Mughal Empire Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. Who was the founder of Mughal rule in India? [SSC 2017]

(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Akbar

Answer : a

Question 2. After becoming the Mughal Ruler in India, Zahiruddin Muhammad assumed the name [CGPSC 2003]

(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Bahadur Shah

Answer : a

Question 3. Babur assumed the title of ‘Padshah’ first at [UPPSC 2015]

(a) Ferghana
(b) Kabul
(c) Delhi
(d) Samarqand

Answer : b

Question 4. Babur came to India originally from [CDS 2001]

(a) Ferghana
(b) Khiva
(c) Khorasan
(d) Seistan

Answer : a

Question 5. Babur attacked India in the year [SSC 2017]

(a) 1527 CE
(b) 1520 CE
(c) 1526 CE
(d) 1550 CE

Answer : c

Question 6. Whom did Babur defeat in the First Battle of Panipat? [MPPSC 2005]

(a) Rana Sanga
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) Sher Shah Suri

Answer : b

Question 7. In which year, did Babur defeat Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat? [UPPSC 2016]

(a) 1527 CE
(b) 1526 CE
(c) 1525 CE
(d) 1524 CE

Answer : b

Question 8. The main reason of Babur’s victory in the Battle of Panipat was [BPSC 1994]

(a) his horse riding force.
(b) his skilled warfare.
(c) tulghuma system.
(d) internal disputes among Afghans.

Answer : b

Question 9. The reason of Babur’s victory over Ibrahim Lodi was [UPPSC 1990]

(a) bravery of Babur
(b) artillery
(c) weakness of Ibrahim
(d) skilled commandant

Answer : b

Question 10. In which one of the following battles, Rana Sanga fought against Babur

(a) Battle of Panipat
(b) Battle of Khanwa
(c) Battle of Chanderi
(d) Battle of Ghaghara

Answer : b

Question 11. During which one of the following battles, did Babur declare ‘Jehad’? [UPPSC 2009]

(a) Battle of Panipat
(b) Battle of Khanwa
(c) Battle of Chanderi
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 12. Where did Babur die? [SSC 2009]

(a) Agra
(b) Kabul
(c) Lahore
(d) Delhi

Answer : a

Question 13. The empire of Babur included

I. the area of Kabul. [UKPSC 2003]
II. the area of Punjab.
III. the area of modern Uttar Pradesh.
IV. the area of modern Rajasthan.

Which of these statements are correct?

(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I, II and III
(d) II, III, IV

Answer : c

Question 14. Consider the following. The arrival of Babur into India led to the

I. introduction of gun powder in the sub-continent.
II. introduction of the arch and dome in the region’s architecture.
III. establishment of Timurid dynasty in the region.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2015]

(a) I and II
(b) Only III
(c) I and III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : b

Question 15. From the following names identify the one who was not the brother of Humayun. [UP Lower 2008]

(a) Kamran
(b) Usman
(c) Askari
(d) Hindal

Answer : b

Question 16. After the downfall of the Delhi Sultanate, who was the first ruler to issue the gold coin? [UKPSC 2012]

(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Sher Shah

Answer : b

Question 17. Which among the following was the first Mughal Emperor to laid military campaign against Bengal? [IAS (Pre) 2003]

(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shah Jahan

Answer : b

Question 18. When did Humayun first attacked Chunar Fort? [BPSC 2008]

(a) AD 1531
(b) AD 1532
(c) AD 1533
(d) AD 1536

Answer : b

Question 19. Arrange properly as per dates of four important battles fought by Humayun from the names of battles given below. [BPSC 1996]

(a) Chausa, Dauhariya, Kannauj, Sirhind
(b) Dauhariya, Kannauj, Chausa, Sirhind
(c) Sirhind, Dauhariya, Chausa, Kannauj
(d) Dauhariya, Chausa, Kannauj, Sirhind

Answer : d

Question 20. Which among the following historian commented on death of Humayun, “He tumbled through his life and tumbled out of it”?

