B3. Mughal Empire

Question 1

Who among the following did
Babur defeat in the year 1528 at
Chanderi?

Answer 1

Medini Rai

Question 2

In which year did Babur defeat
the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at
Panipat and capture Delhi and Agra?

Answer 2

1526

Question 3

Who had defeated Rana Sanga
in the battle of Khanwa in 1527

Answer 3

Babur

Question 4

Humayun’s heir, ________ ,
was born in exile and was only 13
years old when his father died

Answer 4

Akbar

Question 5

The Suri King ________ was
defeated by Humanyun to regain his kingdom

Answer 5

Sikander Suri

Question 6

When was the ‘Battle of
Kanauj’ fought?

Answer 6

1540

Question 7

The Battle of Chausa was
fought between Humayun and Sher
Shah Suri on 26 June in the
year_____.

Answer 7

1539

Question 8

Where is the tomb of Sher Shah
Suri located?

Answer 8

Sasaram town of Bihar.

Question 9

The terms ‘Jat and Sawar’ are
related to which of the following
administrative systems

Answer 9

Mansabdari System

Question 10

Which emperor’s army did
Maharana Pratap fight in the Battle of Haldighati?

Answer 10

Akbar

Question 11

Akbar commissioned _____to
chronicle the story of his father
Humayun, ‘Humayun-nama’.

Answer 11

Gulbadan Begum

Question 12

’Akbarnama’ and ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ are written by

Answer 12

Abul Fazal

Question 13

Military Commanders during
the Rule of Akbar were known
as

Answer 13

Faujdars

Question 14

Who among the following
initiated ‘Din-i-Ilahi’?

Answer 14

Akbar

Question 15

In Which year did Vasco De
Gama landed in Calicut (Kizikode)

Answer 15

1498

Question 16

Akbar was succeeded by his
son, Salim, who took the title of
___________, meaning ‘Conqueror of
the World’.

Answer 16

Jahangir

Question 17

. ______ married Mehr-un-Nisa
whom he gave the title of ‘Nur Jahan’ (light of the world).

Answer 17

Jahangir

Question 18

Sir Thomas Roe visited the
court of Mughal ruler ____ as the
ambassador of the King of England

Answer 18

Jahangir
Captain Hawkins also visited him

Question 19

The East India Company sent
Captain William Hawkins to the court of Emperor_____ in 1608 to seek permission to open a factory at Surat.

Answer 19

Jahangir

Question 20

The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah,
inlaid with Pietra dura decoration, is
located at

Answer 20

Agra

Question 21

________ has been called the
“architect king” as during his reign,
the world witnessed a unique
development of arts and culture of the
Mughal Empire

Answer 21

Shah Jahan
Childhood name - Prince Khurram

Question 22

The Red Fort and the Jama
Masjid in Delhi stand out as towering
achievements of architecture during
the reign of _______.

Answer 22

Shah Jahan

Question 23

The peacock Throne was
commissioned by

Answer 23

Shah Jahan

Question 24

Who among the following had
been given the title of ‘Sultan Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?

Answer 24

Dara

Question 25

Who among the following had
been given the title of ‘Sultan Buland
Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?

Question 26

It was under the reign of
_________ that the Mughal Empire
reached its peak in matters of area

Answer 26

Aurangzeb
He lived like a Fakir and that’s why he was called jinda Fakir

Question 27

The Mughal emperor ________
adopted the title of Alamgir

Answer 27

Aurangzeb

Question 28

Which mughal ruler had
constructed the Moti Masjid of Delhi ?

Answer 28

Aurangzeb

Question 29

Who had built the Badshahi
Masjid in Lahore

Answer 29

Aurangzeb