Question 1

Which of the following varieties of land during Mughal period did not yield any land revenue to the state?

Accepted Answer

A)   khalisa
B)   jagir
C)   sayur ghal
D)   raiyati C

Question 2

To assist the Maratha king, there was a council of state ministers known as

Accepted Answer

A)   ashtadigvajas
B)   navaratnins
C)   ashtapradhaan
D)   qilahdar C

Question 3

Shivaji was born at

Accepted Answer

A)   nasik
B)   pune
C)   chittor
D)   shivneri D

Question 4

Who were the harkaras of the Mughal period?

Accepted Answer

A)   enforcers of public morals
B)   news writers and reporters
C)   secret letter writers and informers
D)   spies and special couriers

Question 5

Akbar's enlightened religious policy was based on his philosophy of sulh-i-kul which meant

Accepted Answer

A)   universal tolerance
B)   universal peace
C)   enlightened benevolence
D)   unity of godhead

Question 6

What portion of actual produce was fixed as the demand of the state under the zabti?

Accepted Answer

A)   one-half
B)   one-third
C)   one-fourth
D)   one-fifth

Question 7

During the Mughal period the Karwanis or Nayakas were

Accepted Answer

A)   village heads
B)   merchants
C)   court poets
D)   scribs

Question 8

Dalals were

Accepted Answer

A)   merchants
B)   brokers
C)   travellers
D)   in charge of inns

Question 9

Who among the following Englishmen was given the title of 'Khan' by Jahangir?

Accepted Answer

A)   thomas roe
B)   ralph fitch
C)   hawkins
D)   newbery

Question 10

Who wrote Ta'arikh-i-Firuzshahi

Accepted Answer

A)   amir khusru
B)   ziauddin barani
C)   badayuni
D)   abdur razzak

Question 11

Under Maratha administration who was Dabir?

Accepted Answer

A)   prime minister
B)   chief justice
C)   foreign secretary
D)   superintendent

Question 12

The police chief of a city was called

Accepted Answer

A)   qazi
B)   faujdar
C)   kotwal
D)   qilahdar

Question 13

What was Jajmani system of the Mughal period?

Accepted Answer

A)   a revenue system in which revenues of different units of land were assigned to officials in lieu of salaries.
B)   an administrative system in which ranks in terms of numbers were assigned to nobles, military commanders and other prominent people for placing them in the official hierarchy.
C)   a reciprocal system that existed in rural india between the peasantry and other occupational groups.
D)   a commercial system that developed in urban india for facilitating commercial transactions on a large scale.

Question 14

Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting sati unless the widow herself, of her own free will, persistently desired it?

Accepted Answer

A)   akbar
B)   babur
C)   humayun
D)   jahangir

Question 15

What was duaspa-sihaspa and who introduced it?

Accepted Answer

A)   a revenue system introduced by akbar
B)   a decorative method introduced by shah jahan
C)   a special rank having higher sawar than zat introduced by aurangzeb
D)   a sub rank of sawar introduced by jahangir.

Exam 4: Mughal Empire: Language, Revenue Systems, and Administration