(a) Stanley Lane Poole
(b) Badayun
(c) William Jones
(d) Edward S Holden

Answer : a

Question 21. Consider the following events and arrange them chronologically. [UP RO/ARO 2017]

I. Battle of Dauhariya
II. Battle of Kannauj
III. Battle of Samugarh
IV. Battle of Chausa

Codes A B C D A B C D

(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 2 1 4 3

Answer : b

Question 22. Who among the following is considered as founder of Second Afghan rule in India?

(a) Sher Shah Suri
(b) Hasan Khan
(c) Islam Shah
(d) Bahram Shah

Answer : a

Question 23. From where did Sher Shah Suri got his education?

(a) Sasaram
(b) Patna
(c) Jaunpur
(d) Lahore

Answer : c

Question 24. Which one of the following medieval era rulers mentioned below was highly educated?

(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Sher Shah

Answer : d

Question 25. Which of the following rulers at first assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-e-Ala’ and afterwards ‘Sultan’? [BPSC 2001]

(a) Bahlul Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Islam Shah Suri

Answer : c

Question 26. Sher Shah Suri became Emperor of India after defeating Humayun in which of the following battles?

(a) Battle of Chausa
(b) Battle of Surajgarh
(c) Battle of Kannauj (Bilgram)
(d) Battle of Dewair

Answer : c

Question 27. Who was defeated at Kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540? [WBCS 2008]

(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(d) Jahangir

Answer : c

Question 28. Between whom was the Battle of Chausa fought? [NDA 2007]

(a) Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and Humayun
(b) Humayun and Sher Khan
(c) Akbar and Rana Pratap
(d) Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh

Answer : b

Question 29. Who among the following has issued the coin ‘rupee’ for the first time? [CDS 2009]

(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar

Answer : c

Question 30. Kabuliyat and Patta was introduced by [WBCS 2008]

(a) Sher Shah
(b) Shivaji
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : a

Question 31. With which medieval ruler following statement is associated “I would have lost the empire just for a handful of millet’? [UPPSC 2007]

(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughulq
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : c

Question 32. Which one of the following monument was constructed by Sher Shah? [IAS (Pre) 1993]

(a) Qila-i-Kuhna at Delhi
(b) Atala Masjid at Jaunpur
(c) Bara Sona Masjid at Gaur
(d) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at Delhi

Answer : a

Question 33. Building of ‘Purana Qila’ in Delhi was constructed by [UP lower 2009]

(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Babur

Answer : c

Question 34. Which among the following medieval ruler ordered construction of royal road from East Bengal to Peshwar also called as Sadak-e-Azam? [CGPSC 2018]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Islam Shah
(d) Sher Shah

Answer : d

Question 35. Who among the following ordered the construction of cantonment town and organised the postal system of Indian subcontinent?

(a) Sher Shah
(b) Akbar
(c) Babur
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Answer : a

Question 36. Where is the mausoleum of Sher Shah? [UPPSC 2002]

(a) Sasaram
(b) Delhi
(c) Kalinjar
(d) Sonargaon

Answer : a

Question 37. Who among the following was successor of Sher Shah? [MPPSC 2018]

(a) Sujhat Khan
(b) Islam Shah
(c) Firuz Shah
(d) Muhammad Ali Shah

Answer : b

Question 38. Which improvement among these done by Sher Shah Suri?

I. Revenue reforms
II. Administrative reforms
III. Military reforms
IV. Currency system reforms

Select the correct answer by using codes given below. [UKPSC 2003]

(a) I and II
(b) I, II and III
(c) II, III and IV
(d) All of these

Answer : d

Question 39. Which among the following titles were assumed by the Sher Shah Suri?

I. Hazrat-e-Alam
II. Sultan
III. Zille-e-Ilahi
IV. Raiyat-e-Ala [BPSC 2000]

Codes

(a) I and II
(b) I, II and IV
(c) I and III
(d) I, II, III and IV

Answer : a

Question 40. Consider the following statements regarding administration during Sher Shah Suri? [CDS 2014]

I. He divided his empire into Sarkars, which in turn was divided into Pargana.
II. He administered Sarkar and Paragana directly without using any other officials.

