MCQ on Mughal empire
[MCQ Set 1] Mughal Period > Another set of multiple-choice questions with answers or objective general knowledge (GK) from the Mughal Empire. Rulers from the Mughal period were Babar Humayun Akbar Jahangir-Shah Jahan Aurangzeb.
Mughal Empire > GK + Study Notes
1. What was the main reason to win the battle of Panipat by Babar?
[Teacher Exam 1994]
A: Military skill was great
B: He was very clever in his technique of war.
C: Tulughma System
D: Both A and B
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2. Which of the following location did Babar die?
A: Agra
B: Kabul
C: Delhi
D: Lahore
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3. Which Mughal king died by a sudden fall from the staircase?
A: Babur
B: Akbar
C: Jahangir
D: Humayun
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4. Which Mughal king was more adventurer than a ruler?
A: Babar
B: Akbar
C: Shahjahan
D: Aurangzeb
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5. Akbar’s court poet was –
A: Tulsidas
B: Abdur Rahim Khan I Khanan
C: Amir Khasru
D: Todaram
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6. Akbar created _______ .
A: Agra Fort
B: Daulatabad City
C: Red Fort
D: Firozabad
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7. The Ruler of Gwalior gives the Kohinoor Diamond to which Mughal Badsha?
A: Akbar
B: Jahangir
C: Humayun
D: Shahjahan
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8. _____ was mentioned in a book by Abul Fazal.
[IAS 1997]
A: Discovery of America
B: Discovery of West Indies
C: Discovery of Thailand
D: Discovery of Japan
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9. Who was the head of the military department of Akbar’s reign?
[IAS 1997]
A: Mir Bakshi
B: Diwan
C: Amir Khasru
D: Surdas
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10. ‘Hereditary grant of Jaigirs‘ was one of the features of the Mansabdari system.
This statement is –
A: True
B: False
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11. Ibadat Khana, during the reign of Akbar, is a famous structure in –
[CDS 1995, 1996]
A: Fathepur Sikri
B: Agra fort
C: Sikandarabad
D: Delhi
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12. In the Mansabdari system, the word stand ‘Mansab’ stand for –
A: a rank
B: tax
C: agricultural land
D: priest
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13. Among which of the following options, Sher Shah was well-known?
A: Land Revenue system
B: Market control
C: Mansabdari system
D: War technique
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