: (c) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
35. In Indian history who was Abdul Hamid Lahori?
(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
36. Who is the author of Shahjahan Nama
(a) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(d) Inayat Khan
Answer: (d) Inayat Khan
37. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Babur: Turk-i-Baburi
(b) Humayun: Humayun Nama
(c) Sher Shah: Tarikh-i- Sher Shahi
(d) Akbar: Tabaqat i Akbari
Answer: (a) Babur: Turk-i-Baburi
38. Anwar-e-Suhaili is a translation of
(a) Panchatantra
(b) Mahabharata
(c) Ramayana
(d) Sur Sagar
Answer: (a) Panchatantra
39. Akbar Nama was completed by Abul Fazl in
(a) 7 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 9 years
(d) 10 years
Answer: (a) 7 years
40. Court language during Mughal period was
(a) Arabic
(b) Turkish
(c) Persian
(d) Urdu
Answer: (c) Persian
41. Nastaliq was
(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
42. The poet heart King who wrote praising verses for Lord Krishna under the name of Nagri Das was
(a) Raja Umed Singh
(b) Raja Ram Singh
(c) Raja Chhatrasal
(d) Raja Sawant Singh
Answer: (d) Raja Sawant Singh
43. Which one of the following wrote the famous works, Ram Chandrika and Rasik Priya?
(a) Keshav
(b) Matiram
(c) Raskhan
(d) Senapati
Answer: (a) Keshav
44. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is famous in Indian history as
(a) Puran Mal
(b) Maldev
(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Hemu
Answer: (d) Hemu
45. The last Sun of Indian Glory has been used for
(a) Shivaji
(b) Prithviraj
(c) Rana Pratap
(d) Hemu
Answer: (d) Hemu
46. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Jahangir: William Hawkins
(b) Akbar: Sir Thomas Roe
(c) Shahjahan: Tavernier
(d) Aurangzeb: Manucci
Answer: (b) Akbar: Sir Thomas Roe
47. Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
(a) Battle of Chausa- 1538 AD
(b) Battle of Kannauj- 1539 AD
(c) Battle of Haldighati- 1576 AD
(d) Battle of Khanwa- 16578 AD
Answer: (c) Battle of Haldighati- 1576 AD
48. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(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
49. Whose name is called Aat Ali Khan?
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Abul Faizi
(c) Todarmal
(d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these
50. Which among the following ports was called Babul Mecca during the Mughal period?
(a) Calicut
(b) Bharuch
(c) Cambay
(d) Surat
Answer: (d) Surat
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