Which among the following statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 41. Consider the following statements relating to Sher Shah. [CDS 2009]

I. During Sher Shah’s reign, the village Panchayat and Zamindars were not allowed to deal with civil and criminal cases at the local level.
II. Sher Shah set up army cantonment in different parts of the Empire and a strong garrison was posted in each of them.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : b

Question 42. Akbar was born at the fort of which Rajput ruler?

(a) Raja Virsal
(b) Amar Singh
(c) Ratan Singh
(d) Rana Sanga

Answer : a

Question 43. In which of the following place Akbar was enthroned on getting the information of Humayun’s death? [CGPSC 2015]

(a) Kabul
(b) Lahore
(c) Sirhind
(d) Kalanaur

Answer : d

Question 44. Akbar ruled under the protection of Bairam Khan from [JPSC 2010]

(a) 1555-1558 CE
(b) 1556-1560 CE
(c) 1560-1564 CE
(d) 1560-1570 CE

Answer : a

Question 45. Who among the following initiated ‘Din-i-Ilahi? [SSC 2019]

(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) Humayun

Answer : b

Question 46. Akbar launched Din-i-Ilahi in the year [CGPSC 2011]

(a) 1570
(b) 1578
(c) 1581
(d) 1582

Answer : a

Question 47. Which historian said ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ is a religion? [UPPSC 2000]

(a) Abdul Fazl
(b) Abdul Qadir Badayuni
(c) Nizamuddin
(d) None of the above

Answer : d

Question 48. ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ of Akbar was not a success because [SSC 2009]

(a) after Akbar, it was not patronised.
(b) the Muslims did not accept other religious practices.
(c) it was not suitably projected to the masses.
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 49. Which one of the following was the Emperor of India when British East India Company was formed in London? [UPPSC 2012]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : a

Question 50. The Mahzar or an attested statement signed by the seven leading Ulemas was issued by [CDS 2001]

(a) Akbar
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Humayun
(d) Shah Jahan

Answer : a

Question 51. Which one of the following territories was outside the boundaries of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar? [NDA 2004]

(a) Khandesh
(b) Kabul
(c) Bijapur
(d) Kashmir

Answer : c

Question 52. The Battle of Haldighati was fought in [UKPSC 2010]

(a) 1765 AD
(b) 1576 AD
(c) 1756 AD
(d) 1576 BC

Answer : b

Question 53. The main aim of Akbar in fighting the Battle of Haldighati was [RAS/RTS 1992]

(a) to subdue Rana Pratap.
(b) to polarise Rajputs.
(c) to satisfy sentiments of Man Singh.
(d) imperial policy.

Answer : a

Question 54. Who among the following was illiterate? [SSC 2010]

(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : c

Question 55. Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in [BPSC 2001]

(a) AD 1590
(b) AD 1575
(c) AD 1576
(d) AD 1572

Answer : c

Question 56. Who among the following was killed by Akbar? [UPPSC 2010]

(a) Adham Khan
(b) Bairam Khan
(c) Baz Bahadur
(d) Pir Muhammad Khan

Answer : a

Question 57. Which of the following Rajputana state did not accept the supremacy of Akbar willingly? [UP Lower 2004]

(a) Amber
(b) Mewar
(c) Marwar
(d) Bikaner

Answer : b

Question 58. Which amongst the following families was the first to have a matrimonial alliance with Akbar? [UPRO/ARO 2016]

(a) Rathod
(b) Sisodiya
(c) Kachwaha
(d) Chauhan

Answer : c

Question 59. Among the following which Mughal Emperor introduced the policy of Sulh-i-Kul? [JPSC 2003]

(a) Akbar
(b) Nizamuddin Auliya
(c) Jainul Abidin
(d) Nasiruddin Chiragh

Answer : a

Question 60. The concept of Sulh-i-Kul (universal peace and fraternity) adopted by Akbar was the result of [UPPSC 1995]

