Deck 11: Mughal Emperors, Rajputs, and Indian History

Question 1

Which Mughal Emperor was also known as Alamgir?

A)Babar
B)Shahjahan
C)Aurangzeb
D)Jahangir

Answer 1

Aurangzeb

Question 2

Where did Guru Gobind Singh baptize the first five members of the Khalsa Panth?

A)Larkana
B)Anandpur
C)Patna
D)Nanded

Answer 2

Anandpur

Question 3

Which Mughal Emperor's father- in-law Itmadud-daulah?

A)Aurangzeb
B)Shahjahan
C)Bahadur Shah
D)Jahangir

Answer 3

Jahangir

Question 4

Which Mughal emperor re-imposed the jazia tax on the non-Muslims in the year 1679?

A)Akbar
B)Shah Jahan
C)Shah Alam I
D)Aurangzeb

Question 5

Which Mughal Emperor's first ten years rule does the 'Padshahnama' chronicle?

A)Akbar
B)Jahangir
C)Aurangzeb
D)Shahjahan

Question 6

Which Mughal emperor handed over the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company?

A)Jahandar Shah
B)Mohammad Shah
C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
D)Shah Alam

Question 7

Which Rajpur hero became the king of Mewar in 1572?

A)Veer Hemu
B)Rana Sangha
C)Maharana Pratap
D)Bappa Rawal

Question 8

Who crowned himself king of Maratha kingdom in 1674?

A)Shahu
B)Balaji Baji Rao
C)Nana Saheb
D)Shivaji

Question 9

Which of these Rajput princesses did Akbar marry?

A)Lakshmi Bai
B)Jodha Bai
C)Jadan Bai
D)Tara Bai

Question 10

Which son succeeded Aurangzeb as the Emperor of India under the title of Bahadur Shah?

A)Mohammad Muazzam
B)Kam Baksh
C)Qutub-ud-din
D)Jahandar Shah

Question 11

Which of these queens died of battle wounds while fighting in male attire in the Battle of Kotah-ki-sarai?

A)Rani of Jhansi
B)Mumtaz Mahal
C)Jodha Bhai
D)Chand Bibi

Question 12

In the Mughal court which of these was the hall for public audience?

A)Diwan-e-Aam
B)Diwan-e-khas
C)Hauz-khas
D)Hauz-Aam

Question 13

Which Mughal Emperor's brother were Kamran, Handal and Askari?

A)Akbar
B)Shahjahan
C)Humayun
D)Aurangzeb

Question 14

Whom did Guru Gobind Singh nominated as his military deputy in September, 1708?

A)Hari Singh Nalwa
B)Zorawar Singh
C)Banda Bahadur
D)Ranjit Singh

Question 15

Ibadat Khana, where Akbar held discussions on religious matters, is a building at

A)Agra
B)Sikandra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Delhi

Question 16

Which city in Madhya Pradesh is known for the legendary love story of Baz Bahadur and Rani Roopmati?

A)Khajuraho
B)Amravati
C)Mandu
D)Morbi

Question 17

Who is considered to be responsible for the decline of the Mughal Empire?

A)Ibrahim Lodhi
B)Mohammad Tughlak
C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
D)Aurangzeb

Question 18

Amir Khusrau was a musician and_____.

A)Sufi saint
B)Persian and Hindi writer, and scholar
C)historian
D)All of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is correctly matched?

A)Golden Temple - Patiala
B)Iron Pillar - Agra
C)Qutab Minar - Mathura
D)Humayun's Tomb - Delhi

Question 20

The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to the God was

A)Moin-ud-din-Chisti
B)Baba Farid
C)Saiyid Muhammed
D)Shah Alam Bukhari

Question 21

The guerilla warfare was pioneered by

A)Aurangzeb
B)Akbar
C)Shivaji
D)Balaji Rao

Question 22

'Chauth' was a tax collected by

A)Marathas
B)Mughals
C)Khiljis
D)Tughlaqs

Question 23

Who among the following Delhi Sultans made Agra the capital of his Empire?

A)Iltutmish
B)Balban
C)Feroz Shah Tughlaq
D)Sikander Lodhi

Question 24

The Italian traveler, who left very praiseworthy account of the Vijaynagar Empire, was

A)E. Barbosa
B)Manucci
C)Marco Polo
D)Nicolo Conti

Question 25

Who said, "Ram and Rahim are the two different names of the same God?"

A)Kabir
B)Ramdas
C)Chatianaya
D)Ramanuja