(a) political generosity
(b) religious tolerance
(c) liberal cultural attitude
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 61. Who was the renowned Jain Acharya, to be greatly honoured by Akbar? [UPPSC 2012]

(a) Chandraprabha Suri
(b) Hiravijaya Suri
(c) Pushpadanta
(d) Yasobhadra

Answer : b

Question 62. Yousuf Shah Chak, the last Muslim ruler of Kashmir valley, who was exiled to Bihar by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, was buried in [BPSC 2019]

(a) Patliputra
(b) Rajgir
(c) Munger
(d) Nalanda

Answer : d

Question 63. During Akbar period, land revenue system ‘Ain-i-Dahsala’ was developed by [RAS/RTS 2010]

(a) Shahnawaz Khan
(b) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
(c) Todarmal
(d) Mulla Do Piyaza

Answer : c

Question 64. Who among the following was the connecting link between Sher Shah and Akbar in land revenue administrative measures? [UPPSC 2007]

(a) Birbal
(b) Todarmal
(c) Bhagwandas
(d) Bharmal

Answer : b

Question 65. Zabti system was introduced by [BPSC 1994]

(a) Ghiyasuddin Tuqhlaq
(b) Sikander Lodi
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Akbar

Answer : d

Question 66. Which of the following Mughal Emperors introduced educational reforms? [MPPSC 2014]

(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar

Answer : d

Question 67. Who among the following had ordered that a man should marry only one wife and could marry another only when the first wife was barren? [UPPCS 2002]

(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Sher Shah
(c) Akbar
(d) None of the above

Answer : c

Question 68. Who among the following Muslim rulers abolished the pilgrimage tax? [BPSC 2011]

] (a) Bahlul Lodi
(b) Sher Shah
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar

Answer : d

Question 69. ‘Sati’ of Hindu women was prohibited during the reign of which Mughal Emperor? [WBCS 2018]

(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : c

Question 70. Who among the following was contemporary of English Queen Elizabeth? [UPPSC 2002]

(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Bahadur Shah

Answer : a

Question 71. The head of the military department under the recognised central machinery of administration during Akbar’s reign was [IAS (Pre) 1997]

(a) Diwan
(b) Mir Bakshi
(c) Mir Suman
(d) Bakshi

Answer : b

Question 72. The first person to be given proper status of the Diwan by Akbar was

(a) Asaf Khan
(b) Munim Khan
(c) Muzaffar Khan Turbati
(d) Raja Todar Mal

Answer : c

Question 73. Which among the following was the contemporary historian of Akbar who called him as enemy of Islam? [MPPSC 2009]

(a) Badayun
(b) Niyamatullah
(c) Abbas Khan Sherwani
(d) Nizamuddin Ahmad

Answer : a

Question 74. Name the English trader who tried to obtain a Firman from Akbar to trade in Gujarat?

(a) Ralph Fitch
(b) John Mildenhall
(c) Sir Thomas Roe
(d) Thomas Stephenson

Answer : b

Question 75. Where is the Tomb of Akbar located? [UPPSC 1992]

(a) Sikandara
(b) Agra
(c) Aurangabad
(d) Fatehpur Sikri

Answer : a

Question 76. Causes of Akbar’s popularity were

I. Mansabdari customs
II. Religious policy
III. Land revenue system
IV. Social reforms

Select the correct answer by using codes given below. [UPPSC 1990]

(a) I and II
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) All of these

Answer : d

Question 77. Reign of Akbar is known for

I. Annexation of regions
II. Provincial administrative system
III. Judicial administration
IV. His religious intolerance

Select the correct answer by using codes given below.

(a) I and II
(b) I, II and III
(c) II, III and IV
(d) All of the above

Answer : b

Question 78. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. Akbar tried to fix the age of marriage for boys and girls.
II. Akbar gave freedom to girls to marry at their own will and not under parental pressure.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below. [UPPSC 2020]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 79. Assertion (A) Emperor Akbar marched towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a huge army.
Reason (R) He was on his way to reclaim his ancestral country of Ferghana in Central Asia. Select the correct answer from the codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2003]

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : c

Question 80. Who among the following is the envoy of British King James-I sent to Jahangir’s Court? [UPPSC 2013]

(a) William Hawkins
(b) William Finch
(c) Pietro Della Valle
(d) Edward Terry

Answer : a

Question 81. Whom of the following Englishman was given the title of English Khan by Jahangir? [BPSC 1995]

(a) Hawkins
(b) Sir Thomas Roe
(c) Edward Terry
(d) None of these

Answer : a

Question 82. Sir Thomas Roe, an Ambassador of James I of England came to India in year [RAS/RTS 1997]

(a) 1616
(b) 1615
(c) 1516
(d) 1614

Answer : b

Question 83. Thomas Roe was given audience by Jahangir at [UPPSC 2007]

(a) Agra
(b) Ajmer
(c) Delhi
(d) Fatehpur Sikri

Answer : b

Question 84. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat? [IAS (Pre) 2009]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : b

Question 85. Which among the following foreign travellers visited India during the reign of Jahangir? [UPPSC 2017]

(a) Father Anthony Monserrate
(b) Francisco Pelsaert
(c) Niccolao Manucci
(d) Peter Mundy

Answer : b

Question 86. A Dutch traveller, who has given a very valuable account of the reign of Jahangir was [UP UDA/LDA 2010]

(a) Francisco Pelsaert
(b) Hawkins
(c) Niccolao Manucci
(d) Peter Mundy

Answer : a

Question 87. The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacco was [IAS (Pre) 2005]

(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : c

Question 88. Who introduced ‘Do-aspa and Sih-aspa’ system? [BPSC 2004]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : b

Question 89. In whose reign was the ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed between Mughal and the Rana of Mewar? [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : b

Question 90. The killer of Abul Fazl was rewarded by [UPPSC 2003]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Man Singh
(d) None of these

Answer : b

Question 91. Who among the following has been imprisoned by Jahangir?[IAS (Pre) 1998]

(a) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi
(b) Ismai
(c) Badayun
(d) Abhas Khan Sherwani

Answer : a

Question 92. Jahangir took shelter at which of the following fort? [IAS (Pre) 1998]

(a) Orchha
(b) Gwalior
(c) Dhar
(d) Narwas

Answer : a

Question 93. Who among the following wives of Jahangir committed suicide? [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Nur-un-Nissa Begum
(b) Shah Begum (Manbhawati Bai)
(c) Karamsi
(d) Malika-e-Jahan

Answer : b

Question 94. Khusrau was the son of which Mughal Emperor? [MPPSC 2015]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Bahadur Shah

Answer : b

Question 95. Which of the following Mughal Emperor wrote his autobiography in Persian? [UPPSC 2001]

(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : c

Question 96. Which of the following is an incorrect sequence of Mughal rulers? [SSC CGL 2020]

(a) Babur, Humayun, Akbar
(b) Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb
(c) Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan
(d) Akbar, Shah Jahan, Jahangir

Answer : d

Question 97. Of the following who had rebelled against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir? [UPPSC 2013]

I. Asif Khan
II. Khurram
III. Mahabat Khan
IV. Khusrau 

Codes

(a) I and II only
(b) II and III only
(c) II and IV only
(d) II, III and IV only

Answer : d

Question 98. Who of the following was not a member of Nur Jahan’s Junta? [UPPSC 2013]

(a) Jahangir
(b) Ghiyas Beg
(c) Asaf Khan
(d) Khurram

Answer : d

Question 99. Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra was built by [BPSC 2008]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Nur Jahan
(d) Shah Jahan

Answer : c

Question 100. Who among the following shifted the capital of the Empire from Agra to Delhi? [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb

Answer : c

Question 101. Which among the following foreign traveller had given detailed description of diamonds and its mines in India? [IAS (Pre) 2018]

(a) Francois Bernier
(b) Jean Baptiste Tavernier
(c) Jean de Thevenot
(d) Abbe Barthelemy Carre

Answer : b

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